Hikaru Yamashita
山下 
Born (2000-09-23) 23 September 2000
Height 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
Weight 52 kg (115 lb; 8 st 3 lb)
Position Forward
Shoots Left
SDHL team
Former teams
AIK Hockey
Seibu Princess Rabbits
DK Peregrine
National team  Japan
Playing career 2018present

Hikaru Yamashita (Japanese: 山下光, Hepburn: Yamashita Hikaru, born 23 September 2000) is a Japanese ice hockey player and member of the Japanese national team, currently playing in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL) with AIK IF.

She represented Japan at the IIHF Women's World Championships in 2019 and 2021.[1][2]

Her sister, Shiori Yamashita, also plays for the Japanese national team.[3]

References

  1. "女子世界選手権 日本代表メンバー決定". jihf.or.jp. 22 March 2019.
  2. 2019 IIHF Women's World Championship roster
  3. "Hikaru YAMASHITA". Olympics.com. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
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