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Laryea Kingston of Ghana passes Japan's Ryoichi Maeda, center, and Yuichi Komano, right, during the international friendly soccer match in at Galgewaard stadium in Utrecht, central Netherlands, Wednesday Sept. 9, 2009. Japan won the match with a 4-3 score.

Japan's Yuichi Komano (L) fights for the ball with Ghana's Isaac Vorsah during their friendly soccer match in Utrecht September 9, 2009.

Japan's Yuichi Komano (L) fights for the ball with Ghana's Draman Haminu during their friendly soccer match in Utrecht September 9, 2009.

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UTRECHT, NETHERLANDS - SEPTEMBER 09: Yuichi Komano of Japan and Sulley Muntari of Ghana compete for the ball during the international friendly match between Ghana and Japan at Stadion Galgenwaard on September 9, 2009 in Utrecht, Netherlands.

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Japan's Yuichi Komano (R) avoids a tackle by Hong Kong players during their Group A Asian Cup qualifying football match at Hong Kong stadium on November 18, 2009.

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Japan's Yuichi Komano, right, battles for the ball with Hong Kong's Chan Siu-ki during the AFC Asian Cup 2011 qualifying in Hong Kong Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009.

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PORT ELIZABETH, SOUTH AFRICA - NOVEMBER 14: Yuichi Komano of Japan looks on the international friendly match between South Africa and Japan at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium on November 14, 2009 in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.

South Africa's Benni McCarthy (L) fights for the ball with Yuichi Komano of Japan during their international friendly soccer match at the Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth November 14, 2009.

South Africa's Benni McCathy (L) fights for the ball with Yuichi Komano of Japan during their international friendly soccer match at the Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth November 14, 2009.

Yuichi Komano of Japan (R) fights for the ball with Teko Modise of South Africa during their international friendly soccer match at the Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth November 14, 2009.

Yuichi Komano of Japan (R) fights for the ball with Teko Modise of South Africa during their international friendly soccer match at the Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth November 14, 2009.

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Members of Japan's national soccer team and coach Takeshi Okada, wearing gray suit in front center, pose for a photo session during the public unveiling event of their new uniforms designed for 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, in Tokyo, Japan, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009.

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Japan's national soccer team coach Takeshi Okada, second right in front row, smiles with his players during the public unveiling event of their uniform designed for 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, in Tokyo, Japan, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009.

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Japan's midfielder Keisuke Honda (20) is congratulated by his teammate Yuichi Komano (3) after scoring a goal against Scotland at the Kirin Challenge Cup friendly soccer match in Yokohama, Japan, Saturday, Oct. 10, 2009. Japan won the match 2-0.

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Japan's starting football players (top L-R) Shusaku Nishikawa, Makoto Hasebe, Shunsuke Nakamura, Yuji Nakazawa, Marcus Tulio Tanaka, and (bottom L-R) Yuichi Komano, Yuto Nagatomo, Yasuhito Endo, Shinji Okazaki, Yoshito Okubo and Keiji Tamada pose for photographers prior to their Asian C...

Japan's national soccer team members pose prior to their Asian Cup qualifier against Hong Kong in Shizuoka, southwest of Tokyo, October 8, 2009.

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Hong Kong's Lam Ka Wai, right, charges Japan's Yuichi Komano during their Asian Cup 2011 final round qualifying soccer match in Shizuoka, west of Tokyo, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2009.

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Chile's forward Jean Beausejour, right, and Japan's defender Yuichi Komano vie for the ball during their friendly soccer match at the Kirin Cup in Osaka, western Japan, Wednesday, May 27, 2009.