cosmo365 Hajime Moriyasu, manager of the Japan national team, has announced the 26 players in the squad for the 2024 Asian Cup between 12 Jan. – 10 Feb. After being graded from a warm-up game which defeated the Thai national team 5-0 in the Toyo Tire Cup 2024 in Tokyo.

21 of the 26 are players who play in Europe and 1 is Shoko Taniguchi who plays in Qatar with Al Rayyan. The other 4 are players in the J.League. Japan will be included. Line D with Indonesia, Iraq and Vietnam. cosmo365

Hajime Moriyasu revealed, “As for Mitoma’s injury in the game against Crystal Palace, we do not yet know whether he will be able to play in the first match of the tournament or not. But he recovered well from His injuries.” ( cosmo365 )

The list of Japanese national team players includes:

Goalkeepers

1. Daiya Maekawa (Vissel Kobe)

23. Zion Suzuki (Saint Truiden)

12. Nozawa Taichi Brandon (FC Tokyo)

Defenders

3. Shogo Taniguchi (Al Rayyan)

4. Ko Itakura (Gladbach)

24. Tsuyoshi Watanabe (Genk)

19. Yuta Nakayama (Ha Dordersfield)

15. Goki Machida (Union Saint-Chillois)

16. Seiya Maikuma (Serozo Osaka)

22. Takehiro To Miyasu (Arsenal)

21. Hiroki Ito (Stuttgart)

2. Yukinari Sugawara (AC Alkmaar)

Midfielder/Forward

6. Wataru Endo (Liverpool)

14. Junya Ito (Stade Reims)

18. Takuma Asano (Bochum)

8. Takumi Minamino (Monaco)

5 .Hidemasa Morita (Sporting)

7. Kaoru Mitoma (Brighton)

25. Maeda Daisen (Celtic)

17. Reo Hatate (Celtic)

10 . Ritsu Doan (Freiburg)

9. Ayase Ueda (Feyenoord)

13. Keito Nakamura (Stade Reims)

26. Kaishu Sano ( Kashima Antlers)

20. Takefusa Kubo (Real Sociedad)

11. Mao Hosoya (Kashiwa Reysol)

At the same time, there are also five training partners, including goalkeeper Keisuke Nakamura, an 18-year-old goalkeeper from Shizuoka High School, and defender Rion Ishihara from Omiya Ardi. Ja U-18), Justin Honma from Vissel Kobe U-18, midfielder Yuto Ozeki from Kawasaki Frontale and forward Ryoka Kida from Nagoya Gram. Pus