Tokyo: Borussia Dortmund's Shinji Kagawa has been named in Japan's 23-man squad for next month's Asian Cup.
Kagawa was one of eight Europe-based players named by Japan coach Alberto Zaccheroni for the January 7-29 continental championship in Qatar.
Zaccheroni left out Catania's Takayuki Morimoto, who had left-knee surgery following Sunday's match against Brescia, and veteran defender Yuji Nakazawa, who is also nursing a knee injury.
Japan will open its Asian Cup campaign on January 9 against Jordan.
Japan has won the Asian Cup three times.
Squad:
Goalkeepers: Eiji Kawashima (Lierse SK), Shusaku Nishikawa (Sanfrecce Hiroshima), Shuichi Gonda (FC Tokyo)
Defenders: Daiki Iwamasa (Kashima Antlers), Yasuyuki Konno (Tokyo), Masahiko Inoha (Antlers), Yuto Nagatomo (Cesena), Tomoaki Makino (Sanfrecce), Atsuto Uchida (Schalke 04), Maya Yoshida (VVV Venlo), Gotoku Sakai (Albirex Niigata)
Midfileders: Yasuhito Endo (Gamba Osaka), Daisuke Matsui (Tom Tomsk), Makoto Hasebe (Wolfsburg), Jungo Fujimoto (Shimizu S-Pulse), Takuya Honda (S-Pulse), Hajime Hosogai (Urawa Reds), Keisuke Honda (CSKA Moscow), Yosuke Kashiwagi (Reds), Shinji Kagawa (Borussia Dortmund)
Forwards: Ryoichi Maeda (Jubilo Iwata), Tadanari Lee (Sanfrecce), Shinji Okazaki (S-Pulse)
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