{"id":28659,"date":"2024-06-15T12:00:15","date_gmt":"2024-06-15T03:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cricket.or.jp\/?p=28659"},"modified":"2025-03-03T11:06:17","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T02:06:17","slug":"2024%e5%b9%b4-%e3%83%8a%e3%82%b7%e3%83%a7%e3%83%8a%e3%83%ab%e3%82%a2%e3%82%ab%e3%83%87%e3%83%9f%e3%83%bc-u19-%ef%bc%86-u16-%e7%99%ba%e8%a1%a8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cricket.or.jp\/en\/2024%e5%b9%b4-%e3%83%8a%e3%82%b7%e3%83%a7%e3%83%8a%e3%83%ab%e3%82%a2%e3%82%ab%e3%83%87%e3%83%9f%e3%83%bc-u19-%ef%bc%86-u16-%e7%99%ba%e8%a1%a8\/","title":{"rendered":"National Academy U19 &#038; U16 Squads for 2024 Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-474 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cricket.or.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/JapanNationalTeamLogo-254x300.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cricket.or.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/JapanNationalTeamLogo-254x300.png 254w, https:\/\/cricket.or.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/JapanNationalTeamLogo.png 594w\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"118\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We are delighted to confirm a host of new players selected for both the Japan Under 19 and Under 16 National Squads.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The squads have been chosen after monitoring the past performances of players while also factoring in those who impressed at the National Academy Trials and in the Japan Futures League<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Age was the primary factor when considering the selection of players, with the ACC Asia Cup 2024 and Under 19 World Cup Qualification tournaments at the forefront of the selectors\u2019 minds. As such, all players need to be born after September 1st 2005.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We are excited to see how the new players develop in the coming years and hope they all have long and successful cricket careers in Japan.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Japan National Academy (Men\u2019s U19)<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chihaya Arakawa (Sano Braves \/ Sano Cricket Club)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Archit Choudhury (Tokyo Falcons \/ Tokyo Wombats Cricket Club)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arpan Choudhury (Tokyo Falcons \/ Tokyo Wombats Cricket Club)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dylan Kai Fujioka-Fletcher (N\/A)*<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Koji Hardgrave-Abe (Sano Cricket Club)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kirren Hollow (Lions Cricket Club)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hirotake Kakinuma (Sano Braves \/ Sano Cricket Club)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kazuma Kato-Stafford (Akishima Aviators Cricket Club)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tomoki Kurihara (Sano Braves \/ Sano Cricket Club)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Timothy Moore (Lions Cricket Club \/ Chiba Sharks Cricket Club)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ryuki Ozeki (Sano Braves \/ Sano Cricket Club)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Daniel Panckhurst (Hong Kong Cricket Club)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nihar Parmar (Alpha Quashers Yokohama Cricket Club)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aditya Phadke (Alpha Quashers Yokohama Cricket Club)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nikhil Pol (Tokyo Falcons Cricket Club \/ Chiba Sharks Cricket Club)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tomo Rear (Lions Cricket Club \/ Alpha Quashers Yokohama Cricket Club)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arron Regin (Tokyo Falcons \/ Tokyo Wombats Cricket Club)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rithvik Sivakumar (Tokyo Falcons Cricket Club \/ Chiba Sharks Cricket Club)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jack So-Stavretis (North Balwyn Cricket Club)*<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shugo Takasugi (Kawasaki Junior Club \/ Akishima Aviators)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aarav Tiwari (Kawasaki Knight Riders Cricket Club)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kai Wall (Barron River CC)*<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yuto Yageta (Sano Braves \/ Sano Cricket Club)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kiefer Yamamoto-Lake (Sano Cricket Club)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Max Yonekawa-Lynn (Chiba Sharks Cricket Club)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jamie Urano-Fordyce (Chiba Sharks Cricket Club)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To be selected for the Under 16 National Academy Squad players needed to have been born on or after 1st September 2008, as we look towards the ACC East Zone Cup in 2025.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Japan National Academy (Men\u2019s U16)<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Suchir Bahuguna (Men in Blue Cricket Club)*<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Juto Ball (Lions Cricket Club)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Taiga William Hague (Lions Cricket Club)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tetsuji Eric Harrison (Lions Cricket Club)*<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Charles Hinze (Northern Suburbs Cricket Club)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gabriel Hinze (Northern Suburbs Cricket Club)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Montgomery Hinze (Northern Suburbs Cricket Club)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Skyler Nakayama-Cook (Streatham Cricket Club)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hugo Tani-Kelly (University of Queensland Cricket Club)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ishan Kumar Lal (Tokyo Falcons Cricket Club)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Luke Kosuke Mynard (Fleet Cricket Club)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Riku Tanaka (Sano Braves)*<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vihaan Tiwari (Kawasaki Knight Riders Cricket Club)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sashwat Vannivedu (Alpha Quashers Yokohama Cricket Club)*<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rishaan Harshal Ukhande (GIIS Academy)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aaryan Waduge (Alpha Quashers Yokohama Cricket Club)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aaryash Waduge (Alpha Quashers Yokohama Cricket Club)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kouki Yoshida (Kawasaki Junior Club \/ Akishima Aviators Cricket Club)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">*<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Selected for the first time<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<h2><strong>About the Japan National Academy<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Japan National Academy has a Men\u2019s U19 category and a Men\u2019s U16 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\u2019s U19 category is to build an inspirational Men\u2019s U19 Japan National Team while the Men\u2019s U16 category aims to develop the next generation of players. Men\u2019s U19 &amp; U16 Japan National Teams that play International Cricket are selected from both categories of the National Academy.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Players in the Under 19 and Under 16 Squads may be called up to represent Japan at a higher level in international tournaments.<\/p>\n<h2><b>J<\/b><strong>CA Official Social Media<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Facebook:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/cricketjapan\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/cricketjapan<\/a><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Instagram:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/japan_cricket\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/japan_cricket<\/a><\/li>\n<li>X:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CricketJapan\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/CricketJapan<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are delighted to confirm a host of new players selected for both the Japan Under 19 and Under 16 National Squads. 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