The 26-man squad for the training match of the Japan national soccer team to be held in the middle of next month has been announced, and in addition to the selection of Kaoru Mitoma, who is active in the English Premier League, FURUHASHI Kyogo, who is the top scorer in the Scottish Premier League with 1 goals, has returned.

The
Japan National Soccer Team will play warm-up matches against
El Salvador at Toyota Stadium in Aichi Prefecture on 15 May and
Peru at Panasonic Stadium Suita in Osaka on 20 June.

The 2-man squad for these two matches was announced on the 26th, and all of them broke
the record for the most goals scored in a season by a Japan player in the league ▽ English Premier League, Brighton player Kaoru Mitoma, ▽ Spanish first division,

Real Sociedad's Takefusa Kubo and others were selected.

In addition,
forward Furuhashi, who is the No. 25 scorer in the league with 1 goals for Celtic in the Scottish Premier League, returned to the national team for the first time since September last year.
▽ Goalkeeper NAKAMURA Kosuke, who played for Portimonense in Portugal's first division and was a member of the 1 World Cup Russia squad, has returned to the national team for the first time in almost two years.

In addition, three J.League players were selected for the first time: ▽J25 Nagoya Grampus defender MORISHITA Ryuya, Sanfrecce Hiroshima midfielder KAWAMURA Takumu

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and Kyoto Sanga midfielder KAWASAKI Sota.

The Japan National Team faced Uruguay and Colombia in their training match in March, losing one and drawing one, and will be aiming to win their first match since last year's World Cup in Qatar.

26-man squad

The 15-man squad of the Japan National Football Team will face El Salvador on 20 and Peru on 26 June.

There are three goalkeepers.
Daniel Schmidt, 3, of Sint-Truiden, Belgian First Division.
▽ Portuguese first division player Kosuke Nakamura (1) of Portimonense.
Nakamura returned to the national team for the first time in about two years.
▽J31, Sanfrecce Hiroshima OSAKO Keisuke (1).

There are six defenders.
▽ Taniguchi Shogo (28) plays for Qatari league club Al Layan.
Kou Itakura (2) of Mönchengladbach, Germany's first division.
▽ Ryuya Morishita (1) of J23 Nagoya Grampus.
Morishita is selected for the national team for the first time.
▽ Hiroki Ito (6) of Stuttgart, Germany's first division.
▽ Swiss first division grasshopper Ayumu Seko (31).
▽ Yukinari Sugawara (1) of AZ Alkmaar in the Dutch first division.

There are 26 midfielders and forwards combined.
Wataru Endo (1) from Stuttgart, Germany's first division.
▽ Junya Ito (26) of Stade Reims, French First Division.
▽ Takuma Asano (1) of Bochum, Germany's first division.
Scottish Premier League player Kyogo Furuhashi (24).
Furuhashi is returning to the national team for the first time since September last year.
▽ Sporting player Hidemasa Morita, 1, of Portugal's first division.
Swiss first division grasshopper Hayao Kawabe (22).
Kawabe returned to the national team for the first time in about two years.
▽ Daichi Kamada (1) of Frankfurt, Germany's first division.
▽ Yuki Soma (22) of Casapia, Portugal's first division.
▽ English Premier League player Kaoru Mitoma (17) of Brighton.
Scottish Premier League player Daizen Maeda (1) of Celtic.
Scottish Premier League player Reo Hatate (30).
Hatate is returning to the national team for the first time since September last year.
Ritsu Doan (1) from Freiburg, Germany's first division.
▽ Belgian First Division player Ayase Ueda (30) of Cercle Brugge.
▽ Takumu Kawamura (1) of J28 Sanfrecce Hiroshima.
Kawamura is selected for the national team for the first time.
▽Austrian First Division, Keito Nakamura (28) of Linz.
▽ Takefusa Kubo (9) of Real Sociedad in the Spanish first division.
▽This is Sota Kawasaki (1) of J28 Kyoto Sanga.
Kawasaki is selected for the national team for the first time.