JapanThe Japan national football team, also known by the nickname Samurai Blue, represents Japan in men's international football. It is controlled by the Japan Football Association (JFA), the governing body for football in Japan.
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Emblem
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Nickname(s)
サムライ・ブルー
(Samurai Blue)
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Association
Japan Football Association
JFA
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Confederation
AFC
Asia
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FIFA code
JPN
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Appearances
7
first in 1998
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Best result
Round of 16
2002, 2010, 2018, 2022
2022
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Hajime Moriyasu
Head Coach
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1. Eiji Kawashima
Goalkeeper
Born - 20 March 1983
Aged 39
Caps 95
Club - Strasbourg (France)
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12. Shūichi Gonda
Goalkeeper
Born - 3 March 1989
Aged 33
Caps 34
Club - Shimizu S-Pulse
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23. Daniel Schmidt
Goalkeeper
Born - 3 February 1992
Aged 30
Caps 11
Club - Sint-Truiden (Belgium)
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2. Miki Yamane
Defender
Born - 22 December 1993
Aged 28
Caps 15
Club - Kawasaki Frontale
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3. Shōgo Taniguchi
Defender
Born - 15 July 1991
Aged 31
Caps 14
Club - Kawasaki Frontale
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4. Kō Itakura
Defender
Born - 27 January 1997
Aged 25
Caps 13
Club - Borussia Mönchengladbach (Germany)
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5. Yūto Nagatomo
Defender
Born - 12 September 1986
Aged 36
Caps 138
Club - FC Tokyo
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16. Takehiro Tomiyasu
Defender
Born - 5 November 1998
Aged 24
Caps 29
Club - Arsenal (England)
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19. Hiroki Sakai
Defender
Born - 12 April 1990
Aged 32
Caps 72
Club - Urawa Red Diamonds
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22. Maya Yoshida
Defender
Born - 24 August 1988
Aged 34
Caps 122
Club - Schalke 04 (Germany)
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26. Hiroki Itō
Defender
Born - 12 May 1999
Aged 23
Caps 6
Club - VfB Stuttgart (Germany)
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6. Wataru Endō
Midfielder
Born - 9 February 1993
Aged 29
Caps 43
Club - VfB Stuttgart (Germany)
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7. Gaku Shibasaki
Midfielder
Born - 28 May 1992
Aged 30
Caps 60
Club - Leganés (Spain)
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8. Ritsu Dōan
Midfielder
Born - 16 June 1998
Aged 24
Caps 29
Club - SC Freiburg (Germany)
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9. Kaoru Mitoma
Midfielder
Born - 20 May 1997
Aged 25
Caps 9
Club - Brighton & Hove Albion (England)
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10. Takumi Minamino
Midfielder
Born - 16 January 1995
Aged 27
Caps 44
Club - Monaco (France)
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11. Takefusa Kubo
Midfielder
Born - 4 June 2001
Aged 21
Caps 20
Club - Real Sociedad (Spain)
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13. Hidemasa Morita
Midfielder
Born - 10 May 1995
Aged 27
Caps 17
Club - Sporting CP (Portugal)
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14. Junya Itō
Midfielder
Born - 9 March 1993
Aged 29
Caps 38
Club - Reims (France)
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15. Daichi Kamada
Midfielder
Born - 5 August 1996
Aged 26
Caps 22
Club - Eintracht Frankfurt (Germany)
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17. Ao Tanaka
Midfielder
Born - 10 September 1998
Aged 24
Caps 15
Club - Fortuna Düsseldorf (Germany)
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24. Yūki Sōma
Midfielder
Born - 25 February 1997
Aged 25
Caps 8
Club - Nagoya Grampus
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18. Takuma Asano
