Japan coach Javier Aguirre on Monday named a 23-man squad for next month's Asian Cup in Australia:

Goalkeepers - Eiji Kawashima (Standard Liege, Belgium), Masaaki Higashiguchi (Gamba Osaka), Shusaku Nishikawa (Urawa Reds)

Defenders - Yuto Nagatomo (Inter Milan, Italy), Masato Morishige (FC Tokyo), Kosuke Ota (FC Tokyo), Atsuto Uchida (Schalke 04, Germany), Tsukasa Shiotani (Sanfrecce Hiroshima), Maya Yoshida (Southampton, England), Gotoku Sakai (Stuttgart, Germany), Gen Shoji (Kashima Antlers)

Midfielders - Yasuhito Endo (Gamba Osaka), Yasuyuki Konno (Gamba Osaka), Makoto Hasebe (Eintracht Frankfurt, Germany), Shinji Kagawa (Borussia Dortmund, Germany), Hiroshi Kiyotake (Hannover 96, Germany), Gaku Shibasaki (Kashima Antlers)

Forwards - Yohei Toyoda (Sagan Tosu), Shinji Okazaki (FSV Mainz, Germany), Keisuke Honda (AC Milan, Italy), Yu Kobayashi (Kawasaki Frontale), Takashi Inui (Eintracht Frankfurt, Germany), Yoshinori Muto (FC Tokyo)