The Japan Football Association on Thursday announced its squad of 23 members for the upcoming EAFF East Asian Cup 2015 in China in August.

Five members of the tournament-winning squad of 2013 feature in the list of J.League players called up, with defensive pair Tomoaki Makino of Urawa Reds and FC Tokyo’s Masato Morishige amongst the names.

Six of Japan’s representatives were drawn from 2014 J.League champions Gamba Osaka, with 2015 First Stage champions Urawa Reds contributing five and FC Tokyo adding another four.

Japan will look to defend their title against hosts China, South Korea and North Korea between August 2 and 9.

Below is Japan’s full squad:

GK

Masaaki Higashiguchi (Gamba Osaka)
Shusaku Nishikawa (Urawa Reds)
Shuichi Gonda (FC Tokyo)

DF

Hiroki Mizumoto (Sanfrecce Hiroshima)
Daiki Niwa (Gamba Osaka)
Tomoaki Makino (Urawa Reds)
Masato Morishige (FC Tokyo)
Kosuke Ota (FC Tokyo)
Koki Yonekura (Gamba Osaka)
Hiroki Fujiharu (Gamba Osaka)
Wataru Endo (Shonan Bellmare)

MF

Yosuke Kashiwagi (Urawa Reds)
Yuki Muto (Urawa Reds)
Hotaru Yamaguchi (Cerezo Osaka)
Takuji Yonemoto (FC Tokyo)
Shogo Taniguchi (Kawasaki Frontale)
Gaku Shibasaki (Kashima Antlers)

FW

Shinzo Koroki (Urawa Reds)
Shu Kurata (Gamba Osaka)
Kensuke Nagai (Nagoya Grampus)
Kengo Kawamata (Nagoya Grampus)
Takashi Usami (Gamba Osaka)
Takuma Asano (Sanfrecce Hiroshima)