Confirmed with Link: Canucks sign D Akito Hirose to 1-Year ELC

[Lenny Levino]

A Japanese hockey player? First time I've seen that. Nice.

 

[December5th]

A Japanese hockey player? First time I've seen that. Nice.

looks like hes half japanese so same as sherwood

 

[F A N]

A Japanese hockey player? First time I've seen that. Nice.

You must be very unfamiliar with Japanese names. Paul Kariya would be the most famous hockey player of Japanese descent. There have been a few including Akito’s brother Taro who played some NHL games for Detroit.

Abbotsford Canucks had Yushiroh Hirano a few years back. He was born in Japan. Yutaka Fukufuji would be the first Japanese player to play an NHL game.

 

[Vector]

A Japanese hockey player? First time I've seen that. Nice.

looks like hes half japanese so same as sherwood

At least some of his grandparents were born in Canada. He’s pretty far removed from Japan.

Sherwood’s mom was born and raised in Japan.

There’s been quite a few players with Japanese heritage in the NHL. Canadiens’ Captain Nick Suzuki comes to mind as one example.

 

[Blue and Green]

A Japanese hockey player? First time I've seen that. Nice.

There's this guy from North Van who's in the Hall of Fame.

 

[aight]

A Japanese hockey player? First time I've seen that. Nice.

As long as we don't start letting women do anything this should still be OK.

 

[wavaxa2]

You must be very unfamiliar with Japanese names. Paul Kariya would be the most famous hockey player of Japanese descent. There have been a few including Akito’s brother Taro who played some NHL games for Detroit.

Abbotsford Canucks had Yushiroh Hirano a few years back. He was born in Japan. Yutaka Fukufuji would be the first Japanese player to play an NHL game.

Don't forget about former Sabres legend Taro Tsujimoto.

 

[Siludin]

Nice to see him healthy again.
Baby steps, but he has points in back-to-back games for the first time in his AHL career.

 

[lawrence]

You must be very unfamiliar with Japanese names. Paul Kariya would be the most famous hockey player of Japanese descent. There have been a few including Akito’s brother Taro who played some NHL games for Detroit.

Abbotsford Canucks had Yushiroh Hirano a few years back. He was born in Japan. Yutaka Fukufuji would be the first Japanese player to play an NHL game.

I think he meant first names. I thought Kailor Yamamoto and Nick Suzuki but their first names not Japanese.

 

[F A N]

I think he meant first names. I thought Kailor Yamamoto and Nick Suzuki but their first names not Japanese.

What made you think he meant first names? But ya most of the NHL-related players we know that have Japanese names have Japanese last names rather than first names if they were of Japanese descent. Suzuki is a 5th generation Japanese Canadian and distantly related to David Suzuki.