We are delighted to confirm a host of new players selected for both the Japan Under 19 and Under 15 National Squads.

The squads have been chosen after monitoring the past performances of players while also factoring in those who impressed at the National Academy Trials.

Age was the primary factor when considering the selection of players, with future Under 19 World Cup qualification tournaments at the forefront of the selectors’ minds. As such, all new players need to be born after September 1st 2006.

We are excited to see how the new players develop in the coming years and hope they all have a long and successful cricket careers in Japan.

Japan National Academy (Men’s U19)

• Chihaya Arakawa (Sano Braves)
• Archit Choudhury (Tokyo Falcons Cricket Club)*
• Arpan Choudhury (Tokyo Falcons Cricket Club)*
• Parth Gundecha (Tokyo Titans Cricket Club)*
• Koji Hardgrave-Abe (Sano Cricket Club)*
• Kota Hasegawa (Uenomiya Junior and Senior High School Cricket Club)
• Shotaro Hiratsuka (Sano Braves)
• Kirren Hollow (Lions Cricket Club)*
• Hirotake Kakinuma (Sano Braves)*
• Issa Katakura (Akishima Aviators Cricket Club)
• Tetsuro Kato (Acton Cricket Club)
• Kazuma Kato-Stafford (Akishima Aviators Cricket Club)
• Tomoki Kurihara (Sano Braves)
• Noah Michalski (Lions Cricket Club)
• Timothy Moore (Lions Cricket Club)
• Ryuki Ozeki (Sano Braves)
• Daniel Panckhurst (Hong Kong Cricket Club)*
• Nihar Parmar (Alpha Quashers Cricket Club)
• Bhavesh Paturi (Men in Blue Cricket Club)*
• Aditya Phadke (Alpha Quashers Cricket Club)
• Nikhil Pol (Tokyo Falcons Cricket Club)
• Tomo Rear (Akishima Aviators Cricket Club)
• Arron Regin (Tokyo Falcons Cricket Club)
• Hayato Shimada (Uenomiya Junior and Senior High School Cricket Club)
• Rithvik Sivakumar (Tokyo Falcons Cricket Club)
• Shugo Takasugi (Akishima Aviators Cricket Club)*
• Aarav Tiwari (Kawasaki Knight Riders Cricket Club)
• Jamie Urano-Fordyce (Lions Cricket Club)
• Yuto Yageta (Sano Braves)
• Kiefer Yamamoto-Lake (Willetton Cricket Club)*
• Max Yonekawa-Lynn (Chiba My-Ys Cricket Club)

*New Players

Japan National Academy (Men’s U15)

• Juto Ball (Lions Cricket Club)*
• Skyler Cook (Streatham Cricket Club)*
• Taiga William Hague (Lions Cricket Club)
• Charles Hinze (University of Queensland Cricket Club)*
• Gabriel Hinze (University of Queensland Cricket Club)*
• Montgomery Hinze (University of Queensland Cricket Club)*
• Rikuto Honjo (Akishima Aviators Cricket Club)*
• Ishan Kumar Lal (Tokyo Falcons Cricket Club)*
• Hashaan Muhammad (Sano Braves)*
• Luke Kosuke Mynard (Fleet Cricket Club)*
• Kaede Sommer (Lions Cricket Club)
• Hugo Kelly (University of Queensland Cricket Club)*
• Vihaan Tiwari (Kawasaki Knight Riders Cricket Club)*
• Rishaan Harshal Ukhande (GIIS Academy)*
• Aaryan Waduge (Alpha Quashers Yokohama Cricket Club)*
• Aaryash Waduge (Alpha Quashers Yokohama Cricket Club)*
• Kouki Yoshida (Akishima Aviators Cricket Club)*

*New Players

[About the Japan National Academy]

• The Japan National Academy has a Men’s U19 category and a Men’s U15 category. Each category is a group of promising players within each age limit that take part in an annual training program. The aim of the Men’s U19 category is to build an inspirational Men’s U19 Japan National Team while the Men’s U15 category aims to develop the next generation of players. Men’s U19 Japan National Teams that play International Cricket are selected from both categories of the National Academy.