{"id":30470,"date":"2025-03-03T11:09:42","date_gmt":"2025-03-03T02:09:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cricket.or.jp\/?p=30470"},"modified":"2025-04-10T12:36:57","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T03:36:57","slug":"2025%e5%b9%b4%e5%bc%b7%e5%8c%96%e4%bd%93%e5%88%b6%e3%81%8c%e6%b1%ba%e5%ae%9a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cricket.or.jp\/en\/2025%e5%b9%b4%e5%bc%b7%e5%8c%96%e4%bd%93%e5%88%b6%e3%81%8c%e6%b1%ba%e5%ae%9a\/","title":{"rendered":"National Squad Staffing and Structure for 2025"},"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\" \/>Following recent announcements we are happy to confirm the new staff structures for all the Japanese National Squads for 2025, along with some changes in staff positions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Men:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are no changes to the Men\u2019s structure with Men&#8217;s Japan National Squad and Men\u2019s Japan A Squad remaining in place.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Men\u2019s Japan National Squad is an annual training squad consisting of the top performing players. The aim of the squad is to build an inspirational Men\u2019s National Team. Men\u2019s Japan National Teams that play International Cricket are selected from this squad.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Men\u2019s Japan A Squad, is an annual training squad consisting of promising players with the potential of representing Japan. This squad aims to help such players maximise their potential.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The staffing is as follows:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dhugal Bedingfield: Head Coach and Head Selector<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alan Curr: Selector<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Duncan Harrison: Selector<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Women:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Women&#8217;s Japan National Squad will now have <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/cricket.or.jp\/en\/archives\/30160\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vinay Iyer<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as Head Coach as he replaces <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/cricket.or.jp\/en\/archives\/30247\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ardene Ruhode<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. In addition, Benjamin Ito-Davis will take up the role as Assistant Coach.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Women\u2019s Japan National Squad is an annual training squad consisting of promising players. The aim of the squad is to build an inspirational Women\u2019s National Team. Women\u2019s Japan National Teams that play International Cricket are selected from this squad.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2024 the JCA created the Women\u2019s Development Squad as an annual training squad consisting of talented players. The aim of the squad is to develop players that can represent Japan in the future. From 2025 this will be renamed the Japan National Academy (Female).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This squad will not have an age limit, and will also be where the Women\u2019s U19 Japan National Team will be selected from. It is hoped the Women\u2019s U19 team will play its first matches in 2026.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The staffing is as follows:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vinay Iyer: Head Coach and Head Selector<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Benjamin Ito-Davis: Assistant Coach and Selector<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Duncan Harrison: Selector<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Japan National Academy (Men&#8217;s U19 &amp; U16)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As confirmed last month, Reo Sakurano-Thomas is now Head of the Japan National Academy (Male). He will be supported by Benjamin Ito-Davis.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Each category is a group of promising players within each age limit that take part in an annual training program. The squads will however, train together most of the time.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">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><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The staffing is as follows:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reo Sakurano-Thomas: Head Coach and Head Selector<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Benjamin Ito-Davis: Assistant Coach and Selector<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Duncan Harrison: Selector<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All squads are selected in line with the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/cricket.or.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Appendix-Ai-National-Squad-Eligibility-Selection-Policy-2021-ENG.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">JCA Eligibility Criteria<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Support Staff<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition, we are extremely lucky to have a dedicated group of support staff who work across all National Squads. These people are playing a key role as we continue to raise standards of care and development both on and off the field. These people are listed below: <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eiko Yoshizawa: Doctor<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yuichi Yageta: Anti Doping Educator<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Manami Hoshi: Trainer<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hiromu Inoue: Trainer<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kendel Kadowaki-Fleming: Analyst<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Finally, additional staff will be joining from April 2025 onwards as we move into the new financial year. Those announcements will be made in due course.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thank you to all the staff for the efforts they make to assist out national teams. <\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following recent announcements we are happy to confirm the new staff structures for all the Japanese National Squads for 2025, along with some changes in staff positions.\u00a0 Men: There are&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":28143,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,55,54,442],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-articles","category-womens-national-team","category-mens-national-team","category-mens-national-team-u19"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cricket.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30470","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cricket.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cricket.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cricket.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cricket.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30470"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/cricket.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30470\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30771,"href":"https:\/\/cricket.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30470\/revisions\/30771"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cricket.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cricket.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cricket.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cricket.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}