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The Japan national football team (サッカー日本代表, Sakkā Nihon Daihyō or Sakkā Nippon Daihyō), also known by the nickname Samurai Blue (サムライ・ブルー, Samurai Burū), [1] [2] represents Japan in men's international football. It is controlled by the Japan Football Association (JFA), the governing body for football in Japan.
Hajime Moriyasu (森保 一, Moriyasu Hajime, born 23 August 1968) is a Japanese football manager and former player who is the manager of the Japan national football team.He made more than 250 appearances in 14 years with Sanfrecce Hiroshima, including a year on loan to Kyoto Purple Sanga, before spending his final season as a professional with Vegalta Sendai.
In 1995, he became a coach for the Japan national team. During the 1998 World Cup qualification Final round in October 1997, Japan's manager Shu Kamo was sacked and Okada was named his successor. In November, Okada led Japan to qualify for the 1998 World Cup for the first time in Japan's history. At the 1998 World Cup, Japan lost all 3 matches ...
Tsuneyasu Miyamoto (宮本 恒靖, Miyamoto Tsuneyasu, born 7 February 1977) is a former Japanese football coach and former player who last coached Gamba Osaka.He played for Japan national team and is the current president of the Japan Football Association.
Suzuki has represented Japan at multiple levels in youth football. On 19 July 2022, he earned his first cap with the Japan national team, playing the full match against Hong Kong in the 2022 EAFF E-1 Football Championship, which his side won 6–0. [11] He played in Japan's opening match of the 2023 AFC Asian Cup, a 4–2 win against Vietnam.
On June 13, 2007, Kikuchi was arrested in Hamamatsu city for the charge of a statutory rape on a 15-year-old high school student. [4] He was suspended on indictment and released some days later. On June 29, 2007, he was sacked by the club after the scandal. [5] The Japan Football Association imposed one-year suspension on him. [6]
On May 24, 2019, Ōsako was called up by Japan's head coach Hajime Moriyasu to feature in the Copa América played in Brazil. [1] He made his debut on 17 June 2019 in the opening game of Copa against Chile, as a starter.
In November 2016, shortly after an announcement of becoming Japan's men's national team head coach, Nakagaichi was suspected of negligence in allegedly hitting a 41-year-old traffic guard while driving on the Chugoku Expressway in the city of Shobara, Hiroshima prefecture, on 9 November.