The International Series Japan has attracted a formidable line-up of leading players from the Japan Golf Tour Organization (JGTO) – all looking to make an early impact on The International Series Rankings.

Japan’s Yosuke Asaji, currently playing on the LIV Golf League by virtue of finishing second on last year’s Rankings, and his countryman Kazuki Higa, the 2025 Asian Tour Order of Merit champion, headline the field.

The US$2million event will be played at Caledonian Golf Club for a second straight year, and is the opening event of the season on The International Series – the upper-tier level of events on the Asian Tour that provide a pathway to the LIV Golf League.

Japan’s Tatsunori Shogenji, Kota Kaneko, Ren Yonezawa, and Taiga Semikawa, the top four ranked players on their current money list, have also entered. They are all proven winners with Kaneko having won last year’s money list.

Veteran Japanese star Yuta Ikeda [main picture] is another to have confirmed, adding proven firepower with 21 wins on the JGTO, alongside Japan’s Aguri Iwasaki and Mikiya Akutsu, the current Japan Golf Tour Players Association Chairman. Japan’s Riki Kawamoto, Satoshi Kodaira and Hiroshi Iwata have also entered and will join Jinichiro Kozuma, Shugo Imahira, Ryosuke Kinoshita and Ryo Katsumata, all of whom confirmed for the event earlier.

Rounding out the field, reigning Japan Amateur champion, Kaito Sato will also tee it up.

Five Japanese players finished in the top-10 last year. Yuta Sugiura was the highest placed local player after he tied for second.