Tallest: 3 · Year
By quarter-hour; stoppage time counts as the 45th or 90th minute.
Tallest: 2 · Minute
Japan's matches with known line-ups from their first recorded cap to their last.
| With them | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 83.3% |
| Without them | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 25% |
| Akhtam Nazarov | Tajikistan | 1 |
| Aleksandr Mishchenko | Kyrgyzstan | 1 |
| Alimardon Sukurov | Kyrgyzstan | 1 |
| Aliser Dzhalilov | Tajikistan | 1 |
| Amirbek Juraboev | Tajikistan | 1 |
| Andres Flores | El Salvador | 1 |
| Ángel Romero | Paraguay | 1 |
| Antonio Sanabria | Paraguay | 1 |
| Ariunbold Batsaikhan | Mongolia | 1 |
| Baljinnyam Batbold | Mongolia | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 10 Oct 2019 | v Mongolia | 6–0 | 40′ | — | Extended lead | 4–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 2019 |
| 9 Jun 2019 | v El Salvador | 2–0 | 42′ | — | Extended lead | 2–0 | Kirin Challenge Cup 2019 |
| 9 Jun 2019 | v El Salvador | 2–0 | 19′ | — | Winning goal | 1–0 | Kirin Challenge Cup 2019 |
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 65′ | 25 | — | — | Kirin Challenge Cup 2019 |
| 14 Nov 2019 | v Kyrgyzstan | 2–0 | started, off 87′ | 87 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2019 |
| 15 Oct 2019 | v Tajikistan | 3–0 | came on 80′ | 10 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2019 |
| 10 Oct 2019 | v Mongolia | 6–0 | started, off 70′ | 70 | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2019 |
| 5 Sep 2019 | v Paraguay | 2–0 | came on 67′ | 23 | — | — | Kirin Challenge Cup 2019 |
| 9 Jun 2019 | v El Salvador | 2–0 | started, off 59′ | 59 | 2 | — | Kirin Challenge Cup 2019 |
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.