Group E
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JAPAN 1:0 CAMEROON (1:0) Honda (39). (14.06.10, Bloemfontein)
21-Eiji Kawashima, 3-Yuichi Komano, 22-Yuji Nakazawa, 4-Marcus Tulio Tanaka, 5-Yuto Nagatomo, 17-Makoto Hasebe (c) (20-Junichi Inamoto 88), 2-Yuki Abe, 7-Yasuhito Endo, 8-Daisuke Matsui (9-Shinji Okazaki 69), 18-Keisuke Honda, 16-Yoshito Okubo (12-Kisho Yano 82)
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JAPAN 0:1 NETHERLANDS (0:0) Honda (39). (19.06.10, Durban)
21-Eiji Kawashima, 3-Yuichi Komano, 22-Yuji Nakazawa, 4-Marcus Tulio Tanaka, 5-Yuto Nagatomo, 17-Makoto Hasebe (c) (11-Keiji Tamada 77), 2-Yuki Abe, 7-Yasuhito Endo, 8-Daisuke Matsui (10-Shunsuke Nakamura 64), 18-Keisuke Honda, 16-Yoshito Okubo (9-Shinji Okazaki 77)
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JAPAN 3:1 DENMARK (0:0) Honda (17), Endo (30), Okazaki (87). (24.06.10, Rustenburg)
21-Eiji Kawashima, 3-Yuichi Komano, 22-Yuji Nakazawa, 4-Marcus Tulio Tanaka, 5-Yuto Nagatomo, 17-Makoto Hasebe (c), 2-Yuki Abe, 7-Yasuhito Endo (20-Junichi Inamoto 91), 8-Daisuke Matsui (9-Shinji Okazaki 74), 18-Keisuke Honda, 16-Yoshito Okubo (15-Yasuyuki Konno 88)
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Last 16
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JAPAN 0:0 PARAGUAY a.e.t. - Paraguay won 5-3 on penalties (29.06.10, Pretoria)
21-Eiji Kawashima, 3-Yuichi Komano, 22-Yuji Nakazawa, 4-Marcus Tulio Tanaka, 5-Yuto Nagatomo, 17-Makoto Hasebe (c), 2-Yuki Abe (14-Kengo Nakamura 81), 7-Yasuhito Endo, 8-Daisuke Matsui (9-Shinji Okazaki 66), 18-Keisuke Honda, 16-Yoshito Okubo (11-Keiji Tamada 106)
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(Keisuke Honda is pictured during the group game against Cameroon at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. It was a memorable day for both player and country, Honda's 39th minute goal earning Japan their first ever World Cup finals win on foreign soil.)