Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Kawabuchi sokwa ndị otu egwuregwu hockey ice nke mba Japan n'oge ọ nọ na Iwakura. N'afọ 1962, ọ zụrụ ndị otu mba ka ha nweta ihe nrite ọlaedo na Group B nke European Championship.
Egwuregwu Ice Hockey World Championship nke afọ 1962 e mere na Colorado Springs, Colorado. Ndị otu ya meriri egwuregwu ise ọ na-enye ọzụzụ na asọmpi ahụ, na mmeri ha meriri France, Australia, Austria, Netherlands, na Denmark. O mechara jee ozi dị ka onye njikwa nke ndị otu egwuregwu ice hockey na 1964 Winter Olympics, ebe Japan nọ na nke atọ na Group B na mmeri anọ, mmeri abụọ, na otu draw.