Japan Doesn't Bring Ayase Ueda When Fighting The Indonesian National Team, Moriyasu Has A Layer

Ayase Ueda was absent from defending Japan against the Indonesian national team (Instagram/@bee18_official).

JAKARTA - Japan's national team coach, Hajime Moriyasu, called in 27 players for the match against the Indonesian national team in the Third Round of the 2026 World Cup Qualification. From the specified list, the coach apparently did not bring one of his mainstay players, Ayase Ueda.

Moriyasu's main reason for not including Ueda was because the player was injured. However, the 56-year-old coach will rely on NEC striker Nijmegen, Koki Ogawa, and Celtic striker Kyogo Furuhashi, who have both scored six goals.

From uploads on the Japanese national team social media, 23 names brought by Moriyasu to Indonesia are those who play abroad, including six players who have appeared in the Champions League this season.

The six players are Wataru Endo (Liverpool), Hidemasa Morita (Sporting CP), Reo Hate (Celtic), Kyogo Furuhashi (Celtic), Daizen Maeda (Celtic), and Takumi Minamino (AS Monaco).

The other four players played domestically, namely goalkeeper Keisuke Osako (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) and goalkeeper Kosei Tani (Machida Zelvia) and defender Yuto Nagatomo (FC Tokyo) and Takai City (Kawasaki Frontale).

The Blue Samurai will continue their struggle in the 2026 World Cup Qualification against the Indonesian national team. The match will be held at the Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium (SUGBK), Jakarta, on Friday, November 15, 2024, night WIB.

So far Japan has topped Group C with 10 points. That number is five points ahead of Australia, Saudi Arabia, and Bahrain in second to fourth place.

List 27 Of Japanese Players Against The Indonesian National Team

Goalkeeper

Keisuke Osako (Sanfrecce Hiroshima)Kosei Tani (Machida Zelvia)Sion Suzuki (Parma)

Defenders

Yuto Nagatomo (FC Tokyo)Shogo Taniguchi (Sint Truiden) Ko Itakura (Burussia Monchengladbach) Koki Macida (Union SG)Daiki Hasioska (Luton Town)Yukinari Sugawara (Southampton)Ayumu Seko (Grass Howls) Takai City (Kawasaki Frontale)

Middle

Wataru Endo (Liverpool)Hidemasa Morita (Sporting CP)Daichi Kamada (Crystal Palace)Reo Hate (Celtic)Ao Tanaka (Leeds United)Joel Chima Fujita (Sint Truiden)

Front

Junya Ito (Stade Reims) Keito Nakamura (Stade Reims) Takumi Minamino (AS Monaco)Yuki Ohashi (Blackburn Rovers)Kyogo Furuhashi (Celtic)Daizen Maeda (Celtic)Kaoru Mitoma (Brighton & Hove Albion)Koki Ogawa (NEC Nijmegen)Ritsu Doan (SC Freiburg)Takefusa Kubo (Real Sociedad)