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Squad of Japan for Friendlies 2012
| # | | | | Player | | Height | |
Age | | | Position |
Team |
| 1 | |
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Kawashima
| | 1.85 | | 28 | | | GK |  Lierse |
| 1 | |
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Hayashi, T
| | 1.88 | | 29 | | | GK |  Sendai |
| 2 | |
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Inoha
| | 1.79 | | 26 | | | DF Centre-back/Defensive midfielder | |
| 3 | |
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Komano
| | 1.72 | | 30 | | | DF Right-back/Left-back | Iwata |
| 4 | |
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Kurihara, Y
| | 1.84 | | 28 | | | DF Centre-back | YokohamaM |
| 4 | |
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Honda
| | 1.82 | | 25 | | | MF Attacking midfielder/Either side wing |  CSKA |
| 5 | |
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Nagatomo
| | 1.70 | | 25 | | | DF Left-back/Right-back |  Inter |
| 5 | |
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Makino
| | 1.82 | | 24 | | | DF Centre-back | |
| 6 | |
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Uchida
| | 1.76 | | 23 | | | DF Right-back |  Schalke |
| 6 | |
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Moriwaki
| | 1.77 | | 25 | | | DF Centre-back/Right-back | Hiroshima |
| 6 | |
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Sakai, G
| | 1.76 | | 20 | | | DF Right-back/Left-back | Stuttgart |
| 7 | |
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Endo
| | 1.78 | | 31 | | | MF Box-to-Box midfielder | G Osaka |
| 8 | |
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Kashiwagi
| | 1.75 | | 24 | | | MF Attacking midfielder | Urawa |
| 8 | |
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Fujimoto, J
| | 1.73 | | 27 | | | FW Right-wing/Attacking midfielder | Nagoya |
| 8 | |
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Kiyotake
| | 1.72 | | 22 | | | FW Either side wing/Attacking midfielder | C Osaka |
| 9 | |
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Inui
| | 1.69 | | 23 | | | FW Left-wing/Attacking midfielder | Bochum |
| 9 | |
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Okazaki
| | 1.74 | | 25 | | | FW Striker/Left-wing | Stuttgart |
| 9 | |
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Tanaka, Junya
| | 1.81 | | 24 | | | FW Striker/Left-wing | Kashiwa |
| 10 | |
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Fujimoto, J
| | 1.73 | | 27 | | | FW Right-wing/Attacking midfielder | Nagoya |
| 10 | |
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Kagawa
| | 1.75 | | 22 | | | MF Attacking midfielder/Left-midfield | Dortmund |
| 11 | |
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Ishikawa
| | 1.75 | | 30 | | | FW Right-wing | FC Tokyo |
| 11 | |
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Havenaar
| | 1.95 | | 24 | | | FW Striker |  Vitesse |
| 12 | |
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Nishikawa
| | 1.83 | | 25 | | | GK | Hiroshima |
| 13 | |
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Hosogai
| | 1.77 | | 25 | | | MF Defensive midfielder/Either side back | Augsburg |
| 14 | |
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Nakamura, K
| | 1.75 | | 31 | | | MF Box-to-Box midfielder | Kawasaki |
| 15 | |
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Konno
| | 1.78 | | 28 | | | MF Defensive midfielder/Centre-back | FC Tokyo |
| 15 | |
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Mizumoto
| | 1.83 | | 26 | | | DF Centre-back | Hiroshima |
| 16 | |
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Iwamasa
| | 1.87 | | 29 | | | DF Centre-back | Kashima |
| 16 | |
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Kurihara, Y
| | 1.84 | | 28 | | | DF Centre-back | YokohamaM |
| 16 | |
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Okubo
| | 1.70 | | 29 | | | FW Striker/Left-wing | Kobe |
| 17 | |
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Masuda
| | 1.79 | | 26 | | | MF Box-to-Box midfielder | Kashima |
| 17 | |
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Hasebe
(c) | | 1.80 | | 27 | | | DF Centre-back/Defensive midfielder | Wolfsburg |
| 18 | |
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Maeda, R
| | 1.83 | | 30 | | | FW Striker | Iwata |
| 19 | |
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Tokunaga
| | 1.80 | | 28 | | | DF Right-back | FC Tokyo |
| 19 | |
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Taniguchi
| | 1.82 | | 26 | | | DF Centre-back/Defensive midfielder | YokohamaM |
| 19 | |
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Miyaichi
| | 1.83 | | 19 | | | FW Either side wing |  Arsenal |
| 20 | |
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Takahashi, Hide
| | 1.82 | | 24 | | | MF Defensive midfielder/Centre-back | FC Tokyo |
| 20 | |
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Kondo, N
| | 1.81 | | 28 | | | DF Centre-back | Kashiwa |
| 21 | |
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Haraguchi
| | 1.77 | | 20 | | | MF Attacking midfielder/Either side midfield | Urawa |
| 21 | |
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Isomura
| | 1.81 | | 20 | | | MF Defensive midfielder | Nagoya |
| 21 | |
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Sakai, H
| | 1.83 | | 21 | | | DF Right-back | Kashiwa |
| 21 | |
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Makino
| | 1.82 | | 24 | | | DF Centre-back | |
| 22 | |
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Morimoto
| | 1.80 | | 23 | | | FW Striker | Novara |
| 22 | |
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Yoshida
| | 1.89 | | 23 | | | DF Centre-back | VVV-Venlo |
| 23 | |
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Yamamoto
| | 1.88 | | 26 | | | GK | Shimizu |
| 23 | |
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Gonda
| | 1.87 | | 22 | | | GK | FC Tokyo |
| 24 | |
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Shibasaki, G
| | 1.75 | | 19 | | | MF Box-to-Box midfielder | Kashima |
| 24 | |
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Satō
| | 1.70 | | 29 | | | FW Striker | Hiroshima |
| 25 | |
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Kubo, Yuya
| | 1.78 | | 18 | | | MF Attacking midfielder | Kyoto |
| 25 | |
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Hasegawa, AJ
| | 1.86 | | 23 | | | MF Attacking midfielder/Right-wing | |
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