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Samurai Blue Squad for Upcoming World Cup Qualifiers

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Goalkeepers
Nishikawa (Urawa Reds)
Higashiguchi (Gamba Osaka)
Rokutan (Vegalta Sendai)

Defenders
Yoshida (Southampton, England)
Niwa (Gamba Osaka)
Makino (Urawa Reds)
Morishige (FC Tokyo)
Hiroki Sakai (Hanover 96, Germany)
Gotoku Sakai (VfB Stuttgart, Germany)
Yonekura (Gamba Osaka)
Nagatomo (Inter Milan, Italy, as I type!)

Midfielders
Hasebe (Eintracht Frankfurt, Germany)
Yamaguchi (Cerezo Osaka)
Wataru Endo (Shonan Bellmare)
Gaku Shibasaki (Kashima Antlers)
Haraguchi (Hertha Berlin, Germany)
Kagawa (Borussia Dortmund, Germany)

Forwards
Honda (Milan, Italy)
Nagai (Nagoya Grampus)
Takashi Usami (Gamba Osaka)
Muto (Mainz, Germany)
Koroki (Urawa Reds)
Okazaki (Leicester City, England)

Goalkeepers
西川周作（浦和レッズ）
東口順昭（ガンバ大阪）
六反勇治（ベガルタ仙台）

Defenders
吉田麻也（サウサンプトン）
丹羽大輝（ガンバ大阪）
槙野智章（浦和レッズ）
森重真人（FC東京）
酒井宏樹（ハノーファー）
酒井高徳（ハンブルガー）
長友佑都（インテル）
米倉恒貴（カンバ大阪）

Midfielders
長谷部誠（フランクフルト）
山口蛍（セレッソ大阪）
遠藤航（湘南ベルマーレ）
柴崎岳（鹿島アントラーズ）
原口元気（ヘルタ・ベルリン）
香川真司（ドルトムント）

Forwards
本田圭佑（AC ミラン）
永井謙佑（名古屋グランパス）
宇佐美貴史（ガンバ大阪）
武藤嘉紀（マインツ）
岡崎慎司（レスター）
興梠慎三（浦和レッズ）

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JSoccer Magazine Issue 17 Going to Print!

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JSoccer Magazine issue 17 is going to press next weekend… so much good stuff, interesting articles, and unusual things covered. You can all read about Gamba, Reds, Antlers, etc. every day (every hour) from various sources, so JSoccer Magazine never claims to be “up to date” or new (although the revealing of Usami’s transfer to Bayern Munich in Issue 1 was timed perfectly, after he’d told us weeks before knowing that the timing of his move announcement would coincide with release of magazine – hopefully not setting  precedent!) … we have a Nadeshiko Women’s World Cup spread, an “early history” of Urawa Reds (and some great “ancient” pictures), a look at the final day of J1 in 2005 – more pictures, too. There’s a look at some young players who are eligible to play for Japan, but living overseas, the United Nations of S-Pulse (planned, need to finish that!), Taiwanese ladies playing in Japan, and MUCH more … details coming closer to release date but, as always, thank you for your support.

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JSoccer Magazine Available on eBay, too!

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Issue 1 – signed by Yasuhito Endo – here:
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Japan Under 22 (2016 Olympics) Training Camp Squad

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Japan Under-22 training camp selectees for the August 23 to 26 session. Four days at the camp will end with a practice match against Kyoto Sanga.

Japan coach Makoto Teguramori is looking at the players and options available to him for qualification for the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics, which would come via success in next January’s 2016 AFC U-23 Championship in Qatar.

GK
Masatoshi Kushibiki (Shimizu S-Pulse)
Ayumi Niekawa (Jubilo Iwata)
Kosuke Nakamura (Avispa Fukuoka)

DF
Masashi Kamekawa (Avispa Fukuoka)
Yukitoshi Ito (Kashima Antlers)
Tatsuki Nara (FC Tokyo)
Naoki Kawaguchi (Albirex Niigata)
Takuya Iwanami (Vissel Kobe)
Kazuki Anzai (Tokyo Verdy)
Naomichi Ueda (Kashima Antlers)
Kyohei Yoshino (Sanfrecce Hiroshima)
Kazuya Miyahara (Sanfrecce Hiroshima)

MF
Kohei Uchida (Mito HollyHock)
Riki Harakawa (Kyoto Sanga)
Shinya Yajima (Fagiano Okayama)
Gakuto Notsuda (Sanfrecce Hiroshima)
Takuya Kida (Yokohama F.•Marinos)
Shoya Nakajima (FC Tokyo)
Naoki Maeda (Matsumoto Yamaga)
Kei Koizumi (Albirex Niigata)

