WORLD CUP TEAM: JAPAN

15th June 2010

World Cup Football Boots: Japan

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Fifa Ranking: 45

Group: E

Path Ahead of the World Cup

Japan automatically qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup automatically, finishing second to Australia in the Asia qualifying group, although they didn’t do it spectacularly. A 3-2 away win over Bahrain was the only game in the qualifiers in which Japan scored more than one goal, with the rest of their points coming from 1-0 wins and draws.

Key Players

Shunsuke Nakamura and Keisuke Honda

Nakamura is a name that will be familiar to European football fans, as he became something of a cult hero in his time at Celtic. Established as technically gifted midfielder with a sweet left foot, Nakamura is a threat with crosses and set-pieces for the Samurai Blues.

Keisuke Honda is unconventional footballing hero, who is probably most famous for his incredible ‘No-Spin’ Freekick videos on YouTube. But that’s not to say he’s a one trick pony. Plying his trade at CSKA Moscow, Honda has proven himself a dedicated workman with an excellent touch and an eye for a finish.

The Gaffer

Japan’s head coach Takeshi Okada has been overtly critical of his Japan squad, claiming there is a shortage of Strikers and it’s very difficult for any 11 of his players to get goals. Because of this attitude, expect Japan to go one extreme or the other – playing an all out attack with 3 forwards, or a 4-5-1 that will allow his midfielders to try and get goals and break up play.

Prediction: Good enough to get out the group, but not past the round of 16


Article by Kyle. View all posts by Kyle.    
Updated: 23/05/12


Japan Squad Football Boots

Position Number Name Club Apps Goals Boot
GK 1 Seigo Narazaki Japan Nagoya Grampus 76 0 PowerCat 1.10 PUMA PowerCat 1.10
MD 2 Yuki Abe Japan Urawa Red Diamonds 46 3 Wave Ignitus
DF 3 Yūichi Komano Japan Júbilo Iwata 54 0 Para Mexico
DF 4 Marcus Tulio Tanaka Japan Nagoya Grampus 40 8 Tiempo Legend III Tiempo Legend III
DF 5 Yuto Nagatomo Japan F.C. Tokyo 27 3 T90 Laser III NIKE T90 Laser III
DF 6 Atsuto Uchida Germany FC Schalke 04 31 1 adiPure III ADIDAS adiPure III
MD 7 Yasuhito Endō Japan Gamba Osaka 95 8 Stealth Pro
MD 8 Daisuke Matsui France Grenoble Foot 38 24 1 v1.10 PUMA v1.10
FW 9 Shinji Okazaki Japan Shimizu S-Pulse 29 16 Morelia
MD 10 Shunsuke Nakamura Japan Yokohama F. Marinos 97 24 f50 adiZero ADIDAS f50 adiZero
FW 11 Keiji Tamada Japan Nagoya Grampus 70 16 Superfly II NIKE Superfly II
FW 12 Kisho Yano Japan Albirex Niigata 19 2 Predator_X ADIDAS Predator_X
MD 14 Kengo Nakamura Japan Kawasaki Frontale 47 5 Morelia
DF 15 Yasuyuki Konno Japan F.C. Tokyo 37 0 adiPure III ADIDAS adiPure III
FW 16 Yoshito Okubo Japan Vissel Kobe 50 5 CTR360 CTR360
MD 17 Makoto Hasebe Germany VfL Wolfsburg 32 1 PowerCat 1.10 PUMA PowerCat 1.10
MD 18 Keisuke Honda Russia PFC CSKA Moscow 16 5 Wave Ignitus
FW 19 Takayuki Morimoto Italy Calcio Catania 6 1 Predator_X ADIDAS Predator_X
MD 20 Junichi Inamoto Japan Kawasaki Frontale 81 5 T90 Laser III NIKE T90 Laser III
GK 21 Eiji Kawashima Japan Kawasaki Frontale 11 0 PowerCat 1.10 PUMA PowerCat 1.10
DF 22 Yuji Nakazawa Japan Yokohama F. Marinos 106 17 v1.10 PUMA v1.10
GK 23 Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (C) Japan Júbilo Iwata 116 0 Testimonial Testimonial

Most Popular - Japan Football Boots

Boot Quantity
PowerCat 1.10 PUMA PowerCat 1.10 3
adiPure III ADIDAS adiPure III 2
Wave Ignitus 2
T90 Laser III NIKE T90 Laser III 2
v1.10 PUMA v1.10 2
Morelia 2
Predator_X ADIDAS Predator_X 2
Testimonial Testimonial 1
Tiempo Legend III Tiempo Legend III 1
f50 adiZero ADIDAS f50 adiZero 1
Superfly II NIKE Superfly II 1
CTR360 CTR360 1
Para Mexico 1
Stealth Pro 1



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