| Teamname: | Junior Japan |
| Union: | Japan Rugby Football Union |
| Emblem: | Sakura |
| Captain: | Keito Aoki |
| Coach: | Naoya Okubo |
| Founded: | 2012 |
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Junior Japan is a national representative rugby union team of the Japan rugby union. It is a second-tier side to the Japan national rugby union team. Junior Japan competes in the World Rugby Pacific Challenge against teams such as Samoa A, Fiji Warriors, and Argentina's Pampas XV.[1]
The Junior Japan squad was formed in 2012 from players just outside the main Japanese national squad. In the first year, the team played a match in Tokyo against the Tongan national side, before joining the Pacific Rugby Cup in 2013.[2]
Naoya Okubu named a 33 man squad for the World Rugby Pacific Challenge 2024.[3]
| Jinnosuke Mori | Loose-head Prop | ||
| Mutsuki Urade | Loose-head Prop | Kindai University | |
| Kenji Sato | Hooker | Waseda University | |
| Haruya Kerakawauchi | Hooker | Teikyo University | |
| Kenshin Shimizu | Hooker | Waseda University | |
| Towa Nunobiki | Tight-head Prop | Teikyo University | |
| Yuta Hatta | Tight-head Prop | Kyoto Sangyo University | |
| Takumi Yamaguchi | Tight-head Prop | Meiji University | |
| Chuka Ishibashi | Lock | Kyoto Sangyo University | |
| Shuntaro Isobe | Lock | Kyoto Sangyo University | |
| Yotaro Monobe | Locks | Meiji University | |
| Tomonosuke Shiromaru | Lock | Tsukuba University | |
| Keito Aoki | Lock | Teikyo University | |
| Koki Kawagoe | Back row | ||
| Yoshiaki Taian | Back row | ||
| Shusui Kamei | Back row | Meiji University | |
| Kotaro Okawa | Back row | Meiji University | |
| Asahi Doei | Scrum-half | Kyoto Sangyo University | |
| Joji Takagi | Scrum-half | Kyoto Sangyo University | |
| Rieto Ito | Scrum-half | Meiji University | |
| Takaya Motohashi | Fly-half | Teikyo University | |
| Ryunosuke Ito | Fly-half | Meiji University | |
| Yuta Akihama | Centre | Meiji University | |
| Yamato Ueda | Centre | Teikyo University | |
| Kohaku Ebisawa | Winger | Meiji University | |
| Yoshitaka Yazaki | Winger | Waseda University | |
| Jingo Takenoshita | Utility back | Meiji University | |
| Tasuku Masuyama | Utility back | Tsukuba University | |
| Aoi Omiya | Reserve | Nihon University | |
| Ryoku Masuo | Reserve | Unattached | |
| Syota Goto | Reserve | Nihon University | |
| Yusuke Yoshida | Reserve | Teikyo University |
| Year | Pos | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | TB | LB | Pts | Final | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 3rd | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 140 | 361 | -221 | 3 | 0 | 3 | – | ||
| 2014 | 4th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 241 | -210 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | Finished 4th in Pool A |
| Year | Pos | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | TB | LB | Pts | Final | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 6th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 41 | 212 | -171 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | Finished 3rd in Pool A | |
| 2016 | 3rd | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 58 | 94 | -36 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – | Lost to Tonga A in the 3rd place play off. | |
| 2017 | 2nd | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 92 | 103 | -11 | 2 | 0 | 10 | – | ||
| 2018 | 2nd | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 77 | 77 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | – | ||
| 2019 | 2nd | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 94 | 97 | -3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | – | ||
| 2020 | 1st | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 143 | 25 | +118 | 2 | 0 | 14 | – | ||
| 2023 | 3rd | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 100 | 133 | - 33 | 2 | 0 | 6 | – |