This year the Japan National Academy has expanded to include three distinct age categories. Below we have listed the Under 23, Under 19 and Under 15 categories as they are divided by age, however players may feature in different categories during the course of the season in matches and training opportunities.

This year there are a total of 44 players from 16 different clubs included in the National Academy and everyone at the JCA continues to be excited about the various talents coming through.

Some players may also be promoted to the Japan Men’s Squad in due course.

 Under 23 Squad:

• Jisei Ando (Chuo University Cricket Club)
• Riku Awaga (Doshisha University Cricket Club)
• Ryan Drake (Mosman Cricket Club)
• Kazumasa Hiratsuka (Sano Cricket Club)
• Masaki Kawashima (Wyverns Cricket Club)
• Yu Kinoshita (Doshisha University Cricket Club)
• Lachlan Lake (Willetton District Cricket Club)
• Masato Morita (Wyverns Cricket Club)
• Yuto Nakagawa (Doshisha University Cricket Club)
• Manav Natarajan (Men in Blue Cricket Club)
• Shu Noguchi (Sano Cricket Club)
• Tomonoshin Oki (Wyverns Cricket Club)
• Kento Ota-Dobell (Footscray Cricket Club)
• Varad Potdar (Chiba My-Ys Cricket Club)
• Ashida Ryuichi (Doshisha University Cricket Club)
• Reo Sakurano (Sano Cricket Club)
• Vinamra Sethi (Men in Blue Cricket Club)
• Reiji Suto (Sano Cricket Club)
• Motoya Suzuki (Doshisha University Cricket Club)
• Declan Suzuki-McComb (Cheltenham Cricket Club)
• Ashley Thurgate (Chiba My-Ys Cricket Club)

Under 19 Squad

• Chihaya Arakawa (Sano Braves Cricket Club)
• Kota Hasegawa (Uenomiya Junior and Senior High School Cricket Club)
• Shotaro Hiratsuka (Sano Braves Cricket Club)
• Tetsuro Kato (Ealing Cricket Club)
• Issa Katakura (Akishima Aviators Cricket Club)
• Jake Nairn (Burleigh Cricket Club)
• Ryuki Ozeki (Sano Braves Cricket Club)
• Aditya Amit Phadke (Alpha Quashers Cricket Club)
• Nikhil Pol (Tokyo Falcons Cricket Club)
• Arron Regin (Tokyo Falcons Cricket Club)
• Hayato Shimada (Uenomiya Junior and Senior High School Cricket Club)
• Shriyan Shekhar (Men in Blue Cricket Club)
• Rithvik Sivakumar (Tokyo Falcons Cricket Club)
• Kazuma Stafford (Akishima Aviators Cricket Club)
• Aarav Tiwari (Men in Blue Cricket Club)
• Jamie Urano-Fordyce (Lions Cricket Club)

Under 15 Squad

• Taiga William Hague (Lions Cricket Club)
• Niwa Kota (Akishima Aviators Cricket Club)
• Noah Michalski (Lions Cricket Club)
• Timothy Natsuki Moore (Lions Cricket Club)
• Nihar Parmar (Tokyo Falcons Cricket Club)
• Tomo Rear (Akishima Aviators Cricket Club)
• Kaede Sommer (Lions Cricket Club)
• Yuto Yageta (Sano Braves Cricket Club)

Congratulations to all those selected and good luck for the year ahead.