Junior Japan
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.
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.
Current Squad
named a 33 man squad for the World Rugby Pacific Challenge 2024.| Player | Position | Club/Province |
| Jinnosuke Mori | Loose-head Prop | Tenri University |
| 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 | Tenri University |
| Yoshiaki Taian | Back row | Tenri University |
| 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 |
Record
Season standings
Pacific Rugby Cup| 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 |