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U-21 Japan National Team squad - 20th Asian Games Aichi-Nagoya 2026

31 July 2026

U-21 Japan National Team squad - 20th Asian Games Aichi-Nagoya 2026

Staff

Head Coach: OIWA Go (JFA National Coaching Staff)
Assistant Coach: HANEDA Kenji (JFA National Coaching Staff)
Assistant Coach: OCHI Shigeyuki (JFA National Coaching Staff)
GK Coach: SATO Yohei (JFA National Coaching Staff)
Physical Coach: YANO Yoshiharu (JFA National Coaching Staff)
Technical Staff: WAKI Shohei (JFA Technical House)
Technical Staff: HAYAMA Haruto (JFA Technical House)

Squad

GK
12  KOBAYASHI Masataka (Matsumoto Yamaga FC)
 1   PISANO Alexandre Kouto Horio (Nagoya Grampus)
23  ARAKI Rui (Gamba Osaka)

DF
 5   ICHIHARA Rion (AZ Alkmaar/Netherlands)
 2   UMEKI Rei (FC Imabari)
 3   KOSUGI Keita (Eintracht Frankfurt/Germany)
 6   NAGANO Shuto (FC Tokyo)
 4   TSUCHIYA Kaito (Fukushima United FC)
22  OKABE Tariqkani Hayato (Toyo University)
21  SATO Mihiro (Albirex Niigata)
15  MORI Soichiro (Fagiano Okayama)

MF
14  OZEKI Yuto (Kawasaki Frontale)
 8   YASUDA Kenshin (V-Varen Nagasaki)
 7   ISHIWATARI Nelson (Sint-Truidense VV/Belgium)
10  ISHII Hisatsugu (Shonan Bellmare)
17  NAKAJIMA Yotaro (Sanfrecce Hiroshima)
18  SHIMAMOTO Yudai (Shimizu S-Pulse)

FW
13  FURUYA Shusuke (Tokyo International University)
19  NWADIKE Uche Brian Seo (AaB Fodbold/Denmark)
16  FUKUNAGA Yuya (Kyoto Sangyo University)
11  YOKOYAMA Yumeki (Cerezo Osaka)
 9   MICHIWAKI Yutaka (Iwaki FC)
20  ISHIBASHI Sena (Shonan Bellmare)

※Further details, including the match schedule and team itinerary, will be announced once confirmed.

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