Provisional Squad for Japan’s Samurai Blue excursion to Australia for the Asian Cup has been announced… December 30th this will be pared down to the final 23.
GKs Higashiguchi (Gamba Osaka), Kawashima (Standard Liege – Belgium), Nishikawa (Urawa Reds), Hayashi (Sagan Tosu), Gonda (FC Tokyo)
DFs Mizumoto (Sanfrecce Hiroshima), Nagatomo (Inter Milan – Italy), Makino (Reds), Morishige (FC Tokyo), Ota (FC Tokyo), Nishi (Antlers), Yasuda (Sagan Tosu), Uchida (Schalke – Germany), Yoshida (Southampton – England), Shiotani (Sanfrecce Hiroshima), Suzuki (Kashiwa Reysol), H.Sakai (Hannover 96 – Germany), G.Sakai (VfB STuttgart – Germany), Matsubara (Albirex Niigata), Ueda (Kashima Antlers)
MFs Endo (Gamba Osaka), Konno (Gamba Osaka), Hasebe (Eintracht Frankfurt – Germany), Aoyama (Sanfrecce Hiroshima), Hosogai (Hertha Berlin), Tanaka (Sporting Lisbon – Portugal), Kagawa (Borussia Dortmund – Germany), Kiyotake (Hannover 96 – Germany), Yamaguchi (Cerezo Osaka), Taguchi (Nagoya Grampus), Morioka (Vissel Kobe), Shibasaki (Kashima Antlers), Ohshima (Kawasaki Frontale)
FWs Okubo (Kawasaki Frontale), Toyoda (Sagan Tosu), Okazaki (Mainz 05) – Germany), Honda (AC Milan – Italy), Kobayashi (Kawasaki Frontale), Inui (Eintracht Frankfurt – Germany), Nagai (Nagoya Grampus), Kakitani (FC Basel – Switzerland), Osako (FC Cologne – Germany), Haraguchi (Hertha Berlin – Germany), Minagawa (Sanfrecce Hiroshima), Usami (Gamba Osaka), Muto (FC Tokyo), Miyaichi (FC Twente – Holland), Kubo (Young Boys of Berne – Switzerland), Minamino (Cerezo Osaka)
GK
川島永嗣 , 東口順昭 , 西川周作, 林彰洋 , 権田修一
DF
水本裕貴 , 長友佑都, 槙野智章 , 森重真人 , 太田宏介 , 西大伍 ,
安田理,大, 内田篤人 , 吉田麻也, 塩谷司 , 鈴木大輔, 酒井宏樹 ,
酒井高徳 , 昌子源, 松原健, 植田直通
MF
遠藤保仁 , 今野泰幸 , 長谷部誠 , 青山敏弘, 細貝萌 , 田中順也 ,
香川真司 , 清武弘嗣 , 山口蛍 , 田口泰士 , 森岡亮太 , 柴崎岳 , 大島僚太
FW
大久保嘉人, 豊田陽平, 岡崎慎司 , 本田圭佑 , 小林悠 , 乾貴士 ,
永井謙佑, 柿谷曜一朗 , 大迫勇也 , 原口元気 , 皆川佑介 , 宇佐美貴史,
武藤嘉紀, 宮市亮, 久保裕也, 南野拓実