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Japan national under-17 football team

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FieldValue
NameJapan Under-17
Badge_size160px
FIFA TrigrammeJPN
Nicknameサムライ・ブルー
(Samurai Blue)
AssociationJFA
Sub-confederationEAFF
ConfederationAFC
CoachNozomi Hiroyama
Most capsHikaru Naruoka (44)
Top scorerKoki Saito (16)
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body1001040
rightarm1001040
shorts1001040
socks1001040
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First game4–0
(Bangkok, Thailand; 22 August 1984)
Largest win0–26
(Qingdao, China; 1 September 2023)
Largest loss5–0
(Benidorm, Spain; 4 December 2019)
Regional nameFIFA U-17 World Cup
Regional cup apps11
Regional cup first1993
Regional cup bestQuarterfinals (1993, 2011, 2025)
2ndRegional nameAFC U-17 Asian Cup
2ndRegional cup apps15
2ndRegional cup first1985
2ndRegional cup bestChampions (1994, 2006, 2018, 2023)

(Samurai Blue) | Sub-confederation = EAFF (Bangkok, Thailand; 22 August 1984) (Qingdao, China; 1 September 2023) (Benidorm, Spain; 4 December 2019)

The Japan national under-17 football team is a national association football youth team of Japan and is controlled by the Japan Football Association. The team were champions in the 1994 and 2006 AFC U-17 Championships, as well as the 2012 AFF U-16 Youth Championship. The year before the FIFA U-17 World Cup, the national team is renamed the Japan national under-16 football team, and the year before that, the national team is renamed the Japan national under-15 football team.

Results and fixtures

;Legend

2025

U-17

  • Minato Yoshida
  • Pedro Villalba
  • Yuito Kamo
  • Hiroto Asada
  • Mibuki Kasai
  • Yuzuki Kobayashi
  • Minato Yoshida
  • Yuito Kamo
  • Hiroto Asada
  • Faysal Mohammed
  • Trần Gia Bảo
  • Minato Yoshida
  • Asuto Fujita
  • Daichi Tani
  • Miles Miliner
  • Max Anastasio
  • Alexander Garbowski
  • Taiga Seguchi
  • Hiroto Asada
  • Hiroto Asada
  • Minato Yoshida
  • Yuito Kamo
  • Shota Fujii
  • Ryota Hariu
  • Abu Baker Saeed
  • Sabri Dahal
  • Nasser Al-Fihani
  • Yazeed Al-Dosari
  • Thari Saeed
  • Maher Tawashi
  • ?
  • Minato Yoshida
  • Maki Kitahara
  • Ryota Seo
  • Hiroto Asada
  • Ryota Seo
  • Ahmed Saeed
  • ?
  • Goal
  • Hiroto Asada
  • Daichi Tani
  • Simon Yu Mendy
  • Goal
  • Minato Yoshida
  • Goal
  • Goal
  • Goal
  • Kakeru Saito
  • Kento Nishioka
  • Kakeru Saito
  • Ryoma Tsuneyoshi
  • Koki Kurahashi
  • Taiga Seguchi
  • Daigo Hirashima
  • Takeshi Wada
  • Taiga Seguchi
  • Hiroto Asada
  • Minato Yoshida
  • Shota Fujii
  • Ri Hyok-gwang
  • Han Il-bok
  • Choe Chung-hyok
  • Ri Kang-rim
  • Kim Yu-jin
  • Yoshida
  • Motosuna
  • Seguchi
  • Hirashima
  • Asada
  • Fixtures & Results (U-17 2025), JFA.jp

U-16

  • Sevastian Belov
  • Kyoya Tatsuno
  • Jeshurun Simeon
  • Kyoya Tatsuno
  • Masaki Koyama
  • Eito Takaki
  • Eito Takaki
  • Tafuku Satomi
  • Mahdi Nicoll-Jazuli
  • Ryan Kavuma-McQueen
  • Kyoya Tatsuno
  • Diogo Coelho
  • Filipe Silva
  • Afonso Ferreirinha
  • Sora Iwatsuchi
  • Abeng Togolo
  • Kyoya Tatsuno
  • Tafuku Satomi
  • Chimezie Kai Ezemokwe
  • ?
  • Shin Miidera
  • Ayumu Noda
  • Riku Hashimoto
  • Hubert Yao
  • Shin Miidera
  • Eito Takaki
  • Liang Shiyu
  • Takeshi Wada
  • Kim Ji-woo
  • An Joo-wan
  • Eito Takaki
  • Amirkhon Erkinov
  • Eito Takaki
  • Hiro Ogasawara
  • Goal
  • Nagasoe Koki
  • Ezemuokwe Chimezie Kai
  • Tatsuno Kyoya
  • Goal
  • Inouchi Ryotaro
  • Goal
  • Rikuto Soma
  • Fixtures & Results (U-16 2025), JFA.jp

