Tallest: 2 · 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 | 49 | 32 | 8 | 9 | 111 | 41 | 65.3% |
| Without them | 30 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 84 | 17 | 70% |
| Zhu Chenjie | China PR | 4 |
| Abdulla Al Khalasi | Bahrain | 3 |
| Alan | China PR | 3 |
| Ali Jaafar Madan | Bahrain | 3 |
| Ebrahim Lutfalla | Bahrain | 3 |
| Jiang Guangtai | China PR | 3 |
| Komail Al-Aswad | Bahrain | 3 |
| Mahdi Al-Humaidan | Bahrain | 3 |
| Mohamed Marhoon | Bahrain | 3 |
| Wu Lei | China PR | 3 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 10 Jun 2025 | v Indonesia | 6–0 | 19′ | — | Extended lead | 2–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 2025 |
| 20 Mar 2025 | v Bahrain | 2–0 | 87′ | — | Extended lead | 2–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 2025 |
| 5 Sep 2024 | v China PR | 7–0 | 90′ | — | Extended lead | 7–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 2024 |
| 31 Jan 2024 | v Bahrain | 3–1 | 49′ | — | Winning goal | 2–0 | AFC Asian Cup 2024 · Round of 16 |
| 21 Nov 2023 | v Syria | 5–0 | 32′ | — | Winning goal | 1–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 2023 |
| 15 Jun 2023 | v El Salvador | 6–0 | 25′ | — | Extended lead | 3–0 | Friendly |
| 10 Jun 2022 | v Ghana | 4–1 | 73′ | — | Extended lead | 3–1 | Kirin Cup 2022 |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 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 83′ | 83 | — | — | Friendly |
| 18 Nov 2025 | v Bolivia | 3–0 | started, off 67′ | 67 | — | — | Kirin Cup 2025 |
| 14 Nov 2025 | v Ghana | 2–0 | started, off 76′ | 76 | — | — | Kirin Cup 2025 |
| 14 Oct 2025 | v Brazil | 3–2 | started, off 54′ | 54 | — | — | Kirin Cup 2025 |
| 6 Sep 2025 | v Mexico | 0–0 | started, off 69′ | 69 | — | — | Friendly |
| 10 Jun 2025 | v Indonesia | 6–0 | started, off 69′ | 69 | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2025 |
| 5 Jun 2025 | v Australia | 0–1 | came on 64′ | 26 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2025 |
| 25 Mar 2025 | v Saudi Arabia | 0–0 | started, off 62′ | 62 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2025 |
| 20 Mar 2025 | v Bahrain | 2–0 | started | 90 | 1 | Yellow | FIFA World Cup qualification 2025 |
| 19 Nov 2024 | v China PR | 3–1 | started, off 85′ | 85 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2024 |
| 15 Oct 2024 | v Australia | 1–1 | started, off 70′ | 70 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2024 |
| 10 Oct 2024 | v Saudi Arabia | 2–0 | came on 88′ | 2 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2024 |
| 10 Sep 2024 | v Bahrain | 5–0 | came on 65′ | 25 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2024 |
| 5 Sep 2024 | v China PR | 7–0 | started | 90 | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2024 |
| 11 Jun 2024 | v Syria | 5–0 | started, off 62′ | 62 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2024 |
| 3 Feb 2024 | v Iran | 1–2 | started, off 67′ | 67 | — | — | AFC Asian Cup 2024 · Quarter-final |
| 31 Jan 2024 | v Bahrain | 3–1 | started, off 68′ | 68 | 1 | — | AFC Asian Cup 2024 · Round of 16 |
| 24 Jan 2024 | v Indonesia | 3–1 | started, off 82′ | 82 | — | — | AFC Asian Cup 2024 · Group stage |
| 19 Jan 2024 | v Iraq | 1–2 | started, off 61′ | 61 | — | — | AFC Asian Cup 2024 · Group stage |
| 14 Jan 2024 | v Vietnam | 4–2 | came on 84′ | 6 | — | — | AFC Asian Cup 2024 · Group stage |
| 21 Nov 2023 | v Syria | 5–0 | started, off 76′ | 76 | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2023 |
| 12 Sep 2023 | v Turkey | 4–2 | started | 90 | — | Yellow | Friendly |
| 9 Sep 2023 | v Germany | 4–1 | came on 75′ | 15 | — | — | 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 59′ | 31 | — | — | Friendly |
| 1 Dec 2022 | v Spain | 2–1 | started, off 46′ | 46 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2022 · Group stage |
| 23 Nov 2022 | v Germany | 2–1 | started, off 46′ | 46 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2022 · Group stage |
| 17 Nov 2022 | v Canada | 1–2 | started, off 45′ | 45 | — | — | Friendly |
| 23 Sep 2022 | v United States | 2–0 | started, off 68′ | 68 | — | — | Kirin Challenge Cup 2022 |
| 14 Jun 2022 | v Tunisia | 0–3 | came on 71′ | 19 | — | — | Kirin Cup 2022 |
| 10 Jun 2022 | v Ghana | 4–1 | started | 90 | 1 | — | Kirin Cup 2022 |
| 2 Jun 2022 | v Paraguay | 4–1 | came on 71′ | 19 | — | — | Friendly |
| 29 Mar 2022 | v Vietnam | 1–1 | started, off 61′ | 61 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2022 |
| 27 Jan 2022 | v China PR | 2–0 | came on 73′ | 17 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2022 |
| 7 Sep 2021 | v China PR | 1–0 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2021 |
| 2 Sep 2021 | v Oman | 0–1 | came on 70′ | 20 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2021 |
| 17 Nov 2020 | v Mexico | 0–2 | came on 72′ | 18 | — | — | Friendly |
| 13 Nov 2020 | v Panama | 1–0 | started, off 71′ | 71 | — | — | 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.