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Kumagai and Naomoto headline Japan squad for Banyana friendly

Lyon defender Saki Kumagai and Freiburg midfielder Hikaru Naomoto lead Japan’s 25-woman team for their international friendly match against South Africa.

The 2020 Women's Olympic Games hosts will face the 2018 Africa Cup of Nations runners-up on November 10 at the Kitakyushu Stadium, Fukuoka.

In a build-up to next year's championship in Tokyo, the Nadeshiko ladies will continue their preparations with a warm-up game against the reigning Cosafa Cup champions.

It will be the second time the two nations will be meeting since their first-ever clash at the group stage of the London 2012 Women's Olympic Games at Millenium Stadium in Cardiff.