March 20, 2004

Japan squad of 23 players

Goalkeepers

• Yoichi Doi (FC Tokyo)
• Seigo Narazaki (Nagoya Grampus Eight)
• Hitoshi Sogahata (Kashima Antlers)

Defenders

• Atsuhiro Miura (Tokyo Verdy)
• Tsuneyasu Miyamoto (Gamba Osaka)
• Alex (Urawa Reds)
• Yuji Nakazawa (Yokohama F-Marinos)
• Keisuke Tsuboi (Urawa Reds)
• Akira Kaji (FC Tokyo)
• Mitsuru Nagata (Kashiwa Reysol)

Midfielders

• Toshiya Fujita (Jubilo Iwata)
• Takashi Fukunishi (Jubilo Iwata)
• Hidetoshi Nakata (Bologna, Italy)
• Shunsuke Nakamura (Reggina, Italy)
• Junichi Inamoto (Fulham, England)
• Shinji Ono (Feyenoord, Netherlands)
• Yasuhito Endo (Gamba Osaka)
• Norihiro Nishi (Jubilo Iwata)

Forwards

• Takayuki Suzuki (Heusden-Zolder, Belgium)
• Atsushi Yanagisawa (Sampdoria, Italy)
• Naohiro Takahara (Hamburg, Germany)
• Masashi Motoyama (Kashima Antlers)
• Keiji Tamada (Kashiwa Reysol)