Tallest: 2 · Year
By quarter-hour; stoppage time counts as the 45th or 90th minute.
Tallest: 2 · Minute
Japan's matches with known line-ups from their first recorded cap to their last.
| With them | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 66.7% |
| Without them | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Alexey Smertin | Russia | 1 |
| Ali Boumnijel | Tunisia | 1 |
| Ali Zitouni | Tunisia | 1 |
| Andrei Solomatin | Russia | 1 |
| Bulent Korkmaz | Turkey | 1 |
| Dmitri Khokhlov | Russia | 1 |
| Dmitri Sychev | Russia | 1 |
| Ergun Penbe | Turkey | 1 |
| Fatih Akyel | Turkey | 1 |
| Hakan Sukur | Turkey | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 26 Oct 2000 | v China PR | 3–2 | 61′ | — | Winning goal | 3–2 | AFC Asian Cup 2000 · Semi-final |
| 24 Oct 2000 | v Iraq | 4–1 | 62′ | — | Extended lead | 4–1 | AFC Asian Cup 2000 · Quarter-final |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 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 | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2002 · Group stage |
| 26 Oct 2000 | v China PR | 3–2 | — | — | 1 | — | AFC Asian Cup 2000 · Semi-final |
| 24 Oct 2000 | v Iraq | 4–1 | — | — | 1 | — | AFC Asian Cup 2000 · Quarter-final |
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.