The first 12 call-ups + all J1+39-year-old claims...Confirmation of East Asian Cup Players List
Jul 03, 2025
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At a press conference in Tokyo on the 3rd, Japanese national team coach Hajime Moriyasu unveiled the list of 26 players who will compete in the East Asian Cup. Moriyasu filled all 26 players with J1 (first division). For the first time, 12 players, nearly half of them, were called up to the national team. Moriyasu said, `I hope the players to be called in will fight for the J-League and Japan with pride.'
Until now, the Japanese national team has been a party of European players. With a huge pool of talent with more than 100 people, the J Leaguers were forced to be relatively marginalized. Even Moriyasu reviewed the residence in Düsseldorf, Germany, where the European office of the Japan Football Association (JFA) is located. The plan did not materialize due to domestic opposition, but Japan was the first in the world to decide to go to the North-China World Cup finals by operating a European-based squad throughout the third qualifying round.
Moriyasu said, `We have selected players who have rarely been able to call up until now to improve the quality of the team,' adding, `There is no game that can be said to be 'lose in the national team's game.' I hope this opportunity will help young players grow and aim to win."
Japan has won the East Asian Cup in 2013 and 2022, respectively. In this tournament, they will play their first match against Hong Kong, and they will play a Korea-Japan match after a match against China.
◇2025 East Asian Cup Japan national team call-up list (26 players)
▶GK = Keisuke Osako (26, Sanfrecce Hiroshima), Tomoki Hayakawa (26, Kashima Antlers), and Pisano Alessandre (19, Nagoya Grampus)
▶DF = Mochizuki Henry Hiroki (24, Machida Zelvia), Hayato Araki (29, Sanfrecce Hiroshima), Daiyo Koga (27, Kashiwa Reysol), Yuto Nagatomo (39, FC Tokyo), Tomoya Ando (26, Abispa Fukoka), Naomi Ueda (31, Kashima Antlers), Yuto Tsunashima (25, Tokyo Verdi)
▶MF = Nakamura Sota (23), Kawabe Hayao (30, Sanfrecce Hiroshima), Yuki Soma (28, Machida Zelvia), Sota Kawasaki (24, Kyoto Shopping Center), Yuto Ozeki (20, Kawasaki Frontale), Sho Inagaki (34, Nagoya Grampus), Gento Uno (22, Shimizu Espulse), Gota Kawaratsumi (21, FC Tokyo), Ryunosuke Sato (19, Paziano Okayama), Dogiro Kubo (26, Kashiwa Reysol)
▶FW = Miyashiro Daisei (25, Vissel Kobe), Takuma Nishimura (29, Machida Zelvia), Yuki Kakita (28), Mao Hosoya (24, Kashiwa Reysol), Jermain Ryo (30, Sanfrecce Hiroshima), Shin Yamada (25, Kawasaki Frontale)
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
