New Nadeshiko Japan manager Asako Takakura picked a youthful side on Friday as the 48-year-old prepares for her first matches in charge.

The Japan women's national team's first games since it failed to qualify for this summer's Rio de Janeiro Olympics will be a pair of June friendlies against the world champion United States. None of the players on Takakura's first squad are in their 30s, with an average age of 24 — three years younger than the team that missed out on Rio.

Mana Iwabuchi of Bayern Munich, 23, and Kumi Yokoyama of Nagano Parceiro Ladies, 22, will be among those looking to put behind the disappointment of March's failed Olympic bid. Three-time women's Asian player of the year Aya Miyama, who has been captaining the national side, ruled herself out of contention being not fully fit, while mainstays Nahomi Kawasumi and Shinobu Ono have been left out.