Tallest: 5 · Year
By quarter-hour; stoppage time counts as the 45th or 90th minute.
Tallest: 5 · Minute
15 of 17 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 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 22 | 23 | 21.4% |
| Without them | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 41.7% |
| Bastian Schweinsteiger | Germany | 2 |
| Bernd Schneider | Germany | 2 |
| Brett Emerton | Australia | 2 |
| Harry Kewell | Australia | 2 |
| Jason Culina | Australia | 2 |
| John Aloisi | Australia | 2 |
| Lucas Neill | Australia | 2 |
| Lukas Podolski | Germany | 2 |
| Mark Schwarzer | Australia | 2 |
| Mark Viduka | Australia | 2 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 6 Feb 2008 | v Thailand | 4–1 | started, off 81′ | 81 | — | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2008 |
| 28 Jul 2007 | v South Korea | 0–0 | started, off 114′ | 114 | — | — | AFC Asian Cup 2007 · Third-place play-off |
| 25 Jul 2007 | v Saudi Arabia | 2–3 | started | 90 | — | Yellow | AFC Asian Cup 2007 · Semi-final |
| 21 Jul 2007 | v Australia | 1–1 | started | 120 | 1 | — | AFC Asian Cup 2007 · Quarter-final |
| 16 Jul 2007 | v Vietnam | 4–1 | started | 90 | — | — | AFC Asian Cup 2007 · Group stage |
| 13 Jul 2007 | v United Arab Emirates | 3–1 | started, off 67′ | 67 | 2 | — | AFC Asian Cup 2007 · Group stage |
| 9 Jul 2007 | v Qatar | 1–1 | started | 90 | 1 | — | AFC Asian Cup 2007 · Group stage |
| 22 Jun 2006 | v Brazil | 1–4 | came on 60′ | 6 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2006 · Group stage |
| 18 Jun 2006 | v Croatia | 0–0 | started, off 85′ | 85 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2006 · Group stage |
| 12 Jun 2006 | v Australia | 1–3 | started | 90 | — | Yellow | FIFA World Cup 2006 · Group stage |
| 30 May 2006 | v Germany | 2–2 | came on 76′ | 14 | 2 | Yellow | Friendly |
| 28 Feb 2006 | v Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2–2 | started, off 83′ | 83 | 1 | — | Friendly |
| 8 Oct 2005 | v Latvia | 2–2 | — | — | 1 | — | Friendly |
| 16 Dec 2004 | v Germany | 0–3 | started, off 70′ | 70 | — | — | Friendly |
| 31 Mar 2004 | v Singapore | 2–1 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2004 |
| 20 Aug 2003 | v Nigeria | 3–0 | — | — | 2 | — | Friendly |
| 27 Mar 2002 | v Poland | 2–0 | — | — | 1 | — | Friendly |
| 7 Nov 2001 | v Italy | 1–1 | started | 90 | — | — | Friendly |
| 24 Oct 2000 | v Iraq | 4–1 | — | — | 1 | — | AFC Asian Cup 2000 · Quarter-final |
| 17 Oct 2000 | v Uzbekistan | 8–1 | — | — | 3 | — | AFC Asian Cup 2000 · Group stage |
| 14 Oct 2000 | v Saudi Arabia | 4–1 | — | — | 1 | — | AFC Asian Cup 2000 · 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.