Forward
Born - 10 November 1994
Aged 28
Caps 37
Club - VfL Bochum (Germany)
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20. Shūto Machino
Forward
Born - 30 September 1999
Aged 23
Caps 4
Club - Shonan Bellmare
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21. Ayase Ueda
Forward
Born - 28 August 1998
Aged 24
Caps 11
Club - Cercle Brugge (Belgium)
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25. Daizen Maeda
Forward
Born - 20 October 1997
Aged 25
Caps 8
Club - Celtic (Scotland)
2018
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Akira Nishino
Head Coach
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1. Eiji Kawashima
Goalkeeper
Born - 20 March 1983
Aged 35
Caps 84
Club - Metz (France)
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12. Masaaki Higashiguchi
Goalkeeper
Born - 12 May 1986
Aged 32
Caps 5
Club - Gamba Osaka
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23. Kosuke Nakamura
Goalkeeper
Born - 27 February 1995
Aged 23
Caps 4
Club - Kashiwa Reysol
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2. Naomichi Ueda
Defender
Born - 24 October 1994
Aged 23
Caps 4
Club - Kashima Antlers
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3. Gen Shoji
Defender
Born - 11 December 1992
Aged 25
Caps 11
Club - Kashima Antlers
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5. Yūto Nagatomo
Defender
Born - 12 September 1986
Aged 31
Caps 105
Club - Galatasaray (Turkey)
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6. Wataru Endō
Defender
Born - 9 February 1993
Aged 25
Caps 12
Club - Urawa Red Diamonds
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19. Hiroki Sakai
Defender
Born - 12 April 1990
Aged 28
Caps 43
Club - Marseille (France)
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20. Tomoaki Makino
Defender
Born - 11 May 1987
Aged 31
Caps 32
Club - Urawa Red Diamonds
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21. Gōtoku Sakai
Defender
Born - 14 March 1991
Aged 27
Caps 41
Club - Hamburger SV (Germany)
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22. Maya Yoshida
Defender
Born - 24 August 1988
Aged 29
Caps 82
Club - Southampton (England)
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4. Keisuke Honda
Midfielder
Born - 13 June 1986
Aged 32
Caps 95
Club - Pachuca (Mexico)
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7. Gaku Shibasaki
Midfielder
Born - 28 May 1992
Aged 26
Caps 18
Club - Getafe (Spain)
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8. Genki Haraguchi
Midfielder
Born - 9 May 1991
Aged 27
Caps 33
Club - Fortuna Düsseldorf (Germany)
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10. Shinji Kagawa
Midfielder
Born - 17 March 1989
Aged 29
Caps 92
Club - Borussia Dortmund (Germany)
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11. Takashi Usami
Midfielder
Born - 6 May 1992
Aged 26
Caps 24
Club - Fortuna Düsseldorf (Germany)
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14. Takashi Inui
Midfielder
Born - 2 June 1988
Aged 30
Caps 27
Club - Eibar (Spain)
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16. Hotaru Yamaguchi
Midfielder
Born - 6 October 1990
Aged 27
Caps 42
Club - Cerezo Osaka
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17. Makoto Hasebe
Midfielder
Born - 18 January 1984
Aged 34
Caps 110
Club - Eintracht Frankfurt (Germany)
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18. Ryota Oshima
Midfielder
Born - 23 January 1993
Aged 25
Caps 5
Club - Kawasaki Frontale
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9. Shinji Okazaki
Forward
Born - 16 April 1986
Aged 32
Caps 113
Club - Leicester City (England)
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13. Yoshinori Muto
Forward
Born - 15 July 1992
Aged 25
Caps 24
Club - Mainz 05 (Germany)
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15. Yuya Osako
Forward
Born - 18 May 1990
Aged 28
Caps 29
Club - 1. FC Köln (Germany)
2014
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Alberto Zaccheroni
Head Coach
(Italy)
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1. Eiji Kawashima
Goalkeeper
Born - 20 March 1983
Aged 31
Caps 56
