Japan national team has announced 26 players in the squad for AFC Asian Cup 2023 Final Round from 12 January – 10 February 2024 at Doha, Qatar.
The team, under the management of Hajime Moriyasu, a Japanese coach, has announced players in this squad after the match against Thailand 5-0 in a friendly match, Which has 20 players who are playing in the European League.
The list of 26 players is as follows.
Goalkeeper
Zion Suzuki (Sint-Truidense VV)
Daiya Maekawa (Vissel Kobe)
Taishi Brandon Nozawa (FC Tokyo)
Defender
Yukinari Sugawara (AZ Alkmaar)
Takehiro Tomiyasu (Arsenal)
Ko Itakura (Borussia Monchengladbach)
Shogo Taniguchi (Al Rayyan)
Koki Machida (Union St. Gilloise)
Tsuyoshi Watanabe (KAA Gent)
Seiya Maikuma (Cerezo Osaka)
Hiroki Ito (VfB Stuttgart)
Yuta Nakayama (Huddersfield Town)
Midfielder
Hidemasa Morita (Sporting CP)
Wataru Endo (Liverpool FC)
Kaishu Sano (Kashima Antlers)
Reo Hatate (Celtic)
Takumi Minamino (AS Monaco)
Ritsu Doan (SC Freiburg)
Junya Ito (Stade de Reims)
Keito Nakamura (Stade de Reims)
Takefusa Kubo (Real Sociedad)
Kaoru Mitoma (Brighton & Hove Albion)
Forward
Ayase Ueda (Feyenoord Rotterdam)
Takuma Asano (VfL Bochum)
Mao Hosoya (Kashiwa Reysol)
Daizen Maeda (Celtic)
Japan National Team has drawn in Group D with Indonesia, Iraq and Vietnam.
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