Template:2008 Summer Olympics Japan women's football team roster

The purpose of this template is to collect source text used in several articles in one place, in order to minimize maintenance and storage space. This is the Japan roster in the men's football tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics. The template is typically used in two articles: the article covering Japan at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and the article covering the rosters of all participating teams of the tournament.

The following is the Japan squad in the women's football tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Head coach: Norio Sasaki

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 1 1GK Miho Fukumoto (1983-10-02)2 October 1983 (aged 24) 39 0 Okayama Yunogo Belle 2 2DF Yukari Kinga (1984-05-02)2 May 1984 (aged 24) 29 0 NTV Beleza 3 2DF Hiromi Ikeda (c) (1975-12-22)22 December 1975 (aged 32) 112 4 Tasaki Perule 4 2DF Azusa Iwashimizu (1986-10-14)14 October 1986 (aged 21) 33 5 NTV Beleza 5 3MF Miyuki Yanagita (1981-04-11)11 April 1981 (aged 27) 86 11 Urawa Reds Ladies 6 3MF Tomoe Kato (1978-05-27)27 May 1978 (aged 30) 112 8 NTV Beleza 7 2DF Kozue Ando (1982-07-09)9 July 1982 (aged 26) 61 10 Urawa Reds Ladies 8 3MF Aya Miyama (1985-01-28)28 January 1985 (aged 23) 60 18 Okayama Yunogo Belle 9 4FW Eriko Arakawa (1979-10-30)30 October 1979 (aged 28) 62 19 NTV Beleza 10 3MF Homare Sawa (1978-09-06)6 September 1978 (aged 29) 136 68 NTV Beleza 11 4FW Shinobu Ohno (1984-01-23)23 January 1984 (aged 24) 57 22 NTV Beleza 12 4FW Karina Maruyama (1983-03-26)26 March 1983 (aged 25) 50 12 TEPCO Mareeze 13 3MF Ayumi Hara (1979-02-21)21 February 1979 (aged 29) 36 1 INAC Leonessa 14 2DF Kyoko Yano (1984-06-03)3 June 1984 (aged 24) 44 1 Urawa Reds Ladies 15 3MF Mizuho Sakaguchi (1987-10-15)15 October 1987 (aged 20) 21 14 Tasaki Perule 16 3MF Rumi Utsugi (1988-12-05)5 December 1988 (aged 19) 23 4 NTV Beleza 17 4FW Yuki Nagasato (1987-07-15)15 July 1987 (aged 21) 44 25 NTV Beleza 18 1GK Ayumi Kaihori (1986-09-04)4 September 1986 (aged 21) 2 0 INAC Leonessa