Japan

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Japan
Location information
Location	Eastern Asia
Behind the scenes
First appearance	Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Mentioned only)

Japan is a small island country in Eastern Asia. Vernon Dursley once made a joke about Japanese golfers in an attempt to impress a possible buyer and his wife for his drill company named Mr. Mason. He gets very upset when Harry and the house-elf Dobby interrupt it by making too much noise upstairs.

[edit] Magical Games and Sports

They have a National Quidditch Team.

• Noriyuki Sato (Male) (Chaser)(captain)
• Yoshihiro Suzuki (Male) (Chaser)
• Ryotaro Tanaka (Male) (Chaser)
•  ? Takahachi (Female)(Beater)
•  ? Takahachi (Female)(Beater)
•  ? Inamoto (Male) (Keeper)
• Watanami (Female)(Seeker)

Japan's Team Special Move is known as The Tsunami, which involves a lot of spinning and has a bit of a Karate theme. First, Sato has the Quaffle with the Takahashi sisters flanking him, 2 of the opponents chasers and 1 beater scream, then Sato does a spinning trick (the sloth grip roll, maybe?) to avoid the screaming players, then Sato passes it to Tanaka, who passes it to Suzuki who kicks an opponent who then throws it to Tanaka who kicks it in, then Suzuki does a dance on his broom