Tallest: 2 · 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 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 42.9% |
| Without them | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 16.7% |
| 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 |
| Andrei Solomatin | Russia | 1 |
| Andrew Cohen | Malta | 1 |
| Bart Goor | Belgium | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 7 Aug 2004 | v China PR | 3–1 | 65′ | — | Winning goal | 2–1 | AFC Asian Cup 2004 · Final |
| 3 Aug 2004 | v Bahrain | 4–3 | 48′ | — | Equaliser | 1–1 | AFC Asian Cup 2004 · Semi-final |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 22 Jun 2006 | v Brazil | 1–4 | came on 56′ | 34 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2006 · Group stage |
| 4 Jun 2006 | v Malta | 1–0 | came on 59′ | 31 | — | — | Friendly |
| 7 Aug 2004 | v China PR | 3–1 | — | — | 1 | — | AFC Asian Cup 2004 · Final |
| 3 Aug 2004 | v Bahrain | 4–3 | — | — | 1 | — | AFC Asian Cup 2004 · Semi-final |
| 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 | — | Yellow | FIFA World Cup 2002 · Group stage |
| 4 Jun 2002 | v Belgium | 2–2 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2002 · Group stage |
| 7 Nov 2001 | v Italy | 1–1 | started | 90 | — | — | Friendly |
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.