# 2021 All Japan High School Soccer Tournament

The 2021 All Japan High School Soccer Tournament (All Japan JFA 100th High School Soccer Tournament (Japanese: 第100回全国高等学校サッカー選手権大会)) marked the 100th edition of the referred annually contested cup for High Schools over Japan. As usual, the tournament was contested by 48 High Schools, with 1 High School per Prefecture being qualified for the tournament, with an exception made for the Tokyo, which have 2 High School representing their Prefecture. The final was played at the Japan National Stadium, in Tokyo.
The Yamanashi Gakuin High School were the defending champions, after winning the 2020 edition, winning over Aomori Yamada by 4–2 on a penalty shoot-out. However, they were eliminated in their first match on the 2021 tournament, losing 2–0 to Saga Higashi. In the end, Aomori Yamada won their 3rd title, with a 4–0 win in the final against Ohzu, who qualified for the final over Kanto Daiichi's withdrawal on the semi-finals, due to coronavirus-related issues that prevented their participation on the semi-finals.

## Calendar

The tournament took place in a 14-day span, with the tournament split in a total of 6 stages. The schedule was decided on 13 August 2021 by the JFA.
| Round | Date | Matches | Clubs |
| First round | 28–29 December 2021 | 16 | 32 (32) → 16 |
| Second round | 31 December 2021 | 16 | 32 (16+16) → 16 |
| Third round | 2 January 2022 | 8 | 16 → 8 |
| Quarter-finals | 4 January 2022 | 4 | 8 → 4 |
| Semi-finals | 8 January 2022 | 2 | 4 → 2 |
| Final | 10 January 2022 | 1 | 2 → 1 |

## Venues

The tournament was played in four prefectures and nine stadiums, with six (two for each prefecture) located in Chiba, Kanagawa, and Saitama Prefectures, and three located in Tokyo. They are:
* Tokyo – Japan National Stadium, Ajinomoto Field Nishigaoka, and Komazawa Olympic Park Stadium
* Saitama – Kumagaya Athletic Stadium and NACK5 Stadium Omiya
* Kanagawa – NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium and Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium
* Chiba – Fukuda Denshi Arena and Kashiwanoha Stadium

## Participating clubs

In parentheses: the amount of times each team qualified for the All Japan High School Tournament (appearance in the 2021 edition included)
| Hokkaido: Hokkai High School (11) Aomori: Aomori Yamada High School (27) Iwate: Senshu Kitakami High School (2) Miyagi: Sendai Ikuei Gakuen High School (36) Akita: Akita Shogyo High School (46) Yamagata: Haguro High School (8) Fukushima: Shoshi High School (12) Ibaraki: Kashima Gakuen High School (10) Tochigi: Yaita Chuo High School (12) Gunma: Maebashi Ikuei High School (24) Saitama: Seibudai High School (4) Chiba: Ryutsu Keizai Univ. Kashiwa High School (7) Tokyo A: Horikoshi High School (4) Tokyo B: Kanto Daiichi High School (4) Kanagawa: Toko Gakuen High School (12) Yamanashi: Yamanashi Gakuin High School (8) Nagano: Ichiritsu Nagano High School (1) Niigata: Teikyo Nagaoka High School (9) Toyama: Toyama Daiichi High School (32) Ishikawa: Seiryō High School (30) Fukui: Maruoka High School (32) Shizuoka: Shizuoka Gakuen High School (13) Aichi: Chubu Univ. Daiichi High School (13) Mie: Mie High School (1) | Gifu: Teikyo Kani High School (8) Shiga: Kusatsu Higashi High School (12) Kyoto: Higashiyama High School (3) Osaka: Hannan Univ. High School (2) Hyōgo: Takigawa Daini High School (21) Nara: Nara Ikuei High School (14) Wakayama: Kindai Univ. Wakayama High School (8) Tottori: Yonago Kita High School (17) Shimane: Taisha High School (11) Okayama: Okayama Gakugeikan High School (4) Hiroshima: Setouchi High School (2) Yamaguchi: Takagawa Gakuen High School (27) Kagawa: Takamatsu Shogyo High School (24) Tokushima: Tokushima Shogyo High School (40) Ehime: Imabari Higashi High School (2) Kōchi: Kōchi Gakuen High School (17) Fukuoka: Higashi Fukuoka High School (22) Saga: Saga Higashi High School (2) Nagasaki: Nagasaki IAS High School (8) Kumamoto: Ohzu High School (18) Ōita: Nakatsu Higashi High School (5) Miyazaki: Miyazaki Nihon Univ. High School (2) Kagoshima: Kamimura Gakuen High School (9) Okinawa: Nishihara High School (4) |

## Schedule

The draw to decide the match pairings was conducted on 15 November.

