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The Japanese national team became the first to announce the final composition for the upcoming World Cup.
The composition of Japan's 26 players:
Goalkeepers: Shuichi Gonda ("Shimizu S-Pulse"), Daniel Schmidt ("Sint-Truiden"), Eiji Kawashima ("Strasbourg")
Defenders: Miki Yamane ("Kawasaki Frontale"), Hiroki Sakai ("Urawa Reds"), Maya Yoshida ("Schalke"), Takehiro Tomiyasu ("Arsenal"), Shogo Taniguchi ("Kawasaki Frontale"), Ko Itakura ("Borussia Monchengladbach"), Hiroki Ito ("Stuttgart"), Yuto Nagatomo ("FC Tokyo"), Yuta Nakayama ("Huddersfield Town").
Midfielders: Wataru Endo ("Stuttgart"), Hidemasa Morita ("Sporting Lisbon"), Ao Tanaka ("Fortuna Dusseldorf"), Gaku Shibasaki ("Leganes"), Kaoru Mitoma ("Brighton"), Daichi Kamada ("Eintracht Frankfurt"), Ritsu Doan ("Freiburg"), Junya Ito ("Stade Reims"), Takumi Minamino ("AS Monaco"), Takefusa Kubo ("Real Sociedad"), Yuki Soma ("Nagoya Grampus").
Forwards: Daizen Maeda ("Celtic"), Takuma Asano ("Bochum"), Ayase Ueda ("Cercle Brugge").
The team coached by Hajime Moryasu in Group E will face the national teams of Germany, Spain, and Costa Rica.
