Tallest: 2 · 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 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 33.3% |
| Without them | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 16.7% |
| Aaron Lawrence | Jamaica | 1 |
| Admir Rascic | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 |
| Admir Vladavic | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 |
| Alessandro Del Piero | Italy | 1 |
| Alessandro Nesta | Italy | 1 |
| Alexey Smertin | Russia | 1 |
| Ali Boumnijel | Tunisia | 1 |
| Ali Zitouni | Tunisia | 1 |
| Andre Schembri | Malta | 1 |
| Andrei Agius | Malta | 1 |
| Canada | 1 | 1 |
| England | 1 | 1 |
| India | 1 | 1 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 8 Sep 2004 | v India | 4–0 | 60′ | — | Extended lead | 2–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 2004 |
| 1 Jun 2004 | v England | 1–1 | 53′ | — | Equaliser | 1–1 | Friendly |
| 31 May 2001 | v Canada | 3–0 | 57′ | — | Winning goal | 1–0 | Confederations Cup 2001 · Group stage |
| 14 Oct 2000 | v Saudi Arabia | 4–1 | 90′ | — | Extended lead | 4–1 | AFC Asian Cup 2000 · Group stage |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 12 Jun 2006 | v Australia | 1–3 | came on 79′ | 11 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2006 · Group stage |
| 4 Jun 2006 | v Malta | 1–0 | came on 46′ | 44 | — | — | Friendly |
| 13 May 2006 | v Scotland | 0–0 | started | 90 | — | — | Kirin Cup 2006 |
| 30 Mar 2006 | v Ecuador | 1–0 | started | 90 | — | Yellow | Friendly |
| 28 Feb 2006 | v Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2–2 | came on 70′ | 20 | — | — | Friendly |
| 8 Sep 2004 | v India | 4–0 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2004 |
| 1 Jun 2004 | v England | 1–1 | started | 90 | 1 | — | Friendly |
| 18 Jun 2002 | v Turkey | 0–1 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2002 · Round of 16 |
| 14 Jun 2002 | v Tunisia | 2–0 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2002 · Group stage |
| 9 Jun 2002 | v Russia | 1–0 | started, off 75′ | 75 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2002 · Group stage |
| 4 Jun 2002 | v Belgium | 2–2 | started, off 64′ | 64 | — | — | 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 |
| 14 Oct 2000 | v Saudi Arabia | 4–1 | — | — | 1 | — | AFC Asian Cup 2000 · Group stage |
| 26 Jun 1998 | v Jamaica | 1–2 | came on 78′ | 12 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1998 · 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.