Takuma Asano, Wataru Endo and Naomichi Ueda were included when the Japan Football Association announced its squad for the Japan Under-22’s upcoming training camp.

Over the camp’s course, Makoto Teguramori’s youngsters will play Yemen on December 10 at the Grand Hamad Stadium in Qatar, before facing Uzbekistan three days later at Thiyab Amana Stadium in UAE. 

The ties are part of their preparations for the upcoming AFC Under-23 Championship in January, which will serve as the region’s qualifying tournament for the 2016 Rio Olympics.

The full squad is as follows:

GK

Masatoshi Kushibiki (Shimizu S-Pulse)
Daichi Sugimoto (Kyoto Sanga)
Kosuke Nakamura (Avispa Fukuoka)

DF

Ken Matsubara (Albirex Niigata)
Ryosuke Yamanaka (Kashiwa Reysol)
Mavashi Kamekawa (Avispa Fukuoka)
Tatsuki Nara (FC Tokyo)
Sei Muroya (Meiji University)
Takuya Iwanami (Vissel Kobe)
Naomichi Ueda (Kashima Antlers)
Shinnosuke Nakatani (Kashiwa Reysol)

MF

Ryota Oshima (Kawasaki Frontale)
Wataru Endo (Shonan Bellmare)
Riki Harakawa (Kyoto Sanga)
Shinya Yajima (Fagiano Okayama)
Shoya Nakajima (FC Tokyo)
Hiroki Akino (Kashiwa Reysol)
Takahiro Sekine (Urawa Reds)

FW

Takuma Arano (Consadole Sapporo)
Musashi Suzuki (Mito Hollyhock)
Takeshi Kanamori (Avispa Fukuoka)
Ado Onaiwu (JEF United Chiba)
Daichi Kamada (Sagan Tosu)