On the 28th, the Japan national soccer team, which is preparing for the FIFA World Cup 2026 North and Central America Tournament (starting June 11th), held its third day of training camp at the Prince Takamado Memorial JFA Dream Field in Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture, where they worked up a sweat and made adjustments by playing mini-games with 16 players. Captain midfielder Wataru Endo (33, Liverpool), who newly joined the training camp, said in an interview, “Personally, I think this is the starting line.”[Japan National Team FIFA World Cup 2026 North and Central America Tournament Selected Members]GK Yuki Hayakawa (Kashima Antlers) Keisuke Osako (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Ayane Suzuki (Parma) DF Yuto Nagatomo (FC Tokyo) Shogo Taniguchi (Sint-Truiden) Akira Itakura (Ajax) Tsuyoshi Watanabe (Feyenoord) Takehiro Tomiyasu (Ajax) Hiroki Ito (Bayern) Ayumu Seko (Le Havre) Yuse Sugawara (Bremen) Junnosuke Suzuki (Copenhagen) MF/FW Wataru Endo (Liverpool) Junya Ito (Genk) Daichi Kamata (Crystal Palace) Koki Ogawa (Nijmegen) Daenen Maeda (Celtic) Ritsu Doan (Frankfurt) Kiyo Ueda (Feyenoord) Aoi Tanaka (Leeds) Keito Nakamura (Stade Reims) Kaishu Sano (Mainz) Takefusa Kubo (Real Sociedad) Yuito Suzuki (Freiburg) Kento Shiogai (Wolfsburg) Keisuke Goto (Sint-Truiden)
![[Japan National Soccer Team]MF Wataru Endo ``This is the starting line'' After returning from injury, eager to play in the World Cup Joins Japan national team training camp | FIFA World Cup 2026 North and Central America Tournament](https://www.jp2021.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/1780018804_maxresdefault.jpg "[Japan National Soccer Team]MF Wataru Endo “This is the starting line” After returning from injury, eager to play in the World Cup Joins Japan national team training camp | FIFA World Cup 2026 North and Central America Tournament")
JP2021.COM