Netherlands: Virgil van Dijk 51′, Crysencio Summerville 64′
Japan: Keito Nakamura 57′, Daichi Kamada 88′
AFC · Group F
Japan World Cup 2026
Japan represent Asia in Group F, alongside Netherlands, Sweden, Tunisia. Explore the 26-player squad and the team's recorded tournament results below.
Japan squad
1Zion SuzukiGKParma2002
2Yukinari SugawaraDFSV Werder Bremen2000
3Shōgo TaniguchiDFSint-Truiden VV1991
4Kō ItakuraDFAFC Ajax1997
5Yūto NagatomoDFFC Tokyo1986
6Wataru EndoMFBorussia Mönchengladbach1993
7Ao TanakaMFLeeds United FC1998
8Takefusa KuboMFReal Sociedad2001
9Keisuke GotōFWSint-Truiden VV2005
10Ritsu DōanMFEintracht Frankfurt1998
11Daizen MaedaMFCeltic FC1997
12Keisuke ŌsakoGKSanfrecce Hiroshima1999
13Keito NakamuraMFStade Reims2000
14Junya ItōMFKRC Genk1993
15Daichi KamadaMFCrystal Palace FC1996
16Tsuyoshi WatanabeDFFeyenoord Rotterdam1997
17Yuito SuzukiMFSC Freiburg2001
18Ayase UedaFWFeyenoord Rotterdam1998
19Kōki OgawaFWNEC Nijmegen1997
20Ayumu SekoDFLe Havre AC2000
21Hiroki ItōDFFC Bayern München1999
22Takehiro TomiyasuDFAFC Ajax1998
23Tomoki HayakawaGKKashima Antlers1999
24Kaishū SanoMF1. FSV Mainz 052000
25Junnosuke SuzukiDFFC København2003
26Kento ShiogaiFWVfL Wolfsburg2005
Japan fixtures and results
Japan: Daichi Kamada 4′, Ayase Ueda 31′, Ayase Ueda 83′, Junya Ito 69′
Japan: Daizen Maeda 56′
Sweden: Anthony Elanga 62′
Brazil: Casemiro 56′, Gabriel Martinelli 90+5′
Japan: Kaishu Sano 29′