Tiger Poker, August 30 Today, the Japanese Football Association announced the list of 23 members of the Japanese national team participating in next month's Kirin Cup and the first match of the Round of 40.
The much-publicized Kumi-ei was selected for Japan's 23-man roster, and Shoya Nakajima, Yasuru Don, and Takumi Minamino, who were among the core Japanese players who stayed in Europe, were also successfully selected. According to the plan, the Japanese team will meet Paraguay in the Kirin Cup in Ibaraki on September 5, and the first game of the Round of 40 against Myanmar on September 10.
The list of 23 people is as follows:
Goalkeepers: Daniel Schmidt (Saint-Dom/Belgium), Kawashima (Strasbourg/France), Shuichi Kwonta (Portimão/Portugal)
Defenders: Kenhiro Fuan (Bologna/Italy), Maya Yoshida (Southampton/England), Naotori Ueda (Segra Bruges/Belgium), Hiroki Sakai (Marseille/France), Yuto Tomoyasu Nagatomo (Galatasaray/Turkey), Yukiyuki Ansai (Portimão/Portugal), Hataka Makinosuke (Yokohama Mariners/Japan)
Midfielders: Takeshi Shibasaki (A Coruña/Spain), Genki Haraguchi (Hanover 96/Germany), Hang Endo (Stuttgart/Germany), Junya Ito (Genk/Belgium), Shoya Nakajima (Porto/Portugal), Takumi Minamino (Red Bull Salzburg/Austria), Anroku Don (Eindhoven/Netherlands), Kenei Kubo (Mallorca/Spain), Hashimoto Kenjin (FC Tokyo/Japan), Itakura (Groningen/Netherlands)
Forwards: Yuya Ōtsuki (Bremen/Germany), Kensuke Nagai (FC Tokyo/Japan), Musashi Suzuki (Gonzale Sapporo/Japan)
(Editor: Li Shengde)