2006.05.15
Zico announced 23 men for Germany

GK
KAWAGUCHI Yoshikatsu - Jubilo Iwata. Played in 1998 France world cup. Played in Europe as Portsmouth (England) and FC Nordsjaelland (Denmark)
NARAZAKI Seigo - Nagoya Grampus Eight. Played in 2002 world cup. Another best GK.
DOI Yoichi - FC Tokyo. Eldest of the team.

DF
TANAKA Makoto - Jubilo Iwata. Thoughtful defender.
MIYAMOTO Tsuneyasu - Gamba Osaka. Captain. His style is accessible to laymen but difficult for professionals. 2002 squad.
SANTOS Alessandro - Urawa Reds. Brazil born left-winger. 2002 squad.
NAKAZAWA Yuji - Yokohama F-Marinos. One of the toughest defender in Japan.
Nakata Koji - FC Basel (Swiss). Moved from Kashima to Marseille using farfetched plan but had few chance. 2002 squad
TSUBOI Keisuke - Urawa Reds. SPEEDY defender. Zico's discovery.
KAJI Ryo - Gamba Osaka. Right winger / sideback specialist. Another Zico's discovery.
KOMANO Yuichi - Sanfrecche Hiroshima. Fortunate to join the team. Right back sub

MF
FUKUNISHI Takashi - Jubilo Iwata. Talented, physically strong defensive MF. 2002 squad.
NAKATA Hidetoshi - Bolton Wonderers (England). ex-Serie A player, Japanese leader. Played 1998 and 2002 WC.
NAKAMURA Shunsuke - Celtic FC (Scotland). Second-generation of Japanese Zico. He lost in 2002 selection. Went to Italy and then Scotland to scale up his talent.
GASARAWA Mitsuo - Kashima Antlers. Another talent. Compete a MF position with Ono.
INAMOTO Junichi - WBA (England). His two goals from 2002 WC were the legend.
ONO Shinji - Urawa Reds. Returned from Feyenoord. Sunshine of Japan.
ENDO Yatto - Gamba Osaka. Utility midfielder.

FW
YANAGISAWA Atsushi - Kashima Antlers. Returned back from scoreless Italy days. Althogh he is not Rooney, he was selected as he broke his leg recently.
TAKAHARA Naoyasu - HSV (Germany). Just moving to Frankfurt. 2002 top scorer, youngest record.
TAMADA Keiji - Nagoya Grampus Eight - Contributor of Asian Cup winner.
OGURO Masashi - Grenoble (France) - Never give up striker. He made Gamba Osaka won the 2005 league champion and moved to France.
Maki Seiichiro - Jef-United Ichihara Chiba. Last men to be selected. Aggressive striker.