U-15

  • Rafael Cabral
  • Henrique Amen
  • Toa Fujisawa
  • Heaven Kilwa
  • Reggie Watson
  • Heze Grimwade
  • Daichi Komatsu
  • Kuga Doi
  • Haru Tsushima
  • Kaioh Otsukoro
  • Shin Miidera
  • Panagiotis Douralis
  • Stefanos Tsantilas
  • Athanasios Grammozis
  • Matei Pădure
  • Mihai Grosu
  • Goal
  • Goal
  • Yua Endo
  • Rento Kajiyama
  • Goal
  • Shuto Jo
  • Hayato Yairo
  • Rento Kajiyama
  • Eita Sawaguchi
  • Kitto Nawa
  • Haru Tsushima
  • Kuga Doi
  • Hayato Yairo
  • Goal
  • Goal
  • Eita Sawaguchi
  • Soma Iida
  • Ren Isobe
  • Yu Nanakubo
  • Ren Isobe
  • Seongjun Myoung
  • Woojin Jung
  • Fixtures & Results (U-15 2025), JFA.jp

2024

U-17

JFA.en

  • Kantaro Maeda
  • Ryuki Osa
  • Kio Tanaka JFA.en
  • Kio Tanaka
  • Ryuki Osa
  • Ritsu Onishi
  • Aiden Hezarkani
  • Andrew Baiera
  • ? JFA.en
  • Shuto Imoto
  • So Watanabe
  • Kento Inaba
  • Ritsu Onishi
  • Kio Tanaka
  • Yusei Shima
  • Kento Hamasaki
  • Shion Nakayama
  • Goal
  • Haruto Tatsukawa
  • Goal
  • Yusei Shima
  • Haruto Tatsukawa
  • Fixtures & Results (U-17 2024), JFA.jp

U-16

  • Daichi Tani
  • Hiroto Asada
  • Mibuki Kasai
  • Kaiji Chonan
  • Sabin Kumar
  • Bigyan Khadka
  • Hyoei Kawabata
  • Batmend Baasanjav
  • Mibuki Kasai
  • Hiroto Asada
  • Daichi Tani
  • Kosuke Imai
  • Daichi Tani
  • Seifeldin Hassanein
  • Taiga Seguchi
  • Hiroto Asada
  • Goal
  • Minato Yoshida
  • Goal
  • Raiki Anzai
  • Yuito Kamo
  • Goal
  • Yuito Kamo
  • Fixtures & Results (U-16 2024), JFA.jp

U-15

Coaching staff

Current staff

RoleName
Head coachJPN Nozomi Hiroyama
Assistant coachesJPN Kai Ohata
Goalkeeping coachJPN Norihiro Yamagishi
Fitness coachJPN Tetsuya Sato

Players

Current U-17 squad

The following U-17 players were called up on 17 October 2025 for the 2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup. On 22 October 2025, Ryota Seo withdrew from the squad due to an injury and was replaced by Daichi Tani. On 22 October 2025, Daichi Tani withdrew from the squad due to an injury and was replaced by Maki Kitahara.

Current U-16 squad

The following U-16 players were called up on 2 October 2025 for a Uzbekistan tour.

Current U-15 squad

The following U-15 players were called up on 20 October 2025 for the Val-de-Marne Tournament, held on Val-de-Marne, France, from 28 October to 1 November 2025.

Previous squads

;FIFA U-17 World Cup

Records

Most capped player

#NameCapsGoalsPosCareer
1Hikaru Naruoka445MF2017–2019
2Kaito Suzuki381DF2017–2019
3Shinya Nakano361DF2017–2019
4Koshiro Sumi344MF2017–2019
Tochi Suzuki346MF2015–2017
Kosei Tani340GK2015–2017
7Takefusa Kubo2815MF2015–2017
Yutaka Michiwaki2815FW2022–2023
9Gaku Nawata2213FW2022–2023
10Homare Tokuda2012FW2022–2023

Top goalscorer

#NameGoalsCapsRatioCareer
1Koki Saito16152017–2018
2Takefusa Kubo15282015–2017
Yutaka Michiwaki15282022–2023
4Keita Nakano13182017–2019
Gaku Nawata13222022–2023
6Homare Tokuda12202022–2023
7Takashi Usami10162007–2009
Minato Yoshida10122023–
9Rento Takaoka9192022–2023
Keito Nakamura9162015–2017

Honours

Continental

  • AFC U-17/U-16 Asian Cup :Champions (4): 1994, 2006, 2018, 2023
  • AFF U-16 Youth Championship :Champions (1): 2012

Unofficial

  • Tournament de Montaigu :Champions (1): 2004

  • International Dream Cup :Champions (6): 2015, 2017, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024

Competitive record

[[FIFA U-17 World Cup]]

