Japan have announced the 25-man squad for the friendlies against Brazil and Belgium on November 10 and 14 respectively.
Notably, head coach Vahid Halilhodzic decided to omit star trio Shinji Kagawa, Shinji Okazaki and Keisuke Honda out of the squad.
Other notable absentees include Mainz striker Yoshinori Muto and Heerenveen midfielder Yuki Kobayashi.
Japan secured their ticket at next year’s World Cup with the top spot in Group B of Asia’s qualifying campaign for Russia 2018.
Full 25-man squad:
Goalkeepers: Eiji Kawashima (Metz), Masaaki Higashiguchi (Gamba Osaka), Shusaku Nishikawa (Urawa Red Diamonds)
Defenders: Yuto Nagatomo (Inter Milan), Tomoaki Makino (Urawa Red Diamonds), Maya Yoshida (Southampton), Hiroki Sakai (Marseille), Gotoku Sakai (Hamburg), Shintaro Kurumaya (Kawasaki Frontale), Gen Shoji (Kashima Antlers), Genta Miura (Gamba Osaka)
Midfielders: Makoto Hasebe (Eintracht Frankfurt), Shu Kurata (Gamba Osaka), Hotaru Yamaguchi (Cerezo Osaka), Ryota Morioka (Waasland-Beveren), Kazuki Nagasawa, Wataru Endo (both Urawa Red Diamonds), Yosuke Ideguchi (Gamba Osaka)
Forwards: Shinzo Koroki (Urawa Red Diamonds), Takashi Inui (Eibar), Yuya Osako (Cologne), Genki Haraguchi (Hertha Berlin), Kenyu Sugimoto (Cerezo Osaka), Yuya Kubo (Gent), Takuma Asano (Stuttgart)
