All Japan Jr. Youth (全日本Jr.ユース), Japan Jr. Youth for short, is an under-16 national football team that appeared in the Captain Tsubasa manga series.
Description[]
All Japan Jr. Youth is the U-16 national team that represents Japan in international football competitions.
History[]
J Boys' Challenge[]
All Japan Jr. Youth was formed with the best middle school players in Japan in order to participate in the 1st International Jr. Youth Tournament in France. Later on, Genzo Wakabayashi and Taro Misaki, two players who were overseas, also joined the team.
Uniforms[]
| Home | Away | Keeper |
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- Home: White shirt with Japanese flag, blue polo collar and stripes on the sleeves and shoulders, white shorts and white socks with blue stripes. The captain armband is white with blue horizontal stripes. This is based on Japan 1984 home uniform.
- Away: Blue shirt with Japanese flag, round white collar with a red thin line and a white sleeve borders, blue shorts with a white wide stripe and blue socks. This uniform was worn against Argentina Jr. Youth to avoid a color clash with Argentina's sky blue and white striped shirts.
- Keeper: Green jersey, with black chest and the Japanese flag and green collar, black shorts (or black pants, in Wakashimazu's case) and white socks. This is based on Japan 1984-85 goalkeeper uniform.
- 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 Germany.
- Training: Blue shirt with white polo collar, flag of Japan as emblem on the chest, white stripes on the sleeves, blue shorts with white stripes on each side and blue socks. This uniform was worn against Mihara Central High School.
- Training/Keeper : White shirt with white polo collar, cherry red shoulders and sleeves, flag of Japan on the chest, red trousers and white socks. This uniform was worn by Wakashimazu against Mihara Central High School. It resembles the uniform he wore when he played for Toho Academy Middle School.
Results[]
J Boys' Challenge[]
Practice matches[]
| Japan Jr. Youth | 3-1 | Mihara Central HS | ||
| Japan Jr. Youth | 2-0 | Teiwa HS | ||
| Japan Jr. Youth | 2-1 | Toho Academy HS |
Campaign in Europe - friendly matches[]
Japan Jr. Youth 
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1-5[3] |  Hamburg Jr. Youth
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2-3 |  Bremen Jr. Youth
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--- |  Italy Jr. Youth
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Cancelled | |
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3-0 |  Bayern Jr. Youth
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4-0 |  Amsterdam Jr. Youth
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3-1 |  Belgium Jr. Youth
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1st International Jr. Youth Tournament in France[]
| Group stage | Japan Jr. Youth
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2-1 | Italy Jr. Youth
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| Group stage | Japan Jr. Youth
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5-4 |  Argentina Jr. Youth
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| Semi-finals | Japan Jr. Youth
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4-4 (a.e.t.) (5-4 p) |
 France Jr. Youth
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| Final | Japan Jr. Youth
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3-2 |  West Germany Jr. Youth
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Squad[]
J Boys' Challenge[]
| No. | Pos. | Player | Club |
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| 1 | GK | Ken Wakashimazu | Toho Academy Middle School
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| 21 | GK | Yuzo Morisaki | Nankatsu Middle School
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| 22 | GK | Genzo Wakabayashi[4] | Hamburger SV Jr. Youth
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| 5 | DF | Hiroshi Jito | Hirado Middle School
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| 6 | DF | Shingo Takasugi | Nankatsu Middle School
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| 7 | DF | Makoto Soda | Azumaichi Middle School
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| 12 | DF | Hikaru Matsuyama | Furano Middle School
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| 14 | DF | Ryo Ishizaki | Nankatsu Middle School
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| 2 | MF | Masao Tachibana | Hanawa Middle School
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| 3 | MF[5] | Kazuo Tachibana | Hanawa Middle School
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| 8 | MF[6] | Mamoru Izawa | Nankatsu Middle School
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| 10 | MF | Tsubasa Ozora 
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Nankatsu Middle School
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| 11 | MF[7] | Taro Misaki | Unattached |
| 15 | MF | Takeshi Sawada | Toho Academy Middle School
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| 16 | MF | Mitsuru Sano | Hirado Middle School
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| 24 | MF[8] | Jun Misugi | Musashi Middle School
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| 9 | FW | Kojiro Hyuga | Toho Academy Middle School
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| 17 | FW | Hajime Taki | Nankatsu Middle School
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| 18 | FW | Shun Nitta | Otomo Middle School
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| 19 | FW | Kazuki Sorimachi | Toho Academy Middle School
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| 20 | FW | Teppei Kisugi | Nankatsu Middle School
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Personnel[]
- Head coach Tatsuo Mikami
- Assistant coach Saburo Sumitomo
- Player-coach Jun Misugi
Other players[]
These players joined the training camp, but didn't get selected.
Gallery[]
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Notes[]
- ↑ Against Hamburg Jr. Youth.
- ↑ Until the end of the Germany Campaign.
- ↑ 1-6 in the 2018 TV series.
- ↑ Wakabayashi was not able to play in the Germany Campaign as his Hamburger SV Jr. Youth contract did not allow it.
- ↑ Also played as FW.
- ↑ Also played as DF.
- ↑ Mistakenly listed as FW in 3109 Nichi Zenkiroku.
- ↑ Also played as DF and FW.
External links[]
- All Japan Jr. Youth at Captain Tsubasa DB (JP)
- All Japan Jr. Youth at Captain Tsubasa Stats
- All Japan Jr. Youth at Shinji's Captain Tsubasa fansite