2022 Japan World Cup Current Squad
No.24 FIFA World Rank Japan football Head coach Hajime Moriyasu announces 26 man squad for the FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar on 1 November 2022. For the 15 time, Belgium participated in the World Cup 2022. Last World Cup in 2018 Japan exited from Round of 16. Japan men’s national football meet against Germany, Costa Rica, and Spain in Group E of the 2022 World Cup competition.
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Here we have rounded up everything about Japan who is the goalkeeper today, defender, forward, striker, and midfield position you need to know.
Goalkeepers
| NAME | POS | AGE | HT | WT | NAT | P | SB | S | GC | A | FC | FA | YC | RC |
| Eiji Kawashima1 | G | 39 | 6′ 1″ | 181 lbs | Japan | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Shuichi Gonda12 | G | 33 | 6′ 2″ | 183 lbs | Japan | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Daniel Schmidt23 | G | 30 | 6′ 6″ | 192 lbs | Japan | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Outfield Players
| NAME | POS | AGE | HT | WT | NAT | P | SB | G | A | SH | SO | FC | FA | YC | RC |
| Miki Yamane2 | D | 28 | 5′ 10″ | 159 lbs | Japan | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Shogo Taniguchi3 | D | 31 | 6′ 0″ | 163 lbs | Japan | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ko Itakura4 | D | 25 | 6′ 1″ | 163 lbs | Japan | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Yuto Nagatomo5 | D | 36 | 5′ 7″ | 150 lbs | Japan | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Takehiro Tomiyasu16 | D | 24 | 6′ 2″ | 152 lbs | Japan | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Hiroki Sakai19 | D | 32 | 6′ 1″ | 172 lbs | Japan | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Maya Yoshida22 | D | 34 | 6′ 2″ | 172 lbs | Japan | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Hiroki Ito26 | D | 23 | 6′ 2″ | 183 lbs | Japan | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Wataru Endo6 | M | 29 | 6′ 0″ | 174 lbs | Japan | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Gaku Shibasaki7 | M | 30 | 5′ 9″ | 139 lbs | Japan | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Kaoru Mitoma9 | M | 25 | 5′ 10″ | 159 lbs | Japan | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Takumi Minamino10 | M | 27 | 5′ 9″ | 150 lbs | Japan | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Takefusa Kubo11 | M | 21 | 5′ 8″ | 139 lbs | Japan | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Hidemasa Morita13 | M | 27 | 5′ 10″ | 161 lbs | Japan | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Daichi Kamada15 | M | 26 | 6′ 0″ | 168 lbs | Japan | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ao Tanaka17 | M | 24 | 5′ 11″ | 150 lbs | Japan | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ritsu Doan8 | F | 24 | 5′ 8″ | 152 lbs | Japan | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Junya Ito14 | F | 29 | 5′ 9″ | 146 lbs | Japan | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Takuma Asano18 | F | 28 | 5′ 8″ | 157 lbs | Japan | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Shuto Machino20 | F | 23 | 6′ 1″ | 170 lbs | Japan | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ayase Ueda21 | F | 24 | 6′ 0″ | 168 lbs | Japan | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Yuki Soma24 | F | 25 | 5′ 5″ | 150 lbs | Japan | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Daizen Maeda25 | F | 25 | 5′ 8″ | 148 lbs | Japan | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |