NEWS

The Japan Under-19 squad to play the Sendai Cup International Youth Tournament was named on Tuesday.

Japan will play France on September 9, Brazil on September 11 and China on September 12, all to kick off at 1:30 p.m. at Yurtec Stadium in Sendai.

Squad:
Goalkeepers—Hayato Nakamura (Montedio Yamagata), Jun Kamita (Vissel Kobe)
Defenders—Masaki Tanaka (Nippon Sports Science University), Gotoku Sakai (Albirex Niigata), Shota Kobayashi (Shonan Bellmare), Ryo Hiraide (FC Tokyo), Tatsuya Uchida (Gamba Osaka), Takuya Okamoto (Urawa Reds youth), Wataru Endo (Shonan Bellmare youth)
Midfielders—Mitsunari Musaka* (Chuo University), Ibuki Fujita (Keio University), Taishi Taguchi (Nagoya Grampus), Daisuke Kikuchi (Thaspa Kusatsu), Koki Kazama (Lauretano), Takashi Usami (Gamba Osaka)
Forward—Kentaro Shigematsu (FC Tokyo), Yuki Kobayashi (Tokyo Verdy youth), Takumi Miyayoshi (Kyoto Sanga FC), Kenyu Sugimoto (Cerezo Osaka)
Coach—Keiichiro Nuno
Note: *Musaka will not play in the tournament due to his physical condition.