Tallest: 3 · Year
By quarter-hour; stoppage time counts as the 45th or 90th minute.
Tallest: 3 · Minute
Japan's matches with known line-ups from their first recorded cap to their last.
| With them | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 20% |
| Without them | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 50% |
| Alessandro Del Piero | Italy | 1 |
| Alessandro Nesta | Italy | 1 |
| Ali Boumnijel | Tunisia | 1 |
| Ali Zitouni | Tunisia | 1 |
| Aljoša Asanović | Croatia | 1 |
| Bart Goor | Belgium | 1 |
| Branko Strupar | Belgium | 1 |
| Bulent Korkmaz | Turkey | 1 |
| Daniel Van Buyten | Belgium | 1 |
| Dario Simic | Croatia | 1 |
| Macau | 2 | 1 |
| Canada | 1 | 1 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 14 Jun 2002 | v Tunisia | 2–0 | 48′ | — | Winning goal | 1–0 | FIFA World Cup 2002 · Group stage |
| 31 May 2001 | v Canada | 3–0 | 88′ | — | Extended lead | 3–0 | Confederations Cup 2001 · Group stage |
| 17 Oct 2000 | v Uzbekistan | 8–1 | 7′ | — | Opening goal | 1–0 | AFC Asian Cup 2000 · Group stage |
| 27 Mar 1997 | v Nepal | 6–0 | 24′ | — | Winning goal | 1–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 1997 |
| 25 Mar 1997 | v Macau | 10–0 | 82′ | — | Extended lead | 8–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 1997 |
| 25 Mar 1997 | v Macau | 10–0 | 80′ | — | Extended lead | 7–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 1997 |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 18 Jun 2002 | v Turkey | 0–1 | came on 86′ | 4 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2002 · Round of 16 |
| 14 Jun 2002 | v Tunisia | 2–0 | came on 46′ | 44 | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup 2002 · Group stage |
| 4 Jun 2002 | v Belgium | 2–2 | came on 68′ | 22 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2002 · Group stage |
| 7 Nov 2001 | v Italy | 1–1 | started | 90 | — | — | Friendly |
| 31 May 2001 | v Canada | 3–0 | — | — | 1 | — | Confederations Cup 2001 · Group stage |
| 17 Oct 2000 | v Uzbekistan | 8–1 | — | — | 1 | — | AFC Asian Cup 2000 · Group stage |
| 20 Jun 1998 | v Croatia | 0–1 | came on 79′ | 11 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1998 · Group stage |
| 27 Mar 1997 | v Nepal | 6–0 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 1997 |
| 25 Mar 1997 | v Macau | 10–0 | — | — | 2 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 1997 |
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.