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 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 45 | 16 | 61.1% |
| Without them | 28 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 57 | 28 | 64.3% |
| Abdelrazaq Al Hussain | Syria | 2 |
| Chanathip Songkrasin | Thailand | 2 |
| Chhin Chhoeun | Cambodia | 2 |
| Hamdi Al-Massri | Syria | 2 |
| Ibrahim Alma | Syria | 2 |
| Kawin Thamsatchanan | Thailand | 2 |
| Keo Sokpheng | Cambodia | 2 |
| Koravit Namwiset | Thailand | 2 |
| Laboravy Khuon | Cambodia | 2 |
| Mahmood Al Mawas | Syria | 2 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 3 Jun 2016 | v Bulgaria | 7–2 | 57′ | — | Extended lead | 6–0 | Kirin Cup 2016 |
| 8 Oct 2015 | v Syria | 3–0 | 88′ | — | Extended lead | 3–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 2015 |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 26 Mar 2019 | v Bolivia | 1–0 | started, off 61′ | 61 | — | — | Kirin Challenge Cup 2019 |
| 28 Jun 2018 | v Poland | 0–1 | started, off 65′ | 65 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2018 · Group stage |
| 24 Jun 2018 | v Senegal | 2–2 | came on 87′ | 3 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2018 · Group stage |
| 12 Jun 2018 | v Paraguay | 4–2 | came on 79′ | 11 | — | — | Friendly |
| 8 Jun 2018 | v Switzerland | 0–2 | started, off 55′ | 55 | — | — | Friendly |
| 30 May 2018 | v Ghana | 0–2 | started, off 45′ | 45 | — | — | Friendly |
| 27 Mar 2018 | v Ukraine | 1–2 | came on 87′ | 3 | — | — | Friendly |
| 23 Mar 2018 | v Mali | 1–1 | started, off 60′ | 60 | — | — | Friendly |
| 28 Mar 2017 | v Thailand | 4–0 | came on 84′ | 6 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2017 |
| 6 Sep 2016 | v Thailand | 2–0 | came on 90′ | 1 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2016 |
| 1 Sep 2016 | v United Arab Emirates | 1–2 | came on 62′ | 28 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2016 |
| 3 Jun 2016 | v Bulgaria | 7–2 | came on 43′ | 47 | 1 | — | Kirin Cup 2016 |
| 29 Mar 2016 | v Syria | 5–0 | started, off 85′ | 85 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2016 |
| 17 Nov 2015 | v Cambodia | 2–0 | started, off 62′ | 62 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2015 |
| 12 Nov 2015 | v Singapore | 3–0 | came on 70′ | 20 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2015 |
| 8 Oct 2015 | v Syria | 3–0 | came on 65′ | 25 | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2015 |
| 8 Sep 2015 | v Afghanistan | 6–0 | came on 71′ | 19 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2015 |
| 3 Sep 2015 | v Cambodia | 3–0 | came on 65′ | 25 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2015 |
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.