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Squad of Japan for Asia World Cup Qualifiers 2018
| # | | | | Player | | Height | |
Age | | | Position |
Team |
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Kawashima
| | 1.85 | | 31 | | | GK |  Standard |
| 12 | |
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Nishikawa
| | 1.83 | | 28 | | | GK |  Urawa |
| 23 | |
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Higashiguchi
| | 1.84 | | 28 | | | GK | G Osaka |
| 1 | |
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Hayashi, A
| | 1.95 | | 27 | | | GK | Tosu |
| | 17 | |
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Hasebe
(c) | | 1.80 | | 31 | | | DF Centre-back/Defensive midfielder |  Eintracht |
| 6 | |
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Morishige
| | 1.83 | | 27 | | | DF Centre-back | FC Tokyo |
| 22 | |
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Yoshida
(c) | | 1.89 | | 26 | | | DF Centre-back |  Southmptn |
| 20 | |
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Makino
| | 1.82 | | 27 | | | DF Centre-back | Urawa |
| 3 | |
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Shoji
| | 1.82 | | 22 | | | DF Centre-back | Kashima |
| 2 | |
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Maruyama
| | 1.83 | | 25 | | | DF Centre-back | FC Tokyo |
| 2 | |
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Ueda
| | 1.86 | | 20 | | | DF Centre-back | Kashima |
| 5 | |
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Nagatomo
| | 1.70 | | 28 | | | DF Left-back/Right-back |  Inter |
| 3 | |
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Ota, Ko
| | 1.78 | | 27 | | | DF Left-back | FC Tokyo |
| 19 | |
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Sakai, H
| | 1.83 | | 24 | | | DF Right-back | Hannover |
| 21 | |
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Sakai, G
| | 1.76 | | 23 | | | DF Right-back/Left-back | Stuttgart |
| | 4 | |
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Honda
(c) | | 1.82 | | 28 | | | MF Attacking midfielder/Either side wing | Milan |
| 10 | |
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Kagawa
| | 1.75 | | 25 | | | MF Attacking midfielder/Left-midfield | Dortmund |
| 8 | |
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Haraguchi
| | 1.77 | | 23 | | | MF Attacking midfielder/Either side midfield | Hertha |
| 7 | |
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Kurata
| | 1.72 | | 26 | | | MF Attacking midfielder/Left-midfield | G Osaka |
| 11 | |
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Usami
| | 1.78 | | 22 | | | MF Attacking midfielder/Left-wing | G Osaka |
| 7 | |
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Kashiwagi
| | 1.75 | | 27 | | | MF Attacking midfielder | Urawa |
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Kubo, Yuya
| | 1.78 | | 21 | | | MF Attacking midfielder |  YB Bern |
| 16 | |
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Yamaguchi, H
| | 1.73 | | 24 | | | MF Box-to-Box midfielder/Right-midfield | C Osaka |
| 3 | |
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Kobayashi, Yuki (1992)
| | 1.82 | | 22 | | | MF Box-to-Box midfielder | Iwata |
| 7 | |
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Shibasaki, G
| | 1.75 | | 22 | | | MF Box-to-Box midfielder | Kashima |
| 7 | |
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Oshima, R
| | 1.68 | | 22 | | | MF Box-to-Box midfielder | Kawasaki |
| 2 | |
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Ideguchi, Y
| | 1.71 | | 18 | | | MF Box-to-Box midfielder | G Osaka |
| 17 | |
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Konno
| | 1.78 | | 32 | | | MF Defensive midfielder/Centre-back | G Osaka |
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Endo, W
| | 1.78 | | 22 | | | MF Defensive midfielder/Centre-back | Shonan |
| 19 | |
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Nagaki
| | 1.73 | | 26 | | | MF Defensive midfielder/Right-back | Shonan |
| | 14 | |
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Inui
| | 1.69 | | 26 | | | FW Left-wing/Attacking midfielder | Eintracht |
| 11 | |
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Saito, Manabu
| | 1.69 | | 24 | | | FW Left-wing/Right-wing | YokohamaM |
| 9 | |
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Okazaki
| | 1.74 | | 28 | | | FW Striker/Left-wing | Mainz |
| 15 | |
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Osako
| | 1.82 | | 24 | | | FW Striker/Attacking midfielder | Köln |
| 14 | |
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Kobayashi, Yu
| | 1.78 | | 27 | | | FW Striker/Right-wing | Kawasaki |
| 15 | |
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Sugimoto, K
| | 1.87 | | 22 | | | FW Striker/Either side wing | Kawasaki |
| 20 | |
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Muto, Yoshinori
| | 1.79 | | 22 | | | FW Striker | FC Tokyo |
| 13 | |
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Kiyotake
| | 1.72 | | 25 | | | FW Either side wing/Attacking midfielder | Hannover |
| 18 | |
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Asano, T
| | 1.73 | | 20 | | | FW Either side wing/Striker | Hiroshima |
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