Japan

Group: Group E
Coach: Hajime Moriyasu

Squad

No.	Player	Position	Club	Age	Caps	Goals
1	Eiji Kawashima	Keeper	Strasbourg	39	95	0
2	Miki Yamane	Defender	Kawasaki Frontale	28	15	2
3	Shogo Taniguchi	Defender	Kawasaki Frontale	31	14	0
4	Ko Itakura	Defender	Borussia Mönchengladbach	25	13	1
5	Yuto Nagatomo	Defender	FC Tokyo	36	138	4
6	Wataru Endō	Midfielder	VfB Stuttgart	29	43	2
7	Gaku Shibasaki	Midfielder	Leganés	30	60	3
8	Ritsu Dōan	Midfielder	SC Freiburg	24	29	3
9	Kaoru Mitoma	Midfielder	Brighton & Hove Albion	25	9	5
10	Takumi Minamino	Midfielder	Monaco	27	44	17
11	Takefusa Kubo	Midfielder	Real Sociedad	21	20	1
12	Shūichi Gonda	Keeper	Shimizu S-Pulse	33	34	0
13	Hidemasa Morita	Midfielder	Sporting CP	27	17	2
14	Junya Itō	Midfielder	Reims	29	38	9
15	Daichi Kamada	Midfielder	Eintracht Frankfurt	26	22	6
16	Takehiro Tomiyasu	Defender	Arsenal	24	29	1
17	Ao Tanaka	Midfielder	Fortuna Düsseldorf	24	15	2
18	Takuma Asano	Forward	VfL Bochum	28	37	7
19	Hiroki Sakai	Defender	Urawa Red Diamonds	32	72	1
20	Shuto Machino	Forward	Shonan Bellmare	23	4	3
21	Ayase Ueda	Forward	Cercle Brugge	24	11	0
22	Maya Yoshida (captain)	Defender	Schalke 04	34	122	12
23	Daniel Schmidt	Keeper	Sint-Truiden	30	11	0
24	Yuki Soma	Midfielder	Nagoya Grampus	25	8	4
25	Daizen Maeda	Forward	Celtic	25	8	1
26	Hiroki Ito	Defender	VfB Stuttgart	23	6	0

These details apply at the tournament start date (Sunday 20th November 2022).

Match 53. Monday 5th December 2022, Al Wakrah, 15:00 GMT

Round of 16

Japan 1–1

Croatia after extra time

Japan goal: Maeda (43′)

Croatia goal: Perišić (55′)

Coverage: BBC1