Milan ¨C As Japan¡¯s women¡¯s ice hockey team bids for its first Olympic medal at the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Games, they will be hoping to hear plenty of Arashi¡¯s 2007 hit ¡°Oh Yeah!¡±
That¡¯s the tune the players chose as their goal song ¡ª captain Shiori Koike says Arashi¡¯s songs simply have an ¡°Olympic-like¡± feeling ¡ª and the team will be on a mission to ensure it¡¯s played often in Milan.
Key to Smile Japan¡¯s hopes to fill the opponents¡¯ net will be forward Akane Shiga, one of the few members of the team with experience playing in leagues overseas.
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