Asia · AFC

Japan (2026)

Nihon | Nippon

Matches: 10; 10 with a result
Won · drawn · lost: 7-2-1; 7 W · 2 D · 1 L
Goals: 16; 7 against
Goal difference: +9

General Information

Japan Football Association

Founded: 1921
FIFA entry: 1929
Average height in 2026: 1.80 m
Average age in 2026: 27.1 years
Confederation: Asian Football Confederation (AFC)
Continent: Asia
Infos provided by: The-Sports.org

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Jersey in 2026

Coaches in 2026

Hajime Moriyasu(Coach)

Date of birth: 23 August 1968
Place of birth: Kakegawa, Japan
Height: 1.74 m
Matches: 10 (4 official · 6 friendlies)

Photo: Kindly provided by Jorge Mendoza

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Players of Japan in 2026

40 players

Name	Born	Position	Club	M	S	G
				FIFA
Goalkeepers3
Zion Suzuki	21 August 2002	Goalkeeper	Aston Villa FC	8	1	0
Tomoki Hayakawa	3 March 1999	Goalkeeper	Kashima Antlers	1	1	0
Leo Kokubo	23 January 2001	Goalkeeper	Sint-Truidense VV	1	0	0
Defenders11
Hiroki Itō	12 May 1999	Centre Back	Bayern München	8	2	0
Ayumu Seko	7 June 2000	Centre Back	Le Havre AC	5	3	0
Kō Itakura	27 January 1997	Centre Back	Borussia Mönchengladbach	5	0	0
Tsuyoshi Watanabe	5 February 1997	Centre Back	Feyenoord Rotterdam	4	2	0
Shōgo Taniguchi	15 July 1991	Centre Back	Sint-Truidense VV	3	3	0
Takehiro Tomiyasu	5 November 1998	Centre Back	Crystal Palace FC	3	1	0
Yukinari Sugawara	28 June 2000	Right Back	Cagliari Calcio	2	5	0
Junnosuke Suzuki	12 July 2003	Centre Back	FC København	1	6	0
Shuto Nakano	27 June 2000	Right Back	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	1	0	0
Maya Yoshida	24 August 1988	Centre Back	Los Angeles Galaxy	1	0	0
Yūto Nagatomo	12 September 1986	Left Back	FC Tōkyō	0	2	0
Midfielders17
Ritsu Dōan	16 June 1998	Right Midfielder	Eintracht Frankfurt	8	2	0
Daichi Kamada	5 August 1996	Attacking Midfielder	Crystal Palace FC	6	3	2
Kaishū Sano	30 December 2000	Defensive Midfielder	1.FSV Mainz 05	6	1	1
Ao Tanaka	10 September 1998	Centre Midfielder	Leeds United	5	4	0
Junya Itō	9 March 1993	Right Midfielder	KRC Genk	4	6	2
Takefusa Kubo	4 June 2001	Attacking Midfielder	Real Sociedad San Sebastian	3	2	0
Kodai Sano	25 September 2003	Centre Midfielder	PSV Eindhoven	2	0	0
Yūki Sōma	25 February 1997	Left Midfielder	Machida Zelvia	1	2	0
Kaoru Mitoma	20 May 1997	Left Midfielder	Brighton & Hove Albion	1	1	1
Kuryū Matsuki	30 April 2003	Attacking Midfielder	Southampton FC	1	0	1
Wataru Endo	9 February 1993	Defensive Midfielder	Liverpool FC	1	0	0
Joel Fujita	16 February 2002	Defensive Midfielder	FC St.Pauli	1	0	0
Kōki Kumasaka	15 April 2001	Defensive Midfielder	Kashiwa Reysol	1	0	0
Shunsuke Saitō	26 April 2005	Left Midfielder	KVC Westerlo	1	0	0
Ryūnosuke Satō	16 October 2006	Attacking Midfielder	Valencia CF	1	0	0
Daiki Hashioka	17 May 1999	Right Midfielder	Borussia Mönchengladbach	0	1	0
Satoshi Tanaka	13 August 2002	Defensive Midfielder	Schalke 04 Gelsenkirchen	0	1	0
Forwards9
Keito Nakamura	28 July 2000	Left Winger	Olympique Lyonnais	8	2	1
Ayase Ueda	28 August 1998	Centre Forward	Lille OSC	6	4	5
Daizen Maeda	20 October 1997	Secondary striker	Ipswich Town	5	1	1
Yuito Suzuki	25 October 2001	Centre Forward	SC Freiburg	3	2	0
Keisuke Gotō	3 June 2005	Centre Forward	SC Freiburg	2	2	0
Kaina Tanimura	5 March 1998	Centre Forward	Yokohama F Marinos	1	1	0
Kōki Ogawa	8 August 1997	Centre Forward	Machida Zelvia	0	5	1
Kento Shiogai	26 March 2005	Centre Forward	VfL Wolfsburg	0	5	1
Shūto Machino	30 September 1999	Centre Forward	Borussia Mönchengladbach	0	2	0

M = matches from the start, S = as a substitute, G = goals; non-FIFA: matches in which this team or the opponent was not a FIFA member.

