Japanese national football team’s coach Akira Nishino, has named a 27 man squad for the International friendly against the Black Stars of Ghana on Wednesday which includes former Manchester United midfielder Shinji Kagawa.
The Samurai Blues have qualified for the FIFA World Cup in Russia and will engage the Black Stars as part of preparations for the mundial in the summer.
Meanwhile, the Black Stars of Ghana are involved in Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers and therefore will see this as a test for the new players that have been called into the team by Coach Kwesi Appiah.
The Black Stars arrived in Tokyo on Tuesday for the game on Wednesday in Japan which kicks start at 10:25 am
Below is the full squad for the Japan Team
GOALKEEPERS
1 Eiji Kawashima
12 Masaaki Higashiguchi (G Osaka)
23 Nakamura Ko (Kashiwa)
DEFENDERS
5 Yuto Nagatomo (Galatasaray)
20 Tomoaki Makino (Urawa)
22 Maya Yoshida (Southampton)
19 Hiroki Sakai (Marseille )
21 Takanori Sakai (Hamburger SV)
3 Gen Shoji (Kashima)
2 Kou (Urawa) Endo
24 Ueda direct (Kashima)
MIDFIELDERS
17 Makoto Hasebe (Frankfurt)
4 Honda Keisuke (Pachuca)
14 InuiTakashi (Eibar)
10 Shinji Kagawa ( Dortmund)
16 Yamaguchi firefly (C Osaka)
8 Haraguchi Genki (Düsseldorf)
11 Usami Takashi (Düsseldorf)
7 Gaku Shibasaki (Getafe)
18 Ryota Oshima (Kawasaki F)
26 Sansao Kent (Kashima)
Yosuke 27 Ideguchi (Kuruturaru-Reonesa)
FORWARDS
9 Shinji Okazaki (Leicester City)
15 Yuya Osako (Bremen)
13 Yoshinori Muto (Mainz)
25 Takuma Asano (Hannover)
Source:Ghana/Starrfmonline.com/103.5FM
