Japan
2014 WORLD CUP - NATIONAL FOOTBALL TEAM
Goalkeepers:
Eiji Kawashima
(Standard Liege)
Shusaku Nishikawa
(Urawa Reds)
Shuichi Gonda
(FC Tokyo)
Defenders:
Masato Morishige
(FC Tokyo)
Yasuyuki Konno
(Gamba Osaka)
Yuto Nagatomo
(Inter Milan)
Maya Yoshida
(Southampton)
Masahiko Inoha
(Jubilo Iwata)
Atsuto Uchida
(Schalke 04)
Hiroki Sakai
(Hannover 96)
Gotoku Sakai
(VfB Stuttgart)
Midfielders:
Yasuhito Endo
(Gamba Osaka)
Keisuke Honda
(AC Milan)
Shinji Kagawa
(Manchester United)
Makoto Hasebe
(FC Nuremberg)
Hiroshi Kiyotake
(FC Nuremberg)
Hotaru Yamaguchi
(Cerezo Osaka)
Toshihiro Aoyama
(Sanfrecce Hiroshima)
Manabu Saito
(Yokohama F Marinos)
Forwards:
Shinji Okazaki
(Mainz)
Yoichiro Kakitani
(Cerezo Osaka)
Yuya Osako
(TSV Munich 1860)
Yoshito Okubo
(Kawasaki Frontale)
Japan advance to the last sixteen.
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