2015 AFC Asian Cup squads
No Pos Player Date of birth ( age ) Caps Goals Club
1 1 GK Eiji Kawashima ( 1983-03-20 ) 20 March 1983 ( aged 31 ) 64 0 Standard Liège
2 2 DF Naomichi Ueda ( 1994-10-24 ) 24 October 1994 ( aged 20 ) 0 0 Kashima Antlers
3 2 DF Kosuke Ota ( 1987-07-23 ) 23 July 1987 ( aged 27 ) 3 0 FC Tokyo
4 3 MF Keisuke Honda ( 1986-06-13 ) 13 June 1986 ( aged 28 ) 65 24 Milan
5 2 DF Yuto Nagatomo ( 1986-09-12 ) 12 September 1986 ( aged 28 ) 76 3 Internazionale
6 2 DF Masato Morishige ( 1987-05-21 ) 21 May 1987 ( aged 27 ) 17 1 FC Tokyo
7 3 MF Yasuhito Endō ( 1980-01-28 ) 28 January 1980 ( aged 34 ) 148 14 Gamba Osaka
8 3 MF Hiroshi Kiyotake ( 1989-11-12 ) 12 November 1989 ( aged 25 ) 26 1 Hannover 96
9 4 FW Shinji Okazaki ( 1986-04-16 ) 16 April 1986 ( aged 28 ) 84 40 Mainz 05
10 3 MF Shinji Kagawa ( 1989-03-17 ) 17 March 1989 ( aged 25 ) 63 19 Borussia Dortmund
11 4 FW Yōhei Toyoda ( 1985-04-11 ) 11 April 1985 ( aged 29 ) 6 1 Sagan Tosu
12 1 GK Shusaku Nishikawa ( 1986-06-18 ) 18 June 1986 ( aged 28 ) 15 0 Urawa Red Diamonds
13 4 FW Yu Kobayashi ( 1987-09-23 ) 23 September 1987 ( aged 27 ) 2 0 Kawasaki Frontale
14 4 FW Yoshinori Muto ( 1992-07-15 ) 15 July 1992 ( aged 22 ) 6 1 FC Tokyo
15 2 DF Yasuyuki Konno ( 1983-01-25 ) 25 January 1983 ( aged 31 ) 84 2 Gamba Osaka
16 2 DF Tsukasa Shiotani ( 1988-12-05 ) 5 December 1988 ( aged 26 ) 2 0 Sanfrecce Hiroshima
17 3 MF Makoto Hasebe ( c ) ( 1984-01-18 ) 18 January 1984 ( aged 30 ) 83 2 Eintracht Frankfurt
18 3 MF Takashi Inui ( 1988-06-02 ) 2 June 1988 ( aged 26 ) 14 2 Eintracht Frankfurt
19 2 DF Gen Shoji ( 1992-12-11 ) 11 December 1992 ( aged 22 ) 0 0 Kashima Antlers
20 3 MF Gaku Shibasaki ( 1992-05-28 ) 28 May 1992 ( aged 22 ) 4 1 Kashima Antlers
Group D -- Japan
Coach : Javier Aguirre The final squad was announced on 15 December 2014 . [ 21 ] However , defender Atsuto Uchida sustained injury afterwards and was replaced by Naomichi Ueda .
The 2015 AFC Asian Cup is an international football tournament that was held in Australia from 9 to 31 January 2015. The 16 national teams involved in the tournament are required to register a squad of 23 players, including three goalkeepers. Only players in these squads are eligible to take part in the tournament. Before announcing their final squad, several teams named a provisional squad of 23 to 30 players, but each country's final squad of 23 players had to be submitted by 30 December 2014. Replacement of injured players was permitted until 6 hours before the team's first Asian Cup game. Players marked (c) were named as captain for their national squad. Number of caps counts until the start of the tournament, including all FIFA-recognized pre-tournament friendlies. Player's age is their age on the opening day of the tournament.