Tallest: 5 · Year
By quarter-hour; stoppage time counts as the 45th or 90th minute.
Tallest: 5 · Minute
Japan's matches with known line-ups from their first recorded cap to their last.
| With them | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 20% |
| Without them | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 25% |
| Admir Rascic | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 |
| Admir Vladavic | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 |
| Andre Schembri | Malta | 1 |
| Andrei Agius | Malta | 1 |
| Andrew Cohen | Malta | 1 |
| Brett Emerton | Australia | 1 |
| Ceni Rogerio | Brazil | 1 |
| Cicinho | Brazil | 1 |
| Claude Mattocks | Malta | 1 |
| Craig Moore | Australia | 1 |
| North Korea | 2 | 2 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1 |
| Greece | 1 | 1 |
| Iran | 1 | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 17 Aug 2005 | v Iran | 2–1 | 76′ | — | Winning goal | 2–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 2005 |
| 22 Jun 2005 | v Brazil | 2–2 | 88′ | — | Equaliser | 2–2 | Confederations Cup 2005 · Group stage |
| 19 Jun 2005 | v Greece | 1–0 | 76′ | — | Winning goal | 1–0 | Confederations Cup 2005 · Group stage |
| 8 Jun 2005 | v North Korea | 2–0 | 89′ | — | Extended lead | 2–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 2005 |
| 9 Feb 2005 | v North Korea | 2–1 | 90′ | — | Winning goal | 2–1 | FIFA World Cup qualification 2005 |
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 66′ | 24 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2006 · Group stage |
| 18 Jun 2006 | v Croatia | 0–0 | came on 85′ | 5 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2006 · Group stage |
| 12 Jun 2006 | v Australia | 1–3 | came on 90′ | 1 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 2006 · Group stage |
| 4 Jun 2006 | v Malta | 1–0 | started, off 69′ | 69 | — | — | Friendly |
| 28 Feb 2006 | v Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2–2 | came on 83′ | 7 | — | — | Friendly |
| 17 Aug 2005 | v Iran | 2–1 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2005 |
| 22 Jun 2005 | v Brazil | 2–2 | — | — | 1 | — | Confederations Cup 2005 · Group stage |
| 19 Jun 2005 | v Greece | 1–0 | — | — | 1 | — | Confederations Cup 2005 · Group stage |
| 8 Jun 2005 | v North Korea | 2–0 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2005 |
| 9 Feb 2005 | v North Korea | 2–1 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 2005 |
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.