Caps Date Venue Opponent Score Competition
1 13- 2-97 Bangkok Sweden 0-1 King's Cup
2 15- 3-97 Bangkok Thailand 1-3
3 23- 3-97 Muscat Oman 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
4 25- 3-97 Muscat Macao 10-0 World Cup Qualifier
5 27- 3-97 Muscat Nepal 6-0 World Cup Qualifier
6 21- 5-97 Tokyo South Korea 1-1
7 8- 6-97 Tokyo Croatia 4-3 Kirin Cup
8 15- 6-97 Osaka Turkey 1-0 Kirin Cup
9 22- 6-97 Tokyo Macao 10-0 World Cup Qualifier
10 25- 6-97 Tokyo Nepal 3-0 World Cup Qualifier
11 28- 6-97 Tokyo Oman 1-1 World Cup Qualifier
12 13- 8-97 Osaka Brazil 0-3
13 7- 9-97 Tokyo Uzbekistan 6-3 World Cup Qualifier
14 19- 9-97 Abu Dhabi UA Emirates 0-0 World Cup Qualifier
15 28- 9-97 Tokyo South Korea 1-2 World Cup Qualifier
16 4-10-97 Almaty Kazakhstan 1-1 World Cup Qualifier
17 11-10-97 Tashkent Uzbekistan 1-1 World Cup Qualifier
18 26-10-97 Tokyo UA Emirates 1-1 World Cup Qualifier
19 1-11-97 Seoul South Korea 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
20 8-11-97 Tokyo Kazakhstan 5-1 World Cup Qualifier
21 16-11-97 Johor Bahru Iran 3-2 World Cup Qualifier
22 7- 3-98 Tokyo China 0-2 Dinasty Cup
23 1- 4-98 Seoul South Korea 1-2
24 17- 5-98 Tokyo Paraguay 1-1 Kirin Cup
25 24- 5-98 Yokohama Czech Republic 0-0 Kirin Cup
26 3- 6-98 Lausanne Yugoslavia 0-1
27 14- 6-98 Toulouse Argentina 0-1 World Cup
28 20- 6-98 Nantes Croatia 0-1 World Cup
29 26- 6-98 Lyon Jamaica 1-2 World Cup
30 28-10-98 Osaka Egypt 1-0 Kirin W. Challenge
31 3- 6-99 Tokyo Belgium 0-0 Kirin Cup
32 2- 7-99 Asunción Paraguay 0-4 Copa América
33 8- 9-99 Yokohama Iran 1-1 Kirin W. Challenge
34 13- 2-00 Macau Singapore 3-0 Asian Cup Qualifier
35 16- 2-00 Macau Brunei 9-0 Asian Cup Qualifier
36 6- 6-00 Casablanca Jamaica 4-0 Hassan II Cup
37 14-10-00 Saida Saudi Arabia 4-1 Asian Nations Cup
38 17-10-00 Saida Uzbekistan 8-1 Asian Nations Cup
39 24-10-00 Beirut Iraq 4-1 Asian Nations Cup
40 26-10-00 Beirut China 3-2 Asian Nations Cup
41 29-10-00 Beirut Saudi Arabia 1-0 Asian Nations Cup
42 25- 4-01 Córdoba Spain 0-1
43 31- 5-01 Niigata Canada 3-0 Confederations Cup
44 2- 6-01 Niigata Cameroon 2-0 Confederations Cup
45 7- 6-01 Yokohama Australia 1-0 Confederations Cup
46 10- 6-01 Yokohama France 0-1 Confederations Cup
47 1- 7-01 Sapporo Paraguay 2-0 Kirin Cup
48 4- 7-01 Oita Yugoslavia 1-0 Kirin Cup
49 15- 8-01 Shizuoka Australia 3-0 Asian-Oceania Cup
50 7-10-01 Southampton Nigeria 2-2
51 27- 3-02 Lódz Poland 2-0
52 14- 5-02 Oslo Norway 0-3
53 28- 3-03 Tokyo Uruguay 2-2 Kirin W. Challenge
54 11-10-03 Bucuresti Romania 1-1
55 9- 6-04 Saitama India 7-0 World Cup Qualifier
56 9- 7-04 Hiroshima Slovakia 3-1 Kirin Cup
57 13- 7-04 Yokohama Serbia-Monten. 1-0 Kirin Cup
58 20- 7-04 Chongqing Oman 1-0 Asian Nations Cup
59 24- 7-04 Chongqing Thailand 4-1 Asian Nations Cup
60 28- 7-04 Chongqing Iran 0-0 Asian Nations Cup
61 31- 7-04 Chongqing Jordan 1-1 [1] Asian Nations Cup
62 3- 8-04 Jinan Bahrain 4-3 Asian Nations Cup
63 7- 8-04 Beijing China 3-1 Asian Nations Cup
64 8- 9-04 Calcutta India 4-0 World Cup Qualifier
65 13-10-04 Muscat Oman 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
66 29- 1-05 Yokohama Kazakhstan 4-0 Kirin W. Challenge
67 2- 2-05 Saitama Syria 3-0 Kirin W. Challenge
68 9- 2-05 Saitama North Korea 2-1 World Cup Qualifier
69 22- 5-05 Niigata Peru 0-1 Kirin Cup
70 27- 5-05 Tokyo UA Emirates 0-1 Kirin Cup
71 3- 6-05 Manama Bahrain 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
72 8- 6-05 Bangkok North Korea 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
73 16- 6-05 Hannover Mexico 1-2 Confederations Cup
74 19- 6-05 Frankfurt Greece 1-0 Confederations Cup
75 22- 6-05 Köln Brazil 2-2 Confederations Cup
76 31- 7-05 Daejeon North Korea 0-1 East Asian Champ.
