"Since my injury, I've done everything I possibly could up to this point, so I have no regrets whatsoever," Endo said in a social media post.

"With this campaign, I will be retiring from the national team. So from here on, I'll be cheering for the Japan national team as one of the fans."

Endo has been replaced by Borussia Moenchengladbach striker Shuto Machino, the Japan Football Association said in a statement.

Japan are in Group F and kick off their campaign against the Netherlands on Sunday before taking on Tunisia and Sweden.