FW
Musashi Suzuki (Mito HollyHock)
Takeshi Kanamori (Avispa Fukuoka)
Takuma Asano (Sanfrecce Hiroshima)
Tomoya Koyamatsu (Nagoya Grampus)
Daichi Kamada (Sagan Tosu)

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Samurai Blue Squad for East Asian Cup – beginning August 2nd

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Samurai Blue squad for the East Asian Cup

GKs
Higashiguchi (Gamba)
Nishikawa (Reds)
Rokutan *replaced Gonda (Vegalta)

DFs
Fujiharu (Gamba)
Mizumoto (Sanfrecce)
Niwa (Gamba)
Makino (Reds)
Morishige (FC Tokyo)
Ota (FC Tokyo)
Yonekura (Gamba)
Endo (Bellmare)

MFs:
Fujita * replaced Kashiwagi (Tosu)
Muto (Reds)
Yamaguchi (Cerezo)
Yonemoto (FC Tokyo)
Taniguchi (Frontale)
Shibasaki (Antlers)

FWs:
Koroki (Reds)
Kurata (Gamba)
Nagai (Grampus)
Kawamata (Grampus)
Usami (Gamba)
Asano (Sanfrecce)

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JSoccer Magazine Issue 16 is here – get your copy now by clicking on the links on this page!

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So… a quick rundown on the latest issue for you:

The cover – Takashi Usami – running rampant in J1 and finally settling into the national team after Halilhodzich overruled Hara and his cronies from blocking his selection!
Also Yuki Ogimi – exclusive interview – as she looks to help Nadeshiko Japan retain their World Cup crown.

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There’s an extensive and exclusive pictorial look at Gamba and Reysol in the ACL including this Reysol spread for the fans!

p7-8 ACL Reysol

We begin our continuing look at unusual shirts worn in the J.League with this spread on Nagoya Grampus, and there are more “Collector’s Corner” pages throughout Issue 16.

p14-15 Grampus shirts

We have an exclusive interview, and some nice pics, with Yuki Ogimi!

p20-21 Yuki Ogimi A

The featured team in this issue – after our very well-received “potted history” of Ventforet Kofu in the last issue is Vissel Kobe. Pictures through the ages and a Collector’s Corner double page spread of that rare green shirt!

p26 Vissel intro

We have Kazu!

p34 Kazu opener

A quick look at Kyoto Sanga… written six weeks before publication, but spot-on, it seems!

p36-37 Kyoto Sanga

We visited FC Ryukyu… interview and pictures!

p38-39 FC Ryukyu

… Tochigi Uva get some exposure!

p45 Tochigi Uva opener

… and we begin a new game! Kakurenball! Spot the ball in our two pictures to win prizes …

p48 Kakurenball

…. and loads more! Get your copy now!

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Samurai Blue squad for upcoming “friendly” match against Iraq and the World Cup Qualifier against Singapore

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The Samurai Blue squad for the upcoming “friendly” match against Iraq and the World Cup Qualifier against Singapore:

The Samurai Blue squad for upcoming the “friendly” match against Iraq and the World Cup Qualifier against Singapore:

Goalkeepers:
Eiji Kawashima (Standard Liege)
Masaaki Higashiguchi (Gamba Osaka)
Shusaku Nishikawa (Urawa Reds)
Shuichi Gondo (FC Tokyo)

Defenders:
Hiroki Sakai (Hannover)
Gotoku Sakai (Stuttgart)
Yuto Nagatomo (Inter Milan)
Kosuke Ota (FC Tokyo)
Maya Yoshida (Southampton)
Daiki Niwa (Gamba Osaka)
Tomoaki Makino (Urawa Reds)
Masato Morishige (FC Tokyo)

Midfielders:
Makoto Hasebe (Frankfurt)
Hotaru Yamaguchi (Cerezo Osaka)
Shogo Taniguchi (Kawasaki Frontale)
Gaku Shibasaki (Kashima Antlers),
Hiroshi Kiyotake (Hannover)
Shinji Kagawa (Borussia Dortmund)

Forwards:
Keisuke Honda (AC Milan)
Yoshinori Muto (FC Tokyo – for now!)
Shinji Okazaki (Mainz)
Genki Haraguchi (Hertha Berlin)
Yuya Osako (Cologne)
Takashi Usami (Gamba Osaka)
Kengo Kawamata (Nagoya Grampus)

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Japan national team training camp squad!

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Japan national team training camp squad!

The Japan national team Samurai Blue camp will take place on May 12-13 and there are some new and interesting names in the squad – and some old ones – hello Yoshito Okubo! New names include centre backs Daiki Niwa of Gamba Osaka and Takuya Iwanami of Vissel Kobe.

