Naohiro is pictured above during a 3-0 win against New Zealand in the
2003 Confederations Cup in France.
JAPAN 3:0 NEW ZEALAND (1:0) Nakamura (12, 75), Nakata (65). (18.06.03 Saint Denis)
Seigo Narazaki, Tsuneyasu Miyamoto, Keisuke Tsuboi, Nobuhisa Yamada, Junichi Inamoto,
Hidetoshi Nakata, Alessandro Santos, Yasuhito Endo, Shunsuke Nakamura, Yoshito Okubo,
Naohiro Takahara
.
JAPAN 1:2 FRANCE (0:1) Nakamura (59). (20.06.03 St Etienne)
Seigo Narazaki, Tsuneyasu Miyamoto, Keisuke Tsuboi, Nobuhisa Yamada, Junichi Inamoto (73 Koji Nakata),
Hidetoshi Nakata, Alessandro Santos, Yasuhito Endo, Shunsuke Nakamura (80 Mitsuo Ogasawara),
Yoshito Okubo, Naohiro Takahara
.
JAPAN 0:1 COLOMBIA (0:0) (22.06.03 St Etienne)
Seigo Narazaki, Tsuneyasu Miyamoto, Keisuke Tsuboi, Nobuhisa Yamada, Hidetoshi Nakata,
Mitsuo Ogasawara (74 Daisuke Matsui), Alessandro Santos, Koji Nakata, Yasuhito Endo (82 Daisuke Oku),
Yoshito Okubo (67 Yuichiro Nagai), Naohiro Takahara.