{"id":442732,"date":"2026-05-15T08:05:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T08:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/442732\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T08:05:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T08:05:07","slug":"japan-at-fifa-world-cup-2026-all-players-full-squad-list-key-stats-and-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/442732\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan at FIFA World Cup 2026: All players, full squad list, key stats and schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Quick facts<\/p>\n<p>Captain: Endo Wataru\u00a0<br \/>\nManager: Moriyasu Hajime<br \/>\nWorld Cup appearances (including 2026): 8<br \/>\nBest World Cup result: Round of 16 (2002, 2010, 2018, 2022)<\/p>\n<p>FIFA World Cup 2026 \u2013 Japan\u2019s full squad<\/p>\n<p>Goalkeepers: Hayakawa Tomoki, Suzuki Zion, Osako Keisuke<\/p>\n<p>Defenders: Nagatomo Yuto, Taniguchi Shogo, Tomiyasu Takehiro, Itakura Ko, Watanabe Tsuyoshi, Hiroki Ito, Suzuki Junnosuke, Seko Ayumu, Sugawara Yukinari\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Midfielders &amp; forwards: Kamada Daichi, Sano Kaishu, Tanaka Ao, Endo Wataru, Nakamura Keito, Doan Ritsu, Ito Junya, Kubo Takefusa, Suzuki Yuito, Ueda Ayase, Ogawa Koki, Maeda Daizen, Shiogai Kento, Goto Keisuke<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Quick facts Captain: Endo Wataru\u00a0 Manager: Moriyasu Hajime World Cup appearances (including 2026): 8 Best World Cup result:&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":442733,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[85,46,105],"class_list":["post-442732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=442732"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442732\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/442733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=442732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=442732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=442732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}