Japan

Group: Group H
Coach: Akira Nishino

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 Endō	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 at the tournament start date (Thursday 14th June 2018).