Club - Standard Liège (Belgium)
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12. Shusaku Nishikawa
Goalkeeper
Born - 18 June 1986
Aged 27
Caps 13
Club - Urawa Red Diamonds
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23. Shūichi Gonda
Goalkeeper
Born - 3 March 1989
Aged 25
Caps 2
Club - FC Tokyo
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2. Atsuto Uchida
Defender
Born - 27 March 1988
Aged 26
Caps 68
Club - Schalke 04 (Germany)
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3. Gōtoku Sakai
Defender
Born - 14 March 1991
Aged 23
Caps 12
Club - VfB Stuttgart (Germany)
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5. Yuto Nagatomo
Defender
Born - 12 September 1986
Aged 27
Caps 70
Club - Inter Milan (Italy)
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6. Masato Morishige
Defender
Born - 21 May 1987
Aged 27
Caps 10
Club - FC Tokyo
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15. Yasuyuki Konno
Defender
Born - 25 January 1983
Aged 31
Caps 81
Club - Gamba Osaka
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19. Masahiko Inoha
Defender
Born - 28 August 1983
Aged 30
Caps 21
Club - Júbilo Iwata
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21. Hiroki Sakai
Defender
Born - 12 April 1990
Aged 24
Caps 18
Club - Hannover 96 (Germany)
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22. Maya Yoshida
Defender
Born - 24 August 1988
Aged 25
Caps 41
Club - Southampton (England)
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4. Keisuke Honda
Midfielder
Born - 13 June 1986
Aged 27
Caps 56
Club - Milan (Italy)
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7. Yasuhito Endo
Midfielder
Born - 28 January 1980
Aged 34
Caps 144
Club - Gamba Osaka
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8. Hiroshi Kiyotake
Midfielder
Born - 12 November 1989
Aged 24
Caps 25
Club - 1. FC Nürnberg (Germany)
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10. Shinji Kagawa
Midfielder
Born - 17 March 1989
Aged 25
Caps 57
Club - Manchester United (England)
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14. Toshihiro Aoyama
Midfielder
Born - 22 February 1986
Aged 28
Caps 6
Club - Sanfrecce Hiroshima
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16. Hotaru Yamaguchi
Midfielder
Born - 6 October 1990
Aged 23
Caps 12
Club - Cerezo Osaka
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17. Makoto Hasebe
Midfielder
Born - 18 January 1984
Aged 30
Caps 78
Club - 1. FC Nürnberg (Germany)
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9. Shinji Okazaki
Forward
Born - 16 April 1986
Aged 28
Caps 76
Club - Mainz 05 (Germany)
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11. Yoichiro Kakitani
Forward
Born - 3 January 1990
Aged 24
Caps 12
Club - Cerezo Osaka
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13. Yoshito Ōkubo
Forward
Born - 9 June 1982
Aged 32
Caps 57
Club - Kawasaki Frontale
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18. Yuya Osako
Forward
Born - 18 May 1990
Aged 24
Caps 9
Club - 1860 Munich (Germany)
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20. Manabu Saitō
Forward
Born - 4 April 1990
Aged 24
Caps 5
Club - Yokohama F. Marinos
2010
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Takeshi Okada
Head Coach
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1. Seigo Narazaki
Goalkeeper
Born - 15 April 1976
Aged 34
Caps 76
Club - Nagoya Grampus
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21. Eiji Kawashima
Goalkeeper
Born - 20 March 1983
Aged 27
Caps 10
Club - Kawasaki Frontale
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23. Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi
Goalkeeper
Born - 15 August 1975
Aged 34
Caps 116
Club - Júbilo Iwata
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3. Yūichi Komano
Defender
Born - 25 July 1981
Aged 28
Caps 53
Club - Júbilo Iwata
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4. Marcus Tulio Tanaka
Defender
Born - 24 April 1981
Aged 29
Caps 39
Club - Nagoya Grampus
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5. Yuto Nagatomo
Defender
Born - 12 September 1986
Aged 23
Caps 26
Club - FC Tokyo
