NEWS

The Japan Under-17 national team will play two matches against their counterparts from Burkina Faso in the middle of June during a tour to the African country, which is part of their preparations for the FIFA Under-17 World Cup in autumn.

The Japanese boys, guided by Yutaka Ikeuchi, will play the Burkina Faso Under-17 side on June 17 and 20 and a friendly match against a Ouagadougou City XI on June 19.
The 22-member squad will get together on Saturday ahead of their departure and start training in Burkina Faso on Monday.

Squad:
Goalkeepers—Jun Kamita (Vissel Kobe youth team), Yasuhiro Watanabe (Albirex Niigata youth team)
Defenders—Ryuki Nakajima (Aomori Yamada High School), Tatsuya Uchida (Gamba Osaka youth team), Takuya Okamoto (Urawa Reds youth team), Yuma Hiroki (FC Tokyo Under-18 team), Ryosuke Tada (Cerezo Osaka Under-18 team), Kyohei Uchida (Jubilo Iwata youth team), Koji Takano (Tokyo Verdy youth team)
Midfielders—Keisuke Kanda (Kashima Antlers youth team), Yuki Kobayashi (Tokyo Verdy youth team), Taisuke Miyazaki (Omiya Ardija youth team), Kota Sameshima (Kagoshima Josei High School), Shuto Kojima (Maebashi Ikuei High School), Yoshiaki Takagi (Tokyo Verdy youth team), Yuki Horigome (Ventforet Kofu youth team)
Forwards—Takuto Haraguchi (Gamba Osaka youth team), Takashi Usami (Gamba Osaka), Takumi Miyayoshi (Kyoto Sanga), Kenyu Sugimoto (Cerezo Osaka Under-18 team), Ryo Miyaichi (Chukyo Univ. Chukyo High School), Yuji Ono (Yokohama F. Marinos youth team)
Coach—Yutaka Ikeuchi