Japan coach Zico on Thursday named Bolton Wanderers midfielder Hidetoshi Nakata and Celtic playmaker Shunsuke Nakamura to a full-strength squad for the Asian champions' upcoming friendly with Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Messina striker Atsushi Yanagisawa, who is set to return to Kashima Antlers on loan from the Italian Serie A side, was also named among eight European-based players in the 24-man squad for the Feb. 28 friendly in Germany.
However, there was no place in the squad for World Cup hopefuls Seiichiro Maki (JEF United Chiba), Makoto Hasebe (Urawa Reds) and Hisato Sato (Sanfrecce Hiroshima).
Japan depart for Bonn on Saturday and will hold a short training camp before moving to Dortmund to face the Bosnians, who failed to qualify for this summer's World Cup finals.
Japan have been drawn with Australia, Croatia and holders Brazil in first-round Group F at the World Cup.
The squad:
Goalkeepers -- Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (Jubilo Iwata), Takashi Shimoda (Sanfrecce Hiroshima), Ryota Tsuzuki (Urawa Reds)
Defenders -- Makoto Tanaka (Jubilo Iwata), Tsuneyasu Miyamoto (Gamba Osaka), Alessandro Santos (Urawa Reds), Yuji Nakazawa (Yokohama F Marinos), Koji Nakata (FC Basel), Keisuke Tsuboi (Urawa Reds), Akira Kaji (Gamba Osaka) Yuichi Komano (Sanfrecce Hiroshima), Teruyuki Moniwa (FC Tokyo)
Midfielders -- Takashi Fukunishi (Jubilo Iwata), Hidetoshi Nakata (Bolton Wanderers), Shunsuke Nakamura (Celtic), Mitsuo Ogasawara (Kashima Antlers), Junichi Inamoto (West Bromwich Albion), Shinji Ono (Urawa Reds), Yasuhito Endo (Gamba Osaka), Daisuke Matsui (Le Mans)
Forwards -- Tatsuhiko Kubo (Yokohama F Marinos), Atsushi Yanagisawa (Messina), Naohiro Takahara (Hamburg SV), Masashi Oguro (Grenoble)