🏏 Mon, 14 Sep 2026 19:30 JST
Japan Women
vs
タイ女子代表
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- This is Japan's opening Group Stage fixture at the Asian Games women's football tournament, kicking off at 19:30 Japan time. Nadeshiko Japan then face Vietnam on 17 September and Chinese Taipei on 21 September in the same group. With three matches packed into barely a week, how the team starts and how the squad is rotated will shape their whole tournament.
- Japan named a 23-player squad for the match, including three goalkeepers. Number 23 S. Ohba starts between the posts, with number 1 N. Asano and number 12 S. Fukuda on the bench. Ten outfield players are also available as substitutes, giving the coaching staff plenty of options across a congested group stage.
- Japan's starting line-up features forwards M. Ueno (9) and C. Kamiya (11) up top. The midfield contingent is made up of M. Hamada (7), K. Sakakibara (8), Y. Narumiya (10), J. Ito (15) and F. Mizuno (19), while Y. Seno (5), Y. Funa (6) and Y. Nakashima (22) are the registered defenders.
- None of these 23 players appear in the Nadeshiko Japan squad listed on this site, which features senior internationals such as Ayaka Yamashita, Yui Hasegawa, Saki Kumagai and Aoba Fujino. That makes the Asian Games a genuine shop window for players looking to push into the senior setup.
- Japan's substitutes include W. Goto (4), A. Kuwahara (13), Y. Shiokoshi (14), S. Takarada (17) and H. Nishio (21). With three group matches crammed into a short window, how minutes are distributed among the bench players is as interesting as the game itself from a squad-building perspective.
- Thailand also named 23 players for their opener. S. Intaraprasit (6), P. Sontisawat (8), J. Mongkoldee (9), C. Rodthong (11) and C. Sodchuen (18) are among the starters, while P. Jiratanaphibun (4), W. Kwaenkasikarm (20) and R. Moondong (21) wait on the bench as one of Southeast Asia's established sides begins its campaign.