NEWS

The Japan squad to play against Bahrain in the AFC Asian Cup qualifiers on March 3 at Toyota Stadium in Aichi Prefecture was announced Thursday in Tokyo.

Squad:
Goalkeepers—Seigo Narazaki (Nagoya Grampus), Eiji Kawashima (Kawasaki Frontale)
Defenders—Yuji Nakazawa (Yokohama F. Marinos), Marcus Tulio Tanaka (Nagoya Grampus), Yuichi Komano (Jubilo Iwata), Yasuyuki Konno (FC Tokyo), Yuto Nagatomo (FC Tokyo), Atsuto Uchida (Kashima Antlers)
Midfielders—Shunsuke Nakamura (Espanyol), Junichi Inamoto (Kawasaki Frontale), Yasuhito Endo (Gamba Osaka), Daisuke Matsui (Grenoble), Yuki Abe (Urawa Reds), Makoto Hasebe (VfL Wolfsburg), Keisuke Honda (CSKA Moscow)
Forwards—Keiji Tamada (Nagoya Grampus), Sota Hirayama (FC Tokyo), Shinji Okazaki (Shimizu S-Pulse), Koroki Shinzo (Kashima Antlers), Takayuki Morimoto (Catania)
Coach—Takeshi Okada