Japan Premilinary World Cup Squad Announced

Goalkeepers:

Takatsuka Makino, LOSC Lille - Age 28 - (84 caps/0 goals)
Hideyuki Shimizu, Besiktas - Age 25 - (17 caps/0 goals)
Dentuco Goto, Antlers - Age 24 - (7 caps/0 goals)

Defenders:

Takuya Chiba, Reading - Age 28 - (109 caps/2 goals)
Naoki Kondo, Cagliari - Age 25 - (22 caps/0 goals)
Hisayuki Takenaka, Sanfrecce - Age 24 - (2 caps/0 goals)
Daisuke Nakada, Dinamo Zagreb - Age 29 - (45 caps/1 goal)
Masahiro Kobayashi, sc Heerenveen - Age 29 - (16 caps/0 goals)
Hiromi Kimoto, Lazio - Age 31 - (115 caps/6 goals)
Nobuyoshi Tanaka, ACF Fiorentina - Age 27 - (49 caps/1 goal)
Sosuke Uesugi, Freiburg - Age 26 (13 caps/3 goals)
Hirokatsu Asahi, LA Galaxy - Age 32 - (47 caps/0 goals)
Michiharu Egashira, Bologna - Age 30 - (22 caps/0 goals)

Midfielders:

Reiji Sato, Albirex - Age 32 - (11 caps/0 goals)
Kazutaka Sugimoto, FC Twente - Age 27 - (54 caps/7 goals)
Tsubasa Hattori, Hannover - Age 32 - (81 caps/9 goals)
Shin'incho Sawada, Sanfrecce - Age 22 - (17 caps/3 goals)
Tsubasa Morioka, Albirex - Age 27 - (2 caps/0 goals)
Osamu Fujita, Valenciennes FC - Age 31 - (98 caps/3 goals)
Hirokatsu Orimi, Everton - Age 23 - (38 caps/6 goals)
Yuichiro Iijima, Getafe, Age 28 - (90 caps/7 goals)
Masateru Sasaki, Olympique Lyonnais - Age 24 - (9 caps/0 goals)
Daiki Takeda, Sion - Age 28 - (7 caps/0 goals)
Yuta Tada, Lekhwiya - Age 29 - (66 caps/4 goals)

Strikers:

Junki Osawa, Vegalta - Age 20 - (15 caps/6 goals)
Akio Takeda, HSV - Age 23 - (28 caps/12 goals)
Takaya Unemoto, Sevilla - Age 28 - (121 caps/60 goals)
Keisuke Kita, LOSC Lille - Age 29 - (75 caps/22 goals)
Tatsuro Fujiyama, Columbus Crew - Age 28 - (17 caps/2 goals)
Edson Horikawa, Sanfrecce - Age 25 - (18 caps/2 goals)

The final squad will have 23 players, so 7 players won't make it to USA.

With the 3 goalkeepers set, the cuts will come from the outfield players. There are no debutants in the squad. Striker Takaya Unemoto leads the pack with 121 caps in the other end Tsubasa Morioka and Hisayuki Takenaka only have 2 each.

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