Shinji Okazaki

World Cup Call-Up For Japan's Okazaki

Leicester City forward Shinji Okazaki has been named in Japan's 23-man squad for the FIFA World Cup.
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- Shinji Okazaki is named in Japan's FIFA World Cup squad
- The Leicester City man has 112 international caps to his name
- Japan have been drawn in Group H with Colombia, Senegal and Poland

Okazaki made his 112th cap for his country during Wednesday's 2-0 defeat by Ghana and will be on the plane to Russia later this summer.

Japan have been drawn in Group H alongside Colombia, Senegal and Poland, ahead of their first fixture, against José Pékerman's Colombians on Tuesday 19 June.

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

Defenders: Yuto Nagatomo (Galatasaray), Tomoaki Makino (Urawa Reds), Wataru Endo (Urawa Reds), Maya Yoshida (Southampton), Hiroki Sakai (Marseille), Gotoku Sakai (Hamburg), Gen Shoji (Kashima Antlers), Naomichi Ueda (Kashima Antlers)

Midfielders: Makoto Hasebe (Eintracht Frankfurt), Keisuke Honda (Pachuca), Takashi Inui (Eibar), Shinji Kagawa (Borussia Dortmund), Hotaru Yamaguchi (Cerezo Osaka), Genki Haraguchi (Fortuna Dusseldorf), Takashi Usami (Fortuna Dusseldorf), Gaku Shibasaki (Getafe), Ryota Oshima (Kawasaki Frontale)

Forwards: Shinji Okazaki (Leicester), Yuya Osako (Werder Bremen), Yoshinori Muto (Mainz)

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