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Japan

World #18Group F · Pot 2AFC🏟️ 8th appearance

Qualifying

AFC Third Round Group C – 1st

Style of Play

Intense pressing and disciplined tactical flexibility.

Ones to Watch

Wataru Endo
MFLiverpool

Captain and Liverpool midfielder; the team's defensive shield and emotional leader.

Takefusa Kubo
MFReal Sociedad

Real Sociedad creator; the most talented attacker in the squad.

Daichi Kamada
MFCrystal Palace

Crystal Palace playmaker; 12 international goals, the team's chief assist creator.

Squad

26 players · avg 27.2y
Coach Hajime MoriyasuCaptain Wataru Endo
PlayerClubCapsGoalsAgeBorn
Goalkeepers
Zion SuzukiParma2402321 Aug 2002
Keisuke ŌsakoSanfrecce Hiroshima1102628 Jul 1999
Tomoki HayakawaKashima Antlers40273 Mar 1999
Defenders
Yukinari SugawaraWerder Bremen2122528 Jun 2000
Shōgo TaniguchiSint-Truiden3813415 Jul 1991
Kō ItakuraAjax4022927 Jan 1997
Yūto NagatomoFC Tokyo14543912 Sep 1986
Tsuyoshi WatanabeFeyenoord110295 Feb 1997
Ayumu SekoLe Havre140267 Jun 2000
Hiroki ItōBayern Munich2412712 May 1999
Takehiro TomiyasuAjax431275 Nov 1998
Junnosuke SuzukiCopenhagen602212 Jul 2003
Midfielders
Wataru EndoCLiverpool734339 Feb 1993
Ao TanakaLeeds United3882710 Sep 1998
Takefusa KuboReal Sociedad497254 Jun 2001
Ritsu DōanEintracht Frankfurt65112716 Jun 1998
Daizen MaedaCeltic2742820 Oct 1997
Keito NakamuraReims25102528 Jul 2000
Junya ItōGenk6915339 Mar 1993
Daichi KamadaCrystal Palace4912295 Aug 1996
Yuito SuzukiSC Freiburg602425 Oct 2001
Kaishū SanoMainz 051302530 Dec 2000
Forwards
Keisuke GotōSint-Truiden40213 Jun 2005
Ayase UedaFeyenoord39162728 Aug 1998
Kōki OgawaNEC1511288 Aug 1997
Kento ShiogaiVfL Wolfsburg202126 Mar 2005