Japan Names IFAF World Championship Roster
Japanese defensive veteran Yauso Wakisaka (46) to make record 5th tournament appearance.
On Monday, the Japan American Football Association (JAFA) announced the 45-man squad that will compete in the upcoming International Federation of American Football (IFAF) World Championship in Canton, Ohio.
Veteran Defensive Lineman Yasuo Wakisaka makes will make a record fifth straight tournament when the team takes to the field in Canton, Ohio on July 12th.
46-year-old defensive lineman Yasuo Wakisaka (center) listens to Head Coach Kiyoyuki on June 14th. A day later Wakisaka was chosen for his record fifth straight World Championship.
National champions Fujitsu Frontiers have the largest contingent with 13 players selected by head coach Kiyoyuki Mori, followed by Obic Seagulls with 11. The sole university representative is 20-year-old running back Taku Lee from Keio.
Mori decided to take just two QBs and a single TE to the USA and will be hoping injuries don’t cause him to regret that gamble.
Team Japan will train from June 20 to 28 before departing on July 7th.
A sending off ceremony is scheduled for June 27th with the venue yet to be decided.
2015 IFAF World Championship Japan National Team
| Position | Name | Team | Age |
| QB | Tesuo Takata | Panasonic Impulse | 33 |
| QB | Shohei Kato | LIXIL Deers | 27 |
| RB | Ryo Takagi | IBM Big Blue | 25 |
| RB | Takuya Furutani | Obic Seagulls | 38 |
| RB | Kosuke Kamiyama | Fujitsu Frontiers | 28 |
| RB | Taku Lee | Keio University | 20 |
| WR | Takashi Kurihara | IBM Big Blue | 27 |
| WR | Yuta Hayashi | Asahi Beer Silver Star | 24 |
| WR | Noriaki Kinoshita | Obic Seagulls | 32 |
| WR | Shoma Endo | Panasonic Impulse | 24 |
| WR | Shunpei Yoshimoto | Fujitsu Frontiers | 24 |
| WR | Katsuya Nagakawa | LIXIL Deers | 28 |
| WR | Naoki Maeda | LIXIL Deers | 29 |
| WR | Yasuhiro Miyamoto | LIXIL Deers | 26 |
| TE | Takahiro Haruta | Fujitsu Frontiers | 30 |
| OL | Haruhisa Kurokawa | Asahi Soft Drinks Challengers | 26 |
| OL | Takehito Noda | Asahi Soft Drinks Challengers | 29 |
| OL | Yusuke Yamamoto | Obic Seagulls | 29 |
| OL | Akira Katsuyama | Fujitsu Frontiers | 25 |
| OL | Yutaro Kobayashi | Fujitsu Frontiers | 27 |
| OL | Tetsuya Saito | Fujitsu Frontiers | 26 |
| OL | Shun Mochizugi | Fujitsu Frontiers | 26 |
| OL | Kohei Arai | LIXIL Deers | 25 |
| DL | Takuya Seike | Obic Seagulls | 24 |
| DL | Shota Tomita | Obic Seagulls | 25 |
| DL | Munekazu Shikama | Panasonic Impulse | 33 |
| DL | Yasuo Wakisaka | Panasonic Impulse | 46 |
| DL | Ryota Takahashi | Fujitsu Frontiers | 24 |
| DL | Motoyuki Hirai | Fujitsu Frontiers | 33 |
| DL | Toru Hirasawa | LIXIL Deers | 26 |
| DL | Mitsunori Kihira | *Unaffiliated | 32 |
| LB | Yo Sawada | Obic Seagulls | 23 |
| LB | Masayoshi Tsukada | Obic Seagulls | 32 |
| LB | Shuichiro Suzuki | Fujitsu Frontiers | 35 |
| LB | Shuhei Takeuchi | Fujitsu Frontiers | 26 |
| LB | Kensuke Amaya | LIXIL Deers | 25 |
| DB | Keisaburo Isagawa | Obic Seagulls | 24 |
| DB | Kento Tojo | Obic Seagulls | 23 |
| DB | Masashi Fujimoto | Obic Seagulls | 30 |
| DB | Takeshi Miyake | Obic Seagulls | 31 |
| DB | Ryohei Imanishi | Panasonic Impulse | 28 |
| DB | Atsushi Tsuji | Panasonic Impulse | 28 |
| DB | Yuki Ishii | Fujitsu Frontiers | 23 |
| DB | Atsushi Fujita | Fujitsu Frontiers | 29 |
| K/P | Shintaro Saeki | Panasonic Impulse | 23 |
