Tallest: 1 · 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 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 57.1% |
| Without them | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 8 | 66.7% |
| Abdallah Deeb | Jordan | 1 |
| Agnel Flores | Venezuela | 1 |
| Ahmad Alzugheir | Jordan | 1 |
| Akmal Saburov | Tajikistan | 1 |
| Alexander González | Venezuela | 1 |
| Alexander Shadrin | Uzbekistan | 1 |
| Alisher Tuychiev | Tajikistan | 1 |
| Amer Deeb | Jordan | 1 |
| Amer Sabbah | Jordan | 1 |
| Andrés Túñez | Venezuela | 1 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
Nothing here.
| 24 Feb 2012 | v Iceland | 3–1 | 53′ | — | Winning goal | 2–0 | Friendly |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 15 Aug 2012 | v Venezuela | 1–1 | came on 77′ | 13 | — | — | Friendly |
| 29 Feb 2012 | v Uzbekistan | 0–1 | started, off 60′ | 60 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2012 |
| 24 Feb 2012 | v Iceland | 3–1 | started, off 64′ | 64 | 1 | — | Friendly |
| 11 Oct 2011 | v Tajikistan | 8–0 | came on 77′ | 13 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2011 |
| 7 Oct 2011 | v Vietnam | 1–0 | started | 90 | — | — | Friendly |
| 29 Jan 2011 | v Australia | 1–0 | started, off 56′ | 56 | — | — | AFC Asian Cup 2011 · Final |
| 9 Jan 2011 | v Jordan | 1–1 | came on 90′ | 1 | — | — | 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.