Group C: Japan, team preview

09.01.2021

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Japan will play in group C with Croatia, Qatar and Angola.

Best result: 10th (1970)

Appearances: 14 (first 1961)

Squad:

Goalkeepers: Yuta Iwashita (Toyota Boshoku Kyushu), Motoki Sakai (Toyoda Gosei), Takumi Nakamura (Toyoda Gosei)

Left Wingers: Remi Anri Doi (Osaki Osol), Naoki Sugioka (Toyota Auto Body)

Right Wingers: Hiroki Motoki (Osaki Osol), Demura Naotsugu (Toyoda Gosei)

Line Players: Shuichi Yoshida (Grupa Azoty Tarnów), Sota Takano (Univ. of Tsukuba), Hiroyasu Tamakawa (Osaki Osol), Kenya Kasahara (Toyota Auto Body)

Left Backs: Tatsuki Yoshino (Toyota Auto Body), Kohei Narita (Wakunaga Pharmaceutical), Adam Yuki Baig ( Zeekstar Tokyo)

Centre Backs: Asumi Kitazume (Toyota Auto Body), Yuto Agarie (Daido Steel), Kotaro Mizumachi (Toyoda Gosei)

Right Backs: Rennosuke Tokuda (Grupa Azoty Tarnów), Jin Watanabe (Toyota Auto Body), Shinnosuke Tokuda (Toyoda Gosei)

Coach: Dagur Sigurðsson

Photo: @thw_handball/Twitter

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