Four Grampi Called Up for Japan Training Camp

Japan manager Takeshi Okada has called up four players from Nagoya (Narazaki, Tulio, Kanazaki and Tamada) for the training camp ahead of the friendly against Venezuela early next month. The squad also includes Cerezo's Shinji Kagawa, who missed the recent trip to Yemen due to his foot operation, and Vissel's Yoshito Okubo.

Keepers

Seigo Narazaki (Grampus), Eiji Kawasaki (Kawasaki Frontale), Shusaku Nishikawa (Sanfrecce Hiroshima)

Defenders

Yuji Nakazawa (Yokohama Marinos), Tulio (Grampus), Yuichi Komano (Jubilo Iwata), Daiki Iwamasa (Kashima Antlers), Yasuyuki Konno (FC Tokyo), Yuhei Tokunaga (FC Tokyo), Yuto Nagatomo (FC Tokyo), Atsuto Uchida (Kashima Antlers), Taisuke Muramatsu (Shonan Bellmare)

Midfielders

Mitsuo Ogasawara (Kashima Antlers), Yasuhito Endo (Gamba Osaka), Kengo Nakamura (Kawasaki Frontale), Naohiro Ishikawa (FC Tokyo), Yuki Abe (Urawa Reds), Yoshito Okubo (Vissel Kobe), Mu Kanazaki (Grampus), Shinji Kagawa (Cerezo Osaka)

Strikers

Keiji Tamada (Grampus), Hisato Sato (Sanfrecce Hiroshima), Sota Hirayama (FC Tokyo), Shinji Okazaki (Shimizu S-Pulse), Shinzo Koroki (Kashima Antlers)

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