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6. Atsuto Uchida
Defender
Born - 27 March 1988
Aged 22
Caps 31
Club - Kashima Antlers
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13. Daiki Iwamasa
Defender
Born - 30 January 1982
Aged 28
Caps 2
Club - Kashima Antlers
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15. Yasuyuki Konno
Defender
Born - 25 January 1983
Aged 27
Caps 37
Club - FC Tokyo
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22. Yuji Nakazawa
Defender
Born - 25 February 1978
Aged 32
Caps 105
Club - Yokohama F. Marinos
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2. Yuki Abe
Midfielder
Born - 6 September 1981
Aged 28
Caps 45
Club - Urawa Red Diamonds
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7. Yasuhito Endō
Midfielder
Born - 28 January 1980
Aged 30
Caps 94
Club - Gamba Osaka
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10. Shunsuke Nakamura
Midfielder
Born - 24 June 1978
Aged 31
Caps 97
Club - Yokohama F. Marinos
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14. Kengo Nakamura
Midfielder
Born - 31 October 1980
Aged 29
Caps 47
Club - Kawasaki Frontale
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17. Makoto Hasebe
Midfielder
Born - 18 January 1984
Aged 26
Caps 31
Club - VfL Wolfsburg (Germany)
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18. Keisuke Honda
Midfielder
Born - 13 June 1986
Aged 23
Caps 15
Club - CSKA Moscow (Russia)
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20. Junichi Inamoto
Midfielder
Born - 18 September 1979
Aged 30
Caps 80
Club - Kawasaki Frontale
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8. Daisuke Matsui
Forward
Born - 11 May 1981
Aged 29
Caps 23
Club - Grenoble (France)
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9. Shinji Okazaki
Forward
Born - 16 April 1986
Aged 24
Caps 28
Club - Shimizu S-Pulse
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11. Keiji Tamada
Forward
Born - 11 April 1980
Aged 30
Caps 70
Club - Nagoya Grampus
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12. Kisho Yano
Forward
Born - 5 April 1984
Aged 26
Caps 18
Club - Albirex Niigata
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16. Yoshito Ōkubo
Forward
Born - 9 June 1982
Aged 28
Caps 49
Club - Vissel Kobe
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19. Takayuki Morimoto
Forward
Born - 7 May 1988
Aged 22
Caps 6
Club - Catania (Italy)
2006
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Zico
Head Coach
(Brazil)
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1. Seigo Narazaki
Goalkeeper
Born - 15 April 1976
Aged 30
Caps 50
Club - Nagoya Grampus Eight
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12. Yoichi Doi
Goalkeeper
Born - 25 July 1973
Aged 32
Caps 4
Club - FC Tokyo
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23. Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi
Goalkeeper
Born - 15 August 1975
Aged 30
Caps 89
Club - Júbilo Iwata
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2. Teruyuki Moniwa
Defender
Born - 8 September 1981
Aged 24
Caps 8
Club - FC Tokyo
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3. Yūichi Komano
Defender
Born - 25 July 1981
Aged 24
Caps 8
Club - Sanfrecce Hiroshima
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5. Tsuneyasu Miyamoto
Defender
Born - 7 February 1977
Aged 29
Caps 69
Club - Gamba Osaka
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6. Kōji Nakata
Defender
Born - 9 July 1979
Aged 26
Caps 55
Club - Basel (Switzerland)
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14. Alex
Defender
Born - 20 July 1977
Aged 28
Caps 72
Club - Urawa Red Diamonds
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19. Keisuke Tsuboi
Defender
Born - 16 September 1979
Aged 26
Caps 33
Club - Urawa Red Diamonds
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21. Akira Kaji
Defender
Born - 13 January 1980
Aged 26
Caps 43
Club - Gamba Osaka
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22. Yuji Nakazawa
Defender
Born - 25 February 1978
Aged 28
Caps 50
Club - Yokohama F. Marinos
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4. Yasuhito Endō
Midfielder
