Experiment, 2 people have already been called up, and 191cm tall FW has been selected as a substitute...15 people who have never played in A matches
Jul 07, 2025
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The Japan Football Association (JFA) announced on the 7th (Korea time) that striker Takuma Nishimura (Machida) will be called up due to concussion symptoms and substitute for striker Daichi Hara from Kyoto Shopping Center. Japanese national soccer team coach Hajime Moriyasu continued to check Nishimura's condition, but he seems to have decided that it is difficult to play in the tournament. Under the rules of the 2025 EAFF E-1 Championship (East Asian Cup), players can be replaced up to six hours before the start of the tournament.
With this, Japan has already replaced two players. Midfielder Satoshi Tanaka (Sanprecce Hiroshima) was added to replace midfielder Sota Kawasaki (Kyoto Shopping Center), who was dropped from the national team earlier due to overseas transfer issues. Hara and Tanaka have no A-match experience. Of the 26 players in the Japanese national team, 15 have no experience in the national team. This means that Moriyasu is focusing on experiments rather than results in this tournament.
Danha, who has number 11, is a tall forward of 1m91 and has experienced the European stage, including Istra, Deportivo Alaves and Sintrawidan. Hara, who scored 10 goals including the Cup last season, has scored two goals (19 games) in the J-League as of this season.
Tanaka is a defensive midfielder and left back who has played for Sanfrecce since this year after playing for Shonan Belmare and Cortric. In the 2024 season, he scored five J-League goals (33 games) for Shonan and shot 'Career High'.
"All competitions are important," Moriyasu said at a press conference before the East Asian Cup on the 6th. It has changed from the final qualifying members, but as a national team, it is only natural to fight for victory. I will go forward to win every game, and to win. As a national team, I hope that the performance and experience of the tournament will lead to the growth of the players and the team, and that the players who played in the tournament will grow into the strength of the Japanese national team toward next year's World Cup."
Japan will clash with Hong Kong on the 8th, China on the 12th, and Korea on the 15th. All matches will be held at Yongin Mir Stadium. South Korea won the first match against China on the 7th with 3-0 consecutive goals from Lee Dong-kyung, Joo-sung.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
