Tallest: 2 · Year
By quarter-hour; stoppage time counts as the 45th or 90th minute.
Tallest: 1 · Minute
Japan's matches with known line-ups from their first recorded cap to their last.
| With them | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 62.5% |
| Without them | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 71.4% |
| Anzur Ismailov | Uzbekistan | 2 |
| Aziz Haydarov | Uzbekistan | 2 |
| Ignatiy Nesterov | Uzbekistan | 2 |
| Timur Kapadze | Uzbekistan | 2 |
| Abdallah Deeb | Jordan | 1 |
| Ahmad Alzugheir | Jordan | 1 |
| Akmal Saburov | Tajikistan | 1 |
| Aleksandr Geynrikh | Uzbekistan | 1 |
| Alexander Shadrin | Uzbekistan | 1 |
| Alisher Tuychiev | Tajikistan | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 7 Oct 2011 | v Vietnam | 1–0 | 24′ | — | Winning goal | 1–0 | Friendly |
| 29 Jan 2011 | v Australia | 1–0 | 109′ | — | Winning goal | 1–0 | AFC Asian Cup 2011 · Final |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 29 Feb 2012 | v Uzbekistan | 0–1 | came on 66′ | 24 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2012 |
| 11 Oct 2011 | v Tajikistan | 8–0 | came on 49′ | 41 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2011 |
| 7 Oct 2011 | v Vietnam | 1–0 | started | 90 | 1 | — | Friendly |
| 6 Sep 2011 | v Uzbekistan | 1–1 | started, off 65′ | 65 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2011 |
| 2 Sep 2011 | v North Korea | 1–0 | started, off 70′ | 70 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2011 |
| 10 Aug 2011 | v South Korea | 3–0 | started | 90 | — | — | Friendly |
| 29 Jan 2011 | v Australia | 1–0 | came on 98′ | 22 | 1 | — | AFC Asian Cup 2011 · Final |
| 9 Jan 2011 | v Jordan | 1–1 | came on 46′ | 44 | — | — | AFC Asian Cup 2011 · Group stage |
Caps, goals and cards count what the sources record: line-ups from about 2003 (World Cups from 1970, friendlies from about 2016), and few scorers in older friendlies — so career totals run low.