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:18 (12 February 2024)
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 2023 AFC Asian Cup on 28 May 2021, having won the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification - AFC Second Round Group F. This will be the 10th appearance of the Japan national football team in the AFC Asian Cup finals.

Japan National Football Team
Japan announced their final squad on 1 January 2024. Caps and goals as of 3 February 2024, after the match against Iran.
No.PositionPlayer NameDate of birth (age)CapsGoalsClub
1GKDaiya Maekawa08-09-1994 (29)10Japan Vissel Kobe
12GKTaishi Brandon Nozawa25-12-2002 (21)00Japan FC Tokyo
23GKZion Suzuki21-08-2002 (21)90Belgium Sint-Truiden
2DFYukinari Sugawara28-06-2000 (23)111Netherlands AZ
3DFShogo Taniguchi15-07-1991 (32)261Qatar Al-Rayyan
4DFKo Itakura27-01-1997 (27)261Germany Mönchengladbach
15DFKoki Machida25-08-1997 (26)80Belgium Union Saint-Gilloise
16DFSeiya Maikuma16-10-1997 (26)80Japan Cerezo Osaka
19DFYūta Nakayama16-02-1997 (26)220England Huddersfield Town
21DFHiroki Itō12-05-1999 (24)161Germany VfB Stuttgart
22DFTakehiro Tomiyasu05-11-1998 (25)411England Arsenal
24DFTsuyoshi Watanabe05-02-1997 (27)30Belgium Gent
5MFHidemasa Morita10-05-1995 (28)323Portugal Sporting CP
6MFWataru Endō (captain)09-02-1993 (31)603England Liverpool
7MFKaoru Mitoma20-05-1997 (26)207England Brighton & Hove Albion
8MFTakumi Minamino16-01-1995 (29)5720France Monaco
10MFRitsu Dōan16-06-1998 (25)478Germany SC Freiburg
13MFKeito Nakamura28-07-2000 (23)86France Reims
17MFReo Hatate21-11-1997 (26)80Scotland Celtic
20MFTakefusa Kubo04-06-2001 (22)344Spain Real Sociedad
26MFKaishu Sano30-12-2000 (23)40Japan Kashima Antlers
9FWAyase Ueda28-08-1998 (25)2411Netherlands Feyenoord
11FWMao Hosoya07-09-2001 (22)61Japan Kashiwa Reysol
18FWTakuma Asano10-11-1994 (29)519Germany VfL Bochum
25FWDaizen Maeda20-10-1997 (26)163Scotland Celtic
As of 12 February 2024

AFC Asian Cup teams



 
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