Japan national football team will announce 24 members who will face the two games of the World Cup Asian final qualifying held early next month, and will play an active part in the 20-year-old Takefusa Kubo, who scored three goals at the Tokyo Olympics, and Celtic in the Scottish Premier League. Forward Toru Furuhashi and others were selected.

The Japanese national team will play against Oman at Panasonic Stadium Suita in Suita, Osaka on the 2nd of next month as the first match of the final Asian qualifying round of the World Cup Qatar, and then against China on the 7th in Qatar.



Twenty-four members were announced on the 26th for these two games, with captain Maya Yoshida playing in the Italian first division league, Sampdoria, and Spain's first division Mallorca, who scored the top three goals of the team at the Tokyo Olympics. Kubo and forward Furuhashi, who scored 6 points in 7 official games this season in the Scottish Premier League Celtic, were selected.



In addition, the 20-year-old goalkeeper Kosei Tani, who played an active part in the quarterfinals and stopped the penalty kick against New Zealand, entered the quarterfinals with a total of nine members including the three overage slots from the members of the Tokyo Olympics. Selected as no representative.

Director Moriyasu "Be sure to break through to the main tournament"

Japan national team coach Hajime Moriyasu said, "I would like to integrate the members of the Tokyo Olympics and improve the level of the team while connecting to the final qualifying. However, I will face the game with a strong feeling. I will do my best as a team so that I can definitely break through and advance the pieces to this tournament. "

Tani "Be aggressive like yourself"

Kosei Tani, the goalkeeper who contributed to Japan's advancement to the top four as a representative of the Tokyo Olympics and was selected for the first time as a representative with no age limit, said, "I'm really proud that everyone chose the stage they dreamed of. I think I have to take greater responsibility, but I want to play aggressively in my own way and make a strong appeal in the competition. "



He added, "I think that the experience of the Olympics has increased my sense of responsibility. I feel that the weight of each play has definitely changed as I get more attention. I think the pressure will increase. I want to put out what I have as usual. "

24 members of the Japanese national team

There are 24 members of the Japan national team who will face Oman and China in the final Asian qualifying round of the World Cup Qatar soccer tournament, which will be held early next month.



▼ There are three goalkeepers.


▽ Eiji Kawashima (38) of Strasbourg, France 1st division league.


▽ J1 ・ Shuichi Gonda (32) of Shimizu S-Pulse.


▽ J1, Shonan Bellmare player Kosei Tani (20).



Tani, who was also active in the Tokyo Olympics, was selected for the first time as a representative with no age limit.



▼ There are 9 defenders.


▽ The former affiliation was Marseille, the first division of France, and Yuto Nagatomo (34), who is not currently a member of the team.


▽ Maya Yoshida (33) of Sampdoria, Italy 1st division league. Yoshida will be the captain.


▽ J1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima player Sho Sasaki (31).


▽ J1 ・ Hiroki Sakai (31) of Urawa Reds.


▽ J1 Kawasaki Frontale player Miki Yamane (27).


▽ Germany 2nd Division, Hannover Sei Muroya (27).


▽ France 2nd division, Naomichi Ueda (26) of Neem.


▽ Yuta Nakayama (24) of Zwolle, the first division of the Netherlands.


▽ I'm Takehiro Tomiyasu (22) from Bologna, Italy 1st Division.



▼ There are 10 midfielders.


▽ Genki Haraguchi (30) of Union Berlin, Germany 1st Division.


▽ Spain 2nd Division, Leganes Gaku Shibasaki (29).


▽ Germany 1st division, Stuttgart player Wataru Endo (28).


▽ Belgium 1st division, Genk Junya Ito (28).


▽ England Premier League, Liverpool player Takumi Minamino (26).


▽ Portugal 1st Division, Santa Clara's Hidemasa Morita (26).


▽ Germany 1st division, Daichi Kamada (25) from Frankfurt.


▽ Germany 2nd Division, Schalke's Ko Itakura (24).


▽ Netherlands 1st Division, PSV (Pee Subui) Doan Ritsu (23).


▽ I'm Takefusa Kubo (20) from Mallorca, Spain 1st Division.



▼ There are two forwards.


▽ J1 ・ Yuya Osako of Vissel Kobe (31).


▽ Scottish Premier League Celtic player Kyogo Furuhashi (26).