Tallest: 3 · Year
By quarter-hour; stoppage time counts as the 45th or 90th minute.
Tallest: 2 · Minute
1 of 3 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 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 11 | 50% |
| Without them | 36 | 25 | 7 | 4 | 100 | 25 | 69.4% |
| Bruno Guimarães | Brazil | 2 |
| Casemiro | Brazil | 2 |
| Gabriel Martinelli | Brazil | 2 |
| Luca de la Torre | United States | 2 |
| Lucas Paquetá | Brazil | 2 |
| Matheus Cunha | Brazil | 2 |
| Sergiño Dest | United States | 2 |
| Tyler Adams | United States | 2 |
| Vinícius Júnior | Brazil | 2 |
| Aaron Long | United States | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 29 Jun 2026 | v Brazil | 1–2 | came on 78′ | 12 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2026 · Round of 32 |
| 31 Mar 2026 | v England | 1–0 | came on 80′ | 10 | — | — | Friendly |
| 18 Nov 2025 | v Bolivia | 3–0 | came on 67′ | 23 | 2 | — | Kirin Cup 2025 |
| 14 Oct 2025 | v Brazil | 3–2 | came on 74′ | 16 | — | — | Kirin Cup 2025 |
| 10 Oct 2025 | v Paraguay | 2–2 | came on 78′ | 12 | — | — | Kirin Cup 2025 |
| 9 Sep 2025 | v United States | 0–2 | came on 73′ | 17 | — | — | Friendly |
| 6 Sep 2025 | v Mexico | 0–0 | came on 81′ | 9 | — | — | Friendly |
| 10 Jun 2025 | v Indonesia | 6–0 | started, off 78′ | 78 | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2025 |
| 5 Jun 2025 | v Australia | 0–1 | came on 70′ | 20 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2025 |
| 20 Mar 2025 | v Bahrain | 2–0 | came on 86′ | 4 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2025 |
| 28 Mar 2023 | v Colombia | 1–2 | started, off 45′ | 45 | — | — | Friendly |
| 23 Sep 2022 | v United States | 2–0 | came on 45′ | 45 | — | — | Kirin Challenge Cup 2022 |
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.