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Asian champions Japan have named their final 23 players squad for the upcoming 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup to be played in Brazil from June 15 to 30. Japan coach Alberto Zaccheroni has named a squad with 14 foreign-based players and nine from the J-League.
The talented Japanese have been drawn in a tough Group A in which they would face hosts Brazil, Italy (EURO2012 runners-up) and Mexico (2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup winners).
Squad:
GoalkeepersEiji Kawashima (Standard Liege), Shusaku Nishikawa (Sanfrecce Hiroshima), Shuichi Gonda (FC Tokyo)
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DefendersYasuyuki Konno (Gamba Osaka), Yuzo Kurihara (Yokohama Marinos), Masahiko Inoha (Jubilo Iwata), Yuto Nagatomo (Inter Milan), Atsuto Uchida (FC Schalke 04), Maya Yoshida (FC Southampton), Hiroki Sakai (Hannover 96), Gotoku Sakai (VfB Stuttgart)
MidfieldersYasuhito Endo (Gamba Osaka), Kengo Nakamura (Kawasaki Frontale), Makoto Hasebe (VfL Wolfsburg), Hajime Hosogai (Bayer 04 Leverkusen), Keisuke Honda (CSKA Moscow), Hideto Takahashi (FC Tokyo), Takashi Inui (Eintracht Frankfurt), Hiroshi Kiyotake (1.FC Nuremberg)
ForwardsRyoichi Maeda (Jubilo Iwata), Shinji Okazaki (VfB Stuttgart), Mike Havenaar (Vitesse Arnhem), Shinji Kagawa (Manchester United)
