Japan

Squad

No.	Player	Position	Club	Age	Caps	Goals
1	Eiji Kawashima	Keeper	Metz	35	84	0
2	Naomichi Ueda	Defender	Kashima Antlers	23	4	0
3	Gen Shoji	Defender	Kashima Antlers	25	11	1
4	Keisuke Honda	Midfielder	Pachuca	32	95	36
5	Yuto Nagatomo	Defender	Galatasaray	31	105	3
6	Wataru Endo	Defender	Urawa Red Diamonds	25	12	0
7	Gaku Shibasaki	Midfielder	Getafe	26	18	3
8	Genki Haraguchi	Midfielder	Fortuna Düsseldorf	27	33	6
9	Shinji Okazaki	Forward	Leicester City	32	113	50
10	Shinji Kagawa	Midfielder	Borussia Dortmund	29	92	30
11	Takashi Usami	Midfielder	Fortuna Düsseldorf	26	24	3
12	Masaaki Higashiguchi	Keeper	Gamba Osaka	32	5	0
13	Yoshinori Muto	Forward	Mainz 05	25	24	2
14	Takashi Inui	Midfielder	Eibar	30	27	4
15	Yuya Osako	Forward	1. FC Köln	28	29	7
16	Hotaru Yamaguchi	Midfielder	Cerezo Osaka	27	42	2
17	Makoto Hasebe (captain)	Midfielder	Eintracht Frankfurt	34	110	2
18	Ryota Oshima	Midfielder	Kawasaki Frontale	25	5	0
19	Hiroki Sakai	Defender	Marseille	28	43	0
20	Tomoaki Makino	Defender	Urawa Red Diamonds	31	32	4
21	Gōtoku Sakai	Defender	Hamburger SV	27	41	0
22	Maya Yoshida	Defender	Southampton	29	82	10
23	Kosuke Nakamura	Keeper	Kashiwa Reysol	23	4	0

These details apply prior to the start of the tournament.

Matches

1. 16. Tuesday 19th June, Saransk 13:00 BST
   Group H Match

   Colombia 1 - 2 Japan

   Scorers for Colombia: Quintero (39)

   Scorers for Japan: Kagawa (6, p), Osako (73)
   Coverage: BBC
2. 31. Sunday 24th June, Ekaterinburg 16:00 BST
   Group H Match

   Japan 2 - 2 Senegal

   Scorers for Japan: Inui (34), Honda (78)

   Scorers for Senegal: Mané (11), Wagué (71)
   Coverage: BBC1
3. 47. Thursday 28th June, Volgograd 15:00 BST
   Group H Match

   Japan 0 - 1 Poland

   Scorers for Poland: Bednarek (59)
   Coverage: BBC
4. 54. Monday 2nd July, Rostov-on-Don 19:00 BST
   Round of 16

   Belgium 3 - 2 Japan

   Scorers for Belgium: Vertonghen (69), Fellaini (74), Chadli (90 + 4)

   Scorers for Japan: Haraguchi (48), Inui (52)
   Coverage: BBC1

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