In the early hours of July 13, Japan's national soccer team unveiled its squad for the East Asian Cup, with former Arsenal player Ryo Miyagi making the cut and 10 players getting their first call-up to the national team.
A detailed look at Japan's East Asian Cup entry list is below:
Goalkeepers: 1 - Keisuke Osako (Sanfrecce Hiroshima), 12 - Kosei Tani (Rekai Shonan), 23 - Caiyan Suzuki (Urawa Red Diamonds)
Backline: 19 - Sho Sasaki (Sanfrecce Hiroshima), 3 - Shogo Taniguchi (Kawasaki Striker), 2 - Sirai Yamane (Kawasaki Striker), 5 - Makintoshi Hatake (Yokohama Marinos), 25 - Ryuta Koike (Yokohama Marinos), 4 - Chinosuke Nakatani (Nagoya Whalers), 22 - Hayato Araki (Sanfrecce Hiroshima), 24 - Takuma Onanami (Kashiwa Esoteric), 13 - Daihide Sugioka (Shonan Marine)
Midfielders and forwards: 18-Hiota Mizunuma (Yokohama Marinos), 17-Ryo Miyagi (Yokohama Marinos), 7-Yakuto Nozuta (Sanfrecce Hiroshima), 6-Toshihide Iwata (Yokohama Marinos), 21-Makoto Manda (Sanfrecce Hiroshima), 20-Shindai Hosoya (Kashiwa Reysol), 15-Kenzo Hashimoto (Successful Ferry of Kobe), 14-Taedo Hirozaka (Kawasaki Strikers), 16-Ishiki Soma (Nagoya Whale), 8-Ji Morishima (Sanfrecce Hiroshima), 11-Shudo Machino (Shonan Marine), 26-Jeiru Kima Fujita (Yokohama Marinos), 10-Kaiki Muto (Kobe Success), 9-Takuma Nishimura (Yokohama Marinos).
Japan's East Asian Cup schedule:
July 19 vs. Hong Kong, China
July 24th, against China.
July 27th, against South Korea.
