The Japan Football Association on Friday announced the country’s Under-23 squad for the upcoming Toulon Tournament, which will take place between May 18 and 29 in France.
The list includes 17 J.League players, including midfielder Shinya Yajima (Fagiano Okayama) and striker Cayman Togashi (Yokohama F. Marinos) who scored in the recent U-23 friendly against Ghana.
Goalkeepers
Masatoshi Kushibiki (Kashima Antlers)
Kosuke Nakamura (Kashiwa Reysol)
Defenders
Sai van Wermeskerken (FC Dordrecht / Holland)
Tatsuki Nara (Kawasaki Frontale)
Takuya Iwanami (Vissel Kobe)
Naomichi Ueda (Kashima Antlers)
Masashi Kamekawa (Avispa Fukuoka)
Hiromu Mitsumaru (Sagan Tosu)
Midfielders
Riki Harakawa (Kawasaki Frontale)
Ryota Oshima (Kawasaki Frontale)
Shinya Yajima (Fagiano Okayama)
Gakuto Notsuda (Albirex Niigata)
Naoki Maeda (Yokohama F. Marinos)
Takuya Kida (Yokohama F. Marinos)
Yosuke Ideguchi (Gamba Osaka)
Takumi Minamino (RB Salzburg / Austria)
Forwards
Yuya Kubo (BSC Young Boys / Switzerland)
Takuma Asano (Sanfrecce Hiroshima)
Daichi Kamada (Sagan Tosu)
Cayman Togashi (Yokohama F. Marinos)