Japan
Formed: 1921 Manager: Alberto Zaccheroni [ITA]
| Number | Name | Nat | Pos | Height | Weight | Date of Birth | Birth Place | Current Club |
| 1 | Eiji Kawashima | JPN | G | 1.85 | 80 | 20-03-83 | Saitama | Standard Liège |
| 2 | Masahiko Inoha | JPN | D | 1.79 | 73 | 28-08-85 | Miyazaki | Júbilo Iwata |
| 3 | Gotoku Sakai | JPN | D | 1.75 | 72 | 14-03-91 | New York | Stuttgart |
| 4 | Keisuke Honda | JPN | M | 1.82 | 75 | 13-06-86 | Osaka | CSKA Moscow |
| 5 | Yuto Nagatomo | JPN | D | 1.70 | 65 | 12-09-86 | Ehime | Internazionale |
| 6 | Atsuto Uchida | JPN | D | 1.76 | 62 | 27-03-88 | Shizuoka | Schalke |
| 7 | Yasuhito Endo | JPN | M | 1.78 | 75 | 28-01-80 | Kagoshima | Gamba Osaka |
| 8 | Hiroshi Kiyotake | JPN | M | 1.72 | 63 | 12-11-89 | Oita | Nürnberg |
| 9 | Shinji Okazaki | JPN | F | 1.73 | 70 | 16-04-86 | Hyogo | Stuttgart |
| 10 | Shinji Kagawa | JPN | M | 1.72 | 63 | 17-03-89 | Hyogo | Manchester U |
| 11 | Mike Havenaar | JPN | F | 1.94 | 81 | 20-05-87 | Hiroshima | Vitesse |
| 12 | Shusaku Nishikawa | JPN | G | 1.83 | 79 | 18-06-86 | Oita | Sanfrecce Hiroshima |
| 13 | Hajime Hosogai | JPN | M | 1.77 | 64 | 10-06-86 | Gumma | Bayer Leverkusen |
| 14 | Kengo Nakamura | JPN | M | 1.75 | 67 | 31-10-80 | Tokyo | Kawasaki Frontale |
| 15 | Yasuyuki Konno | JPN | D | 1.78 | 73 | 25-01-83 | Miyagi | Gamba Osaka |
| 16 | Yuzo Kurihara | JPN | D | 1.84 | 80 | 18-09-83 | Yokohama | Yokohama F Marinos |
| 17 | Makoto Hasebe | JPN | M | 1.77 | 65 | 18-01-84 | Shizuoka | Wolfsburg |
| 18 | Ryoichi Maeda | JPN | F | 1.83 | 80 | 09-10-81 | Hyogo | Júbilo Iwata |
| 19 | Takashi Inui | JPN | M | 1.69 | 59 | 02-06-88 | Shiga | Eintracht Frankfurt |
| 20 | Hideto Takahashi | JPN | D | 1.82 | 74 | 17-10-87 | Gumma | FC Tokyo |
| 21 | Hiroki Sakai | JPN | D | 1.83 | 70 | 12-04-90 | Nagano | Hannover 96 |
| 22 | Maya Yoshida | JPN | D | 1.86 | 78 | 24-08-88 | Nagasaki | Southampton |
| 23 | Shuichi Gonda | JPN | G | 1.87 | 82 | 03-03-89 | Tokyo | FC Tokyo |