Staff

Coach: TAKAKURA Asako (JFA National Coaching Staff)
Assistant Coach: OBE Yumi (JFA National Coaching Staff)
GK Coach: OHASHI Akiyoshi (JFA National Coaching Staff)
Physical Coach: HIROSE Norikazu (JFA National Coaching Staff/Waseda University)

Squad

GK
21　SAITOH Ayaka (Mynavi VEGALTA SENDAI LADIES)*
1　IKEDA Sakiko (Urawa Red Diamonds Ladies)
18　YAMASHITA Ayaka (NIPPON TV BELEZA)

DF
3　SAMESHIMA Aya (INAC KOBE LEONESSA)
4　NAKAMURA Kaede (ALBIREX NIIGATA LADIES)
8　SAKAMOTO Riho (AC NAGANO PARCEIRO LADIES)*
2　TAKAGI Hikari (NOJIMA STELLA KANAGAWA SAGAMIHARA)
20　OYA Ayumi (Ehime FC Ladies)
19　KITAGAWA Hikaru (Urawa Red Diamonds Ladies)
23　ICHISE Nana (Mynavi VEGALTA SENDAI LADIES)

MF
10　SAKAGUCHI Mizuho (NIPPON TV BELEZA)
5　HAJI Madoka (IGA FOOTBALL CLUB KUNOICHI)*
6　UTSUGI Rumi (Seattle Reign FC/USA)
7　NAKAJIMA Emi (INAC KOBE LEONESSA)
12　NAOMOTO Hikaru (Urawa Red Diamonds Ladies)
14　NAKASATO Yu (NIPPON TV BELEZA)
16　SUMIDA Rin (NIPPON TV BELEZA)
17　HASEGAWA Yui (NIPPON TV BELEZA)

FW
22　TOMARI Shiho (AC NAGANO PARCEIRO LADIES)*
13　SUGASAWA Yuika (Urawa Red Diamonds Ladies)
9　YOKOYAMA Kumi (1.FFC Frankfurt/Germany)
11　TANAKA Mina (NIPPON TV BELEZA)
15　MOMIKI Yuka (NIPPON TV BELEZA)

*The players with an asterisk indicate players for first international cap.
Note:Takakura Coach,Utsugi Rumi, Yokoyama Kumi will join the squad at Seattle on Monday 24 July.

Players Change（7/21）

NAKAMURA Kaede
DF 4　Club:ALBIREX NIIGATA LADIES　Sidelined due to injury

MANYA Miho
DF 4　Club:Mynavi VEGALTA SENDAI LADIES　DOB: 5 November 1996 159cm / 54kg

TAKAKURA Asako Coach's Comment

We have tried various players to get to know them better, and now I think that it’s time for us to stick to getting victories more than before considering the upcoming Asian Cup in April of next year. In the previous tour to the Netherlands and Belgium, we tried a new formation, this time I want the matches to have two different main things: broaden the team’s capacity and improving the team’s strengths. The 4 new players were always in my mind. Judging by their performances in the league’s matches, I could see their condition were getting better and I wanted them to add some new power to energise the team. This was why I called up these players for the first time. To grow up as a team, we all do our best in this occasion.

Schedule

*Local Time
*The schedule is subject to change due to the team condition, the weather, etc.

JFA-TV (Japanese version only) 

2017 Tournament of Nations

Thu. 27 July 2017 - Thu. 3 August 2017

Match information