Became known list of 27 players who can participate in the 2018 World Cup.

Coaching staff of the national team of Japan will screen four players after a friendly match against the national team of Ghana May 30.

Goalkeepers: Eiji Kawashima (Metz), Masaaki Higashiguchi (Gamba Osaka), Kosuke Nakamura (Kashiwa).

Defenders: Yuto Nagatomo (Galatasaray), Gotoku Sakai (Hamburg), Tomoaki Makino, Wataru Endo (both Urawa), Maya Yoshida (Southampton), Hiroki Sakai (Marseille), Naomiti Ueda, Gen Shoji (both Kasima).

Midfielders: Makoto Hasebe (Eintracht), Shinji Kagawa (Borussia D), Gaku Sibasaki (Getafe), Reta Oshima (Kawasaki), Toshihiro Aoyama (Hiroshima), Hotaru Yamaguchi (Cerezo Osaka), Keisuke Honda (Pacheco), Genki Haraguchi, Takashi Usami (both Dusseldorf), Kento Misao (Kasima), Takashi Inui (Eibar), Yosuke Ideugi (Leonese Culture).

Forwards: Shinji Okazaki (Leicester), Yuya Osako (Werder), Yosinori Muto (Mainz), Takuma Asano (Stuttgart).