AFC U-16 Women's Championship

Japan's Squad for the AFC U-16 Women's Championship 2015 in China
November 4th - November 15th

Goalkeepers:
1. Tanaka Momoko (Nippon TV Menina)
18. Yonezawa Moeka (Hinomoto Gakuen Senior High School)
21. Kogure Chiaki (Maebashi Ikuei High School)

Defenders:
2. Ono Nana (Nippon TV Menina)
3. Wakisaka Reina (Cerezo Osaka Sakai Ladies)
4. Ichinose Chisato (JEF United Ichihara Chiba Ladies U-18)
5. Takahira Miyu (JFA Academy Fukushima)
6. Takarada Saori (Cerezo Osaka Sakai Ladies)
15. Kanekatsu Rio (Urawa Red Diamonds Ladies Youth)
16. Kanehira Risa (Hinomoto Gakuen Senior High School)
20. Morinaka Hina (Cerezo Osaka Sakai Ladies)
39. Ushijima Riko (Hinomoto Gakuen Senior High School)

Midfielders:
8. Karahashi Mayu (Albirex Niigata Ladies U-18)
10. Nagano Fuka (Urawa Red Diamonds Ladies Youth)
13. Iseri Natsuki (JFA Academy Fukushima)
17. Kanno Oto (Nippon TV Menina)
19. Yonei Honoka (JFA Academy Fukushima)

Forwards:
7. Miyazawa Hinata (Seisa Kokusai High School)
9. Takahashi Hana (Urawa Red Diamonds Ladies Youth)
11. Ueki Riko (Nippon TV Menina)
14. Kojima Seira (Urawa Red Diamonds Ladies Youth)
24. Miura Haruka (Urawa Red Diamonds Ladies Youth)
25. Endo Jun (JFA Academy Fukushima)

Manager:
Kusunose Naoki


Players with league experience in 2015

For Urawa Red Diamonds Ladies in Nadeshiko League Division 1:
Nagano Fuka: Fourteen appearances

For the JFA Academy Fukushima in the Challenge League:
Takahira Miyu: Thirteen appearances, one goal
Iseri Natsuki: Thirteen appearances
Yonei Honoka: Thirteen appearances
Endo Jun: Five appearances

For Cerezo Osaka Sakai Ladies in the Challenge League, including playoffs:
Wakisaka Reina: Fifteen appearances, one goal
Takarada Saori: Eighteen appearances, nine goals
Morinaka Hina: Sixteen appearances, one goal

Kanto League Division 1:
Ueki Riko of Nippon TV Menina in the leading scorer in Kanto League Division 1, with sixteen goals. Among the players who are joint-second on five goals is Kojima Seira of Urawa Red Diamonds Ladies Youth, with Kanno Oto of Menina on four.


Tournament Fixtures

Group A

November 4th:
Thailand  4 - 0  I.R. Iran
China P.R.  3 - 3  Korea Republic


November 6th:
Korea Republic  0 - 1  Thailand
I.R. Iran  0 - 4  China P.R.


November 8th:
China P.R.  5 - 0  Thailand
I.R. Iran  0 - 5  Korea Republic


Group B

November 5th:
Japan  4 - 0  Uzbekistan
DPR Korea  5 - 0  Chinese Taipei


November 7th:
Uzbekistan  0 - 4  DPR Korea
Chinese Taipei  0 - 6  Japan


November 9th:
Japan  1 - 1  DPR Korea
Chinese Taipei  0 - 3  Uzbekistan


Semi-Final Matches

November 12th:
Japan  8 - 0  Thailand
China P.R.  1 - 2  DPR Korea


Third-Place Play-off Match,

November 15th:
Thailand  0 - 8  China P.R.


Final Match

November 15th:
Japan  0 - 1  DPR Korea