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Samurai Squad draws from across the Land of the Rising Sun

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International Cup 2008

The Japan Samurai have named their squad for the International Cup, with the squad drawn from the three Tokyo university clubs of Komazawa Magpies, Senshu Powers and Tokyo Leopards, as well as the university graduate team Eastern Hawks and the Osaka Dingoes.

As was the case at the last two cups, the team is fairly young and may be lacking in height, with only two players (Junji Tanaka from the Dingoes and Kohei Kamoshita from Komazawa University) standing 6 feet tall. However, the Samurai have in the past tended to be fairly quick and have pulled off a few wins.

Also included in the squad are seven players currently honing their footballing skills in Australia, two in the Warrnambool area, two in South Australia and three in Melbourne.

The squad is:

#NameClubAgeHeight (cm)Weight (kg)
1 Genki Tanaka Osaka Dingoes 27 160 60
2 Munehiko Imai Osaka Dingoes 29 168 70
3 Junji Tanaka Osaka Dingoes 25 183 84
4 Hiroaki Seino (VC) Senshu Powers 22 181 80
6 Akihiro Aoki Senshu Powers 22 175 67
7 Yohei Kitada Senshu Powers 21 171 60
8 Kazuki Ohashi Senshu Powers 21 170 67
9 Shohei Yamaguchi Senshu Powers 21 177 80
10 Suguru Watanabe Senshu Powers 20 162 65
11 Takumi Uji Senshu Powers 18 169 62
12 Michito Sakaki (C) Eastern Hawks 25 167 68
13 Suguru Tokairin Senshu Powers 19 170 70
14 Hayata Ono Box Hill North (VIC) 18 177 74
15 Sho Otsubo Senshu Powers 18 168 69
16 Yasuyuki Ito Komazawa Magpies 22 162 67
17 Mitsuhiko Tanaka Komazawa Magpies 20 180 80
18 Kohei Kamoshita Komazawa Magpies 19 183 76
19 Masato Yamazaki Komazawa Magpies 20 168 97
20 Masaya Nakamura Komazawa Magpies 19 178 72
21 Yosuke Kuno Eastern Hawks 25 182 82
22 Hiroyuki Tohyama Tokyo Leopards 22 176 75
23 Takehito Mori Tokyo Leopards 22 181 68
24 Shoto Yokoyama Tokyo Leopards 20 175 68
25 Yuichiro Fujisaki Tokyo Leopards 21 170 65
26 Yuta Taniguchi Tokyo Leopards 21 168 65
27 Katsuto Ikeda Warrnambool (VIC) 17 173 76
29 Ryo Saito Eastern Hawks 24 165 67
30 Hiroyuki Shiba Eastern Hawks 27 168 62
31 Takaaki Seto Eastern Hawks 25 170 72
32 Shinichi Tanaka Eastern Hawks 25 173 63
33 Taishi Tsukagoshi Eastern Hawks 27 172 60
34 Raku Shimokawa Deakin Uni Sharks (VIC) 18 173 65
35 Jun Sekiguchi West Preston Lakeside (VIC) 25 180 78
36 Yuki Akita Modbury Hawks (SA) 22 170 55
37 Yuki Saito Blackwood FC (SA) 23 180 78
52 Tsuyoshi Kase St. Bernards (VIC) 26 180 73

Coach: Richard Laidler
Assistant Coach: Shohei Yamamoto
Team Manager: Hideki Miyasaka
Host Club: Essendon Football Club, Box Hill North (VAFA)