On August 29, 2024, the Japan national team announced its new roster. Kaoru Mitaka and Junya Ito make a strong return, and power players such as Ken-Ei Kubo and Koh Endo have also been selected.
Goalkeeper:
Keisuke Osako (Hiroshima), Kosei Tani (Machida Zevia), Choyan Suzuki (Parma)
Linebacker:
Yuto Nagatomo (Tokyo FC), Shogo Taniguchi (St. Tilden), Hwang Itakura (Monchengladbach), Yuta Nakayama (Zevia Machida), Hiroki Machida (Real Saint-Georges), Yusei Sugawara (Southampton), Henri Kaikai Wangetsu (Zevia Machida), Yukari Takae (Kawasaki Frontale)
Center forward:
Kou Endo (Liverpool), Junya Ito (Reims), Takuma Asano (Mallorca), Takumi Minamino (Monaco), Hidemasa Morita (Sporting Portugal), Daichi Kamada (Crystal Palace), Kaoru Mitonibel (Brighton), Aoki Ogawa (Nijmegen), Daisuke Maeda (Celtic), Reio Hatate (Celtic), Yasutoshi Dohme (Freiburg), Erika Ueda (Feyenoord), Bea Tanaka (Dusseldorf). Keido Nakamura (Reims), Hidetoshi Kukai (Real Sociedad), Shindai Hosoya (Kashiwa Reysol)
Japan will face China at 18:35 on September 5 at the Saitama 2002 Stadium and Bahrain on September 11 in the World Qualifying Tournament.
