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 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 80% |
| Without them | 55 | 33 | 9 | 13 | 113 | 57 | 60% |
| Abdelrazaq Al Hussain | Syria | 1 |
| Ahmad Al-Ashkar | Syria | 1 |
| Ahmad Arash Hatifi | Afghanistan | 1 |
| Ahmad Kalasi | Syria | 1 |
| Aleksandar Aleksandrov | Bulgaria | 1 |
| Baihakki Khaizan | Singapore | 1 |
| Bozhidar Mitrev | Bulgaria | 1 |
| Byung Soo Yoo | South Korea | 1 |
| Cho Yong-Hyung | South Korea | 1 |
| Chris Van Huizen | Singapore | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 24 Mar 2016 | v Afghanistan | 5–0 | 78′ | — | Extended lead | 5–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 2016 |
| 12 Nov 2015 | v Singapore | 3–0 | 20′ | — | Winning goal | 1–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 2015 |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 3 Jun 2016 | v Bulgaria | 7–2 | came on 46′ | 44 | — | Yellow | Kirin Cup 2016 |
| 29 Mar 2016 | v Syria | 5–0 | came on 78′ | 12 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2016 |
| 24 Mar 2016 | v Afghanistan | 5–0 | started, off 80′ | 80 | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2016 |
| 12 Nov 2015 | v Singapore | 3–0 | started | 90 | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2015 |
| 12 Oct 2010 | v South Korea | 0–0 | came on 78′ | 12 | — | — | Friendly |
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.