Honda, Kagawa the Star Names As Japan Name Final 23

Thirty one-year old forward Keisuke Honda and Borrusia Dortmund play maker Shinji Kagawa are the star names a low-confidence Japanese final 23 world cup squad.

The Blue Samurai’s word cup preparations were thrown into disarray when coach Vahid Halilhodzic was sacked a month ago and replaced with former JFA director Akira Nishino who lost his first game as manager to Ghana on Tuesday.

Southampton defender Mayo Yoshida and Leicester striker shinji Okazaki are the only premier league representatives in the team.

Below is the full list.

Goalkeepers: Eiji Kawashima (Metz), Masaaki Higashiguchi (Gamba Osaka), Kosuke Nakamura (Kashiwa).

Defenders: Yuto Nagatomo (Galatasaray), Tomoaki Makino (Urawa), Wataru Endo (Urawa), Maya Yoshida (Southampton), Hiroki Sakai (Marseille), Gotoku Sakai (Hamburg), Gen Shoji, Naomichi Ueda (Kashima).

Midfielders: Makoto Hasebe (Eintracht Frankfurt), Keisuke Honda (Pachuca), Takashi Inui (Eibar), Shinji Kagawa (Borussia Dortmund), Hotaru Yamaguchi (Cerezo Osaka), Genki Haraguchi, (Fortuna Dusseldorf), Takashi Usami (Fortuna Dusseldorf), Gaku Shibasaki (Getafe), Ryota Oshima (Kawasaki).

Forwards: Shinji Okazaki (Leicester), Yuya Osako (Werder Bremen), Yoshinori Muto (Mainz).

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