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 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 66.7% |
| Without them | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 50% |
| Abdulelah Al-Amri | Saudi Arabia | 1 |
| Abdulelah Al-Malki | Saudi Arabia | 1 |
| Abdullah Madu | Saudi Arabia | 1 |
| Abdulrahman Ghareeb | Saudi Arabia | 1 |
| Aizar Akmatov | Kyrgyzstan | 1 |
| Aleksa Terzic | Serbia | 1 |
| Aleksandr Mischenko | Kyrgyzstan | 1 |
| Ali Al-Bulayhi | Saudi Arabia | 1 |
| Alimardon Sukurov | Kyrgyzstan | 1 |
| Bakhtiyar Duyshobekov | Kyrgyzstan | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 15 Jun 2021 | v Kyrgyzstan | 5–1 | 33′ | — | Extended lead | 3–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 2021 |
| 15 Jun 2021 | v Kyrgyzstan | 5–1 | 31′ | — | Winning goal | 2–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 2021 |
| 15 Jun 2021 | v Kyrgyzstan | 5–1 | 27′ | pen | Opening goal | 1–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 2021 |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 7 Oct 2021 | v Saudi Arabia | 0–1 | came on 73′ | 17 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2021 |
| 15 Jun 2021 | v Kyrgyzstan | 5–1 | started, off 69′ | 69 | 3 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2021 |
| 11 Jun 2021 | v Serbia | 1–0 | came on 45′ | 45 | — | — | Kirin Challenge Cup 2021 |
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.