by Luca Ranocchiari - Futsalplanet.com editor

Forget Arnedo, that's the goal. Japan is ready to fly towards Asti, Italy, in order to face the local selection in a couple of friendly games set to happen on September 6th and 7th. The last clash between both nations was, as mentioned, in the spanish city of Arnedo, during the international four nations cup conquered by Spain, and ended with a clear 9-2 score in favour of the italian side. Below have a look at the asian country roster announced by the spanish head coach of Japan, Miguel Rodrigo.


Japanese National Team - Players List

Goalkeepers
1 Toru Fukinbara (Deucao Kobe - 1982.10.18/180cm/74kg)
12 Jun Fujiwara (Bardral Urayasu - 1982.11.23/180cm/80kg

Field Players
2 Akira Yoshida (ASD Augusta - ITALY - 1986.08.26/174cm/68kg)
3 Wataru Kitahara (Nagoya Oceans - 1982.08.02/179cm/73kg)
4 Yusuke Komiyama (Bardral Urayasu - 1979.12.22/172cm/75kg)
5 Tetsuya Murakami (Shriker Osaka - 1981.09.24/174cm/67kg)
6 Nobuya Osodo (Vasagey Oita - 1983.06.28/170cm/67kg)
8 Takanori Kamisawa (Fuchu Athletic F.C. - 1979.12.04/180cm/69kg)
9 Shota Hoshi (Marfil Santa Coloma - SPAIN - 1985.11.17/175cm/71kg)
10 Kenichiro Kogure (Nagoya Oceans - 1979.11.11/175cm/65kg)
11 Kensuke Takahashi (Bardral Urayasu - 1982.05.08/173cm/66kg)
13 Kazuhiro Nibuya (Vasagey Oita - 1987.12.13/175cm/70kg)
15 Katsutoshi Rafael Henmi (Nagoya Oceans - 1992.07.30/168cm/70kg
17 Kohei Harada (Deucao Kobe - 1983.06.25/176cm/72kg)
18 Manabu Takita (Pescadola Machida - 1986.07.26/178cm/75kg)

Head Coach: Miguel Rodrigo Conde Salazar
Assistant Coach: Masaaki Arihara
Assistant Coach: Takahiro Komori
Doctor: Shun Doi
Physical trainer: Daisuke Miyamoto
Administrator: Kentaro Kurata