2012 Roster
#2 Taro Racanelli
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Position | Defense | Shoots | Right |
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| Height | 5’9″ / 175 cm | Weight | 190 lbs / 86 kg | |
| Date of birth | February 18, 1996 | Hometowm | Burnaby, BC | |
| Favorite Japanese Food | Rice | Favorite Junk food | Coca-cola | |
| Favorite Hockey Player | Alex Ovechkin | Family originally from | Wakayama | |
| Favorite Quote | Herb Brooks (1937 – 2003) アメリカのホッケープレイヤー、コーチ Great moments are born from great opportunities. （偉大な瞬間は大きなチャンスから生れ出る。） |
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#4 Matthew Hayashi-Mahedy
| Position | Defense | Shoots | Right |  |
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| Height | 5’11" / 180 cm | Weight | 185 lbs / 84 kg | |
| Date of birth | November 18, 1995 | Hometowm | Vancouver, BC | |
| Favorite Japanese Food | Tempura Udon | Favorite Junk food | McDonald’s fries | |
| Favorite Hockey Player | PK Subban | Family originally from | Kyoto & Osaka | |
| Favorite Quote | Aristotle (アリストテレス) ギリシャの哲学者 We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act, but a habit. （我々は同じことを繰り返し行う。それゆえ「優秀さ」さえ、ただ一度の行いではなく習慣になる。） |
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#5 Taylor McElwain
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Position | Defense | Shoots | Left |
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| Height | 5’11" / 180 cm | Weight | 165 lbs / 75 kg | |
| Date of birth | February 26, 1995 | Hometowm | Richmond, BC | |
| Favorite Japanese Food | Sushi | Favorite Junk food | Chocolate | |
| Favorite Hockey Player | Evgeni Malkin | Family originally from | Mie | |
| Favorite Quote | None | |||
#6 Connor Kluthe-Tasaka
| Position | Defense | Shoots | Right |  |
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| Height | 5’11" / 180 cm | Weight | 165 lbs / 75 kg | |
| Date of birth | January 23. 1997 | Hometowm | Richmond, BC | |
| Favorite Japanese Food | Udon | Favorite Junk food | Double bacon cheeseburger | |
| Favorite Hockey Player | Scott Stevens | Family originally from | Wakayama and Hiroshima | |
| Favorite Quote | If a person tries as hard as he can, what else can you ask for. （最大限の努力をする人には、これ以上何を望むことがあろうか。） |
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#10 Steven Saito
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Position | Defense | Shoots | Right |
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| Height | 5’9″ / 175 cm | Weight | 140 lbs / 64 kg | |
| Date of birth | March 14, 1995 | Hometowm | Surrey, BC | |
| Favorite Japanese Food | Rice | Favorite Junk food | Diary Milk Chocolate, M&M Peanuts | |
| Favorite Hockey Player | Jason Krog, Scott Niedermayer | Family originally from | Shizuoka | |
| Favorite Quote | Will Smith (ウィル スミス) アメリカの映画俳優 Don’t let failure go to your heart & don’t let success go to your head. （失敗してもkokoroに覚え込ませないこと、成功しても頭に覚え込ませないこと。） |
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#11 Paul Shimbashi
| Position | Defense | Shoots | Right |  |
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| Height | 5’11" / 180 cm | Weight | 185 lbs / 84 kg | |
| Date of birth | November 18, 1995 | Hometowm | Barnwell, Alta | |
| Favorite Japanese Food | Kappa Maki | Favorite Junk food | Spitz (Sunflower seeds) | |
| Favorite Hockey Player | Rick Nash | Family originally from | Kagoshima | |
| Favorite Quote | Paul Gallico (1897 – 1976) アメリカの作家、短編小説家、スポーツライター Hockey is “A fast body-contact game played by men with clubs in their hands and knives laced to their feet." （我々は同じことを繰り返し行う。それゆえ「優秀さ」さえ、ただ一度の行いではなく習慣になる。） |
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#16 Nicholas Nimi
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Position | Forward | Shoots | Right |
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| Height | 5’6″ / 168 cm | Weight | 135 lbs / 61 kg | |
| Date of birth | March 16, 1997 | Hometowm | Richmond, BC | |
| Favorite Japanese Food | Unagi Sushi, Manju | Favorite Junk food | Sour Cherry Blasters | |
| Favorite Hockey Player | Pavel Datsyuk | Family originally from | Tokushima | |
| Favorite Quote | Winners never quit, quitters never win. （勝利する者は諦めない、諦める者は勝つことは無い） |
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#17 Rachel Budden
| Position | Defense | Shoots | Left |  |
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| Height | 5’4″ / 163 cm | Weight | 140 lbs / 64 kg | |
| Date of birth | November 20, 1994 | Hometowm | Vancouver, BC | |
