Japan U-17 World Cup Team

The Japanese U-17 World Cup team is made up of solely High Schoolers that were All-Japan Junior High School selection candidates within the U-17 Camp. Led by captain Byoudouin Hoo.

Roster[]

Japan U-17 High School Original Roster

Byoudouin Houou All-Rounder	Tanegashima Shuuji All-Rounder	Duke Watanabe Aggressive Baseliner	Tokugawa Kazuya All-Rounder

Oni Juujiro All-Rounder	Ohmagari Ryuji Aggressive Baseliner	Ikuto Kimijima All-Rounder	Tōno Atsukyō Aggressive Baseliner

Ochi Tsukimitsu Counterpuncher	Mōri Juzaburō All-Rounder	Date Danji Aggressive Baseliner	Kanata Irie All-Rounder
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-	Hakamada Izou Aggressive Baseliner	Nakagauchi Sotomichi Aggressive Baseliner	-

Japan U-17 Middle School Original Roster

Keigo Atobe All-Rounder	Seiichi Yukimura All-Rounder	Kuranosuke Shiraishi All-Rounder	Genichiro Sanada All-Rounder

Jin Akutsu Aggressive Baseliner	Kintaro Toyama All-Rounder	Bunta Marui Serve and Volley	Gin Ishida Aggressive Baseliner

Shusuke Fuji Counterpuncher	Masaharu Niō All-Rounder	Shūichirō Ōishi Counterpuncher	Eishiro Kite All-Rounder
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-	Akaya Kirihara Aggressive Baseliner	Ryoma Echizen All-Rounder	-

Members[]

Coaches[]

Nyudo Mifune, Head Coach
Yukio Kurobe, Strategic Coach
Itaru Saito, Mental Coach
Ryuji Tsuge, Circuit Coach

High Schoolers[]

Hōō Byōdōin, 3rd Year High School, Captain
Shūji Tanegashima, 3rd Year High School
Duke Watanabe, 3rd Year High School
Kazuya Tokugawa, 2nd Year High School
Jūjirō Oni, 3rd Year High School
Ryūji Ōmagari, 3rd Year High School
Ikuto Kimijima, 3rd Year High School
Kazena Kaji, 3rd Year High School, replacement to Atsukyō Tōno
Tsukimitsu Ochi, 3rd Year High School
Jusaburō Mōri, 1st Year High School
Kanata Irie, 3rd Year High School
Danji Date, 3rd Year High School
Izō Hakamada, 3rd Year High School
Sotomichi Nakagauchi, 3rd Year High School

Middle Schoolers[]

Keigo Atobe, 3rd Year Middle School, Captain
Seiichi Yukimura, 3rd Year Middle School
Kuranosuke Shiraishi, 3rd Year Middle School
Genichirō Sanada, 3rd Year Middle School
Kiyosumi Sengoku, 3rd Year Middle School, replacement to Jin Akutsu
Kintarō Tōyama, 1st Year Middle School
Bunta Marui, 3rd Year Middle School
Renji Yanagi, 3rd Year Middle School, replacement to Gin Ishida
Shūsuke Fuji, 3rd Year Middle School
Masaharu Niō, 3rd Year Middle School
Yūshi Oshitari, 3rd Year Middle School, replacement to Shūichirō Ōishi
Eishirō Kite, 3rd Year Middle School
Akaya Kirihara, 2nd Year Middle School
Ryoma Echizen, 1st Year Middle School

Staff[]

Akuto Mitsuya, 3rd Year High School, Intel Team
Atsukyō Tōno, 3rd Year High School, Medical Team
Sadaharu Inui, 3rd Year Middle School, Intel Team
Shūichirō Ōishi, 3rd Year Middle School, Medical Team

Tennis Record[]

Pre-World Cup Exhibition Match[]

Type of Match	Doubles Pair	Opponent(s)	Score
Doubles 1	Duke Watanabe/Shūsuke Fuji	Michael Bismarck/Elmer Siegfried	Won (7-5)
Doubles 2	Kanata Irie/Keigo Atobe	Quark Puppe/Kunimitsu Tezuka	Lose (0-6)
Doubles 3	Kazuya Tokugawa/Seiichi Yukimura	Jürgen Borisovich Volk/A. Frankensteiner	Lose (3-6)

Group League[]

vs Greece[]

