After the Japan national football team announced their 26-man squad for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, Transfermarkt revealed the market values of the Samurai Blue players. Takefusa Kubo tops the squad with a market value of €30 million, while the total value of the 26-man squad reaches €263 million.

Japan national team World Cup squad market values according to Transfermarkt:

Goalkeepers

Tomoki Hayakawa (Kashima Antlers) — €1.5 million

Keisuke Osako (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) — €2 million

Zion Suzuki (Parma Calcio 1913) — €20 million

Defenders

Yuto Nagatomo (FC Tokyo) — €100,000

Shogo Taniguchi (Sint-Truidense V.V.) — €800,000

Ko Itakura (AFC Ajax) — €10 million

Tsuyoshi Watanabe (Feyenoord) — €10 million

Takehiro Tomiyasu (AFC Ajax) — €8 million

Hiroki Ito (FC Bayern Munich) — €18 million

Ayumu Seko (Le Havre AC) — €5 million

Yukinari Sugawara (SV Werder Bremen) — €7.5 million

Junnosuke Suzuki (FC Copenhagen) — €2 million

Midfielders / Forwards

Wataru Endo (Liverpool F.C.) — €5 million

Junya Ito (K.R.C. Genk) — €3.5 million

Daichi Kamada (Crystal Palace F.C.) — €12 million

Koki Ogawa (NEC Nijmegen) — €2.5 million

Daizen Maeda (Celtic F.C.) — €12 million

Ritsu Doan (Eintracht Frankfurt) — €20 million

Ayase Ueda (Feyenoord) — €15 million

Ao Tanaka (Leeds United F.C.) — €10 million

Keito Nakamura (Stade de Reims) — €9 million

Kaito Sano (1. FSV Mainz 05) — €25 million

Takefusa Kubo (Real Sociedad) — €30 million

Yuito Suzuki (SC Freiburg) — €18 million

Kento Shiogai (VfL Wolfsburg) — €8 million

Keisuke Goto (Sint-Truidense V.V.) — €8 million