### Final

| Ohzu | Aomori Yamada |
| GK | 1 | Ryusei Sato |
| DF | 2 | Rio Wada | 76' |
| DF | 3 | Haruto Hidaka | 40' |
| DF | 4 | Taiki Kawazoe |
| DF | 5 | Junichiro Teraoka |
| DF | 12 | Shotaro Iwamoto |
| MF | 6 | Rei Yakushida |
| MF | 7 | Atsushi Kawaguchi | 69' |
| MF | 10 | Daichi Morita (c) |
| FW | 9 | Shunei Kobayashi |
| FW | 11 | Seren Ichimura |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 16 | Yuta Mori |
| DF | 23 | Togo Sakata | 76' |
| MF | 8 | Asuma Ikari |
| MF | 13 | Ayumu Sato |
| MF | 14 | Rui Tabaru | 40' |
| MF | 15 | Osuke Miyakawa |
| MF | 17 | No Shoei |
| MF | 28 | Tsubasa Inada |
| FW | 19 | Rin Takahata | 69' |
| Manager: ||
| Tomohiro Yamashiro ||
| GK | 1 | Koki Numata |
| DF | 3 | Ryosuke Nakayama | 88' |
| DF | 4 | Ryohei Miwa |
| DF | 5 | Yamato Maruyama |
| DF | 14 | Hikaru Ono |
| MF | 6 | Zento Uno |
| MF | 10 | Kuryu Matsuki (c) |
| MF | 11 | Sota Fujimori | 88' |
| MF | 16 | Yumezu Tazawa | 84' |
| FW | 9 | Masaki Nasukawa | 84' |
| FW | 17 | Sera Watanabe | 78' |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 12 | Hiroshi Suzuki |
| DF | 2 | Taiyo Oto | 88' |
| DF | 13 | Minami Fukuda |
| DF | 19 | Yuya Abe |
| MF | 7 | Yoshitaka Obara | 78' |
| MF | 8 | Manato Honda | 84' |
| MF | 15 | Eisei Tanaka | 88' |
| MF | 20 | Ritsuki Terada |
| FW | 18 | Tsuna Kominato | 84' |
| Manager: ||
| Go Kuroda ||
| Assistant referees: Osamu Akasaka Soichi Iwasaki Fourth official: Takahito Seta | Match rules 90 minutes. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Nine named substitutes. Maximum of five substitutions. |

## Top scorers

| Rank | Player | High School | Goals |
| 1 | Akito Suzuki | Hannan | 7 |
| 2 | Yamato Maruyama | Aomori Yamada | 4 |
| 2 | Kuryu Matsuki | Aomori Yamada | 4 |
| 2 | Masaki Nasukawa | Aomori Yamada | 4 |
| 5 | Haruki Hayashi | Takagawa Gakuen | 3 |
| 5 | Kizuna Ishikawa | Hannan | 3 |
| 5 | Ryunosuke Koizumi | Shizuoka Gakuen | 3 |
| 5 | Tsuna Kominato | Aomori Yamada | 3 |
| 5 | Rentaro Moriya | Maebashi Ikuei | 3 |
| 5 | Keigo Nakayama | Takagawa Gakuen | 3 |
| 5 | Zen Takaashi | Maebashi Ikuei | 3 |