Type of Match	Player(s)	Opponent(s)	Score
Doubles 2	Tsukimitsu Ochi/Shūichirō Oishi	Thalatta Hercules/Papadopoulos Evangelos	Won (7-5)
Doubles 1	Atsukyō Tōno/Akaya Kirihara	Aporon Stephanopoulos/Orion Stephanopoulos	Won (6-4)
Singles 3	Shūji Tanegashima	Zeus Iliopoulos	Won (7-5)

vs Australia[]

Position	Player(s)	Opponent(s)	Score
Doubles 2	Genichirō Sanada/Seiichi Yukimura	Jean Fitzgerald/Chris Hoppman	Won (7-5)
Doubles 1	Keigo Atobe/Shūsuke Fuji	Milky Millman/Mac McGregor	Won (7-6 [148-146])
Singles 3	Kintarō Tōyama	Jason Joseph "J.J." Dorgias	Won (JJ Forfeits)

vs Switzerland[]

Type of Match	Player(s)	Opponent(s)	Score
Doubles 2	Eishirō Kite/Ryūji Ōmagari	Henri Nobel III/Peter Ranbiell	Lost (3-6)
Doubles 1	Gin Ishida/Duke Watanabe	Albert Federer/Randy Pugu	Lost (1-6)
Singles 3	Jin Akutsu	Alexander Amadeus	Lost (1-6)

U-17 World Cup Quarter-Finals (vs. France)[]

Type of Match	Player(s)	Opponent(s)	Score
Doubles 2	Ikuto Kimijima/Kuranosuke Shiraishi	Timothee Moreau/Tristan Bardot	Lose (2-6), (6-7)
Doubles 1	Jusaburō Mōri/Renji Yanagi	Edgard Delacroix/Jonathan Saint Georges	Win (5-7), (7-5), (7-5)
Singles 3	Ryoma Echizen	Prince Ludwig Chardard	Win (0-6), (6-0), (7-6)
Singles 2	Genichiro Sanada	Auguir Delon	Win (6-4), (5-6) Auguir forfeits

U-17 World Cup Semi-Finals (vs. Germany)[]

Type of Match	Player(s)	Opponent(s)	Score
Singles 3	Jūjirō Oni	Quark Puppe	Lose (6-7), (6-3), (3-6)
Doubles 2	Duke Watanabe/Masaharu Niō	Dankmar Schneider/Bertie Borisovich Volk	Win (6-3), (0-6), (7-6)
Singles 2	Seiichi Yukimura	Kunimitsu Tezuka	Lose (6-3), (5-7), (3-6)
Doubles 1	Shūji Tanegashima/Akaya Kirihara	Michael Bismarck/Elmer Siegfried	Win (5-7), (7-6), (7-6)
Singles 1	Hōō Byōdōin	Jürgen Borisovich Volk	Win (4-6), (7-6), (7-6)

Trivia[]

There are only 2 high schoolers who are not in their 3rd year, Tokugawa and Mori, while 3 middle schoolers are not in their 3rd year which are Kintaro, Akaya, and Ryoma.
Former No. 5 holder Kazena Kaji served as replacement for Atsukyō Tōno after injuring his knees from the match against Greece's executioner doubles Apollon Stephanopoulos and Orion Stephanopoulos. Atsukyō then moved to the medical team and even treated Ikuto Kimijima's wounds after his match against France's Timothé Moreau and Tristan Bardot.
Yamabuki's Kiyosumi Sengoku served as replacement for Jin Akutsu after his loss against Switzerland's Alexander Amadeus. This was a deal between Akutsu and Hōō Byōdōin to which if Akutsu loses the match, he should return to Japan immediately.
Rikkaidai's Renji Yanagi served as replacement for Gin Ishida after obtaining an injury from the match against Switzerland's power doubles Randy Pugu and Albert Federer. Only Yanagi has been able to play on an official match among the replacements as he had played doubles with Juzaburō Mōri on the World Cup Quarter-Finals against France. Yanagi was also originally a part of the intel team, together with his mentor, Akuto Mitsuya and long-time friend, Sadaharu Inui.
Hyotei's Yūshi Oshitari served as replacement for Shūichirō Ōishi after obtaining injuries from the match against Greece's Thalatta Hercules. Yūshi only filled in for Ōishi during the Quarter-Finals after saving Takeshi Momoshiro from the enchantments of Aramenoma U-17 players. Oishi then became a member of the medical team.