Japan A Team for Blues A

The National Development Squad (NDS) is touring New Zealand in April 2018.

The NDS allows fringe players to the Japan national side as well as the Hito-Communications Sunwolves Super Rugby side the opportunity to press for higher honours.

The NDS, who will play as Japan A, will play three practice games against Highlanders A, Blues A and Hurricanes Development.

In their second game on the tour, Japan A play the Blues A at Eden Park in Auckland on Friday 20 April 2018 before the round 10 Super Rugby fixture between the Blues and the Highlanders.

Game 2:

Blues A v Japan A
Date: Friday, 20 April 2018
Venue: Eden Park, Auckland
Kick-off: 17.05 (14.05 JST)

Japan A: 1- Masataka Mikami, 2- Takeshi Hino, 3- Genki Sudo, 4- Shinya Makabe (c), 5- Uwe Helu, 6- Yuya Odo, 7- Masakatsu Nishikawa, 8- Tevita Tatafu, 9- Koki Arai, 10- Rikiya Matsuda, 11- Kai Ishii, 12- Kanta Shikao, 13- Daishi Murata, 14- Yoshikazu Fujita and 15- Seiya Ozaki. Reserves: 16- Atsushi Sakate, 17- Koki Yamamoto, 18- Shinnosuke Kakinaga, 19- Samuela Anise, 20- Faulua Makisi, 21- Willie Britz, 22- Naoto Saito, 23- Robbie Robinson, 24- Lomano Lemeki and 25- Ryuji Noguchi. Coach: Takanobu Horikawa.