The time is almost upon us for the Tokushima Vortis vs Cerezo Osaka J1 League match which kicks off very shortly, and the players have now been announced.
Here is the starting line-up for Tokushima Vortis which has been officially confirmed as:
Tokushima Vortis
Naoto Kamifukumoto #21
Goalkeeper
Height: 1.81m
Weight: 73kg
Age: 31
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
Diego Jara Rodrigues #4
Also known as Diego
Defender
Height: 1.83m
Weight: 77kg
Age: 26
Nationality: Brazil
Place of birth: Corumbá, Brazil
Shota Fukuoka #20
Defender
Height: 1.8m
Weight: 68kg
Age: 26
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
Carlos de Menezes Júnior
Also known as Cacá
Defender
Height: 1.85m
Weight: 78kg
Age: 22
Nationality: Brazil
Place of birth: Visconde do Rio Branco, Brazil
Takeru Kishimoto #15
Midfielder
Height: 1.74m
Weight: 66kg
Age: 24
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Nara, Japan
Joel Chima Fujita #13
Midfielder
Height: 1.72m
Weight: 72kg
Age: 19
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Tokyo, Japan
Ken Iwao #8
Midfielder
Height: 1.75m
Weight: 65kg
Age: 33
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
Kazuki Nishiya #24
Midfielder
Height: 1.65m
Weight: 65kg
Age: 28
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Mashiko, Japan
Yuki Kakita #19
Forward
Height: 1.86m
Weight: 78kg
Age: 24
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Gunma, Japan
Mushaga Bakenga
Forward
Height: 1.81m
Weight: 77kg
Age: 29
Nationality: Norway
Place of birth: Trondheim, Norway
Taisei Miyashiro #11
Forward
Height: 1.76m
Weight: 67kg
Age: 31
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
The team sheet line-up for Cerezo Osaka has also been confirmed as follows:
Cerezo Osaka
Jin-Hyeon Kim #21
Goalkeeper
Height: 1.92m
Weight: 82kg
Age: 34
Nationality: Korea Republic
Place of birth: Korea Republic
Ryuya Nishio #33
Defender
Height: 1.8m
Weight: 77kg
Age: 20
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Osaka, Japan
Yusuke Maruhashi #14
Defender
Height: 1.78m
Weight: 73kg
Age: 31
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
Ayumu Seko #15
Defender
Height: 1.83m
Weight: 72kg
Age: 21
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
Riku Matsuda #2
Defender
Height: 1.75m
Weight: 68kg
Age: 30
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Osaka, Japan
Tatsuhiro Sakamoto #17
Midfielder
Height: 1.7m
Weight: 63kg
Age: 25
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Tokyo, Japan
Hinata Kida #30
Midfielder
Height: 1.71m
Weight: 59kg
Age: 21
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
Hiroaki Okuno #25
Midfielder
Height: 1.71m
Weight: 67kg
Age: 32
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
Mutsuki Kato #29
Midfielder
Height: 1.78m
Weight: 69kg
Age: 24
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Saitama, Japan
Takashi Inui
Midfielder
Height: 1.69m
Weight: 59kg
Age: 33
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Ōmihachiman, Japan
Hiroto Yamada #34
Forward
Height: 1.81m
Weight: 69kg
Age: 21
Nationality: Japan
Place of birth: Japan
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