| Favorite Japanese Food | Takoyaki | Favorite Junk food | Popcorn | |
| Favorite Hockey Player | Dan Hamhuis | Family originally from | Wakayama and Hiroshima | |
| Favorite Quote | Marianne Williamson (1952 – ) スピリチュアル活動家 Your playing small does not serve the world. （小さなプレーは世界に通じない。） |
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#18 Andrew Okuma
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Position | Forward | Shoots | Right |
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| Height | 5’7″ / 170 cm | Weight | 155 lbs / 70 kg | |
| Date of birth | November 21, 1993 | Hometowm | Vancouver, BC | |
| Favorite Japanese Food | Chicken Katsu | Favorite Junk food | Chips | |
| Favorite Hockey Player | Sidney Crosby | Family originally from | Okinawa | |
| Favorite Quote | Don’t ever sell yourself short… and work hard when no one is looking. （自分自身を決して安売りするな、— そして誰も見ていないところで努力を惜しむな。） |
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#21 Ashton Shimbashi
| Position | Forward | Shoots | Right |  |
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| Height | 5’11" / 180 cm | Weight | 170 lbs / 77 kg | |
| Date of birth | May 24, 1993 | Hometowm | Barnwell, Alta | |
| Favorite Japanese Food | Okonomiyaki | Favorite Junk food | Dr. Pepper | |
| Favorite Hockey Player | Jerome Iginla | Family originally from | Kagoshima | |
| Favorite Quote | Nothing worth doing ever came easy. （容易くできることは、する価値が無い。） |
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#29 Quinn Toyoda
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Position | Goalie | Shoots | Left |
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| Height | 5’9″ / 175 cm | Weight | 145 lbs / 66 kg | |
| Date of birth | February 18, 1996 | Hometowm | Richmond, BC | |
| Favorite Japanese Food | Miso Salmon | Favorite Junk food | Yam Fries | |
| Favorite Hockey Player | Ken Dryden | Family originally from | Sendai / Wakayama | |
| Favorite Quote | Albert Einstein (1879 – 1955) ドイツの物理学者 Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid. （誰もが天才である。しかし仮にあなたが魚を木登りの能力で判断するなら、その魚は自分は愚か者と信じて一生を過ごすだろう。） |
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#33 Daniel Golden
| Position | Golie | Shoots | Left |  |
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| Height | 5’11" / 180 cm | Weight | 215 lbs / 98 kg | |
| Date of birth | June 1, 1995 | Hometowm | Richmond, BC | |
| Favorite Japanese Food | Tonkatsu | Favorite Junk food | White Rabbit Candies | |
| Favorite Hockey Player | Cory Schneider | Family originally from | Wakayama / Tokushima | |
| Favorite Quote | Winners never quit, quitters never win. （勝利する者は諦めない、諦める者は勝つことは無い） |
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#39 Tanoshi Mizushima
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Position | Forward | Shoots | Right |
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| Height | 5’8” / 173 cm | Weight | 165 lbs / 75 kg | |
| Date of birth | January 25. 1995 | Hometowm | Richmond, BC | |
| Favorite Japanese Food | Rice | Favorite Junk food | Snickers | |
| Favorite Hockey Player | Jonathan Toews, Gino Odjick | Family originally from | Chiba Ichikawa | |
| Favorite Quote | Everything is possible if you believe in yourself. （自分自身を信じれば、何事も可能だ。） |
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#44 Wesley Matsuda
| Position | Defense | Shoots | Right |  |
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| Height | 5’10" / 178 cm | Weight | 190 lbs /86 kg | |
| Date of birth | May 1, 1996 | Hometowm | Kamloops,, BC | |
| Favorite Japanese Food | Vegetable & Prawn Tempura | Favorite Junk food | Pizza | |
| Favorite Hockey Player | PK Subban | Family originally from | Wakayama, Fukuoka | |
| Favorite Quote | Michael Jordan (1963 – ) 元バスケットボール選手、実業家 Talent wins games, but team work and intelligence wins championships. （才能はゲームに勝たせてくれる、しかしチームワークと思考力はチャンピョンシップに勝たせてくれる。） |
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#51 Trevor Okino
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Position | Forward | Shoots | Left |
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| Height | 5’11" / 180 cm | Weight | 185 lbs / 84 kg | |
| Date of birth | February 13, 1995 | Hometowm | Richmond, BC | |
| Favorite Japanese Food | Teriyaki beef & rice | Favorite Junk food | Chocolate | |
| Favorite Hockey Player | Duncan Keith | Family originally from | Hiroshima | |
| Favorite Quote | Clint Eastwood (1930 – ) アメリカの映画俳優、監督 I tried being reasonable, I didn’t like it. （私は何事も程よい加減でいようとしたが、うまくいかなかった。） |
