Team Japan, in preparation for the World Cup, will hold friendly matches against the teams of Mali and Ukraine (March 27).

Team coach Vahid Halilhodjic called on the matches of the Mexican player Pachuki Keisuke Honda, who was not used in the November national team matches.

Remained out of the claim injured Shinji Kagawa and Maya Yoshida, and Shinji Okazaki will continue to recover from injury in the club.

Goalkeepers:

Eiji Kawashima, Masaaki, Higashiguchi, Kosuke Nakamura Defenders: Yuto Nagatomo, Tomoaki Makino, Masato Morishige, Tomoy Ugadzin, Hiroki Sakai, Shintaro Kurumaya, Geng Shouji, Wataru Endo, Naomichi Ueda Midfielders: Makoto Haseba, Hotaru Yamaguchi, Riota Morioka, Gaku Sibasaki, Rota Oshima, Kento Misao Attackers: Keisuke Honda, Yu Kobayashi, Yuya Osako, Genki Naraguchi, Takashi Usami, Kenny Sugimoto, Yuya Kubo, Shoya Nakajima Note that at the World Championships, Japan was in the same group as Colombia, Senegal and Poland.