Team Japan Roster @ World Championships 1998
| GOALIES | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Pos | Age | Birthdate | Birthplace | HT | WT | SC | |
 | Dusty Imoo | G | 27 | 1970-07-18 | New Westminster, British Columbia | 5'8" | 148 | L |
| Jiro Nihei | G | 27 | 1971-03-09 | Stockholm, Sweden | 5'8" | 165 | R |
| Shinichi Iwasaki | G | 29 | 1968-08-21 | Kuriyama, Japan | 5'10" | 187 | L |
| DEFENSEMEN | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Pos | Age | Birthdate | Birthplace | HT | WT | SC | |
| Takayuki Kobori | D | 29 | 1969-04-20 | Tomakomai, Japan | 6'1" | 216 | L |
| Hiroyuki Miura | D | 24 | 1973-12-31 | Kushiro, Japan | 6'3" | 198 | R |
| Yutaka Kawaguchi | D | 25 | 1973-04-05 | Kisarazu, Japan | 5'9" | 174 | R |
| Takayuki Miura | D | 31 | 1967-03-25 | 6'0" | 185 | ||
| Fumitaka Miyauchi | D | 25 | 1972-11-06 | Sapporo, Japan | 5'11" | 176 | L |
| Takeshi Yamanaka | D | 27 | 1971-01-30 | Tomakomai, Japan | 5'10" | 185 | R |
| Tatsuki Katayama | D | 25 | 1973-01-26 | Kushiro, Japan | 6'1" | 192 | L |
| Daniel Daikawa | D | 26 | 1971-07-30 | Apple Valley, Minnesota | 5'11" | 187 | R |
| FORWARDS | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Pos | Age | Birthdate | Birthplace | HT | WT | SC | |
| Kiyoshi Fujita | F | 25 | 1972-06-25 | Lethbridge, Alberta | 5'7" | 157 | R |
| Hideji Tsuchida | F | 24 | 1973-10-05 | 6'0" | 176 | L | |
| Junji Sakata | F | 23 | 1974-05-10 | 5'11" | 176 | R | |
| Masaki Shirono | F | 27 | 1970-12-27 | 5'10" | 174 | R | |
| Akihito Sugisawa | F | 30 | 1967-07-20 | Tomakomai, Japan | 5'7" | 141 | R |
| Tsutsumi Otomo | F | 22 | 1975-09-15 | Kushiro, Japan | 5'7" | 174 | |
| Shin Yahata | F | 23 | 1974-05-09 | Stockholm, Sweden | 5'10" | 170 | L |
| Toshiyuki Sakai | F | 33 | 1964-09-03 | Tomakomai, Japan | 6'0" | 187 | R |
| Ryan Kuwabara | F | 26 | 1972-03-23 | Hamilton, Ontario | 6'1" | 201 | R |
| Matthew Kabayama | F | 32 | 1965-11-18 | Coaldale, Alberta | 5'6" | 172 | R |
| Yasunori Iwata | F | 25 | 1972-11-24 | Sakai, Japan | 5'11" | 172 | R |
| Hiroshi Matsuura | F | 29 | 1968-05-14 | Tomakomai, Japan | 6'0" | 185 | L |
Post-1980s IIHF World Championship stats sourced from: IIHF Official Website and the Official Guide & Record Books of the Finnish Ice Hockey Federation.
Pre-1980s stats sourced primarily from the wonderful Russian Hockey site https://ice-hockey-stat.com/ and their beautifully documented international hockey history.