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Zico on Monday named his 23-man squad that will represent Japan at the World Cup in Germany.
In preparing his team for the World Cup, Zico had relied almost exclusively on players on J.League teams.
But in making up his final squad, Zico turned to the likes of Hidetoshi Nakata, Shunsuke Nakamura and Naohiro Takahara, who all played in European leagues this season.
After training in Fukushima, the team leaves for Germany May 26.

Japan squad......
Goalkeepers.....
Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi, Seigo Narazaki, Yoichi Doi.
Defenders.....
Tsuneyasu Miyamoto, Makoto Tanaka, Yuji Nakazawa,Alessandro Santos, Keisuke Tsuboi,Akira Kaji,Yuichi Komano,Koji Nakata 
Midfielders.....
Hidetoshi Nakata,Shunsuke Nakamura,Takashi Fukunishi,Mitsuo Ogasawara,Junichi Inamoto,Shinji Ono,Yasuhito Endo.
Strikers.....
Atsushi Yanagisawa,Naohiro Takahara,Masashi Oguro,Keiji Tamada,Seiichiro Maki.