Sato, Naito, Shintaro out of Japanese National Team

The Nippon Badminton Association has announced its line up for 2013 and beyond. Some players are no longer part of the national team, with names like Shintaro Ikeda, Shoji Sato, Ai Goto, Naoki Kawamae are no longer on the team, while the pair of Naito/Matsuo is not on the list in spite of recent good results.

Thanks to the website Badpal for the translation

Hereunder is the list of Japanese National Team 2013

Men’s Singles

Kenichi TAGO (WR.6), Sho SASAKI (WR.10), Takuma UEDA (WR.29), Kazumasa SAKAI (WR.74), Kento MOMOTA (WR.87), Riichi TAKESHITA (WR.115), Akira KOGA (WR.179), Kenta NISHIMOTO (WR–)

Women’s Singles

Eriko HIROSE (WR.12), Minatsu MITANI (WR.13), Sayaka TAKAHASHI (WR.37), Nozomi OKUHARA (WR.38), Kaori IMABEPPU (WR.52), Aya OHORI (WR.200), Akane YAMAGUCHI (WR.244), Yui HASHIMOTO (WR–)

Men’s Doubles

Kenichi HAYAKAWA/Hiroyuki ENDO (WR.4), Noriyasu HIRATA/Hirokatsu HASHIMOTO (WR.9),  Keigo SONODA/Takeshi KAMURA (WR.59), Ryota TAOHATA/Hiroyuki SAEKI (WR.62), Takuto INOUE/Yuki KANEKO (WR.148), Keiichiro MATSUI/Koshun MIURA (WR.976)

Women’s Doubles

Satoko SUETSUNA/Miyuki MAEDA (WR.6), Ayaka TAKAHASHI/Misaki MATSUTOMO (WR.7), Reika KAKIIWA (WR.9), Naoko FUKUMAN/Kurumi YONAO (WR.78), Megumi TARUNO/Misato ARATAMA (WR–)