The Japanese national team announced the final squad for the upcoming 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
Goalkeepers: Suiti Honda (Shimizu S-Pulse), Daniel Schmidt (St. Truiden), Eiji Kawashima (Strasbourg);
Defenders: Miki Yamane (Kawasaki Frontali), Hiroki Sakai (Urava Reds), Maya Yoshida (Schalke 04), Takehiro Tomiyasu (Arsenal), Sogo Taniguti (Kawasaki Frontali), Kou Itakura (Borussia Dortmund) Mönchengladbach), Yuto Nagatomo (Tokyo), Yuta Nakayama (Huddersfield), Hiroki Ito (Stuttgart);
Midfielders: Wataru Endo (Stuttgart), Hidemasa Morita (Sporting), Ao Tanaka (Fortuna), Gaku Shibasaki (Leganes), Kaoru Mitoma (Brighton & Hove Albion), Daichi Kamada), Takefusa Kubo ( "Real Sociedad");
Attackers: Daizen Maeda (Celtic), Takuma Asano (Bochum), Ayase Ueda (Cercle Brugge), Yuki Soma (Nagoya Grampus), Junya Ito (Reims), Ritsu Doan (Freiburg) ), Takumi Minamino (Monaco).
We will remind that the Japanese national team is in Group E, where its opponents will be Spain, Costa Rica and Germany.