Japan’s squad for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil is listed below including the fixtures from their group:
Goalkeepers: Eiji Kawashima (Standard Liege), Shusaku Nishikawa (Urawa Reds), Shuichi Gonda (FC Tokyo)
Defenders: Masahiko Inoha (Jubilo Iwata), Yasuyuki Konno (Gamba Osaka), Yuto Nagatomo (Inter Milan), Masato Morishige (FC Tokyo), Atsuto Uchida (Schalke), Maya Yoshida (Southampton), Hiroki Sakai (Hannover), Gotoku Sakai (Stuttgart)
Midfielders: Yasuhito Endo (Gamba Osaka), Makoto Hasebe (Nuremberg), Toshihiro Aoyama (Sanfrecce Hiroshima), Hotaru Yamaguchi (Cerezo Osaka)
Forwards: Keisuke Honda (AC Milan), Yoshito Okubo (Kawasaki Frontale), Shinji Okazaki (Mainz), Shinji Kagawa (Manchester United), Hiroshi Kiyotake (Nuremberg), Yoichiro Kakitani (Cerezo Osaka), Manabu Saito (Yokohama F Marinos), Yuya Osako (1860 Munich)
GROUP C Fixtures
June 14 B. Horiz, 1700:
Colombia v Greece
June 14 Recife, 2300:
Ivory Coast v Japan
June 19 Brasilia, 1700:
Colombia v Ivory Coast
June 19 Natal, 2300:
Japan v Greece
June 24 Cuiaba, 2100:
Japan v Colombia
June 24 Fortaleza, 2100:
Greece v Ivory Coast