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 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 83.3% |
| Without them | 43 | 28 | 7 | 8 | 104 | 40 | 65.1% |
| Abdelkarim Hassan | Qatar | 1 |
| Abdulaziz Al-Bishi | Saudi Arabia | 1 |
| Abdulaziz Hatem | Qatar | 1 |
| Abdullah Otayf | Saudi Arabia | 1 |
| Abdulrahman Ghareeb | Saudi Arabia | 1 |
| Ahmed Alaaeldin | Qatar | 1 |
| Akram Afif | Qatar | 1 |
| Ali Al-Bulayhi | Saudi Arabia | 1 |
| Alireza Beiranvand | Iran | 1 |
| Alireza Jahanbakhsh | Iran | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 17 Jan 2019 | v Uzbekistan | 2–1 | 58′ | — | Winning goal | 2–1 | AFC Asian Cup 2019 · Group stage |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 1 Feb 2019 | v Qatar | 1–3 | started, off 84′ | 84 | — | — | AFC Asian Cup 2019 · Final |
| 28 Jan 2019 | v Iran | 3–0 | came on 60′ | 30 | — | — | AFC Asian Cup 2019 · Semi-final |
| 24 Jan 2019 | v Vietnam | 1–0 | came on 89′ | 1 | — | — | AFC Asian Cup 2019 · Quarter-final |
| 21 Jan 2019 | v Saudi Arabia | 1–0 | came on 89′ | 1 | — | — | AFC Asian Cup 2019 · Round of 16 |
| 17 Jan 2019 | v Uzbekistan | 2–1 | started | 90 | 1 | Yellow | AFC Asian Cup 2019 · Group stage |
| 10 Oct 2014 | v Jamaica | 1–0 | started | 90 | — | — | 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.