With each passing day, more and more squads have started to release their World Cup squad selections to the public.
Countries like Ghana, Germany, and the United States still haven't trimmed their squad down to 23, while Korea already has their group all squared away for this June.
And now, Japan has joined that list, with former Serie A boss and current national team coach Alberto Zaccheroni announcing who he'll be taking to Brazil.
The 2002 World Cup co-hosts have been grouped with the Ivory Coast, Colombia, and Greece, which appears to be a potentially tricky group with the biggest threats by far being Didier Drogba's Ivory Coast and Radamel Falcao's Colombia.
This will be the fifth consecutive tournament for the Samurai Blue, and the team will be counting on the trio of Keisuke Honda, Shinji Kagawa, Yuto Nagatomo who ply their trades with Milan, Manchester United, and Inter respectively.
Japan have never made it past the round of 16, which they did in 2002 and again in 2010
Kagawa hasn't had the best season with Manchester United, but Japan will be counting on him
Honda has yet to fully find his footing with Milan, but will need to be in top form in Brazil
Here's the 23-man traveling party for Brazil:
Goalkeepers: Eiji Kawashima, Shusaku Nishikawa, Shuichi Gonda
Defenders: Masato Morishige, Yasuyuki Konno, Yuto Nagatomo, Maya Yoshida, Masahiko Inoha, Atsuto Uchida, Hiroki Sakai, Gotoku Sakai
Midfielders: Yasuhito Endo, Keisuke Honda, Shinji Kagawa, Makoto Hasebe, Hiroshi Kiyotake (FC Nuremberg), Hotaru Yamaguchi, Toshihiro Aoyama, Manabu Saito
Forwards: Shinji Okazaki, Yoichiro Kakitani, Yuya Osako, Yoshito Okubo
