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Squad of Japan for World Cup 2022
| # | | | | Player | | Height | |
Age | | | Position |
Team |
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Kawashima
| | 1.85 | | 39 | | | GK |  Strasbourg |
| 2 | |
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Yamane, M
| | 1.78 | | 28 | | | DF Right-back |  Kawasaki |
| 3 | |
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Taniguchi, S
| | 1.82 | | 31 | | | DF Centre-back | Kawasaki |
| 4 | |
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Itakura
| | 1.86 | | 25 | | | DF Centre-back/Defensive midfielder |  Mgladbach |
| 5 | |
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Nagatomo
| | 1.70 | | 36 | | | DF Left-back/Right-back | FC Tokyo |
| 6 | |
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Endo, W
| | 1.78 | | 29 | | | MF Defensive midfielder/Centre-back | Stuttgart |
| 7 | |
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Shibasaki, G
| | 1.75 | | 30 | | | MF Box-to-Box midfielder |  Leganés |
| 8 | |
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Doan, Ritsu
| | 1.72 | | 24 | | | FW Right-wing/Attacking midfielder | Freiburg |
| 9 | |
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Mitoma
| | 1.78 | | 25 | | | FW Left-wing |  Brighton |
| 10 | |
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Minamino
| | 1.74 | | 27 | | | FW Either side wing/Attacking midfielder | Monaco |
| 11 | |
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Kubo, Takefusa
| | 1.70 | | 21 | | | FW Right-wing/Attacking midfielder | R.Sociedad |
| 12 | |
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Gonda
| | 1.87 | | 33 | | | GK | Shimizu |
| 13 | |
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Morita, H
| | 1.77 | | 27 | | | MF Defensive midfielder/Right-back |  Sporting |
| 14 | |
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Ito, Junya
| | 1.76 | | 29 | | | FW Right-wing | Reims |
| 15 | |
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Kamada, D
| | 1.80 | | 26 | | | MF Attacking midfielder | Frankfurt |
| 16 | |
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Tomiyasu
| | 1.87 | | 24 | | | DF Centre-back/Right-back | Arsenal |
| 17 | |
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Tanaka, Ao
| | 1.77 | | 24 | | | MF Box-to-Box midfielder | Düssldorf |
| 18 | |
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Asano, T
| | 1.73 | | 28 | | | FW Either side wing/Striker | Bochum |
| 19 | |
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Sakai, H
| | 1.83 | | 32 | | | DF Right-back | Urawa |
| 20 | |
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Machino
| | 1.85 | | 23 | | | FW Striker | Shonan |
| 21 | |
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Ueda, A
| | 1.82 | | 24 | | | FW Striker |  Cercle |
| 22 | |
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Yoshida
(c) | | 1.89 | | 34 | | | DF Centre-back | Schalke |
| 23 | |
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Schmidt, Daniel
| | 1.96 | | 30 | | | GK | STVV |
| 24 | |
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Soma, Y
| | 1.66 | | 25 | | | FW Either side wing/Left-midfield | Nagoya |
| 25 | |
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Maeda, D
| | 1.73 | | 25 | | | FW Striker/Left-wing |  Celtic |
| 26 | |
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Ito, Hiroki (1999)
| | 1.86 | | 23 | | | DF Centre-back/Left-back | Stuttgart |
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