Der japanische WM-Kader

Tor (3): Eiji Kawashima (FC Metz), Masaaki Higashiguchi (Gamba Osaka), Kosuke Nakamura (Kashiwa Reysol)

Abwehr (8): Yuto Nagatomo (Galatasaray Istanbul), Tomoaki Makino (Urawa Red Diamonds), Wataru Endo (Urawa Red Diamonds), Maya Yoshida (FC Southampton), Hiroki Sakai (Olympique Marseille), Gotoku Sakai (Hamburger SV), Gen Shoji (Kashima Antlers), Naomichi Ueda (Kashima Antlers)

Mittelfeld (9): Makoto Hasebe (Eintracht Frankfurt), Keisuke Honda (CF Pachuca), Takashi Inui (SD Eibar), Shinji Kagawa (Borussia Dortmund), Hotaru Yamaguchi (Cerezo Osaka), Genki Haraguchi, (Fortuna Düsseldorf), Takashi Usami (Fortuna Düsseldorf), Gaku Shibasaki (FC Getafe), Ryota Oshima (Kawasaki Frontale)

Angriff (3): Shinji Okazaki (Leicester City), Yuya Osako (1. FC Köln), Yoshinori Muto (FSV Mainz 05)

Trainer: Akira Nishino