Hidemasa Morita, Yuki Soma and Doan Aoi Tanaka come into the midfield with Takefusa Kubo and Junya Ito ruled out, while Ayase Ueda will start in place of Daizen Maeda.
Costa Rica coach Luis Suárez largely kept faith with the team, which suffered a humiliating 7–0 defeat at the hands of Spain in their group opener.
Gerson Torres comes in for Jerson Bennett in midfield, while Kendall Waston will line-up in a five-man defense in place of Carlos Martinez.