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#60 Will Nomura
| Position | Forward | Shoots | Right |  |
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| Height | 5’7″ / 170 cm | Weight | 140 lbs / 64 kg | |
| Date of birth | April 7, 1996/td> | Hometowm | Surrey, BC | |
| Favorite Japanese Food | Tempura | Favorite Junk food | Ice Cream | |
| Favorite Hockey Player | Sidney Crosby | Family originally from | Wakayama | |
| Favorite Quote | When we realize how little we are to the universe, we realize how important we are to each other. （我々は宇宙ではちっぽけな存在だと気づいたとき、我々はお互いになくてはならない存在だと気付く。） |
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#71 Makoto Oliver
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Position | Forward | Shoots | Left |
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| Height | 5’8″ / 173 cm | Weight | 165 lbs / 75 kg | |
| Date of birth | October 25, 1994 | Hometowm | Vancouver, BC | |
| Favorite Japanese Food | Beef Udon | Favorite Junk food | Instant noodles | |
| Favorite Hockey Player | Marcus Johansson | Family originally from | Fukuoka | |
| Favorite Quote | Oscar Wilde (1854 – 1900) アイルランド出身の詩人、作家 Be yourself, everyone else is taken. （自分らしくあれ、他人の役は全て取られているのだから。） |
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#74 Ryan Kidd
| Position | Forward | Shoots | Right |  |
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| Height | 5’8″ / 173 cm | Weight | 145lbs / 66kg | |
| Date of birth | May 26, 1994 | Hometowm | Richmond, BC | |
| Favorite Japanese Food | Salmon Onigiri | Favorite Junk food | McDonalds | |
| Favorite Hockey Player | Zach Parise | Family originally from | Hikone, Shiga | |
| Favorite Quote | Wayne Gretzky (1961 – ) カナダ出身のホッケープレイヤー、監督 A good player plays where the puck is, a great player plays where the puck is going to be. （優れた選手はパックのある所でプレーする、より優れた選手はパックの向かう所でプレーする。） |
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#77 Gen Bryshun
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Position | Defense | Shoots | Left |
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| Height | 5’8″ / 173 cm | Weight | 180 lbs / 82 kg | |
| Date of birth | May 8, 1996 | Hometowm | Kelowna,, BC | |
| Favorite Japanese Food | Inarizushi | Favorite Junk food | Maynards Gummies | |
| Favorite Hockey Player | Drew Doughty | Family originally from | Okazaki City, Aichi | |
| Favorite Quote | The surest way not to fail is to determine to succeed. （失敗しない一番確かなやり方は、成功するように固く誓うことだ。） |
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#91 Carter Hikichi
| Position | Forward | Shoots | Left |  |
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| Height | 5’7″ / 170 cm | Weight | 145 lbs / 66 kg | |
| Date of birth | July 10, 1996 | Hometowm | Kelowna, BC | |
| Favorite Japanese Food | Teriyaki Chicken, Yakisoba | Favorite Junk food | Pizza | |
| Favorite Hockey Player | Sidney Crosby | Family originally from | Fukushima & Wakayama | |
| Favorite Quote | Wayne Gretzky (1961 – ) カナダ出身のホッケープレイヤー、監督 You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take. （打たないショットは１００％ミスショットになる。） |
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#93 Justin Wong
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Position | Forward | Shoots | Right |
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| Height | 5’11" / 180 cm | Weight | 160 lbs / 73 kg | |
| Date of birth | September 3, 1993 | Hometowm | Coquitlam, B.C. | |
| Favorite Japanese Food | Sushi | Favorite Junk food | Fast Food | |
| Favorite Hockey Player | Sidney Crosby | Family originally from | Hiroshima & Kagoshima | |
| Favorite Quote | Sydney Crosby (1987 – ) カナダ出身のホッケープレイヤー “Great moments are born from great opportunities." （偉大な瞬間は大きなチャンスから生れ出る。） |
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#97 Christian Dale
| Position | Forward | Shoots | Left |  |
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| Height | 5’8.5″ / 174cm | Weight | 130 lbs / 59 kg | |
| Date of birth | December 30, 1997 | Hometowm | North Delta, B.C. | |
| Favorite Japanese Food | Sushi | Favorite Junk food | McDonald’s fries | |
| Favorite Hockey Player | Ryan Nugent Hopkins | Family originally from | Yamanashi & Toyama | |
| Favorite Quote | You only live once. （人生は一度きりだ。） |
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Coaching Staff & General Manager
 Joe RacanelliAssistant Coach Hometown: Burnaby, BC |
 Hitomi NakajimaHead Coach Hometown: Kushiro, Japan |
 Mike SaitoGeneral Manager Hometown: Surrey, BC |