Matches of Japan in 2026

10 matches

1 Oct 2026Friendly · Nissan StadiumHvs.EcuadorMatch report: Japan vs. Ecuador 0–05–4 pensWin
28 Sept 2026Friendly · Edion Peace Wing HiroshimaHvs.VenezuelaMatch report: Japan vs. Venezuela 2–1Win
24 Sept 2026Friendly · Miyagi StadiumHvs.UruguayMatch report: Japan vs. Uruguay 3–1Win
29 Jun 2026World Cup 2026 · Round of 32 · NRG StadiumAvs.BrazilMatch report: Brazil vs. Japan 2–1Defeat
25 Jun 2026World Cup 2026 · Group F · AT&T StadiumHvs.SwedenMatch report: Japan vs. Sweden 1–1Draw
20 Jun 2026World Cup 2026 · Group F · Estadio BBVAAvs.TunisiaMatch report: Tunisia vs. Japan 0–4Win
14 Jun 2026World Cup 2026 · Group F · AT&T StadiumAvs.NetherlandsMatch report: Netherlands vs. Japan 2–2Draw
31 May 2026Friendly · Japan National StadiumHvs.IcelandMatch report: Japan vs. Iceland 1–0Win
31 Mar 2026Friendly · Wembley StadiumAvs.EnglandMatch report: England vs. Japan 0–1Win
28 Mar 2026Friendly · Hampden ParkAvs.ScotlandMatch report: Scotland vs. Japan 0–1Win

Match Progress for Japan

7 W · 2 D · 1 L

One dot per match with a result, on the date it was played; planned or cancelled matches are left out.

Favorite Opponents of Japan

114 countries

Opponent	M	W	D	L	G
South Korea	54	15	12	27	49
China	32	18	8	6	48
Australia	25	11	8	6	34
North Korea	19	10	3	6	23
United Arab Emirates	19	6	7	6	21
Saudi Arabia	18	11	2	5	27
Iran	15	5	5	5	17
Brazil	15	1	2	12	9
Hong Kong	14	11	2	1	41
Oman	14	10	3	1	21
Thailand	14	10	2	2	30
Singapore	13	11	2	0	23
Iraq	13	7	2	4	20
Syria	12	10	2	0	34
Bahrain	12	10	0	2	23
Paraguay	12	5	4	3	17
Uzbekistan	11	7	3	1	30
Indonesia	10	8	1	1	27
Malaysia	10	5	2	3	16
Uruguay	10	3	3	4	21
Qatar	10	2	4	4	12
Ghana	8	6	0	2	18
Tunisia	7	6	0	1	12
Jordan	7	4	2	1	18
Poland	7	2	0	5	10
Mexico	7	1	1	5	6
Argentina	7	1	0	6	4
Nepal	6	6	0	0	33
India	6	6	0	0	24
Vietnam	6	5	1	0	12
New Zealand	6	3	0	3	10
Belgium	6	2	2	2	11
Peru	6	2	2	2	8
Venezuela	6	1	4	1	7
Colombia	6	1	1	4	4
France	6	1	0	5	5
Myanmar	5	5	0	0	27
Cameroon	5	3	2	0	5
Ecuador	5	3	2	0	5
Costa Rica	5	3	1	1	10
Ivory Coast	5	3	0	2	4
Sweden	5	0	3	2	5
Macau	4	4	0	0	26
Bangladesh	4	4	0	0	19
Tajikistan	4	4	0	0	19
Yemen	4	4	0	0	8
Bolivia	4	3	1	0	7
Canada	4	3	0	1	10
Scotland	4	2	2	0	3
Germany	4	2	1	1	8
Jamaica	4	2	1	1	7
USA	4	2	0	2	7
Croatia	4	1	1	2	5
England	4	1	1	2	4
Kuwait	4	1	0	3	2
Netherlands	4	0	2	2	4
Senegal	4	0	2	2	4
Israel	4	0	0	4	1
Philippines	3	3	0	0	27
Brunei	3	3	0	0	18
Kyrgyzstan	3	3	0	0	11
Iceland	3	3	0	0	7
Honduras	3	2	1	0	14
Kazakhstan	3	2	1	0	10
Slovakia	3	2	1	0	5
Turkey	3	2	0	1	5
Yugoslavia	3	2	0	1	2
Czechia	3	1	2	0	1
Bosnia & Herzegovina	3	1	1	1	6
Nigeria	3	1	1	1	5
Chile	3	1	1	1	4
Bulgaria	3	1	0	2	8
Switzerland	3	1	0	2	5
Ukraine	3	1	0	2	2
Serbia	3	1	0	2	1
Romania	3	0	1	2	2
Mongolia	2	2	0	0	20
Afghanistan	2	2	0	0	11
Sri Lanka	2	2	0	0	11
El Salvador	2	2	0	0	8
Finland	2	2	0	0	7
Cambodia	2	2	0	0	5
Egypt	2	2	0	0	5
Guatemala	2	2	0	0	5
Panama	2	2	0	0	4
Latvia	2	1	1	0	5
Taiwan	2	1	1	0	3
Trinidad & Tobago	2	1	1	0	2
Greece	2	1	1	0	1
Spain	2	1	0	1	2
Italy	2	0	1	1	4
Hungary	2	0	0	2	2
Togo	1	1	0	0	5
Pakistan	1	1	0	0	4
Palestine	1	1	0	0	4
Zambia	1	1	0	0	4
South Vietnam	1	1	0	0	4
Denmark	1	1	0	0	3
Turkmenistan	1	1	0	0	3
South Yemen	1	1	0	0	3
Azerbaijan	1	1	0	0	2
Montenegro	1	1	0	0	2
Angola	1	1	0	0	1
Cyprus	1	1	0	0	1
Malta	1	1	0	0	1
Russia	1	1	0	0	1
Serbia & Montenegro	1	1	0	0	1
Haiti	1	0	1	0	3
Mali	1	0	1	0	1
South Africa	1	0	1	0	0
Austria	1	0	0	1	0
Belarus	1	0	0	1	0
Norway	1	0	0	1	0
Wales	1	0	0	1	0
Total	651	341	126	184	1,186

