Tallest: 3 · Year
By quarter-hour; stoppage time counts as the 45th or 90th minute.
Tallest: 4 · Minute
Japan's matches with known line-ups from their first recorded cap to their last.
| With them | 69 | 46 | 12 | 11 | 154 | 48 | 66.7% |
| Without them | 28 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 75 | 24 | 67.9% |
| Abdulla Al Khalasi | Bahrain | 3 |
| Ali Jaafar Madan | Bahrain | 3 |
| Bruno Guimarães | Brazil | 3 |
| Casemiro | Brazil | 3 |
| Ebrahim Lutfalla | Bahrain | 3 |
| Gabriel Martinelli | Brazil | 3 |
| Komail Al-Aswad | Bahrain | 3 |
| Kyaw Zin Phyo | Myanmar | 3 |
| Lucas Paquetá | Brazil | 3 |
| Mahdi Al-Humaidan | Bahrain | 3 |
| Myanmar | 2 | 2 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1 |
| Germany | 1 | 1 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1 |
| Spain | 1 | 1 |
| Syria | 1 | 1 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 14 Nov 2025 | v Ghana | 2–0 | 60′ | — | Extended lead | 2–0 | Kirin Cup 2025 |
| 11 Jun 2024 | v Syria | 5–0 | 19′ | — | Extended lead | 2–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 2024 |
| 6 Jun 2024 | v Myanmar | 5–0 | 34′ | — | Extended lead | 2–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 2024 |
| 31 Jan 2024 | v Bahrain | 3–1 | 31′ | — | Opening goal | 1–0 | AFC Asian Cup 2024 · Round of 16 |
| 16 Nov 2023 | v Myanmar | 5–0 | 86′ | — | Extended lead | 5–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 2023 |
| 15 Jun 2023 | v El Salvador | 6–0 | 44′ | — | Extended lead | 4–0 | Friendly |
| 1 Dec 2022 | v Spain | 2–1 | 48′ | — | Equaliser | 1–1 | FIFA World Cup 2022 · Group stage |
| 23 Nov 2022 | v Germany | 2–1 | 75′ | — | Equaliser | 1–1 | FIFA World Cup 2022 · Group stage |
| 24 Jan 2019 | v Vietnam | 1–0 | 57′ | pen | Winning goal | 1–0 | AFC Asian Cup 2019 · Quarter-final |
| 9 Jan 2019 | v Turkmenistan | 3–2 | 71′ | — | Winning goal | 3–1 | AFC Asian Cup 2019 · Group stage |
| 16 Oct 2018 | v Uruguay | 4–3 | 59′ | — | Go-ahead goal | 3–2 | Kirin Challenge Cup 2018 |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 29 Jun 2026 | v Brazil | 1–2 | started, off 66′ | 66 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2026 · Round of 32 |
| 25 Jun 2026 | v Sweden | 1–1 | started, off 67′ | 67 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2026 · Group stage |
| 20 Jun 2026 | v Tunisia | 4–0 | started, off 74′ | 74 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2026 · Group stage |
| 14 Jun 2026 | v Netherlands | 2–2 | started, off 75′ | 75 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2026 · Group stage |
| 31 May 2026 | v Iceland | 1–0 | started, off 45′ | 45 | — | — | Friendly |
| 31 Mar 2026 | v England | 1–0 | started, off 71′ | 71 | — | — | Friendly |
| 28 Mar 2026 | v Scotland | 1–0 | came on 62′ | 28 | — | Yellow | Friendly |
| 18 Nov 2025 | v Bolivia | 3–0 | came on 45′ | 45 | — | — | Kirin Cup 2025 |
| 14 Nov 2025 | v Ghana | 2–0 | started, off 68′ | 68 | 1 | — | Kirin Cup 2025 |
| 14 Oct 2025 | v Brazil | 3–2 | started, off 85′ | 85 | — | Yellow | Kirin Cup 2025 |
| 10 Oct 2025 | v Paraguay | 2–2 | started, off 78′ | 78 | — | — | Kirin Cup 2025 |
| 6 Sep 2025 | v Mexico | 0–0 | started, off 81′ | 81 | — | — | Friendly |
| 25 Mar 2025 | v Saudi Arabia | 0–0 | came on 62′ | 28 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2025 |
| 20 Mar 2025 | v Bahrain | 2–0 | started, off 63′ | 63 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2025 |
| 15 Nov 2024 | v Indonesia | 4–0 | started, off 62′ | 62 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2024 |
| 15 Oct 2024 | v Australia | 1–1 | started, off 62′ | 62 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2024 |
| 10 Oct 2024 | v Saudi Arabia | 2–0 | started, off 88′ | 88 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2024 |
| 10 Sep 2024 | v Bahrain | 5–0 | started, off 45′ | 45 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2024 |
| 5 Sep 2024 | v China PR | 7–0 | started, off 63′ | 63 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2024 |
| 11 Jun 2024 | v Syria | 5–0 | started | 90 | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2024 |
| 6 Jun 2024 | v Myanmar | 5–0 | started, off 45′ | 45 | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2024 |
| 21 Mar 2024 | v North Korea | 1–0 | started, off 73′ | 73 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2024 |
| 3 Feb 2024 | v Iran | 1–2 | started, off 90′ | 90 | — | — | AFC Asian Cup 2024 · Quarter-final |
| 31 Jan 2024 | v Bahrain | 3–1 | started, off 80′ | 80 | 1 | — | AFC Asian Cup 2024 · Round of 16 |
| 24 Jan 2024 | v Indonesia | 3–1 | started, off 86′ | 86 | — | — | AFC Asian Cup 2024 · Group stage |
| 19 Jan 2024 | v Iraq | 1–2 | came on 61′ | 29 | — | — | AFC Asian Cup 2024 · Group stage |
| 14 Jan 2024 | v Vietnam | 4–2 | came on 63′ | 27 | — | — | AFC Asian Cup 2024 · Group stage |
| 1 Jan 2024 | v Thailand | 5–0 | came on 45′ | 45 | — | — | Friendly |
| 21 Nov 2023 | v Syria | 5–0 | came on 76′ | 14 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2023 |
| 16 Nov 2023 | v Myanmar | 5–0 | started | 90 | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2023 |
| 12 Sep 2023 | v Turkey | 4–2 | started, off 45′ | 45 | — | — | Friendly |
| 9 Sep 2023 | v Germany | 4–1 | came on 84′ | 6 | — | — | Friendly |
| 20 Jun 2023 | v Peru | 4–1 | came on 70′ | 20 | — | — | Friendly |
| 15 Jun 2023 | v El Salvador | 6–0 | started, off 65′ | 65 | 1 | — | Friendly |
| 28 Mar 2023 | v Colombia | 1–2 | came on 54′ | 36 | — | — | Friendly |
| 24 Mar 2023 | v Uruguay | 1–1 | started, off 61′ | 61 | — | — | Friendly |
| 5 Dec 2022 | v Croatia | 1–1 | started, off 87′ | 87 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2022 · Round of 16 |
| 1 Dec 2022 | v Spain | 2–1 | came on 46′ | 44 | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup 2022 · Group stage |
| 27 Nov 2022 | v Costa Rica | 0–1 | started, off 67′ | 67 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2022 · Group stage |
| 23 Nov 2022 | v Germany | 2–1 | came on 71′ | 19 | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup 2022 · 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.