Japan 2002 World Cup squad
Japan's 2002 World Cup squad, rated player by player. The standouts: Junichi Inamoto, Hidetoshi Nakata, Hiroaki Morishima. Here's the full 23-man squad — then build your own all-time World Cup XI.
| Player | Position | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| Junichi Inamoto | MID | 82 |
| Hidetoshi Nakata | MID | 75 |
| Hiroaki Morishima | MID | 74 |
| Takayuki Suzuki | FWD | 71 |
| Seigo Narazaki | GK | 71 |
| Naoki Matsuda | DEF | 70 |
| Kōji Nakata | DEF | 70 |
| Tsuneyasu Miyamoto | DEF | 70 |
| Shinji Ono | MID | 68 |
| Kazuyuki Toda | MID | 68 |
| Tomokazu Myojin | MID | 67 |
| Daisuke Ichikawa | MID | 67 |
| Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi | GK | 66 |
| Alessandro Santos | MID / DEF | 66 |
| Hitoshi Sogahata | GK | 66 |
| Ryuzo Morioka | DEF | 65 |
| Toshihiro Hattori | MID / DEF | 65 |
| Atsushi Yanagisawa | FWD | 65 |
| Takashi Fukunishi | MID | 65 |
| Mitsuo Ogasawara | MID | 65 |
| Yutaka Akita | DEF | 64 |
| Akinori Nishizawa | FWD | 64 |
| Masashi Nakayama | FWD | 64 |
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