NEWS

The Japan Under-16 squad to visit Uzbekistan for friendly matches from September 6 to 15 was announced on Monday.

Japan will play their counterparts from Qatar on September 8 and a local club on September 10, before meeting Uzbekistan on September 12 and 14, all in Tashkent.
The tour is part of preparations for the AFC Under-16 Championship, slated for October 20 to November 9 in Uzbekistan.

Squad:
Goalkeepers—Rikiya Iwawaki (Jubilo Iwata youth), Genki Yamada (Kyoto Sanga U-18), Kosuke Nakamura (Kashiwa Reysol U-18)
Defenders—Ryuga Suzuki (Kashima Antlers youth), Naoki Kawaguchi (Albirex Niigata youth), Takuya Iwanami (Vissel Kobe youth), Yuto Horigome (Consadole Sapporo U-18), Naomichi Ueda (Ozu High School), Junpei Arai (Urawa Reds youth), Daisuke Takagi (Tokyo Verdy Jr. youth)
Midfielders—Fumiya Hayakawa (Albirex Niigata youth), Keishi Kusumi (Tokyo Verdy youth), Hiroki Akino (Kashiwa Reysol U-18), Kazuhiko Yoshida (FC Tokyo U-18), Reo Mochizuki (Yasu High School), Kento Yabuuchi (Gamba Osaka youth), Kazuki Fukai (Consadole Sapporo U-18)
Forwards—Takumi Minamino (Cerezo Osaka U-18), Masaya Matsumoto (JFA Academy Fukushima), Takahiro Sekine (Urawa Reds Jr. youth), Hiroki Sugajima (Tokyo Verdy Jr. youth), Shuto Kitagawa (Nagoya Grampus U-15), Taigo Miyaguni (Miyakojima Munichipal Taira Jr. High School)
Coach—Hirofumi Yoshitake