"We are in excellent shape and I hope we will come as one [onto the pitch]. Tomorrow we will try to show our teamwork and we are confident we'll be able to do it. We have a new head coach, and we had to build up our team again, but I think we are well prepared for tomorrow's game," Hasebe told journalists.

The 34-year-old added that he believed their opponents Colombia were a well-organized team and a tough rival, so Tuesday's game will be very difficult.

Japan will kick off their World Cup campaign against Colombia at the 42,000-seater Mordovia Arena in Saransk on Tuesday before also taking on Senegal and Poland in their other two Group H matches.