Japan

Manager: Zico

Squad

No.	Player	Position	Club	Age	Caps	Goals
1	Seigo Narazaki	Keeper	Nagoya Grampus Eight	30
2	Makoto Tanaka	Defender	Jubilo Iwata	30
3	Yuichi Komano	Defender	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	24
4	Yasuhito Endo	Midfielder	Gamba Osaka	26
5	Tsuneyasu Miyamoto	Defender	Gamba Osaka	29
6	Koji Nakata	Defender	Basel	26
7	Hidetoshi Nakata	Midfielder	Bolton Wanderers	29
8	Mitsuo Ogasawara	Midfielder	Kashima Antlers	27
9	Naohiro Takahara	Forward	Hamburger SV	26
10	Shunsuke Nakamura	Midfielder	Celtic	27
11	Seiichiro Maki	Forward	JEF United Chiba	25
12	Yoichi Doi	Keeper	FC Tokyo	32
13	Atsushi Yanagisawa	Forward	Kashima Antlers	28
14	Alessandro Alex Santos	Defender	Urawa Reds	28
15	Takashi Fukunishi	Midfielder	Jubilo Iwata	29
16	Masashi Oguro	Forward	Grenoble	26
17	Junichi Inamoto	Midfielder	West Bromwich Albion	26
18	Shinji Ono	Midfielder	Urawa Reds	26
19	Keisuke Tsuboi	Defender	Urawa Reds	26
20	Keiji Tamada	Forward	Nagoya Grampus Eight	26
21	Akira Kaji	Defender	Gamba Osaka	26
22	Yuji Nakazawa	Defender	Yokohama F Marinos	28
23	Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi	Keeper	Jubilo Iwata	30

Details for clubs, ages, caps and goals (if applicable) are correct as at 22nd of May 2006.

Matches

1. 12. Monday 12th June, Kaiserslautern 14:00 BST
   Group F Match

   Australia 3 - 1 Japan

   Scorers for Australia: Cahill (84, 89), Aloisi (92)

   Scorers for Japan: Nakamura (26)
   Coverage: ITV1
2. 28. Sunday 18th June, Nuremberg 14:00 BST
   Group F Match

   Japan 0 - 0 Croatia
   Coverage: ITV1
3. 43. Thursday 22nd June, Dortmund 20:00 BST
   Group F Match

   Japan 1 - 4 Brazil

   Scorers for Japan: Tamada (34)

   Scorers for Brazil: Ronaldo (45 + 1, 81), Juninho (53), Gilberto (59)
   Coverage: BBC1

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