The Japan Football Association on Monday announced its squad of 22 players for the Under-23 national team’s upcoming training camp in Portugal.

Makoto Teguramori’s men will face Mexico U23 in a March 25 friendly before playing a training match with local club Sporting CP on March 28.

The squad features 19 J.League players, including 2015 Rookie of the Year Takuma Asano. 

■Goalkeepers

Daichi Sugimoto (Tokushima Vortis)
Ayumi Niekawa (Sagan Tosu)
Kosuke Nakamura (Kashiwa Reysol)

■Defenders

Ryosuke Yamanaka (Kashiwa Reysol)
Masashi Kamekawa (Avispa Fukuoka)
Tatsuki Nara (Kawasaki Frontale)
Takuya Iwanami (Vissel Kobe)
Sai Van Wermeskerken (FC Dordrecht)
Naomichi Ueda (Kashima Antlers)
Shinnosuke Nakatani (Kashiwa Reysol)

■Midfielders

Ryota Oshima (Kawasaki Frontale)
Wataru Endo (Urawa Reds)
Riki Harakawa (Kawasaki Frontale)
Shoya Nakajima (FC Tokyo)
Yuta Toyokawa (Fagiano Okayama)
Takumi Minamino (RB Salzburg)
Takahiro Sekine (Urawa Reds)
Daichi Kamada (Sagan Tosu)
Yosuke Ideguchi (Gamba Osaka)

■Forwards

Yuya Kubo (BSC Young Boys)
Takeshi Kanamori (Avispa Fukuoka)
Takuma Asano (Sanfrecce Hiroshima)