Japan

Squad

Coach: Takeshi Okada

Squad

No.	Player	Position	Club	Age	Caps	Goals
1	Seigo Narazaki	Keeper	Nagoya Grampus Eight	34	76	0
2	Yuki Abe	Midfielder	Urawa Reds	28	44	3
3	Yuichi Komano	Defender	Jubilo Iwata	28	53	0
4	Marcus Tulio Tanaka	Defender	Nagoya Grampus Eight	29	39	8
5	Yuto Nagatomo	Defender	FC Tokyo	23	26	3
6	Atsuto Uchida	Defender	Kashima Antlers	22	31	1
7	Yasuhito Endo	Midfielder	Gamba Osaka	30	94	8
8	Daisuke Matsui	Midfielder	Grenoble	29	24	1
9	Shinji Okazaki	Forward	Shimizu S-Pulse	24	28	16
10	Shunsuke Nakamura	Midfielder	Yokohama F Marinos	31	97	24
11	Keiji Tamada	Forward	Nagoya Grampus Eight	30	70	16
12	Kisho Yano	Forward	Albirex Niigata	26	18	2
13	Daiki Iwamasa	Defender	Kashima Antlers	28	2	0
14	Kengo Nakamura	Midfielder	Kawasaki Frontale	29	47	5
15	Yasuyuki Konno	Defender	FC Tokyo	27	37	0
16	Yoshito Okubo	Forward	Vissel Kobe	28	50	5
17	Makoto Hasebe	Midfielder	Wolfsburg	26	31	1
18	Keisuke Honda	Midfielder	CSKA Moscow	23	15	4
19	Takayuki Morimoto	Forward	Catania	22	6	1
20	Junichi Inamoto	Midfielder	Kawasaki Frontale	30	80	5
21	Eiji Kawashima	Keeper	Kawasaki Frontale	27	10	0
22	Yuji Nakazawa	Defender	Yokohama F Marinos	32	105	17
23	Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi	Keeper	Jubilo Iwata	34	117	0

These details apply prior to the start of the tournament.

Matches

1. 10. Monday 14th June, Mangaung/Bloemfontein 15:00 BST
   Group E Match

   Japan 1 - 0 Cameroon

   Scorers for Japan: Honda (38)
   Coverage: BBC1
2. 25. Saturday 19th June, Durban 12:30 BST
   Group E Match

   Netherlands 1 - 0 Japan

   Scorers for Netherlands: Sneijder (53)
   Coverage: ITV
3. 43. Thursday 24th June, Rustenburg 19:30 BST
   Group E Match

   Denmark 1 - 3 Japan

   Scorers for Denmark: Tomasson (81)

   Scorers for Japan: Honda (17), Endo (30), Okazaki (87)
   Coverage: BBC3
4. 55. Tuesday 29th June, Tshwane/Pretoria 15:00 BST
   Round of 16

   Paraguay (5) 0 - 0 (3) Japan After E.T. & penalties

   Scorers for Paraguay: Barreto (p), Barrios (p), Riveros (p), Valdez (p), Cardozo (p)

   Scorers for Japan: Endo (p), Hasebe (p), Honda (p)
   Coverage: BBC1

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