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Akira Nishino, the newly appointed head coach, announced his 23-member provisional Japan squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia on Thursday.
Addressing a press conference in Tokyo, Nishino named an experienced team. Most players featuring in the squad have multiple World Cup appearances. They include goalkeeper Eiji Kawashima, defenders Yuto Nagatomo and Maya Yoshida, midfielders Makoto Hasebe, Keisuke Honda and Shinji Kagawa.
The majority of the Japan squad play for European clubs, while eight play for teams in the J.League, the country’s domestic competition, according to a report on FIFA.com.
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Japan lost 0-2 to Ghana in an international friendly on Wednesday. The next international friendly will be against Switzerland in Lugano on 8 June after which they will play Paraguay on 12 June in Innsbruck, Austria.
Japan features in Group H at the World Cup, where they will compete against Colombia, Senegal and Poland.
The provisional Japan squad
Goalkeepers: Eiji Kawashima (Metz/France), Masaaki Higashiguchi (Gamba Osaka), Kosuke Nakamura (Kashiwa Reysol)
Defenders: Yuto Nagatomo (Galatasaray/Turkey), Tomoaki Makino (Urawa Red Diamonds), Wataru Endo (Urawa Red Diamonds), Maya Yoshida (Southampton/England), Hiroki Sakai (Marseille/France), Gotoku Sakai (Hamburg/Germany), Gen Shoji (Kashima Antlers), Naomichi Ueda (Kashima Antlers)
Midfielders: Makoto Hasebe (Eintracht Frankfurt/Germany), Keisuke Honda (Pachuca/Mexico), Takashi Inui (Eibar/Spain), Shinji Kagawa (Borussia Dortmund/Germany), Hotaru Yamaguchi (Cerezo Osaka/Japan), Genki Haraguchi (Fortuna Dusseldorf/Germany), Takashi Usami (Fortuna Dusseldorf), Gaku Shibasaki (Getafe/Spain), Ryota Oshima (Kawasaki Frontale);
Forwards: Shinji Okazaki (Leicester City/England), Yuya Osako (Werder Bremen/Germany), Yoshinori Muto (Mainz/Germany).
The final list of 23 players will be announced by FIFA on 4 June.
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