Japan

The Japanese Men’s U23 National Team has competed at the past three world championships. The team has placed as high as second in its history at the tournament, reaching the podium only once in their debut appearance in 2005. Most recently, Japan placed ninth at the last world championship for junior men in 2013.

History at the World Championship

• 2013 – Adana, Turkey – 9th place
• 2009 – Paris, France – 6th place
• 2005 – Birmingham, Great Britain – Silver

Team Roster

No.	NAME	CLASS	DATE OF BIRTH	HOMETOWN
2	Renshi Chokai	2.5	02-Feb-1999	Nagasaki
5	Rintaro Furusaki	3.0	24-May-2001	Fukui
7	Takuya Furusawa	3.0	08-May-1996	Kanagawa
9	Koki Maruyama	2.5	04-Sep-1996	Nagano
10	Takayoshi Iwai	1.0	28-Jun-1996	Toyama
11	Kazuma Terauchi	4.5	21-Oct-1998	Toyama
12	Satoru Kumagai	3.5	05-Sep-1996	Nagano
13	Ryuga Akaishi	2.5	11-Sep-2000	Saitama
14	Yoshinobu Takamatsu	4.0	20-Nov-1999	Tochigi
18	Rin Kawahara	1.5	03-Dec-1996	Nagasaki
46	Shuya Tanaka	4.0	27-May-1995	Gifu
92	Takahiro Akeda	1.0	26-Jun-1995	Osaka