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.

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