Japan World Cup Squad 2022 [ Confirmed]

Japan World Cup Squad 2022 [ Confirmed]

Japan named their 26 players for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 on Tuesday 1 November. Let’s have a look at the list of players who are to represent Japan in the Qatar World Cup.

Some of the popular names in the Japan football team such as Kyogo Furuhashi and Reo Hatate won’t be going to Qatar. Samurai Blue will take on Germany in their Group E opener on Nov. 23 and  Costa Rica on the 27th and Spain on Dec. 1. Japan has been drawn in Group E at the World Cup along with Germany, Spain, and Costa Rica.

Japan World Cup Squad 2022

Manager

Hajime Moriyasu

1. Goal Keepers

Gonda Shuichi (Shimizu S-Pulse)

Kawashima Eiji (Strasbourg)

Schmidt Daniel (Sint-Truidense)

2. Defenders

Itakura Ko (Borussia Monchengladbach)

Ito Hiroki (Stuttgart)

Nagatomo Yuto (FC Tokyo)

Nakayama Yuta (Huddersfield)

Yoshida Maya (Schalke)

Taniguchi Shogo (Kawasaki Frontale)

Tomiyasu Takehiro (Arsenal)

Sakai Hiroki (Urawa Reds)

Yamane Miki (Kawasaki Frontale)

3. Midfielders

Doan Ritsu (Freiburg)

Wataru Endo (Stuttgart)

Tanaka Ao (Dusseldorf)

Morita Hidemasa (Sporting)

Shibasaki Gaku (Leganes)

Ito Junya (Stade de Reims)

Kamada Daichi (Eintracht Frankfurt)

Minamino Takumi (Monaco)

Kubo Takefusa (Real Sociedad)

MItoma Kaoru (Brighton)

Soma Yuki (Nagoya Grampus)

4. Forwards

Asano Takuma (Bochum)

Maeda Daizen (Celtic)

Ueda Ayase (Cercle Brugge)