World Cup 2010: Japan
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May 18th, 2010
Main players: Shunsuke Nakamura and Keisuke Honda.
Fifa ranking (April 2010): #45
Japan finished the Asian Qualifying with 15 points, behind Australia (20 points), South Korea (16 points) and ahead of North Korea (12 points).
Japan is in Group E of World Cup 2010 and will play the first three matches against: Cameroun (June 14th), Holland (June 19th) and Denmark (June 24th).
Japan Team Roster:
Goalkeepers: Seigo Narazaki (Nagoya Grampus), Eiji Kawashima (Kawasaki Frontale), Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (Jubilo Iwata)
Defense: Yuji Nakazawa (Yokohama F-Marinos), Tulio (Nagoya Grampus), Yasuyuki Konno (FC Tokyo), Daiki Iwamasa (Kashima Antlers), Yuichi Komano (Jubilo Iwata), Yuto Nagatomo (FC Tokyo), Atsuto Uchida (Kashima Antlers)
Midfield: Shunsuke Nakamura (Yokohama F-Marinos), Yasuhito Endo (Gamba Osaka), Kengo Nakamura (Kawasaki Frontale), Junichi Inamoto (Kawasaki Frontale), Yuki Abe (Urawa Reds), Makoto Hasebe (Wolfsburg/Germany), Keisuke Honda (CSKA Moscou/Russia), Daisuke Matsui (Grenoble/France)
Forward: Shinji Okazaki (Shimizu S-Pulse), Keiji Tamada (Nagoya Grampus), Yoshito Okubo (Vissel Kobe), Takayuki Morimoto (Catania/Italy), Kisho Yano (Albirex Niigata)
Coach: Takeshi Okada.