77 17- 8-05 Yokohama Iran 2-1 World Cup Qualifier
78 12-10-05 Kyiv Ukraine 0-1
79 16-11-05 Tokyo Angola 1-0
80 10- 2-06 San Francisco United States 2-3
81 18- 2-06 Shizuoka Finland 2-0 Kirin W. Challenge
82 22- 2-06 Yokohama India 6-0 Asian Cup Qualifier
83 28- 2-06 Dortmund Bosnia-Herzeg. 2-2
84 30- 3-06 Oita Ecuador 1-0
85 9- 5-06 Osaka Bulgaria 1-2 Kirin Cup
86 13- 5-06 Saitama Scotland 0-0 Kirin Cup
87 30- 5-06 Leverkusen Germany 2-2
88 4- 6-06 Düsseldorf Malta 1-0
89 12- 6-06 Kaiserslautern Australia 1-3 World Cup
90 18- 6-06 Nürnberg Croatia 0-0 World Cup
91 22- 6-06 Dortmund Brazil 1-4 World Cup
92 9- 8-06 Tokyo Trinidad/Tobago 2-0
93 16- 8-06 Niigata Yemen 2-0 Asian Cup Qualifier
94 2- 9-06 Jeddah Saudi Arabia 0-1 Asian Cup Qualifier
95 6- 9-06 Sana'a Yemen 1-0 Asian Cup Qualifier
96 4-10-06 Yokohama Ghana 0-1
97 11-10-06 Bangalore India 3-0 Asian Cup Qualifier
98 15-11-06 Sapporo Saudi Arabia 3-1 Asian Cup Qualifier
99 24- 3-07 Yokohama Peru 2-0
100 5- 6-07 Saitama Colombia 0-0 Kirin Cup
101 9- 7-07 Hanoi Qatar 1-1 Asian Nations Cup
102 13- 7-07 Hanoi UA Emirates 3-1 Asian Nations Cup
103 16- 7-07 Hanoi Vietnam 4-1 Asian Nations Cup
104 21- 7-07 Hanoi Australia 1-1 [2] Asian Nations Cup
105 25- 7-07 Hanoi Saudi Arabia 2-3 Asian Nations Cup
106 28- 7-07 Palembang South Korea 0-0 [3] Asian Nations Cup
107 22- 8-07 Oita Cameroon 2-0 Kirin W. Challenge
108 7- 9-07 Klagenfurt Austria 0-0 [4] International Tourn.
109 11- 9-07 Klagenfurt Switzerland 4-3 International Tourn.
110 17-10-07 Osaka Egypt 4-1 Asian-African Cup
111 26- 1-08 Tokyo Chile 0-0 Kirin Cup
112 6- 2-08 Saitama Thailand 4-1 World Cup Qualifier
113 23- 2-08 Chongqing South Korea 1-1 East Asian Champ.
114 26- 3-08 Manama Bahrain 0-1 World Cup Qualifier
115 13-11-08 Kobe Syria 3-1 Kirin Cup
116 19-11-08 Doha Qatar 3-0 World Cup Qualifier
Total Record
Matches Won Draw Lost For Against Points Percentage
116 62 27 27 230- 104 151 65.09
[1] Japan won 4-3 on penalty kicks.
[2] Japan won 4-3 on penalty kicks.
[3] Japan lost 5-6 on penalty kicks.
[4] Japan lost 3-4 on penalty kicks.
Remarks: The matches against Romania League XI (16/ 2/97, 2-0, in Bangkok),
Hong Kong XI ( 4/ 3/98, 5-1, in Yokohama) and Mexico (31/ 5/98, 1-2,
in Lausanne) in which Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi played, are not considered
full “A” internationals for Japan FA and therefore not included here.
Types of Matches
World Cup Qualifier 25
Kirin Cup 23
Friendlies 20
Asian Nations Cup 17
Confederations Cup 7
World Cup 6
Asian Cup Qualifier 8
Copa América 1
Other Tournaments 9
Total caps: 116
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Last updated: 10 Jun 2011
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