The Japanese are coming with a relatively young roster, there are very few players born before 1990, and there are only four players in their 30s on the team. The average age is 26 years old, it is worth mentioning Eiki Sato who is only 16 years old.
There are 9 players from last years Division 1/B World Championship roster which is made up entirely of players playing in Japan. The roster has six teams represented with the Oji Eagles and the Nikko Ice Bucks sending the most players with 7 each. The Asian League record champions Nippon Paper Cranes will have four players each.
Japanese Roster:
Name Club
1 NARISAWA, Yuta Oji Eagles
29 FUKUFUJI, Yutaka Nikko Ice Bucks
30 SATO, Eiki Shirakaba Gakuen High School
Defencemen
2 USHU, Mei Nippon Paper Cranes
3 KUMAGAI, Goshi Tohoku Free Blades
5 HASHIBA, Ryo Oji Eagles
6 KAWAI, Ryuichi Nikko Ice Bucks
7 HASHIMOTO, Ryo Oji Eagles
12 SATO, Hiroto Nikko Ice Bucks
20 HAYATA, Seiya Tohoku Free Blades
24 MATSUI, Hiroshi Hosei University
Forwards
8 TAKAHASHI, Seiji Oji Eagles
9 TAKAGI, Kenta Nippon Paper Cranes
10 KAWAI, Takuma Tohoku Free Blades
13 TERAO, Hiromichi Nikko Ice Bucks
15 IRIKURA, Taiga Nippon Paper Cranes
16 SAITO, Tetsuya Nikko Ice Bucks
18 FURUHASHI, Makuru Nikko Ice Bucks
19 NAKAJIMA, Shogo Nippon Paper Cranes
21 KUJI, Shuhei Oji Eagles
22 TERAO, Yuri Nikko Ice Bucks
23 NAKAYASHIKI, Yushi Oji Eagles
25 ECHIGO, Tomoya Oji Eagles
Staff:
TAKAHASHI, Toshiyuki Team Manager
IWAMOTO, Yuji Head Coach
OKITA, Teruhiko Assistant Coach
HARUNA, Masahito Goalie Coach
KANEKO, Tomohiro Coach
KURITA, Tsuneo Coach
O'DONNELL Keith Equipmeant Manager
