It was announced today that Reo Hatate, Kyogo Furuhashi, and Daizen Maeda were called up for Japanese national team.
At 2pm on 25 May, JFA (Japan Football Association) announced the squad for the ย Kirin Challenge Cup to be held in June. They will play against El Salvador on 15 June and Peru on 20 June and his time three Celtic players, Kyogo Furuhashi, Reo Hatate, and Daizen Maeda were called up to Japanese national team.
The manager Moriyasu said the following about Kyogo Furuhashi, which he has been called up for the first time since last September.
Kyogo Furuhashi of Celtic reacts after the Cinch Scottish Premiership match between Celtic FC and Rangers FC at Celtic Park on April 08, 2023 in Glasgow, Scotland. (Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)
“I evaluate that he continued to contribute to Celtic’s winning this season. And I know that he had results at Celtic, so I expect him to score goals in the Japanese national team. I want him to be involved not only in the role of scoring goals, but also in the part of creating opportunities for the team to score goals.”
In addition, Moriyasu said about Reo Hatate as follows.
“This time, I have called up great performance this season. When I build base of Japanese national team, I would like to see fusion between Reo and other players, how he has evolved at Celtic, and his tactical understanding.”
The activities of Japanese national team are scheduled to start on 12 June, Celtic Japanese players will join the team about a week after the Scottish Cup Final against Inverness Caley Thistle. I hope they will have enough rest, and at the same time, I really hope they will spend quality time as Japanese national players.
Finally, the squad is as follows…
โฝGK
๐ง๐ชDaniel Schmidt(STVV)
๐ต๐นKosuke Nakamura(Portimonense)
๐ฏ๐ตKeisuke Osako(Sanfrecce Hiroshima)
โฝDF
๐ถ๐ฆShogo Taniguchi(Al-Rayyan)
๐ฉ๐ชKo Itakura(Borussia MG)
๐ฏ๐ตRyoya Morishita(Nagoya Grampus)
๐ฉ๐ชHiroki Ito(Stuttgart)
๐จ๐ญAyumu Seko(Grasshopper)
๐ณ๐ฑYukinari Sugawara(AZ)
โฝMF/FW
๐ฉ๐ชWataru Endo(Stuttgart)
๐ซ๐ทJunya Ito(Stade de Reims)
๐ฉ๐ชTakuma Asano(Bochum)
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟKyogo Furuhashi(Celtic)
๐ต๐นHidemasa Morita(SportingCP)
๐จ๐ญHayao Kawabe(Grasshopper)
๐ฉ๐ชDaichi Kamada(Frankfurt)
๐ต๐นYuki Soma(Casa Pia)
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟKaoru Mitoma(Brighton)
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟDaizen Maeda(Celtic)
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟReo Hatate(Celtic)
๐ฉ๐ชRitsu Doan(Freiburg)
๐ง๐ชAyase Ueda(Cercle Brugge)
๐ฏ๐ตTakumu Kawamura(Sanfrecce Hiroshima)
๐ฆ๐นKeito Nakamura(LASK)
๐ช๐ธTakefusa Kubo(Real Sociedad)
๐ฏ๐ตSota Kawasaki(Kyoto Sanga)
Yatao
I am a Content Creator and Origami art Creator, Analyst working for think tank in Japan and I joined this team in May 2023 and started to write articles as Japanese Celtic author for The Celtic Star. I live in Kobe(Japan) and have followed Celtic after 14 October, 2006, when I had watched the game against Dundee United FC – Shunsuke Nakamura scored a hat-trick. Also I am an enthusiastic supporter of Vissel Kobe, and I am familiar with various information and history of J-League. I have been posting threads on trajectory and background of Celtic Japanese players on Twitter mainly since summer of 2022 in order to further deepen the bond between Celtic and Japan. This time, I’m so proud to be more committed to Celtic by joining The Celtic Star team. I’m good at changing of viewpoints, so please expect my articles written from fresh perspective.