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All matches of the team (any status); a penalty shoot-out decides won or lost, goals are without shoot-out kicks. M links to the head-to-head record.

All Time World Cup Stats for Japan

Games Total: 183
Goals: 396
Goals Against: 140
Games W/D/L: 104/35/44
Avg. Goals / Match: 2.16
Avg. Goals Against / Match: 0.77

Top Players

Most Goals Scored: 27; Kazuyoshi Miura
Most Matches: 58; Yūto Nagatomo
Most Yellow Cards: 7; Masami Ihara
Most Red Cards: 1; Satoshi Tsunami

Final tournaments and qualifiers; goals include penalty shoot-out kicks.

All-time top 50 of Japan

Matches

Scope

#	Name	Position	Years	M	11	S	G	A	Yellow cards	Second yellow cards	Red cards
1	Endō, Yasuhito	Centre Midfielder	2002–2015	152	134	18	15	26	11	0	1
2	Nagatomo, Yūto	Left Back	2008–2026	146	139	7	4	26	10	0	0
3	Yoshida, Maya	Centre Back	2010–2026	127	121	6	12	2	10	1	0
4	Ihara, Masami	Centre Back	1988–1999	126	126	0	5	0	12	0	2
5	Okazaki, Shinji	Secondary striker	2008–2019	119	92	27	50	12	2	0	0
6	Kawaguchi, Yoshikatsu	Goalkeeper	1997–2008	117	117	0	0	0	8	0	0
7	Hasebe, Makoto	Defensive Midfielder	2006–2018	114	107	7	2	10	11	0	1
8	Nakazawa, Yūji	Centre Back	1999–2010	110	106	4	17	2	5	0	0
9	Nakamura, Shunsuke	Attacking Midfielder	1998–2010	101	92	9	25	11	7	0	0
10	Honda, Keisuke	Attacking Midfielder	2008–2018	98	79	19	37	23	6	0	0
11	Kagawa, Shinji	Attacking Midfielder	2008–2019	97	78	19	31	16	2	0	0
12	Kawashima, Eiji	Goalkeeper	2008–2022	95	95	0	0	0	1	0	1
13	Konno, Yasuyuki	Defensive Midfielder	2005–2017	93	67	26	4	4	9	0	0
14	Miura, Kazuyoshi	Centre Forward	1990–2000	89	86	3	55	0	6	0	0
15	Inamoto, Junichi	Defensive Midfielder	1998–2010	87	73	14	7	1	12	0	0
16	Santos, Alex	Left Midfielder	2002–2006	82	70	12	7	9	22	0	0
17	Nakata, Hidetoshi	Centre Midfielder	1997–2006	78	76	2	11	1	4	0	0
18	Komano, Yūichi	Right Back	2005–2013	78	63	15	1	10	4	0	0
19	Narazaki, Seigō	Goalkeeper	1998–2010	77	77	0	0	0	1	0	0
20	Itō, Junya	Right Midfielder	2017–2026	76	44	32	16	30	4	0	0
21	Miyamoto, Tsuneyasu	Centre Back	1998–2006	76	72	4	3	0	7	0	0
22	Kamamoto, Kunishige	Centre Forward	1964–1977	75	73	2	74	0	0	0	0
23	Haraguchi, Genki	Right Midfielder	2011–2022	74	43	31	11	8	4	0	0
24	Uchida, Atsuto	Right Back	2008–2015	74	68	6	2	8	10	0	0
25	Sakai, Hiroki	Right Back	2012–2022	74	59	15	1	11	10	0	0
26	Minamino, Takumi	Secondary striker	2015–2025	73	53	20	26	14	3	0	0
