The U18 Hockey Men’s Youth team (World Ranking: WR 15th) faced India (WR 4th) in their 2nd match of the “AHF Hockey Men’s & Women’s U18 Asia Cup (2026/Kakamigahara)” at the Kawasaki Heavy Industries Hockey Stadium (Kakamigahara, Gifu Prefecture), and won 4–2, bringing their record to 2 wins (6 points).

Match 3 will be played against South Korea (WR 14th) on June 2 at 1:00 PM. (The competition schedule and match start times are subject to change depending on tournament conditions.)

Announced June 1, 2026: The competition schedule has been changed due to the impact of a typhoon.
* (Revised) Match Schedule * June 1 – (Final Day of the Tournament) June 6 [Updated June 1, 2026]

#16 MF Masahiro Yoshioka (Shimane Prefectural Yokota High School) was named Player of the Match.

※ This tournament is being streamed live (planned) on the following YouTube channels.

• [Douga Jidai Official YouTube Channel] YouTube Streaming Schedule & URL List 
• [AHF Asian Hockey Federation Official YouTube Channel] YouTube Streaming URL List (All upcoming preliminary pool matches) 

※ FIH World Rankings as of May 28 (pre-tournament)

Match No.9 · Sunday, May 31 · Kick-off 17:00

Japan		vs	India
		4 1Q 1-0 2Q 1-1 3Q 2-1 4Q 0-0 2

Match 2 Official Match Report [Updated: 2026.5.31]

Goals

• 15′ PC – #16 MF Masahiro Yoshioka (Shimane Prefectural Yokota High School)
• 20′ FG – #27 FW Yuma Fujiwara (Yamanashi Gakuin University)
• 34′ PC – #14 MF Kengo Yasui (Fukui Prefectural Niyu High School)
• 42′ FG – #13 MF Seinen Takahashi (Shiga Prefectural Ibuki High School)

Comments

▲ #16 MF Masahiro Yoshioka (Shimane Prefectural Yokota High School), awarded Player of the Match ※ Award ceremony

Related Information

• U18 Hockey Men’s Youth “AHF Hockey Men’s & Women’s U18 Asia Cup (2026/Kakamigahara)”
• AHF Asian Hockey Federation [Official Website]
• AHF Asian Hockey Federation [Official Facebook]
• FIH Official Social Media [Facebook・X・Instagram・YouTube] 
• FIH – TMS [Official Website]
• Japan Men’s Hockey National Team