Born - 28 January 1980
Aged 26
Caps 40
Club - Gamba Osaka
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7. Hidetoshi Nakata
Midfielder
Born - 22 January 1977
Aged 29
Caps 74
Club - Fiorentina (Italy)
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8. Mitsuo Ogasawara
Midfielder
Born - 5 April 1979
Aged 27
Caps 51
Club - Kashima Antlers
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10. Shunsuke Nakamura
Midfielder
Born - 24 June 1978
Aged 27
Caps 60
Club - Celtic (Scotland)
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15. Takashi Fukunishi
Midfielder
Born - 1 September 1976
Aged 29
Caps 62
Club - Júbilo Iwata
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17. Junichi Inamoto
Midfielder
Born - 18 September 1979
Aged 26
Caps 63
Club - West Bromwich Albion (England)
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18. Shinji Ono
Midfielder
Born - 27 September 1979
Aged 26
Caps 54
Club - Urawa Red Diamonds
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9. Naohiro Takahara
Forward
Born - 4 June 1979
Aged 27
Caps 41
Club - Hamburger SV (Germany)
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11. Seiichiro Maki
Forward
Born - 7 August 1980
Aged 25
Caps 10
Club - JEF United
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13. Atsushi Yanagisawa
Forward
Born - 27 May 1977
Aged 29
Caps 56
Club - Kashima Antlers
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16. Masashi Oguro
Forward
Born - 4 May 1980
Aged 26
Caps 18
Club - Grenoble (France)
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20. Keiji Tamada
Forward
Born - 11 April 1980
Aged 26
Caps 39
Club - Nagoya Grampus Eight
2002
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Philippe Troussier
Head Coach
(France)
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1. Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi
Goalkeeper
Born - 15 August 1975
Aged 26
Caps 43
Club - Portsmouth (England)
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12. Seigo Narazaki
Goalkeeper
Born - 15 April 1976
Aged 26
Caps 15
Club - Nagoya Grampus Eight
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23. Hitoshi Sogahata
Goalkeeper
Born - 2 August 1979
Aged 22
Caps 1
Club - Kashima Antlers
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2. Yutaka Akita
Defender
Born - 6 August 1970
Aged 31
Caps 38
Club - Kashima Antlers
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3. Naoki Matsuda
Defender
Born - 14 March 1977
Aged 25
Caps 24
Club - Yokohama F. Marinos
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4. Ryuzo Morioka
Defender
Born - 7 October 1975
Aged 26
Caps 32
Club - Shimizu S-Pulse
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6. Toshihiro Hattori
Defender
Born - 23 September 1973
Aged 28
Caps 35
Club - Júbilo Iwata
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16. Kōji Nakata
Defender
Born - 9 July 1979
Aged 22
Caps 20
Club - Kashima Antlers
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17. Tsuneyasu Miyamoto
Defender
Born - 7 February 1977
Aged 25
Caps 5
Club - Gamba Osaka
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5. Junichi Inamoto
Midfielder
Born - 18 September 1979
Aged 22
Caps 22
Club - Arsenal (England)
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7. Hidetoshi Nakata
Midfielder
Born - 22 January 1977
Aged 25
Caps 39
Club - Parma (Italy)
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8. Hiroaki Morishima
Midfielder
Born - 30 April 1972
Aged 30
Caps 57
Club - Cerezo Osaka
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14. Alex
Midfielder
Born - 20 July 1977
Aged 24
Caps 0
Club - Shimizu S-Pulse
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15. Takashi Fukunishi
Midfielder
Born - 1 September 1976
Aged 25
Caps 5
Club - Júbilo Iwata
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18. Shinji Ono
Midfielder
Born - 27 September 1979
Aged 22
Caps 21
Club - Feyenoord (Netherlands)
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19. Mitsuo Ogasawara
Midfielder
Born - 5 April 1979
Aged 23
Caps 0
Club - Kashima Antlers
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20. Tomokazu Myojin
