Recent Complete List of Japan Roster Players Name Jersey Shirt Numbers Squad - 2022 FIFA World Cup squad
Association:Japan Japan Football Association
Nickname(s):サムライ・ブルー (Samurai Blue)
Confederation:AFC - EAFF
FIFA code:JPN
FIFA rank:24 (6 October 2022)
Most Caps:Yasuhito Endō (152)
Top Scorer:Kunishige Kamamoto (75)
Home stadium:Saitama Stadium 2002 (mostly)
Head coach:Japan Hajime Moriyasu

Japan qualified for the 2022 World Cup on 24 March 2022, having finished runners-up in the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification - AFC third round Group B. This will be the 7th appearance of the Japan national football team in the FIFA World Cup finals.

Japan National Football Team
The following 26 players were called up for the 2022 FIFA World Cup on 1 November 2022. Caps and goals as of 5 December 2022, after the match against Croatia.
NoPositionPlayer NameDate of birth (age)CapsGoalsClub
1GKEiji Kawashima20-03-1983 (39)950France Strasbourg
12GKShūichi Gonda03-03-1989 (33)380Japan Shimizu S-Pulse
23GKDaniel Schmidt03-02-1992 (30)110Belgium Sint-Truiden
2DFMiki Yamane22-12-1993 (28)162Japan Kawasaki Frontale
3DFShogo Taniguchi15-07-1991 (31)160Japan Kawasaki Frontale
4DFKo Itakura27-01-1997 (25)161Germany Mönchengladbach
5DFYuto Nagatomo12-09-1986 (36)1424Japan FC Tokyo
16DFTakehiro Tomiyasu05-11-1998 (24)321England Arsenal
19DFHiroki Sakai12-04-1990 (32)741Japan Urawa Red Diamonds
22DFMaya Yoshida (captain)24-08-1988 (34)12612Germany Schalke 04
26DFHiroki Ito12-05-1999 (23)70Germany VfB Stuttgart
6MFWataru Endo09-02-1993 (29)472Germany VfB Stuttgart
7MFGaku Shibasaki28-05-1992 (30)603Spain Leganés
8MFRitsu Dōan16-06-1998 (24)335Germany SC Freiburg
9MFKaoru Mitoma20-05-1997 (25)135England Brighton & Hove Albion
10MFTakumi Minamino16-01-1995 (27)4717France Monaco
11MFTakefusa Kubo04-06-2001 (21)221Spain Real Sociedad
13MFHidemasa Morita10-05-1995 (27)192Portugal Sporting CP
14MFJunya Ito09-03-1993 (29)429France Reims
15MFDaichi Kamada05-08-1996 (26)266Germany Eintracht Frankfurt
17MFAo Tanaka10-09-1998 (24)183Germany Fortuna Düsseldorf
24MFYuki Soma25-02-1997 (25)94Japan Nagoya Grampus
18FWTakuma Asano10-11-1994 (28)418Germany VfL Bochum
20FWShuto Machino30-09-1999 (23)43Japan Shonan Bellmare
21FWAyase Ueda28-08-1998 (24)120Belgium Cercle Brugge
25FWDaizen Maeda20-10-1997 (25)112Scotland Celtic
As of 7 December 2022

2022 FIFA World Cup squads



 
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