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Makoto Ito
伊藤 麻琴
Ito representing Japan at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics
Born (2004-05-02) 2 May 2004 (age 20)
Hokkaido, Japan
Height 169 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 67 kg (148 lb; 10 st 8 lb)
Position Forward
Shoots Left
WJIHL team
Former teams		 Toyota Cygnus
Daishin IHC
National team  Japan
Playing career c. 2018–present
Medal record
Asian Winter Games
Gold medal – first place 2025 Harbin Ice hockey
Asia Championship
Gold medal – first place 2025 Beijing

Makoto Ito (伊藤麻琴, Itō Makoto, born 2 May 2004) is a Japanese ice hockey player and member of the Japanese national team. She has played with Toyota Cygnus in the Women's Japan Ice Hockey League (WJIHL) and All-Japan Women's Ice Hockey Championship since the 2023–24 season.

Playing career

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As a junior ice hockey player with the Japanese under-18 team, Ito participated in three IIHF U18 Women's World Championships – the Top Division tournament in 2019 and the Division I Group A tournaments in 2020 and 2022.[1] She made her U18 Worlds debut at age fourteen in the 2019 Top Division tournament and, despite being one of Japan's youngest players, led the team in scoring with three points across six games.[2]

Ito represented Japan in the girls' ice hockey tournament at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics in Lausanne. Her twelve points and seven assists led all skaters in the tournament and helped Japan claim gold.[3][4]

Ito made her senior national team debut at age seventeen in the 2021 IIHF Women's World Championship, where she was Japan's youngest player.[5][6] She has gone on to represent Japan at the IIHF Women's World Championship tournaments in 2022, 2023, and 2024.

Her achievements also include a gold medal at the 2025 IIHF Women's Asia Championship and a gold medal in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2025 Asian Winter Games. In the qualification tournament for the 2026 Winter Olympics, Ito was a top-three scorer for Japan as the team secured a berth in the Olympic tournament.[7]

Personal life

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Ito began studies in the Department of Child Development at Hokkaido Bunkyo University in 2023.[8]

References

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  1. ^ Závodszky, Szabolcs (10 April 2022). "Japanese girls impress in Division I". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 15 February 2025.
  2. ^ "2019 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Women's World Championship – Stats: Skaters". International Ice Hockey Federation. 13 January 2019. Retrieved 15 February 2025.
  3. ^ "Japanese women become first Asian team to win ice hockey gold in Olympic event". Olympic Council of Asia. 21 January 2020. Retrieved 15 February 2025.
  4. ^ Steiss, Adam (21 January 2020). "Japan get its golden moment". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 15 February 2025.
  5. ^ "IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship – Player Statistics by Team: JPN - Japan". International Ice Hockey Federation. 31 August 2021. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  6. ^ Jay, Michelle (19 April 2021). "2021 Worlds: Team Japan preview". The Ice Garden. Retrieved 15 February 2025.
  7. ^ Armstrong, Jim (6 February 2025). "Smile Japan Overpowers France 7-1 in the Opening Game of the Final Olympic Qualifier". Japan Forward. Retrieved 15 February 2025.
  8. ^ "女子アイスホッケー日本代表に本学学生・卒業生が選出されました（世界選手権）". Hokkaido Bunkyo University (in Japanese). 3 April 2023. Retrieved 15 February 2025.
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