All Japan Jr. Youth

All Japan Jr. Youth redirects here. For its anime counterpart, see Japan Jr. (1986 film). For the U-20 team, see Japan Youth.

All Japan Jr. Youth (全日本ジュニア(Jr.)ユース, Zennihon Junia Yūsu) or Japan Jr. is the representative of Japan in the International Jr. Youth Tournament that took place during the J Boys' Challenge story arc.

HistoryEdit

In the Captain Tsubasa series, Japan Jr. was envisioned by Katagiri and the JFA Association as to be the first junior team to compete in U-16 European and South American standards. Katagiri wanted Tsubasa to be at his best, win the V-3 middle school tournament and become the best player in the U-19 Brazil club league in order to lead Japan to win the World Cup in a future.

After the 16th National middle school tournament, since Tsubasa was injured and couldn't join the training camp, Kojiro Hyuga became the captain, who left the captain mark to Hikaru Matsuyama after the loss against Hamburg Jr., therefore Matsuyama became the new captain. He later gave the mark to Tsubasa after the three week period of his recovery, showing he was almost at his 100% strength after dribbling Italy Jr. Youth volantes and defenders and scoring against Gino Hernandez.

For the International Jr. Youth tournament held in France, all Japanese players who had a great performance in the 16th National middle school tournament from the top Middle school teams who made it up to semifinals or quarter-finals^[1] were chosen to join All Japan Jr. Youth training camp. Only 17 out of those 24 players would be chosen to take part in the Europe campaign.

Later on, the team has the addition of Tsubasa Ozora^[2], Taro Misaki^[3], Genzo Wakabayashi and Jun Misugi^[4] joining, the All Japan Jr. Youth team was formed with 21 players, after the training camp and the (West) Germany friendly matches campaign.

UniformsEdit

Home	Away	Keeper

Manga

• Home: white shirt with Japanese flag, royal blue for the collar and royal blue stripes on the sleeves, white shorts and white socks with royal blue stripes. The captain armband is white with blue horizontal stripes. This is Japan 1984 home uniform.
• Away: blue shirt with Japanese flag, white collar with a red thin line and a white sleeve borders, blue shorts with a white wide stripe and blue socks.
• Keeper: Green jersey, with black chest and the Japanese flag and white collar, black shorts and white socks.
• Keeper (2): Blue jersey with black collar and shoulders, blue arms and the Japanese flag and black pants with white stripes. This uniform is worn in the manga by Wakabayashi during the matches against France and West Germany.

Anime

Home	Away	Keeper

Shin Captain Tsubasa
The uniform is identical to the manga home and keeper versions. Wakabayashi wears a green shirt with white collar, darker green shoulders and grey blue pants with white stripe. Wakashimazu and Morisaki wear different color patterns (Wakashimazu wears a red shirt with teal green chest and black pants, while Morisaki wears an orange jersey with pale yellow chest and white shorts). The captain armband is red.

• 1994 Anime: White shirt with Japanese flag, azure collar and azure stripes on the sleeves, white shorts and white socks with azure stripes and black back number. The goalkeeper uniform is a red shirt with blue shoulders, blue round collar, white sleeves and black pants. The captain armband is yellow.

2001 Anime

• Home: blue shirt with JFA logo, white collar with a red ring, 3 white stripes on the sleeves, and white and red curves from the sleeves to the sides of the shirt, white shorts with blue stripes and blue socks. The captain armband is red with white Adidas logo. This is Japan 1999-2000 Home uniform, which was also worn by Japan in Millenium Dream.
• Away: white shirt with JFA logo, blue collar with a red ring, 3 blue stripes on the sleeves, and blue and red curves from the sleeves to the sides of the shirt, blue shorts with white stripes and white socks. This is Japan 1999-2000 Away uniform.
• Keeper: jet black long-sleeved jersey, with the JFA logo, the Adidas logo, and grey colors on the chest, yellow shoulder stripes, yellow round collar, with jet black shorts and white socks.

