TOKYO, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) -- Forward Shuto Machino, who plays with Japanese first division side Shonan Bellmare, has replaced injured Huddersfield Town defender Yuta Nakayama to join Japan's World Cup squad, the Japan Football Association announced on Tuesday.
Machino won his first cap in the East Asian Football Federation E-1 Championship last July, and the 23-year-old was one of J-League's best strikers this season, scoring 13 goals to place second in the leading-scorer list.
Nakayama was forced to pull out of the World Cup in Qatar after suffering an Achilles injury in Huddersfield's 2-0 loss to Sunderland in the English Championship.
Japan head coach Hajime Moriyasu announced a 26-man squad for the World Cup last Tuesday.
Following is the revised squad:
Goalkeepers: Shuichi Gonda (Shimizu S-Pulse/Japan), Eiji Kawashima (Strasbourg/France), Daniel Schmidt (Sint-Truiden/Belgium)
Defenders: Yuto Nagatomo (FC Tokyo/Japan), Maya Yoshida (Schalke/Germany), Takehiro Tomiyasu (Arsenal/England), Hiroki Sakai (Urawa Reds/Japan), Shogo Taniguchi (Kawasaki Frontale/Japan), Ko Itakura (Borussia Moenchengladbach/Germany), Miki Yamane (Kawasaki Frontale/Japan), Hiroki Ito (Stuttgart/Germany)
Midfielders: Wataru Endo (Stuttgart/Germany), Hidemasa Morita (Sporting/Portugal), Ao Tanaka (Fortuna Dusseldorf/Germany), Daichi Kamada (Eintracht Frankfurt/Germany), Junya Ito (Reims/France), Kaoru Mitoma (Brighton/England), Takumi Minamino (Monaco/France), Yuki Soma (Nagoya Grampus/Japan), Gaku Shibasaki (Leganes/Spain), Takefusa Kubo (Real Sociedad/Spain), Ritsu Doan (Freiburg/Germany)
Forwards: Daizen Maeda (Celtic/Scotland), Takuma Asano (Bochum/Germany), Ayase Ueda (Cercle Brugge/Belgium), Shuto Machino (Shonan Bellmare/Japan)
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