|
The
Nippon Daihyō
Kirwan Challenge 2026
Squad against
Scotland & England March
2026 |
|
Player |
Birthdate |
Age |
Pos |
Club |
App |
G |
|
Ando, Tomoya |
10 January 1999 |
27 |
D |
FC St. Pauli 1910, Belgium |
3 |
0 |
|
Dōan, Ritsu |
16 June 1998 |
27 |
RM |
Eintracht Frankfurt, Germany |
62 |
11 |
|
Fujita, Joel Chima |
16 February 2002 |
24 |
DM |
FC St. Pauli 1910, Belgium |
7 |
0 |
|
Gotō, Keisuke |
3 June 2005 |
20 |
F |
Sint-Truidense VV,
Belgium, on loan from RSC Anderecht, Belgium |
2 |
0 |
|
Hayakawa, Tomoki |
3 March 1999 |
27 |
G |
Kashima Antlers FC |
3 |
tbcᵍᵃ |
|
Itō, Hiroki |
12 May 1999 |
26 |
C/LB |
FC Bayern München, Germany |
21 |
1 |
|
Itō, Junya |
9 March 1993 |
33 |
M |
KRC Genk, Belgium |
66 |
14 |
|
Kamada, Daichi |
5 August 1996 |
29 |
C/AM |
Crystal Palace FC, England |
47 |
12 |
|
Machino, Shūto |
30 September 1999 |
26 |
F |
Borussia VfL Mönchengladbach, Germany |
13 |
5 |
|
Maeda, Daizen |
20 October 1997 |
28 |
F |
The Celtic FC, Scotland |
26 |
4 |
|
Mitoma, Kaoru |
20 May 1997 |
28 |
LM |
Brighton & Hove Albion FC, England |
29 |
8 |
|
Nakamura, Keito |
28 July 2000 |
25 |
LM |
Stade de Reims, France |
35 |
1 |
|
Ogawa, Kōki |
8 August 1997 |
28 |
F |
Nijmegen Eendracht Combinatie, Netherlands |
13 |
10 |
|
Ōsako,
Keisuke |
28 July 1999 |
26 |
G |
Sanfrecce Hiroshima FC |
11 |
tbcᵍᵃ |
|
Sano, Kaishu |
30 December 2000 |
25 |
DM |
1.FSV Mainz 05, Germany |
11 |
0 |
|
Sano, Kodai |
25 September 2003 |
22 |
M |
Nijmegen Eendracht Combinatie, Netherlands |
1 |
0 |
|
Satō, Ryūnosuke |
16 October 2006 |
19 |
AM |
FC Tokyo |
5 |
0 |
|
Seko, Ayumu |
7 June 2000 |
25 |
CB |
Le Havre AC, France |
11 |
0 |
|
Shiogai, Kento |
26 March 2005 |
20 |
F |
VfL Wolfsburg, Germany |
0 |
0 |
|
Sugawara, Yukinari |
28 June 2000 |
25 |
RB |
SV Werder Bremen 1899, Germany,
on loan from Southampton FC, England |
18 |
2 |
|
Suzuki,
Junnosuke |
12 July
2003 |
22 |
CB/DM |
FC København, Denmark |
4 |
0 |
|
Suzuki,
Yuito |
25 October 2001 |
24 |
AM |
SC Freiburg, Germany |
4 |
0 |
Suzuki,
Zion |
21 August 2002
in Newark, USA |
23 |
G |
Parma Calcio 1913, Italy |
21 |
tbcᵍᵃ |
|
Tanaka, Ao |
10 September 1998 |
27 |
CM |
Leeds United AFC, England |
35 |
8 |
|
Taniguchi, Shōgo |
15 July 1991 |
34 |
CB |
Sint-Truidense VV,
Belgium |
35 |
1 |
|
Tomiyasu, Takehiro |
5 November 1998 |
27 |
FB |
Amsterdamsche FC Ajax,
Netherlands |
42 |
1 |
|
Ueda, Ayase |
28 August 1998 |
27 |
F |
Feyenoord Rotterdam, Netherlands |
36 |
16 |
|
Watanbe, Tsuyoshi |
5 February 1997 |
29 |
CB |
Feyenoord Rotterdam, Netherlands |
8 |
0 |
Squad details correct up to
and including Japan's match against Bolivia on 18 November 2025.
Tallies taken from SamuraiBlue
Diary
Thursday,
19 March 2026 -
Japan will travel to Scotland and England next wek, and will face the Scotland on Saturday, 28th and then England on Tuesday, 31st March. The Scotland and England expedition will be held as the Kirin World Challenge 2026 with special sponsorship from Kirin Holdings Co., Ltd., the official
Japan partner. Japan coach Hajime Moriyasu has named a 28-man squad.
|
Japan
Form: last six
games |
|
L
D W W W _ f
10:a 6
success:70% |
|
- |
9 September 2025 -
United States 2
Japan 0 [1-0]
Lower.com Field, Colombus |
Zendejas, Balogun |
Fr |
AL |
|
- |
10 October 2025 - Japan 2 Paraguay 2
[1-1] Panasonic Sutajiamu, Suita |
Ogawa, Ueda
Almirón, Gómez |
HD |
|
- |
14 October 2025 - Japan 3 Brazil 2
[0-2] Ajinomoto Sutajiamu, Chōfu
|
Minamino, Nakamura,
Ueda
Paulo Henrique, Martinelli |
HW |
|
- |
14 November 2025 - Japan 2 Ghana 0 [1-0] Toyota Sutajiamu, Toyota
|
Minamoto, Dōan |
HW |
|
- |
18 November 2025 - Japan 3 Bolivia 0
[1-0] MUFG Sutajiamu, Tokyo
|
Kamada, Machino, Nakamura |
HW |
|
- |
28 March 2026 - Scotland vs. Japan [
- ] National Stadium, Glasgow |
|
A_ |
____________________
CG
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