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Position Player Club Age Caps
Goalkeeper Eiji Kawashima Strasbourg  39 95
Goalkeeper Shuichi Gonda Shimizu S-Pulse  33 33
Goalkeeper Daniel Schmidt Sint-Truiden   30 11
Defender Yuto Nagatomo Tokyo  36 137
Defender Maya Yoshida Schalke  34 121
Defender Hiroki Sakai Urawa Red Diamonds  32 71
Defender Takehiro Tomiyasu Arsenal  23 29
Defender Miki Yamane Kawasaki Frontale  28 14
Defender Shogo Taniguchi Kawasaki Frontale  31 13
Defender Ko Itakura Borussia Monchengladbach  25 12
Defender Hiroki Ito Stuttgart 23 5
Midfielder Gaku Shibasaki Leganes  30 59
Midfielder Wataru Endo Stuttgart  29 43
Midfielder Takumi Minamino Monaco  27 43
Midfielder Junya Ito Reims  29 38
Midfielder Ritsu Doan Freiburg  24 28
Midfielder Daichi Kamada Eintracht Frankfurt  26 21
Midfielder Takefusa Kubo Real Sociedad  21 19
Midfielder Hidemasa Morita Sporting  27 17
Midfielder Ao Tanaka Fortuna Dusseldorf  24 14
Midfielder Kaoru Mitoma Brighton  25 9
Midfielder Yuki Soma Nagoya Grampus  25 7
Forward Takuma Asano Bochum  27 36
Forward Ayase Ueda Club Brugge 24 10
Forward Daizen Maeda Celtic  25 8
Forward Shuto Machino Shonan Bellmare  23 4

Role Name
Head coach  Hajime Moriyasu
Assistant coach  Akinobu Yokouchi
 Toshihide Saito
 Yusaku Ueno
Goalkeeping coach  Takashi Shimoda
Physical coach  Ryoichi Matsumoto

Olympic Games
 Bronze medalists: 1968
FIFA Confederations Cup
 Runners-up: 2001
AFC Asian Cup
 Champions: 1992, 2000, 2004, 2011
 Runners-up: 2019
Fourth place: 2007
Asian Games
 Third place: 1951, 1966
Fourth place: 1970
Far Eastern Games
 Champions: 1930
Dynasty Cup
 Champions: 1992, 1995, 1998
Fourth place: 1990
EAFF E-1 Football Championship
East Asian Football Championship (2003–2010), EAFF East Asian Cup (2013–2015)
 Champions: 2013, 2022
 Runners-up: 2003, 2005, 2008, 2017, 2019
 Third place: 2010

Most Goals

Rank Player Goals Caps Ratio Career
1 Kunishige Kamamoto 75 76 0.99 1964–1977
2 Kazuyoshi Miura 55 89 0.62 1990–2000
3 Shinji Okazaki 50 119 0.42 2008–2019
4 Hiromi Hara 37 75 0.49 1978–1988
Keisuke Honda 37 98 0.38 2008–2018
6 Shinji Kagawa 31 97 0.32 2008–2019
7 Takuya Takagi 27 44 0.61 1992–1997
8 Kazushi Kimura 26 54 0.48 1979–1986
9 Yuya Osako 25 57 0.44 2013–present
10 Shunsuke Nakamura 24 98 0.24 2000–2010

Most appearances

Rank Player Caps Goals Pos Career
1 Yasuhito Endō 152 15 MF 2002–2015
2 Yuto Nagatomo 137 4 DF 2008–present
3 Masami Ihara 122 5 DF 1988–1999
4 Maya Yoshida 121 12 DF 2010–present
5 Shinji Okazaki 119 50 FW 2008– 2019
6 Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi 116 0 GK 1997–2010
7 Makoto Hasebe 114 2 MF 2006–2018
8 Yuji Nakazawa 110 17 DF 1999–2010
9 Shunsuke Nakamura 98 24 MF 2000–2010
Keisuke Honda 98 37 MF 2008–2018