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The main players of the current Japan national team are Honda, Kagawa , Nagatomo, Uchida, Okazaki, Yoshida and etc….
All of tham are Beijing Olympic(2008) generation(born in 1985-1989)
This generation was called “the bottom-generation”,Because there is no star player among them
In fact, U-23 Japan national team lost all match on Beijing Olympic
vs U.S.A(0-1) vs Nigeria (1-2) vs Nederland (0-1)

But they kept training hard and many of them go to Europe
And came back to national team as more tough player
Japan national team win group stage and advance to knock-out phase in 2010 world cup
Moreover they win 2011 Asian Cup

Keisuke Honda : Nagoya Grampus→VVV Venlo (Nederland)→CSKA Moscow
Eerste Divisie MVP 2008-2009 Russian Cup 2010-2011 CL best8 2009-2010

Shinji Kagawa : Cerezo Osaka→Borussia Dortmund
Bundesliga 2010-2011

Yuto Nagatomo : FC Tokyo→Cesena (Italy)→Inter Mlan
Coppa Italia 2010-2011 CL best8 2010-2011

Atsuto Uchida : Kashima Antlers→Schalke 04
DFB-Pokal 2010-2011 CL best4 2010-2011

Shinji Okazaki : Shimizu S-Puls→VfB Stuttgart
Maya Yoshida : Nagoya Grampus→VVV Venlo
Hajime Hosogai : Urawa Reds→FC Augsburg
Mitihiro Yasuda : Gamba Osaka→SBV Vitesse Arnhem (Nederland)
Takayuki Morimoto : Tokyo Verdy 1969→Calcio Catania(Seria A)→Novara Calcio(Seria A)
Tadanari Lee : Sanfrecce Hiroshima→Southampton Football Club
and etc

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