Former Clermont winger Kotaro Matsushima dropped to the bench as one of five changes in the Japan team named on Friday for the test with France in Toulouse.
Half-backs Takuya Yamasawa and Yutaka Nagare, winger Gerhard van den Heever and back-rower Tevita Tatafu also drop out of the starting line-up for Sunday's Autumn Nations Series game.
Scrum-half Noaoto Saito, fly-half Seungsin Lee, winger Siosaia Fifita, back-rower Pieter Labuschagne and Matsushima's replacement Shogo Nakano come in after last Saturday's loss to England.
Team (15-1)
Ryohei Yamanaka; Dylan Riley, Shogo Nakano, Ryoto Nakamura, Siosaia Fifita; Seungsin Lee, Naoto Saito; Kazuki Himeno, Pieter Labuschagne, Michael Leitch; Jack Cornelsen, Warner Dearns; Jiwon Gu, Atsushi Sakate (capt), Keita Inagaki
Replacements: Kosuke Horikoshi, Craig Millar, Shuhei Takeuchi, Wimpie van der Walt, Tevita Tatafu, Yutaka Nagare, Hayata Nakao, Kotaro Matsushima
Coach: Jamie Joseph (NZL)