The Samurai Blue squad for the upcoming “friendly” match against Iraq and the World Cup Qualifier against Singapore:

The Samurai Blue squad for upcoming the “friendly” match against Iraq and the World Cup Qualifier against Singapore:

Goalkeepers:
Eiji Kawashima (Standard Liege)
Masaaki Higashiguchi (Gamba Osaka)
Shusaku Nishikawa (Urawa Reds)
Shuichi Gondo (FC Tokyo)

Defenders:
Hiroki Sakai (Hannover)
Gotoku Sakai (Stuttgart)
Yuto Nagatomo (Inter Milan)
Kosuke Ota (FC Tokyo)
Maya Yoshida (Southampton)
Daiki Niwa (Gamba Osaka)
Tomoaki Makino (Urawa Reds)
Masato Morishige (FC Tokyo)

Midfielders:
Makoto Hasebe (Frankfurt)
Hotaru Yamaguchi (Cerezo Osaka)
Shogo Taniguchi (Kawasaki Frontale)
Gaku Shibasaki (Kashima Antlers),
Hiroshi Kiyotake (Hannover)
Shinji Kagawa (Borussia Dortmund)

Forwards:
Keisuke Honda (AC Milan)
Yoshinori Muto (FC Tokyo – for now!)
Shinji Okazaki (Mainz)
Genki Haraguchi (Hertha Berlin)
Yuya Osako (Cologne)
Takashi Usami (Gamba Osaka)
Kengo Kawamata (Nagoya Grampus)