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 | 3 | 0% |
| Without them | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Bastian Schweinsteiger | Germany | 1 |
| Bernd Schneider | Germany | 1 |
| Christian Schulz | Germany | 1 |
| Christian Worns | Germany | 1 |
| Fabian Ernst | Germany | 1 |
| Gerald Asamoah | Germany | 1 |
| Lukas Podolski | Germany | 1 |
| Marco Engelhardt | Germany | 1 |
| Michael Ballack | Germany | 1 |
| Miroslav Klose | Germany | 1 |
| Peru | 1 | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 29 Jun 1999 | v Peru | 2–3 | 77′ | — | Equaliser | 2–2 | Copa América 1999 · Group stage |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 16 Dec 2004 | v Germany | 0–3 | came on 70′ | 20 | — | — | Friendly |
| 29 Jun 1999 | v Peru | 2–3 | — | — | 1 | — | Copa América 1999 · Group stage |
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.