- For the Olympic team, see Olympic Japan.
U-22 Japan (U-22日本) is the selection team that represents Japan in the Asian qualifying tournament for the Madrid Olympics.
Uniforms[]
Manga
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The uniforms are similar to the ones worn by Japan during the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
Results[]
Practice matches[]
- ○ U-22 Japan 4 - 2 U-22 Denmark ●
- Δ U-22 Japan 2 - 2 U-22 Nigeria Δ
- ○ U-22 Japan 3 - 0 U-22 Paraguay ●
Asian Olympics preliminaries[]
2nd round
These matches are home-and-away
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3rd round These matches are home-and-away
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Squad[]
Golden-23 arc[]
| No. | Pos. | Player | Club |
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| 1/24 | GK | Genzo Wakabayashi |  Hamburger SV
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| 17/1 | GK[1] | Ken Wakashimazu |  Nagoya Grampus Eight
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| 23/21 | GK | Yuzo Morisaki | Shimizu S-Pulse
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| 4 | DF | Ryo Ishizaki | Jubilo Iwata
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| 5/32 | DF | Gakuto Igawa | Unattached |
| 7 | DF | Makoto Soda | Gamba Osaka
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| 8 | DF | Mamoru Izawa | Yokohama F. Marinos
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| 15 | DF | Hanji Urabe | Jubilo Iwata
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| 27 | DF | Shingo Takasugi | Sanfrecce Hiroshima
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| DF | Takeshi Kishida | Shimizu S-Pulse
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| 2 | MF[2] | Masao Tachibana | JEF United Ichihara
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| 3 | MF[2] | Kazuo Tachibana | JEF United Ichihara
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| 6 | MF[3] | Jun Misugi | FC Tokyo
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| 11 | MF | Taro Misaki | Jubilo Iwata
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| 12 | MF | Hikaru Matsuyama 
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Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo
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| 16 | MF | Mitsuru Sano | Avispa Fukuoka
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| 25 | MF | Shinnosuke Kazami | Unnamed futsal club
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| 26 | MF | Kotaro Furukawa | Unnamed futsal club
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| 30/15 | MF | Takeshi Sawada | Urawa Red Diamonds
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| 9 | FW | Kazuki Sorimachi | Vissel Kobe
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| 18 | FW | Shun Nitta | Kashiwa Reysol
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| 21 | FW | Teppei Kisugi | Cerezo Osaka
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| FW | Hajime Taki | Tokyo Verdy 1969
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Personnel[]
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Other players[]
| No. | Pos. | Player | Club |
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| GK | Taichi Nakanishi[4] | ||
| GK | Michel Yamada[5] | Tokyo Verdy 1969
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| 5 | DF | Hiroshi Jito[6] | Avispa Fukuoka
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| DF | Yuji Sakaki[5] | Cerezo Osaka
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| DF | Masao Nakayama[5] | ||
| DF | Motoharu Nagano[5] | ||
| 20 | MF | Nobuyuki Yumikura[7] | Tokyo Verdy 1969
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| MF | Takashi Sugimoto[5] | Gamba Osaka
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| MF | Toshiya Okano[5] | Urawa Red Diamonds
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| MF | Kazumasa Oda[5] | Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo
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| MF | Shinichi Sakamoto[5] | ||
| FW | Minoru Honma[5] | ||
| FW | Shuichi Yamamuro[5] | ||
Trivia[]
- In Chapter 1 of Golden-23, a reporter says that there are 30 players called for the selection, 32 if counting Kotaro Furukawa and Shinnosuke Kazami, but the number of players presented is actually 33.
Gallery[]
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U-22 & overseas players
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Misaki's roulette
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Futsal combi
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Notes[]
- ↑ Also registered as a forward.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Also played as a forward.
- ↑ Also played as a defender during one test match.
- ↑ Nakanishi never played, but was registered for one friendly match before being replaced by Wakabayashi.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 5.9 These players joined the training camp, but didn't make it to the strengthening campaign.
- ↑ Jito was injured during the friendly match against Denmark. He was then replaced by Gakuto.
- ↑ Yumikura was registered and eventually played in one friendly match before being replaced by Sawada.