Tallest: 4 · Year
By quarter-hour; stoppage time counts as the 45th or 90th minute.
Tallest: 3 · Minute
10 of 12 goals came in matches where every goal has a scorer, so their role is known.
Japan's matches with known line-ups from their first recorded cap to their last.
| With them | 29 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 80 | 20 | 72.4% |
| Without them | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 33 | 10 | 58.3% |
| Abdulla Al Khalasi | Bahrain | 3 |
| Ali Jaafar Madan | Bahrain | 3 |
| Ebrahim Lutfalla | Bahrain | 3 |
| Komail Al-Aswad | Bahrain | 3 |
| Mahdi Al-Humaidan | Bahrain | 3 |
| Mohamed Marhoon | Bahrain | 3 |
| Ali Lajami | Saudi Arabia | 2 |
| Amine Benaddi | Bahrain | 2 |
| Aziz Behich | Australia | 2 |
| Bruno Guimarães | Brazil | 2 |
| Bolivia | 2 | 1 |
| Myanmar | 2 | 1 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1 |
| Canada | 1 | 1 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 14 Jun 2026 | v Netherlands | 2–2 | 57′ | — | Equaliser | 1–1 | FIFA World Cup 2026 · Group stage |
| 18 Nov 2025 | v Bolivia | 3–0 | 78′ | — | — | — | Kirin Cup 2025 |
| 18 Nov 2025 | v Bolivia | 3–0 | 78′ | — | — | — | Kirin Cup 2025 |
| 14 Oct 2025 | v Brazil | 3–2 | 62′ | — | Equaliser | 2–2 | Kirin Cup 2025 |
| 6 Jun 2024 | v Myanmar | 5–0 | 90′ | — | Extended lead | 5–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 2024 |
| 6 Jun 2024 | v Myanmar | 5–0 | 17′ | — | Winning goal | 1–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 2024 |
| 14 Jan 2024 | v Vietnam | 4–2 | 45′ | — | Winning goal | 3–2 | AFC Asian Cup 2024 · Group stage |
| 1 Jan 2024 | v Thailand | 5–0 | 72′ | — | Extended lead | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 13 Oct 2023 | v Canada | 4–1 | 42′ | — | Extended lead | 3–0 | Friendly |
| 12 Sep 2023 | v Turkey | 4–2 | 36′ | — | Winning goal | 3–0 | Friendly |
| 12 Sep 2023 | v Turkey | 4–2 | 28′ | — | Extended lead | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 15 Jun 2023 | v El Salvador | 6–0 | 60′ | — | Extended lead | 5–0 | Friendly |
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 75′ | 75 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2026 · Group stage |
| 20 Jun 2026 | v Tunisia | 4–0 | started, off 79′ | 79 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2026 · Group stage |
| 14 Jun 2026 | v Netherlands | 2–2 | started | 90 | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup 2026 · Group stage |
| 31 May 2026 | v Iceland | 1–0 | started, off 72′ | 72 | — | — | Friendly |
| 31 Mar 2026 | v England | 1–0 | started, off 80′ | 80 | — | — | Friendly |
| 28 Mar 2026 | v Scotland | 1–0 | came on 62′ | 28 | — | — | Friendly |
| 18 Nov 2025 | v Bolivia | 3–0 | came on 67′ | 23 | 2 | — | Kirin Cup 2025 |
| 14 Nov 2025 | v Ghana | 2–0 | started, off 82′ | 82 | — | — | Kirin Cup 2025 |
| 14 Oct 2025 | v Brazil | 3–2 | started, off 74′ | 74 | 1 | — | Kirin Cup 2025 |
| 10 Oct 2025 | v Paraguay | 2–2 | started, off 66′ | 66 | — | — | Kirin Cup 2025 |
| 10 Jun 2025 | v Indonesia | 6–0 | came on 45′ | 45 | — | — | 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 | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2025 |
| 20 Mar 2025 | v Bahrain | 2–0 | came on 76′ | 14 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2025 |
| 19 Nov 2024 | v China PR | 3–1 | started, off 64′ | 64 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2024 |
| 15 Oct 2024 | v Australia | 1–1 | came on 70′ | 20 | — | — | 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 73′ | 17 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2024 |
| 11 Jun 2024 | v Syria | 5–0 | started, off 45′ | 45 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2024 |
| 6 Jun 2024 | v Myanmar | 5–0 | started | 90 | 2 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2024 |
| 31 Jan 2024 | v Bahrain | 3–1 | started, off 68′ | 68 | — | — | AFC Asian Cup 2024 · Round of 16 |
| 24 Jan 2024 | v Indonesia | 3–1 | started, off 69′ | 69 | — | — | AFC Asian Cup 2024 · Group stage |
| 14 Jan 2024 | v Vietnam | 4–2 | started, off 63′ | 63 | 1 | — | AFC Asian Cup 2024 · Group stage |
| 1 Jan 2024 | v Thailand | 5–0 | came on 45′ | 45 | 1 | — | Friendly |
| 13 Oct 2023 | v Canada | 4–1 | started, off 61′ | 61 | 1 | — | Friendly |
| 12 Sep 2023 | v Turkey | 4–2 | started, off 45′ | 45 | 2 | Yellow | Friendly |
| 15 Jun 2023 | v El Salvador | 6–0 | came on 45′ | 45 | 1 | — | Friendly |
| 24 Mar 2023 | v Uruguay | 1–1 | came on 89′ | 1 | — | — | 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.