Japan is in Group H alongside Colombia, Poland and Senegal.
Just hours ago, head coach Akira Nishino has released the official 23 man Japan squad which will travel to Russia for the 2018 World Cup.
Player | Position | Age | Caps | Goals | Club |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Eiji Kawashima | Keeper | 35 | 83 | 0 | Metz 🇫🇷 |
Masaaki Higashiguchi | Keeper | 32 | 4 | 0 | Gamba Osaka 🇯🇵 |
Kosuke Nakamura | Keeper | 23 | 3 | 0 | Kashiwa Reysol 🇯🇵 |
Gotoku Sakai | Right back | 27 | 39 | 0 | Hamburg 🇩🇪 |
Hiroki Sakai | Right back | 28 | 41 | 0 | Olympique Marseille 🇫🇷 |
Wataru Endo | Centre back | 25 | 11 | 0 | Urawa Red Diamonds 🇯🇵 |
Tomoaki Makino | Centre back | 31 | 31 | 4 | Urawa Red Diamonds 🇯🇵 |
Maya Yoshida | Centre back | 29 | 81 | 10 | Southampton 🏴 |
Gen Shoji | Centre back | 25 | 11 | 1 | Kashima Antlers 🇯🇵 |
Naomichi Ueda | Centre back | 23 | 3 | 0 | Kashima Antlers 🇯🇵 |
Yuto Nagatomo | Left back | 31 | 104 | 3 | Galatasaray 🇹🇷 |
Hotaru Yamaguchi | Midfielder | 27 | 41 | 2 | Cerezo Osaka 🇯🇵 |
Makoto Hasebe (c) | Midfielder | 34 | 109 | 2 | Eintracht Frankfurt 🇩🇪 |
Ryota Oshima | Midfielder | 25 | 4 | 0 | Kawasaki Frontale 🇯🇵 |
Gaku Shibasaki | Midfielder | 26 | 16 | 3 | Getafe 🇪🇦 |
Keisuke Honda | Midfielder | 31 | 94 | 36 | Pachuca 🇲🇽 |
Genki Haraguchi | Midfielder | 27 | 31 | 6 | Fortuna Dusseldorf 🇩🇪 |
Takashi Usami | Midfielder | 26 | 22 | 3 | Fortuna Dusseldorf 🇩🇪 |
Shinji Kagawa | Midfielder | 29 | 90 | 29 | Borussia Dortmund 🇩🇪 |
Takashi Inui | Midfielder | 29 | 25 | 2 | Eibar 🇪🇦 |
Yuya Osako | Forward | 28 | 27 | 7 | Werder Bremen 🇩🇪 |
Shinji Okazaki | Forward | 32 | 112 | 50 | Leicester City 🏴 |
Yoshinori Muto | Forward | 25 | 22 | 2 | Mainz 05 🇩🇪 |
Potential Japan starting XI (4-3-3):
Kawashima – H. Sakai, Makino, Yoshida, Nagatomo – Haraguchi, Hasebe, Yamaguchi – Kagawa, Osako, Okazaki
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