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 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 22.2% |
| Without them | 32 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 60 | 32 | 59.4% |
| Ahmad Al-Douni | Syria | 1 |
| Ahmad Al-Saleh | Syria | 1 |
| Ahmed Ibrahim Khalaf | Iraq | 1 |
| Ahmed Yasin Ghani | Iraq | 1 |
| Alaa Abdul Zahra | Iraq | 1 |
| Alaa Al-Shbli | Syria | 1 |
| Alex Christian | Haiti | 1 |
| Alex Sandro | Brazil | 1 |
| Ali Adnan Kadhim | Iraq | 1 |
| Alisson Becker | Brazil | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 31 Aug 2017 | v Australia | 2–0 | 82′ | — | Extended lead | 2–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 2017 |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 19 Nov 2019 | v Venezuela | 1–4 | came on 82′ | 8 | — | — | Kirin Challenge Cup 2019 |
| 30 May 2018 | v Ghana | 0–2 | came on 76′ | 14 | — | — | Friendly |
| 14 Nov 2017 | v Belgium | 0–1 | started | 90 | — | Yellow | Friendly |
| 10 Nov 2017 | v Brazil | 1–3 | started, off 86′ | 86 | — | Yellow | Friendly |
| 10 Oct 2017 | v Haiti | 3–3 | came on 56′ | 34 | — | — | Kirin Challenge Cup 2017 |
| 6 Oct 2017 | v New Zealand | 2–1 | started, off 82′ | 82 | — | — | Kirin Challenge Cup 2017 |
| 31 Aug 2017 | v Australia | 2–0 | started | 90 | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2017 |
| 13 Jun 2017 | v Iraq | 1–1 | started, off 62′ | 62 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2017 |
| 7 Jun 2017 | v Syria | 1–1 | came on 53′ | 37 | — | — | Kirin Challenge Cup 2017 |
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.