NEWS

Japan coach Takeshi Okada on Friday named 25 players to the Japan squad to play Finland in a Kirin Challenge Cup friendly on February 4 and a FIFA World Cup final-round qualifier against Australia on February 11.

The Japan-Finland friendly, to be played without the Europe-based players due to their club commitment, will be held at the National Stadium in Tokyo.
Meanwhile, the World Cup qualifier between Japan and Australia will be played at International Stadium Yokohama. Both matches will kick off at 7:20 p.m.

Squad:

Goalkeepers—Ryota Tsuzuki (Urawa Reds), Eiji Kawashima (Kawasaki Frontale), Takanori Sugeno (Kashiwa Reysol)
Defenders—Shunei Terada (Kawasaki Frontale), Yuji Nakazawa (Yokohama F. Marinos), Kazumichi Takagi (Gamba Osaka), Marcus Tulio Tanaka (Urawa Reds), Yuichi Komano (Jubilo Iwata), Yuto Nagatomo (FC Tokyo), Michihiro Yasuda (Gamba Osaka), Atsuto Uchida (Kashima Antlers)
Midfielders—Shunsuke Nakamura (Celtic), Hideo Hashimoto (Gamba Osaka), Junichi Inamoto (Entracht Frankfurt), Yasuhito Endo (Gamba Osaka), Kengo Nakamura (Kawasaki Frontale), Daisuke Matsui (St. Etienne), Yasuhiki Konno (FC Tokyo), Makoto Hasebe (VfL Wolfsburg), Shinji Kagawa (Cerezo Osaka)
Forwards—Keiji Tamada (Nagoya Grampus), Seiichiro Maki (JEF United Chiba), Yoshito Okubo (VfL Wolfsburg), Tatsuya Tanaka (Urawa Reds), Shinji Okazaki (Shimizu S-Pulse)
Coach—Takeshi Okada