代表候補ながらFW大久保嘉人(川崎F)がブラジルW杯以来の招集となったほか、GK六反勇治(仙台)、DF丹羽大輝(G大阪)、DF岩波拓也(神戸)、MF遠藤康(鹿島)、MF谷口彰悟(川崎F)、FW杉本健勇(川崎F)、FW浅野拓磨(広島)の7人が日本代表候補に初選出された。

▽GK
Higashiguchi – Gamba Osaka 東口順昭(G大阪)
Nishikawa – Urawa Reds 西川周作(浦和)
Rokutan – Vegalta Sendai 六反勇治(仙台)
Gonda – FC Tokyo 権田修一(F東京)

▽DF
Mizumoto – Sanfrecce Hiroshima 水本裕貴(広島)
Niwa – Gamba Osaka 丹羽大輝(G大阪)
Makino – Urawa Reds 槙野智章(浦和)
Morishige – FC Tokyo 森重真人(F東京)
Ota – FC Tokyo 太田宏介(F東京)
Fujiharu – Gamba Osaka 藤春広輝(G大阪)
Shiotani – Sanfrecce Hiroshima 塩谷司(広島)
Shoji – Kashima Antlers 昌子源(鹿島)
Iwanami – Vissel Kobe 岩波拓也(神戸)
Ueda – Kashima Antlers 植田直通(鹿島)

▽MF
Konno – Gamba Osaka 今野泰幸(G大阪)
Endo – Kashima Antlers 遠藤康(鹿島)
Yamaguchi – Cerezo Osaka 山口蛍(C大阪)
Yonemoto – FC Tokyo 米本拓司(F東京)
Tanicguchi – Kawasaki Frontale 谷口彰悟(川崎F)
Shibasaki – Kashima Antlers 柴崎岳(鹿島)

▽FW
Okubo – Kawasaki Frontale 大久保嘉人(川崎F)
Toyoda – Sagan Tosu 豊田陽平(鳥栖)
Nagai – Nagoya Grampus 永井謙佑(名古屋)
Kawamata – Nagoya Grampus 川又堅碁(名古屋)
Usami – Gamba Osaka 宇佐美貴史(G大阪)
Muto – FC Tokyo 武藤嘉紀(F東京)
Sugimoto – Kawasaki Frontale 杉本健勇(川崎F)
Asano – Sanfrecce Hiroshima 浅野拓磨(広島)

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Japan U-22 Squad, Schedule: Friendly, AFC Qualifiers

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Squad for matches as follows

March 11th: Friendly vs. Myanmar U-22 at Fukuda Denshi Arena, Chiba 19.10 KO

March 21st: Training match in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia

AFC U-23 2016 Championship qualifiers:

March 27th 16:00 vs. Macau U-22 at Shah Alam Stadium
March 29th 20:15  vs. Vietnam U-22 at Shah Alam Stadium
March 31st 20:45 vs. Malaysia at Shah Alam Stadium

 

GK
1     NIEKAWA Ayumi (Jubiko Iwata)
18   KUSHIBIKI Masatoshi (Shimizu S-Pulse)
30   NAKAMURA Kosuke (Avispa Fukuoka)

DF
2     MATSUBARA Ken (Albirex Niigata)
6     YAMANAKA Ryosuke (Kashiwa Reysol)
15   KAMEKAWA Masashi (Avispa Fukuoka)
23   NARA Tatsuki (FC Tokyo)
4     IWANAMI Takuya (Vissel Kobe)
5     UEDA Naomichi (Kashima Antlers)

• 50 ANZAI Kazuki (Tokyo Verdy) replaces 17 Akino Hiroki

MF
16    OHSHIMA Ryota (Kawasaki Frontale)
3     ENDO Wataru (Shonan Bellmare)
8     HARAKAWA Riki (Kyoto Sanga F.C.)
20   YAJIMA Shinya (Fagiano Okayama)
24   NOTSUDA Gakuto (Sanfrecce Hiroshima)
10   NAKAJIMA Shoya (FC Tokyo)
19   TOYOKAWA Yuta (Kashima Antlers)

26   YOSHINO Kyohei (Snafrecce Hiroshima)

FW
14   ARANO Takuma (Consadore Sapporto)
11   KUBO Yuya (Young Boys/Switzerland)
9     SUZUKI Musashi (Albirex Niigata)
16   ASANO Takuma (Snafrecce Hiroshima)
13   MINAMINO Takumi (Salzburg/Austria)

• Minamino arrives Mar.23, Kubo arrives Mar.24

• 17   AKINO Hiroki (Kashiwa Reysol) (withdrawn through injury)