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 | 12 | 5 | 57.1% |
| Without them | 29 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 52 | 33 | 55.2% |
| Abdul Sallam Amur | Oman | 1 |
| Adrián Jusino | Bolivia | 1 |
| Akeem Humphrey | Trinidad and Tobago | 1 |
| Alejandro Chumacero | Bolivia | 1 |
| Alex Christian | Haiti | 1 |
| Alfredo Morelos | Colombia | 1 |
| Ali Salim Al-Nahar | Oman | 1 |
| Alvin Jones | Trinidad and Tobago | 1 |
| Andres Flores | El Salvador | 1 |
| Andrew Durante | New Zealand | 1 |
| Oman | 1 | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 11 Nov 2016 | v Oman | 4–0 | 90′ | — | Extended lead | 4–0 | Kirin Challenge Cup 2016 |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 9 Jun 2019 | v El Salvador | 2–0 | started, off 80′ | 80 | — | — | Kirin Challenge Cup 2019 |
| 5 Jun 2019 | v Trinidad and Tobago | 0–0 | came on 61′ | 29 | — | — | Kirin Challenge Cup 2019 |
| 26 Mar 2019 | v Bolivia | 1–0 | started, off 69′ | 69 | — | — | Kirin Challenge Cup 2019 |
| 22 Mar 2019 | v Colombia | 0–1 | came on 71′ | 19 | — | — | Kirin Challenge Cup 2019 |
| 10 Oct 2017 | v Haiti | 3–3 | started, off 56′ | 56 | — | — | Kirin Challenge Cup 2017 |
| 6 Oct 2017 | v New Zealand | 2–1 | came on 61′ | 29 | — | — | Kirin Challenge Cup 2017 |
| 11 Nov 2016 | v Oman | 4–0 | came on 68′ | 22 | 1 | — | Kirin Challenge Cup 2016 |
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.