Talented people such as Miya Takeuchi from Ohka Gakuen were selected.
On January 21, the Japan Basketball Association announced the candidates for the Japan national team for the “FIBA U17 Women’s Basketball World Cup 2026.” The national team will begin its first training camp on January 26th.
The U17 Women’s Basketball World Cup 2026 is an international tournament that will be held in Brno, Czech Republic from July 11th to 19th. They placed third in the FIBA U16 Women’s Asian Cup 2025 held in Malaysia in September last year, earning them the right to participate in the tournament for the eighth consecutive time. Having achieved 6th place in the previous tournament, he will now challenge himself to reach even higher heights.
The members selected this time include all players on the roster, including Miya Takeuchi of Ohka Gakuen, who was selected as tournament MVP and All-Star Five at the U16 Women’s Asian Cup 2025, and three players from Osaka Kunuei Girls’ Academy, the Winter Cup 2025 champions. Honoka Yasui and Miki Takahashi, core players from Yokkaichi Maryknoll Academy who took second place in the “Jr. Winter Cup 2025-26,” were also selected.
[Candidate members of the U17 Japan Women’s National Team]
Manaka Kurabayashi (G/165cm/Saitama Sakae 2nd year)
Chihiro Ito (F/172cm/2nd year, Yokkaichi Maryknoll Academy)
Miya Takeuchi (G/161cm/2nd year at Ohka Academy)
Takaoka Fuyumoe (F/173cm/2nd year affiliated with Chiba University of Education)
Yukio Hosozawa (F/175cm/2nd year, Osaka Kunuei Girls’ Academy)
Rei Ando (F/180cm/Tottori Castle 2 years old)
Tensho Shimizu (C/181cm/Kosei Gakuen Girls’ 2nd year)
Nene Gondo (G/167cm/2nd year St. Catherine Academy)
Risakura Tahara (G/167cm/Fukui 1st year, Fukui Institute of Technology)
Ran Kobayashi (F/174cm/1st year, Yokkaichi Maryknoll Academy)
Ruka Watanabe (F/176cm/Yamagata Prefectural Chuo 1st year)
Shi Mianwen (C／185cm／Kyoto Essence Academy 1st year)
Yoshitake Haruno (G/172cm/Kurashiki Suisatsu 1 year)
Momoka Kaji (F/170cm/Ouka Gakuen 1st year)
Yokako Oda (F/174cm/1st year at Ohka Academy)
Mei Saito (G/164cm/1st year at Showa Academy)
Aoi Yamashita (C/174cm/Prefectural Sagakita 1st year)
Yoshiko Otsuki (G／163cm／Osaka Kaorei Girls’ College 1st year)
Momoka Kano (G/158cm/Hachioji Gakuen Hachioji 1st year)
Sakura Tamaki (G/169cm/1st year at Ohka Academy)
Yamada Rishin (F/174cm/1st year at Showa Academy)
Nozomi Nakazawa (F/176cm/1st year at Showa Academy)
Yurei Imai (C/178cm/Osaka Saeei Girls’ College 1st year)
Minori Takahashi (G/172cm/3rd year of Yokkaichi Maryknoll Academy)
Igawa Natsuki (G/168cm/Asaka Municipal Asaka Second High School 3rd year)
Ea Namba (G/170cm/3rd year of Koriyama Junior High School)
Tamanoa Fujino (G/160cm/3rd year at Ina Junior High School)
Sakuya Kinoshita (C/178cm/Sapporo Municipal Tozuki Hanzhong 3 years old)
Honoka Yasui (G/168cm/3rd year of Yokkaichi Maryknoll Academy)