## Selected best players

The following 37 players featured in the Tournament's Best Players Squad:
| Pos. | Player | High School | Grade | Moved to |
| GK | Koki Numata | Aomori Yamada | 3rd | Aoyama Gakuin University |
| GK | Aoto Tokuwaka | Takagawa Gakuen | 3rd | Kyoto Sangyo University |
| GK | Ryusei Sato | Ohzu | 3rd | University of Tsukuba |
| DF | Ryohei Miwa | Aomori Yamada | 3rd | Juntendo University |
| DF | Yamato Maruyama | Aomori Yamada | 3rd | Tokai University |
| DF | Kento Ikeda | Kanto Daiichi | 3rd | FC Arrows |
| DF | Taiki Kawazoe | Ohzu | 3rd | Fukuoka University |
| DF | Shota Yagiu | Maebashi Ikuei | 3rd | Senshu University |
| DF | Takumi Baba | Toko Gakuen | 3rd | Doshisha University |
| DF | Rikuto Shintani | Higashiyama | 2nd | Higashiyama |
| DF | Anrie Chase | Shoshi | 3rd | VfB Stuttgart |
| MF | Zento Uno | Aomori Yamada | 3rd | Machida Zelvia |
| MF | Kuryu Matsuki | Aomori Yamada | 3rd | FC Tokyo |
| MF | Sota Fujimori | Aomori Yamada | 3rd | Meiji University |
| MF | Renji Hidano | Kanto Daiichi | 3rd | Toin University of Yokohama |
| MF | Haruki Hayashi | Takagawa Gakuen | 3rd | Meiji University |
| MF | Rei Yakushida | Ohzu | 3rd | Hosei University |
| MF | Atsushi Kawaguchi | Ohzu | 3rd | Juntendo University |
| Pos. | Player | High School | Grade | Moved to |
| MF | Daichi Morita | Ohzu | 3rd | Waseda University |
| MF | Genki Nezu | Maebashi Ikuei | 2nd | Maebashi Ikuei |
| MF | Tsubasa Kasayanagi | Maebashi Ikuei | 3rd | V-Varen Nagasaki |
| MF | Ryo Tokunaga | Maebashi Ikuei | 2nd | Maebashi Ikuei |
| MF | Shuto Yamaichi | Toko Gakuen | 3rd | Waseda University |
| MF | Ryunosuke Koizumi | Shizuoka Gakuen | 3rd | Takushoku University |
| MF | Rio Hyeon | Shizuoka Gakuen | 3rd | Tokushima Vortis |
| MF | Yosuke Furukawa | Shizuoka Gakuen | 3rd | Júbilo Iwata |
| MF | Reiya Sakata | Higashiyama | 2nd | Higashiyama |
| MF | Jimpei Yoshida | Saga Higashi | 3rd | Albirex Niigata |
| MF | Junnosuke Suzuki | Teikyo Kani | 3rd | Shonan Bellmare |
| FW | Masaki Nasukawa | Aomori Yamada | 3rd | Juntendo University |
| FW | Rin Homma | Kanto Daiichi | 2nd | Kanto Daiichi |
| FW | Keigo Nakayama | Takagawa Gakuen | 3rd | Fukuoka University |
| FW | Shunei Kobayashi | Ohzu | 2nd | Ohzu |
| FW | Hayato Mihara | Toko Gakuen | 3rd | Meiji Gakuin University |
| FW | Sota Matsunaga | Shizuoka Gakuen | 3rd | Ryutsu Keizai University |
| FW | Akito Suzuki | Hannan | 3rd | Shonan Bellmare |
| FW | Shio Fukuda | Kamimura Gakuen | 2nd | Kamimura Gakuen |

## Joining J.League clubs on 2022

| Pos. | Player | Moving from | Moving to | League |
| DF | Shinnosuke Ito | Maebashi Ikuei | Giravanz Kitakyushu | J3 |
| DF | Kazuma Okamoto | Maebashi Ikuei | Thespakusatsu Gunma | J2 |
| DF | Sere Matsumura | Teikyo Nagaoka | Shonan Bellmare | J1 |
| MF | Yosuke Furukawa | Shizuoka Gakuen | Júbilo Iwata | J1 |
| MF | Tsubasa Kasayanagi | Maebashi Ikuei | V-Varen Nagasaki | J2 |
| MF | Nagi Kawatani | Shizuoka Gakuen | Shimizu S-Pulse | J1 |
| MF | Kuryu Matsuki | Aomori Yamada | FC Tokyo | J1 |
| MF | Rio Hyeon | Shizuoka Gakuen | Tokushima Vortis | J2 |
| MF | Kodai Sano | Yonago Kita | Fagiano Okayama | J2 |
| MF | Junnosuke Suzuki | Teikyo Kani | Shonan Bellmare | J1 |
| MF | Zento Uno | Aomori Yamada | Machida Zelvia | J2 |
| MF | Jimpei Yoshida | Saga Higashi | Albirex Niigata | J2 |