The National Selection Committees for the Men’s Japan National Squad and Men’s Japan A Squad, chaired by Dhugal Bedingfield, have announced the squads for the 2026 season.
Additional members may be added during the season based on performances.
Men’s Japan National Squad
- Abhishek Anand (Tokyo Falcons Cricket Club)
- Charlie Hara-Hinze (Northern Suburbs Cricket Club)
- Benjamin Ito-Davis (Chiba Sharks Cricket Club)
- Kendel Kadowaki-Fleming (Chiba Sharks Cricket Club)
- Kazuma Kato-Stafford (Akishima Aviators Cricket Club)
- Kohei Kubota (Wyverns Cricket Club)
- Wataru Miyauchi (Wyverns Cricket Club)
- Sabaorish Ravichandran (Tigers Cricket Club)
- Esam Rahman (Queanbeyan Cricket Club)
- Reo Sakurano-Thomas (Sano Bulls Cricket Club)
- Abdul Samad (Tokyo Wombats Cricket Club)
- Alexander Shirai-Patmore (Sano Bulls Cricket Club)
- Shoma Sugaya-Slater (Melville Cricket Club)
- Declan Suzuki-McComb (Sano Bulls Cricket Club)
- Ibrahim Takahashi (Chiba Sharks Cricket Club)
- Makoto Taniyama (Sano Bulls Cricket Club)
- Kiefer Yamamoto-Lake (Sano Bulls Cricket Club)
- Lachlan Yamamoto-Lake (Sano Bulls Cricket Club)
Men’s Japan A Squad
- Ryan Drake (Sano Bulls Cricket Club)
- Kai Fujioka-Fletcher (Chiba Sharks Cricket Club)
- Alester Kadowaki-Fleming (Chiba Sharks Cricket Club)
- Zubair Khan (Sano Bulls Cricket Club)
- Kawshan Koolasuriya (Sano Bulls Cricket Club)
- Piyush Kumbhare (Tigers Cricket Club)
- Jake Kusuda-Nairn (Sano Bulls Cricket Club)
- Ghufran Mir (Chiba Sharks Cricket Club)
- Timothy Moore (Chiba Sharks Cricket Club)
- Masato Morita (Wyverns Cricket Club)
- Manav Natarajan (Chiba Sharks Cricket Club)
- Kento Ota-Dobell (Chiba Sharks Cricket Club)
- Ryuki Ozeki (Sano Bulls Cricket Club)
- Nihar Parmar (Alpha Quashers Yokohama Cricket Club)
- Nikhil Pol (Chiba Sharks Cricket Club)
- Chihaya Sekine (Sano Bulls Cricket Club)
- Muneeb Siddique Mian (Chiba Sharks Cricket Club)
- Tsuyoshi Takada (Chiba Sharks Cricket Club)
- Marcus Thurgate (Chiba Sharks Cricket Club)
- Kai Wall (Barron River Cricket Club)
- Bill Martin (TBC)
- Shima Fujioka-Fletcher (Otumoetai Cadets)
Congratulations to all those selected and good luck for the season ahead.
Men’s Japan National Squad
- Head Coach: Dhugal Bedingfield
- Selectors: Dhugal Bedingfield (Chair), Duncan Harrison, Devon van Onselen
The Men’s 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’s National Team. Men’s Japan National Teams competing in international cricket are selected from this squad.
Men’s Japan A Squad
- Head Coach: Dhugal Bedingfield
- Selectors: Dhugal Bedingfield (Chair), Duncan Harrison, Devon van Onselen
The Men’s Japan A Squad was established in 2025 as the successor to the Men’s U23 category of the Japan National Academy. It is an annual training squad consisting of promising players with the potential to represent Japan. This squad aims to help those players maximise their potential. Members of this squad may also be selected for Men’s Japan National Teams competing in international cricket.
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