Wing Japan's oldest World Cup debutant
Japan coach Eddie Jones named his team for the Pool B match against the United States, at Kingsholm Stadium, Gloucester, on Sunday.
At 35 years and 289 days, Wing beats Shoji Ito, who was 34 years and 295 days when Japan played Scotland on 23 September.
Wing was a late injury withdrawal from the matchday 23 in Japan's World Cup 2015 opener against South Africa.
Jones has made four changes to the starting side that beat Samoa.
Hiroshi Yamashita replaces Kensuke Hatakeyama, who drops to the bench. Justin Ives takes over from Hitoshi Ono in the second row.
Male Sau is replaced by Wing in the centres, and Harumichi Tatekawa moves to outside centre to accommodate the switch. Yoshikazu Fujita comes in on the wing for Akihito Yamada, who drops out of the match-day 23.
Among the replacements, Shinya Makabe is the only change, as Ives moves into the starting XV.
The starting line-up contains 540 caps, Japan's third most experienced ever, with an average age of 29 years and 20 days.
Hitoshi Ono, who became Japan's oldest ever player against Samoa at 37 years and 150 days, drops out of the match-day 23.
Yoshikazu Fujita, Japan's youngest ever test cap winner when he played aged 18 years and 210 days against UAE in May 2012, will also make his World Cup debut. Fujita scored six tries on his test debut, an international record.
If Japan do not qualify for the knock-out phase, third-choice hooker Hiroki Yuhara and winger Toshiaki Hirose will be the only two players in the Japan squad not to have featured at the tournament. Neither have played in a World Cup before.
Ayumu Goromaru and Michael Leitch are the only two players in the Japan squad who have played all 240 minutes of their World Cup so far.
Goromaru needs two points to reach 700 test points. He also needs five points to reach 50 World Cup points.
Luke Thompson will play his 10th game for Japan in a World Cup, moving him to second in the all-time World Cup appearance list, behind Hirotiki Onozawa on 12.
Japan have two of their top six all-time try scorers in the team, in Yoshikazu Fujita (fourth) and Ryu Koliniasi Holani (sixth). Goromaru, as well as being Japan's leading points scorer of all time, is also joint-ninth on list and needs two to move into joint-eighth.
Japan have two players who could become their oldest try scorer at a World Cup: Thompson and Wing, who could beat George Konia's record of 34 years and 70 days from the 2003 clash with France.
Japan: 15 Ayumu Goromaru, 14 Yoshikazu Fujita, 13 Harumichi Tatekawa, 12 Craig Wing, 11 Kotaro Matsushima, 10 Kosei Ono, 9 Fumiaki Tanaka, 8 Ryu Koliniasi Holani, 7 Michael Broadhurst, 6 Michael Leitch (captain), 5 Justin Ives, 4 Luke Thompson, 3 Hiroshi Yamashita, 2 Shota Horie, 1 Keita Ingagaki.
Replacements: 16 Takeshi Kizu, 17 Masataka Mikami, 18 Kensuke Hatakeyama, 19 Shinya Makabe, 20 Amanaki Mafi, 21 Hendrik Tui, 22 Atsushi Hiwasa, 23 Karne Hesketh.
Date: Sunday, October 11
Venue: Kingsholm Stadium, Gloucester
Kick-off: 20.00 (19.99 GMT; 15.00 US eastern time; 04.00 Monday, October 12 Japan time)
Referee: Glen Jackson (New Zealand)
Assistant referees: John Lacey (Ireland), Federico Anselmi (Argentina)
TMO: Shaun Veldsman (South Africa)
