The Japanese national team (17th in the FIFA rankings) faced off against the Chinese national team (94th in the FIFA rankings). Five players, goalkeeper Hayakawa Tomoki (Kashima Antlers), defender Tsunashima Yuto (Tokyo Verdi), midfielder Tanaka Satoshi (Sanfrecce Hiroshima), midfielder Uno Zento (Shimizu S-Pulse), and forward Hara Daichi (Kyoto Sanga), have made their national team debut.

In the first match against Hong Kong (8th), goalkeeper Pisano Alexandre Kotofuyu Horio (Nagoya Grampus), defender Ando Tomoya (Avispa Fukuoka), midfielder Kubo Tojiro (Kashiwa Reysol), forward Jermaine Ryo (Sanfrecce Hiroshima), forward Kakita Hiroki (Kashiwa), forward Miyashiro Daishiro (Vissel Kobe), started his first international A-match.

Along the way, defender Mochizuki Henry Kaiki (FC Machida Zelvia), midfielder Nakamura Sota (Hiroshima), Ozeki Tomosho (Kawasaki Frontale), and forward Yamada Arata (Kawasaki F) also recorded his first cap.

This has led to a total of 15 players making their debut in the A national team in the last two matches. The players who made their first appearance at the East Asia E-1 Championship and were able to join the FIFA World Cup (World Cup) are full-former active national teams such as midfielder Endo Kaoru (current captain Liverpool) of the 2015 tournament (then the East Asia Cup) and midfielder Ito Junya (Stad Lance) of the 2017 tournament, so it will be interesting to see if they will continue to appear.

Midfielder Tanaka Aoi has been involved in the 2019 tournament, and from the 2012 tournament, forward Machino Shooto has been involved in the World Cup Qatar tournament members.

[Japan National Team]Starting in Nagatomo Yuto, the first pitch in the national team match in 2 years and 7 months, match against China E-1 Championship/live news