“Samurai Blue” Japan national team announced the sqaud list of 23 players for the World Cup 2022 Asian qualifiers 3rd round in January.
In this squad, under Hajime Moriyasu, head coach, still calls most of the players in European league to join the team. And there are only 5 players who come from the J.League, which are all listed as follows.
GK
Eiji KAWASHIMA (RC Strasbourg)
Shuichi GONDA (Shimizu S-Pulse)
Daniel SCHMIDT (Sint-Truidense VV)
DF
Yuto NAGATOMO (FC Tokyo)
Hiroki SAKAI (Urawa Red Diamonds)
TANIGUCHI (Kawasaki Frontale)
Shogo YAMANE Miki (Kawasaki Frontale)
Naomichi UEDA (Nimes Olympique)
Kou ITAKURA (FC Schalke 04)
Yuta NAKAYAMA (PEC Zwolle)
Takehiro TOMIYASU (Arsenal)
MF
Genki HARAGUCHI (1.FC Union Berlin)
Gaku SHIBASAKI (CD Leganes)
Wataru ENDO (VfB Stuttgart)
Junya ITO (KRC Genk)
Takumi MINAMINO (Liverpool FC)
Hidemasa MORITA (CD Santa Clara)
Ritsu DOAN (PSV Eindhoven)
Ao TANAKA (Fortuna Dusseldorf)
Takefusa KUBO (RCD Mallorca)
FW
Yuya OSAKO (Vissel Kobe)
Takuma ASANO (VfL Bochum)
Daizen MAEDA (Celtic FC)
Fixtures of Japan National team in WCQ 2022 Asian Qualifiers 3rd Round in January
27 January VS China (H)
1 February VS Saudi Arabia (H)
Credit Photo : Minh Hoang/Getty Images
