Tallest: 5 · 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 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 33.3% |
| Without them | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Alexey Smertin | Russia | 1 |
| Ali Boumnijel | Tunisia | 1 |
| Ali Zitouni | Tunisia | 1 |
| Andrei Solomatin | Russia | 1 |
| Ashley Cole | England | 1 |
| Bart Goor | Belgium | 1 |
| Bastian Schweinsteiger | Germany | 1 |
| Bernd Schneider | Germany | 1 |
| Branko Strupar | Belgium | 1 |
| Bulent Korkmaz | Turkey | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 13 Oct 2004 | v Oman | 1–0 | 52′ | — | Winning goal | 1–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 2004 |
| 8 Sep 2004 | v India | 4–0 | 45′ | — | Winning goal | 1–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 2004 |
| 18 Aug 2004 | v Argentina | 1–2 | 70′ | — | Pulled one back | 1–2 | Friendly |
| 31 Jul 2004 | v Jordan | 1–1 | 14′ | — | Equaliser | 1–1 | AFC Asian Cup 2004 · Quarter-final |
| 9 Jun 2004 | v India | 7–0 | 54′ | — | Extended lead | 4–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 2004 |
| 4 Jun 2002 | v Belgium | 2–2 | 59′ | — | Equaliser | 1–1 | FIFA World Cup 2002 · Group stage |
| 2 Jun 2001 | v Cameroon | 2–0 | 65′ | — | Extended lead | 2–0 | Confederations Cup 2001 · Group stage |
| 2 Jun 2001 | v Cameroon | 2–0 | 8′ | — | Winning goal | 1–0 | Confederations Cup 2001 · 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 | started, off 46′ | 46 | — | — | Friendly |
| 13 Oct 2004 | v Oman | 1–0 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2004 |
| 8 Sep 2004 | v India | 4–0 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2004 |
| 18 Aug 2004 | v Argentina | 1–2 | — | — | 1 | — | Friendly |
| 31 Jul 2004 | v Jordan | 1–1 | — | — | 1 | — | AFC Asian Cup 2004 · Quarter-final |
| 9 Jun 2004 | v India | 7–0 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2004 |
| 1 Jun 2004 | v England | 1–1 | came on 60′ | 30 | — | — | Friendly |
| 18 Jun 2002 | v Turkey | 0–1 | came on 46′ | 44 | — | — | 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 72′ | 72 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2002 · Group stage |
| 4 Jun 2002 | v Belgium | 2–2 | started, off 68′ | 68 | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup 2002 · Group stage |
| 2 Jun 2001 | v Cameroon | 2–0 | — | — | 2 | — | Confederations Cup 2001 · 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.