Aoi Shiga

is a Japanese ice hockey player and member of the Japanese national team, currently playing in the Swedish Women's Hockey League with Modo.¹

International play

As a junior player with the Japanese national under-18 team, she participated in the IIHF U18 Women's World Championship Top Division tournaments in 2015 and 2017, and the Division I tournament in 2016. In 2017, she served as national team captain and was selected by the coaches as a top-three player on the team.

Shiga made her national senior team debut at the 2016 IIHF Women's World Championship, where she was the youngest player representing Japan and the second-youngest player competing in the tournament (the youngest was Noemi Neubauerová of Czechia). The following year, she competed in the 2017 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I Group A tournament, once again as the youngest player on the team. She was a member of the Japanese delegation at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Peyongchang and played in the women's ice hockey tournament, in which Japan claimed sixth place.

Shiga has participated in the Top Division tournament of every IIHF Women's World Championship since playing in the 2019 tournament. She recorded her first point with the senior national team at the 2021 IIHF Women's World Championship, earning the secondary assist on a goal scored by her sister, Akane Shiga, against in the preliminary round. Her first senior national team goal was scored against in the preliminary round of the 2022 IIHF Women's World Championship, assisted by Haruka Toko and Akane Shiga. The coaches named her as a top-three player for Japan in both 2021 and 2022.

She represented Japan in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, recording three assists in five games.

Personal life Her younger sister, Akane, is also an ice hockey player, a forward, with the Japanese national ice hockey team and PWHL Ottawa.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffsSeasonTeamLeagueGPGAPtsPIMGPGAPtsPIM 2018–19 Toyota Cygnus WJIHL 9 2 0 2 12 — — — — — 2023–24 Ladies Team Lugano SWHL A 12 4 2 6 4 — — — — — SWHL A totals 12 4 2 6 4 — — — — —

International Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM 2015 Japan U18 8th 5 1 1 2 4 2016 Japan U18 (Div I) 5 3 1 4 2 2016 Japan WC 8th 5 0 0 0 0 2017 Japan U18 8th 5 0 0 0 0 2017 Japan WC (Div IA) 5 0 0 0 0 2018 Japan OG 6th 5 0 0 0 0 2019 Japan WC 8th 5 0 0 0 0 2021 Japan WC 6th 7 0 2 2 0 2022 Japan OG 6th 5 0 3 3 0 2022 Japan WC 5th 7 1 1 2 0 2023 Japan WC 7th 6 1 0 1 2 2024 Japan WC 8th 5 0 2 2 2 2025 Japan WC 7th 5 0 0 0 4 2026 Japan OG 9th 4 0 2 2 2 Junior totals 15 4 2 6 6 Senior totals 59 2 10 12 10