2018 Anime

• Home (ep. 29, 34): Blue shirt with blue round collar, medium blue shoulders and sleeves, dark blue rectangle-shaped panels on the sides, Japan flag as logo on the left side of the chest and red sleeve borders, white shorts and dark blue socks. The captain armband is yellow with the flag of Japan. This uniform resembles the one worn by Olympic Japan in Rising Sun.
• Home (epilogue): Similar to Manga home (Japan 1984 home uniform).
• Keeper: N/A

Results Edit

Japan Training camp

• ○ Japan Jr. 3 - 1 Mihara high school ●
• ○ Japan Jr. 2 - 0 Teiwa high school ●
• ○ Japan Jr. 2 - 1 Toho Academy high school ●

Germany Campaign matches

• ● Japan Jr. 1 - 5 Hamburger SV Jr. ○
• ● Japan Jr. 2 - 3 SV Werder Bremen Jr. ○
• ○ Japan Jr. 3 - 0 FC Bayern Munich Jr. ●
• ○ Japan Jr. 4 - 0 Amsterdam Jr. ●
• ○ Japan Jr. 3 - 1 Belgium Jr. ●

International Jr. Youth Tournament
Group stage

• ○ Japan Jr. 2 - 1 Italy Jr. ●
• ○ Japan Jr. 5 - 4 Argentina Jr. ●

Final round

• [Semifinal] ○ Japan Jr. 4 - 4 France Jr. ● (aet, PK 5 - 4) Japan
• [Final] ○ Japan Jr. 3 - 2 Germany Jr. ●

Squad Edit

Training campEdit

No.	Pos.	Player	Nat.
1	GK	Ken Wakashimazu
2	MF	Masao Tachibana
3	MF	Kazuo Tachibana
5	DF	Hiroshi Jito
6	DF	Shingo Takasugi
7	DF	Makoto Soda
8	MF	Mamoru Izawa
9	FW	Kojiro Hyuga [5]
10	MF	Tsubasa Ozora
12	DF / MF	Hikaru Matsuyama [6]
14	MF	Ryo Ishizaki
15	MF	Takeshi Sawada
16	MF	Mitsuru Sano
17	FW	Hajime Taki
18	FW	Shun Nitta
19	FW	Kazuki Sorimachi
20	FW	Teppei Kisugi
21	GK	Yuzo Morisaki

Main SquadEdit

International Jr. Youth Tournament

No.	Pos.	Player	Nat.
1	GK	Ken Wakashimazu
2	DF	Masao Tachibana
3	DF	Kazuo Tachibana
5	DF	Hiroshi Jito
6	DF	Shingo Takasugi
7	DF	Makoto Soda
8	MF	Mamoru Izawa
9	FW	Kojiro Hyuga
10	MF	Tsubasa Ozora
11	MF	Taro Misaki
12	MF	Hikaru Matsuyama
14	DF	Ryo Ishizaki
15	MF	Takeshi Sawada
16	MF	Mitsuru Sano
17	FW	Hajime Taki
18	FW	Shun Nitta
19	FW	Kazuki Sorimachi
20	FW	Teppei Kisugi
21	GK	Yuzo Morisaki
22	GK	Genzo Wakabayashi[7]
24	MF	Jun Misugi

• Coach: Tatsuo Mikami
• Assistant coach Sumitomo
• Assistant Coach Jun Misugi

Other playersEdit

These players joined the training camp, but didn't get selected.

No.	Pos.	Player	Nat.
	GK	Masanori Kato
	MF	Hideto Koike
	MF	Hiromichi Hori
	FW	Kazumasa Oda
	FW	Kazuto Takei
	FW	Noboru Sawaki

Gallery Edit

NotesEdit

1. ↑ Because of Tsubasa's injury, Nitta, who Tsubasa faced during the Shizuoka prefecture tournament, replaced him.
2. ↑ Since Tsubasa didn't join the training camp, he wasn't considered to be part of the team until after the match against Schester's Bremen Jr., where Tsubasa challenged goalkeeper Gino Hernandez along with the Italian team and successfully defeat them with a Drive Shot.
3. ↑ Who at the time was living in France with Ichiro Misaki and despite attending a French middle school, he did not want to join any soccer club as he felt his skills and potential was not enough for an International Jr. Youth Tournament. So he decided to accept Katagiri's invitation just after challenging France Jr. Youth captain Elle Sid Pierre and his team and was able to score a goal with the assitance of a then unknown Louis Napoleon.
4. ↑ Before being registered as a player, Misugi only joined the team as an assistant coach and later on accepted the role of a "super substitute" in times of need.
5. ↑ During the match against Hamburg Jr. Youth.
6. ↑ Matsuyama was both registered as midfielder and defender until coach Mikami and Jun Misugi came up with a final squad which would be including Tsubasa Ozora as pivot player and the team's gamemaker.
7. ↑ Wakabayashi was not able to play in the Germany campaign as his Hamburg Jr. Youth contract did not allow it until the U-16 International Jr. Youth Tournament.

External linksEdit

• All Japan Jr. Youth at Captain Tsubasa DB (Japanese)