On Tuesday 18 November, SAMURAI BLUE (Japan National Team) faced Bolivia at the Japan National Stadium in Tokyo in the KIRIN CHALLENGE CUP 2025. Goals from KAMADA Daichi (Crystal Palace), MACHINO Shuto (Borussia Monchengladbach), and NAKAMURA Keito (Stade de Reims) secured a comfortable 3–0 victory, giving Japan their third consecutive win and celebrating head coach MORIYASU Hajime’s 100th international A match in charge.

In their final warm-up fixture of the year—played seven months before the start of the FIFA World Cup 26™—Japan met a Bolivia side preparing for the FIFA Play-Off Tournament next March as they aim for their first World Cup appearance since 1994. Japan made seven changes from the team that defeated Ghana four days earlier and, after taking an early lead, added two more goals after the break through effective substitutions.

Japan retained their 3-4-2-1 formation. Goalkeeper HAYAKAWA Tomoki (Kashima Antlers), TANIGUCHI Shogo (Sint-Truidense VV), and the inside midfield duo MINAMINO Takumi (AS Monaco) and KUBO Takefusa (Real Sociedad) all started for a second successive match. OGAWA Koki (NEC Nijmegen) led the line, with MAEDA Daizen (Celtic FC) deployed at left wing-back and SUGAWARA Yukinari (Werder Bremen) on the right. Kamada and ENDO Wataru (Liverpool FC) formed the holding midfield pairing, while ITAKURA Kou (AFC Ajax) and SEKO Ayumu (Le Havre AC) completed the back three. .....

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