The top 23

There seems to be a misunderstanding regarding that the top 23 will be the only members and maybe someone will drop out so Sae can take over but. Nowhere does Ego say that the top 23 players are the only ones that will be selected. He specifically says those in the top 23 will automatically get the right to resent Japan "excluding foreign players" from this. There probably players that are Japanese that we haven't seen that could be in the national team including Sae or others. Besides those outside the top 23 could enter trough some sort of tournament or some way ego says as they wouldn't "automatically" make it.