Midfielder
Born - 24 January 1978
Aged 24
Caps 16
Club - Kashiwa Reysol
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21. Kazuyuki Toda
Midfielder
Born - 30 December 1977
Aged 24
Caps 10
Club - Shimizu S-Pulse
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22. Daisuke Ichikawa
Midfielder
Born - 14 May 1980
Aged 22
Caps 1
Club - Shimizu S-Pulse
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9. Akinori Nishizawa
Forward
Born - 18 June 1976
Aged 25
Caps 24
Club - Cerezo Osaka
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10. Masashi Nakayama
Forward
Born - 23 September 1967
Aged 34
Caps 47
Club - Júbilo Iwata
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11. Takayuki Suzuki
Forward
Born - 5 June 1976
Aged 25
Caps 10
Club - Kashima Antlers
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13. Atsushi Yanagisawa
Forward
Born - 27 May 1977
Aged 25
Caps 22
Club - Kashima Antlers
1998
-
Takeshi Okada
Head Coach
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1. Nobuyuki Kojima
Goalkeeper
Born - 17 January 1966
Aged 32
Caps 5
Club - Bellmare Hiratsuka
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20. Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi
Goalkeeper
Born - 15 August 1975
Aged 22
Caps 27
Club - Yokohama Marinos
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21. Seigo Narazaki
Goalkeeper
Born - 15 April 1976
Aged 22
Caps 2
Club - Yokohama Flügels
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2. Akira Narahashi
Defender
Born - 26 November 1971
Aged 26
Caps 29
Club - Kashima Antlers
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3. Naoki Soma
Defender
Born - 19 July 1971
Aged 26
Caps 50
Club - Kashima Antlers
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4. Masami Ihara
Defender
Born - 18 September 1967
Aged 30
Caps 116
Club - Yokohama Marinos
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5. Norio Omura
Defender
Born - 6 September 1969
Aged 28
Caps 31
Club - Yokohama Marinos
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16. Toshihide Saito
Defender
Born - 20 April 1973
Aged 25
Caps 14
Club - Shimizu S-Pulse
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17. Yutaka Akita
Defender
Born - 6 August 1970
Aged 27
Caps 27
Club - Kashima Antlers
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19. Eisuke Nakanishi
Defender
Born - 23 June 1973
Aged 24
Caps 7
Club - JEF United Ichihara
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6. Motohiro Yamaguchi
Midfielder
Born - 29 January 1969
Aged 29
Caps 56
Club - Yokohama Flügels
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7. Teruyoshi Ito
Midfielder
Born - 31 August 1974
Aged 23
Caps 2
Club - Shimizu S-Pulse
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8. Hidetoshi Nakata
Midfielder
Born - 22 January 1977
Aged 21
Caps 21
Club - Bellmare Hiratsuka
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10. Hiroshi Nanami
Midfielder
Born - 28 November 1972
Aged 25
Caps 44
Club - Júbilo Iwata
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11. Shinji Ono
Midfielder
Born - 27 September 1979
Aged 18
Caps 2
Club - Urawa Red Diamonds
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13. Toshihiro Hattori
Midfielder
Born - 23 September 1973
Aged 24
Caps 6
Club - Júbilo Iwata
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15. Hiroaki Morishima
Midfielder
Born - 30 April 1972
Aged 26
Caps 36
Club - Cerezo Osaka
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22. Takashi Hirano
Midfielder
Born - 15 July 1974
Aged 23
Caps 10
Club - Nagoya Grampus Eight
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9. Masashi Nakayama
Forward
Born - 23 September 1967
Aged 30
Caps 27
Club - Júbilo Iwata
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12. Wagner Lopes
Forward
Born - 29 January 1969
Aged 29
Caps 10
Club - Bellmare Hiratsuka
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14. Masayuki Okano
Forward
Born - 25 July 1972
Aged 25
Caps 25
Club - Urawa Red Diamonds
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18. Shoji Jo
Forward
Born - 17 June 1975
Aged 22
Caps 24
Club - Yokohama Marinos