Tallest: 1 · Year
By quarter-hour; stoppage time counts as the 45th or 90th minute.
Tallest: 1 · Minute
Japan's matches with known line-ups from their first recorded cap to their last.
| With them | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0% |
| Without them | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Aljoša Asanović | Croatia | 1 |
| Dario Simic | Croatia | 1 |
| Davor Šuker | Croatia | 1 |
| Dražen Ladić | Croatia | 1 |
| Goran Vlaović | Croatia | 1 |
| Igor Štimac | Croatia | 1 |
| Igor Tudor | Croatia | 1 |
| Krunoslav Jurčić | Croatia | 1 |
| Mario Stanić | Croatia | 1 |
| Robert Jarni | Croatia | 1 |
| Iran | 1 | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 16 Nov 1997 | v Iran | 3–2 | 118′ | — | Winning goal | 3–2 | FIFA World Cup qualification 1997 |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 20 Jun 1998 | v Croatia | 0–1 | came on 61′ | 29 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1998 · Group stage |
| 16 Nov 1997 | v Iran | 3–2 | — | — | 1 | — | 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.