27	Endo, Wataru	Defensive Midfielder	2015–2026	73	61	12	4	4	6	0	0
28	Tamada, Keiji	Secondary striker	2004–2010	72	53	19	16	1	1	0	0
29	Dōan, Ritsu	Right Midfielder	2018–2026	72	49	23	11	11	3	0	0
30	Hashiratani, Tetsuji	Defensive Midfielder	1988–1995	69	69	0	5	0	8	0	1
31	Nanami, Hiroshi	Left Midfielder	1995–2001	68	68	0	9	0	3	0	0
32	Nakamura, Kengo	Centre Midfielder	2006–2013	68	43	25	6	15	4	0	0
33	Nagai, Yoshikazu	Striker	1971–1980	66	58	8	9	0	0	0	0
34	Morishima, Hiroaki	Attacking Midfielder	1995–2002	65	42	23	12	0	1	0	0
35	Fukunishi, Takashi	Centre Midfielder	1999–2006	64	50	14	7	1	3	0	0
36	Fujishima, Nobuo	Centre Midfielder	1971–1979	64	56	8	7	0	0	0	0
37	Kaji, Akira	Right Back	2003–2008	64	59	5	2	5	12	0	0
38	Tsunami, Satoshi	Left Back	1980–1995	64	61	3	2	0	8	0	2
39	Ogi, Aritatsu	Attacking Midfielder	1963–1976	62	59	3	11	0	0	0	0
40	Ono, Shinji	Attacking Midfielder	1998–2008	62	49	13	7	1	6	0	0
41	Takahara, Naohiro	Centre Forward	1998–2008	61	49	12	23	1	5	0	0
42	Ōkubo, Yoshito	Secondary striker	2003–2014	60	41	19	6	7	8	1	1
43	Shibasaki, Gaku	Centre Midfielder	2014–2022	60	45	15	3	7	5	0	0
44	Nakayama, Masashi	Centre Forward	1988–2003	59	35	24	21	0	1	0	0
45	Sōma, Naoki	Right Back	1995–1999	59	57	2	5	0	1	0	0
46	Yamaguchi, Motohiro	Defensive Midfielder	1995–1998	59	57	2	5	0	5	1	0
47	Yanagisawa, Atsushi	Centre Forward	1998–2006	58	40	18	16	3	2	0	0
48	Maeda, Hideki	Defensive Midfielder	1975–1984	58	47	11	8	0	0	0	0
49	Kitazawa, Tsuyoshi	Right Midfielder	1991–1999	58	38	20	3	0	6	0	0
50	Ōsako, Yūya	Right Winger	2013–2022	57	44	13	24	8	5	0	0

M = matches from the start (11) and as a substitute (S), as on the player pages.
Only FIFA matches count.
Assists are only known where the assisting player was recorded.

Top 10 duos of Japan

#	Assist	Goal	Years	Goals	%
1	Itō, Junya	Ueda, Ayase	2023–2026	8	38
2	Honda, Keisuke	Okazaki, Shinji	2009–2015	7	14
3	Endō, Yasuhito	Okazaki, Shinji	2009–2013	6	12
4	Nakamura, Kengo	Okazaki, Shinji	2009–2011	5	10
5	Kagawa, Shinji	Okazaki, Shinji	2011–2015	5	10
6	Kiyotake, Hiroshi	Yoshida, Maya	2011–2017	4	33
7	Endō, Yasuhito	Honda, Keisuke	2012–2014	4	11
8	Nakamura, Shunsuke	Takahara, Naohiro	2006–2007	3	13
9	Endō, Yasuhito	Nakazawa, Yūji	2007–2008	3	18
10	Endō, Yasuhito	Tanaka, Marcus Túlio	2007–2010	3	38

Assister → scorer pairs with at least two goals in the team's FIFA matches. The assisting player is only known for 483 of 1,037 goals.