Japan national football team
The Japanese team is commonly known by the fans and media as , , or as abbreviated expressions. Although the team does not have an official nickname as such, it is often known by the name of the manager. For example, under Takeshi Okada, the team was known as . Recently, the team has been known or nicknamed as the "Samurai Blue", while Japanese news media during the 2018 FIFA World Cup still referred it to by the recently departed manager's (Akira Nishino) last name, as .
Japan women's national floorball team
Japan women's national floorball team is the national team of Japan. At the 1997 Floorball Women's World Championship in Godby and Mariehamn, Åland, Finland, the team finished tenth. At the 1999 Floorball Women's World Championship in Borlänge, Sweden, the team finished fourth in the B-Division. At the 2001 Floorball Women's World Championship in Riga, Latvia, the team finished fifth in the B-Division. At the 2003 Floorball Women's World Championship in Germany, the team finished first in the B-Division. At the 2005 Floorball Women's World Championship in Singapore, the team finished eighth in the A-Division. At the 2007 Floorball Women's World Championship in Frederikshavn, Denmark, the team finished sixth in the B-Division. At the 2013 Floorball Women's World Championship in Brno and Ostrava, Czech Republic, the team finished fifteenth.