Japan’s national team under the management of Hajime Moriyasu has announced a squad list of 26 players for the FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar between 20 November – 18 December.
The list of 26 players, was led by players who played in the Europe league such as Kaoru Mitoma(Brighton & Hove Albion), Takefusa Kubo (Real Sociedad), etc.
Goalkeeper
Eiji Kawashima (RC Strasbourg)
Shuichi Gonda (Shimizu S-Pulse)
Daniel Schmidt (Sint-Truiden VV)
Defender
Hiroki Ito (VfB Stuttgart)
Miki Yamane (Kawasaki Frontale)
Takehiro Tomiyasu (Arsenal)
Maya Yoshida (Schalke 04)
Shogo Taniguchi (Kawasaki Frontale)
Kou Itakura (Borussia Mönchengladbach)
Hiroki Sakai (Urawa Red Diamonds)
Yuto Nagatomo (FC Tokyo)
Yuta Nakayama (Huddersfield Town)
Midfielder
Hidemasa Morita (Sporting CP)
Wataru Endo (VfB Stuttgart)
Ao Tanaka (Fortuna Düsseldorf)
Gaku Shibasaki (CD Leganes)
Ritsu Doan (SC Freiburg)
Daichi Kamada (Eintracht Frankfurt)
Takumi Minamino (AS Monaco)
Junya Ito (Stade Reims)
Takefusa Kubo (Real Sociedad)
Kaoru Mitoma (Brighton & Hove Albion)
Yuki Souma (Nagoya Grampus)
Forward
Ayase Ueda (Cercle Brugge KSV)
Daizen Maeda (Celtic)
Takuma Asano (VfL Bochum)
Credit Photo : ANP