japan world cup team

Japan

Coach:  Alberto Zaccheroni

The final squad was announced on 12 May 2014.^[17] The squad numbers were revealed on 25 May.^[18]

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 GK Eiji Kawashima 20 March 1983 (aged 31) 56  Standard Liège 2 DF Atsuto Uchida 27 March 1988 (aged 26) 67  Schalke 04 3 DF Gōtoku Sakai 14 February 1991 (aged 23) 12  VfB Stuttgart 4 MF Keisuke Honda 13 June 1986 (aged 27) 55  Milan 5 DF Yuto Nagatomo 12 September 1986 (aged 27) 69  Internazionale 6 DF Masato Morishige 21 May 1987 (aged 27) 9  F.C. Tokyo 7 MF Yasuhito Endō 28 January 1980 (aged 34) 143  Gamba Osaka 8 MF Hiroshi Kiyotake 12 November 1989 (aged 24) 25  1. FC Nürnberg 9 FW Shinji Okazaki 16 April 1986 (aged 28) 75  Mainz 05 10 MF Shinji Kagawa 17 March 1989 (aged 25) 56  Manchester United 11 FW Yoichiro Kakitani 3 January 1990 (aged 24) 11  Cerezo Osaka 12 GK Shusaku Nishikawa 18 June 1986 (aged 27) 12  Urawa Red Diamonds 13 FW Yoshito Ōkubo 9 June 1982 (aged 32) 56  Kawasaki Frontale 14 MF Toshihiro Aoyama 22 February 1986 (aged 28) 5  Sanfrecce Hiroshima 15 DF Yasuyuki Konno 25 January 1983 (aged 31) 80  Gamba Osaka 16 MF Hotaru Yamaguchi 6 October 1990 (aged 23) 11  Cerezo Osaka 17 MF Makoto Hasebe (c) 18 January 1984 (aged 30) 78  1. FC Nürnberg 18 FW Yuya Osako 18 May 1990 (aged 24) 8  1860 München 19 DF Masahiko Inoha 28 August 1983 (aged 30) 21  Jubilo Iwata 20 FW Manabu Saitō 4 April 1990 (aged 24) 4  Yokohama F. Marinos 21 DF Hiroki Sakai 12 April 1990 (aged 24) 17  Hannover 96 22 DF Maya Yoshida 24 August 1988 (aged 25) 40  Southampton 23 GK Shūichi Gonda 3 March 1989 (aged 25) 2  F.C. Tokyo