Hosts/YearResultGPWDLGSGATotal11/2443188176153
CHN 1985Did not qualify
CAN 1987
SCO 1989
ITA 1991Did not enter
JPN 1993Quarter-finals411234
ECU 1995Group stage311122
EGY 1997Did not qualify
NZL 1999
TTO 2001Group stage310229
FIN 2003Did not qualify
PER 2005
KOR 2007Group stage310246
NGA 2009300359
MEX 2011Quarter-finals5311135
UAE 2013Round of 16430174
CHI 2015Did not qualify
IND 2017Round of 16412184
BRA 2019421142
IDN 2023420255
QAT 2025Quarter-finals632183
QAT 2026To be determined
QAT 2027
QAT 2028
QAT 2029
FIFA U-17 World Cup historyYearRoundScoreResult
1993Group stage0–1Loss
0–0Draw
2–1Win
Quarterfinals1–2Loss
1995Group stage0–1Loss
2–1Win
0–0Draw
2001Group stage1–0Win
0–4Loss
1–5Loss
2007Group stage3–1Win
0–3Loss
1–2Loss
2009Group stage2–3Loss
3–4Loss
0–2Loss
2011Group stage1–0Win
1–1Draw
3–1Win
Round of 166–0Win
Quarterfinals2–3Loss
2013Group stage1–0Win
3–1Win
2–1Win
Round of 161–2Loss
2017Group stage6–1Win
1–2Loss
1–1Draw
Round of 160–0Draw
2019Group stage3–0Win
0–0Draw
1–0Win
Round of 160–2Loss
2023Group stage1–0Win
1–3Loss
2–0Win
Round of 161–2Loss
2025Group stage2–0Win
0–0Draw
2–1Win
Round of 323–2Win
Round of 161–1 North KoreaNorth Korea
(Japan win 5–4 on penalties)Draw
(Win)
Quarterfinals0–1Loss

[[AFC U-17 Asian Cup]]

Hosts/YearResultGPWDLGSGATotal18/218049131819892
QAT 1985Group stage100103
QAT 1986Did not qualify
THA 1988Group stage411248
UAE 1990Did not enter
KSA 1992Did not qualify
QAT 1994Champions6402139
THA 1996Fourth place6321137
QAT 1998Group stage421186
VIE 2000Third place6501206
UAE 2002Group stage310235
JPN 2004311143
SIN 2006Champions6420176
UZB 2008Semifinals5401163
UZB 20105311113
IRN 2012Runners-up6411146
THA 2014Quarter-finals420276
IND 2016Semifinals5401244
MAS 2018Champions6510134
THA 20236510226
KSA 2025Quarter-finals412197
KSA 2026Qualified
AFC U-17 Asian Cup historyYearRoundScoreResult
1985Group stage0–3Loss
1988Group stage0–2Loss
0–0Draw
3–2Win
1–4Loss
1994Group stage2–5Loss
0–1Loss
3–0Win
3–0Win
Semifinals4–3Win
Final1–0Win
1996Group stage2–2Draw
3–2Win
5–2Win
3–0Win
Semifinals0–1Loss
Third place0–0Draw
1998Group stage1–2Loss
2–1Win
3–1Win
2–2Draw
2000Group stage2–0Win
2–0Win
3–0Win
7–1Win
Semifinals2–3Loss
Third place4–2Win
2002Group stage1–2Loss
1–3Loss
1–0Win
2004Group stage0–0Draw
1–2Loss
3–1Win
2006Group stage6–0Win
1–1Draw
3–2Win
Quarterfinals1–1Draw
Semifinals2–0Win
Final4–2Win
2008Group stage4–0Win
6–1Win
3–0Win
Quarterfinals2–0Win
Semifinals1–2Loss
2010Group stage6–0Win
1–0Win
0–0Draw
Quarterfinals3–1Win
Semifinals1–2Loss
2012Group stage2–0Win
1–3Loss
3–0Win
Quarterfinals2–1Win
Semifinals5–1Win
Final1–1Draw
2014Group stage2–0Win
3–0Win
2–4Loss
Quarterfinals0–2Loss
2016Group stage7–0Win
8–0Win
6–0Win
Quarterfinals1–0Win
Semifinals2–4Loss
2018Group stage5–2Win
0–0Draw
2–0Win
Quarterfinals2–1Win
Semifinals3–1Win
Final1–0Win
2023Group stage1–1Draw
4–0Win
8–4Win
Quarterfinals3–1Win
Semifinals3–0Win
Final3–0Win
2025Group stage4–1Win
1–1Draw
2–3Loss
Quarterfinals2–2Draw

References

Head-to-head record

The following table shows Japan's head-to-head record in the FIFA U-17 World Cup and AFC U-17 Asian Cup.

In [[FIFA U-17 World Cup]]

OpponentPldWDLGFGAGDWin %Total

In [[AFC U-17 Asian Cup]]

OpponentPldWDLGFGAGDWin %Total

References

  1. "サムライ・ブルー ([[Samurai]] Blue)" basically refers to the [[Japan national football team]], and in fact "Samurai Blue" is not oftten used by the under generation.
  2. (17 October 2025). "U-17 Japan National Team squad & schedule - FIFA U-17 World Cup Qatar 2025™ (10/22-11/27＠Doha, Qatar)". Japan Football Association.
  3. (2 October 2025). "U-16日本代表 ウズベキスタン遠征　メンバー・スケジュール（10.8-17＠ウズベキスタン／タシケント）".
  4. (20 October 2025). "U-15日本代表 フランス遠征 メンバー・スケジュール　バル・ド・マルヌトーナメント2025（10.24-11.3 フランス）".
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