Group C: Japan, team preview
![Group C: Japan, team preview](img-news/34/wp3996112.jpg)
Japan will play in group C with Croatia, Qatar and Angola.
Best result: 10th (1970)
Appearances: 14 (first 1961)
![default title Japan handball team - handball-base.com](https://www.handball-base.com/images/ahmed.salm10_5.jpg)
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
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