Caps Date Venue Opponent Score Competition 1 24- 5-08 Toyota Ivory Coast 1-0 Kirin Cup 2 27- 5-08 Saitama Paraguay 0-0 Kirin Cup 3 2- 6-08 Yokohama Oman 3-0 World Cup Qualifier 4 20- 8-08 Sapporo Uruguay 1-3 Kirin Cup 5 9-10-08 Niigata UA Emirates 1-1 Kirin Cup 6 13-11-08 Kobe Syria 3-1 Kirin Cup 7 19-11-08 Doha Qatar 3-0 World Cup Qualifier 8 28- 1-09 Manama Bahrain 0-1 Asian Cup Qualifier 9 4- 2-09 Tokyo Finland 5-1 Kirin Cup 10 11- 2-09 Yokohama Australia 0-0 World Cup Qualifier 11 28- 3-09 Saitama Bahrain 1-0 World Cup Qualifier 12 31- 5-09 Tokyo Belgium 4-0 Kirin Cup 13 6- 6-09 Tashkent Uzbekistan 1-0 World Cup Qualifier 14 17- 6-09 Melbourne Australia 1-2 World Cup Qualifier 15 5- 9-09 Enschede Netherlands 0-3 16 9- 9-09 Utrecht Ghana 4-3 17 8-10-09 Shizuoka Hongkong 6-0 Asian Cup Qualifier 18 14-10-09 Miyagi Togo 5-0 Kirin Cup 19 2- 2-10 Oita Venezuela 0-0 Kirin Cup 20 6- 2-10 Tokyo China 0-0 East Asian Champ. 21 14- 2-10 Tokyo South Korea 1-3 East Asian Champ. 22 3- 3-10 Nagoya Bahrain 2-0 Asian Cup Qualifier 23 7- 4-10 Osaka Serbia 0-3 Kirin Cup 24 24- 5-10 Saitama South Korea 0-2 Kirin Cup 25 30- 5-10 Graz England 1-2 26 4- 6-10 Sion Ivory Coast 0-2 27 14- 6-10 Bloemfontein Cameroon 1-0 World Cup 28 19- 6-10 Durban Netherlands 0-1 World Cup 29 24- 6-10 Rustenburg Denmark 3-1 World Cup 30 29- 6-10 Pretoria Paraguay 0-0 [1] World Cup 31 4- 9-10 Yokohama Paraguay 1-0 Kirin Cup 32 7- 9-10 Osaka Guatemala 2-1 Kirin Cup 33 8-10-10 Saitama Argentina 1-0 34 12-10-10 Seoul South Korea 0-0 35 9- 1-11 Doha Jordan 1-1 Asian Nations Cup 36 13- 1-11 Doha Syria 2-1 Asian Nations Cup 37 17- 1-11 Doha Saudi Arabia 5-0 Asian Nations Cup 38 21- 1-11 Doha Qatar 3-2 Asian Nations Cup 39 25- 1-11 Doha South Korea 2-2 [2] Asian Nations Cup 40 29- 1-11 Doha Australia 1-0 Asian Nations Cup 41 1- 6-11 Niigata Peru 0-0 Kirin Cup 42 7- 6-11 Yokohama Czech Republic 0-0 Kirin Cup 43 7-10-11 Kobe Vietnam 1-0 Kirin Cup 44 11-10-11 Osaka Tajikistan 8-0 World Cup Qualifier 45 29- 2-12 Toyota Uzbekistan 0-1 World Cup Qualifier 46 23- 5-12 Shizuoka Azerbaijan 2-0 Kirin Cup 47 3- 6-12 Saitama Oman 3-0 World Cup Qualifier 48 8- 6-12 Saitama Jordan 6-0 World Cup Qualifier 49 12- 6-12 Brisbane Australia 1-1 World Cup Qualifier 50 15- 8-12 Sapporo Venezuela 1-1 Kirin Cup 51 11- 9-12 Saitama Iraq 1-0 World Cup Qualifier 52 12-10-12 Saint-Denis France 1-0 53 16-10-12 Wroclaw Brazil 0-4 54 14-11-12 Muscat Oman 2-1 World Cup Qualifier 55 6- 2-13 Kobe Latvia 3-0 Kirin Cup 56 30- 5-13 Toyota Bulgaria 0-2 Kirin Cup 57 4- 6-13 Saitama Australia 1-1 World Cup Qualifier 58 11- 6-13 Doha Iraq 1-0 World Cup Qualifier 59 15- 6-13 Brasília Brazil 0-3 Confederations Cup 60 19- 6-13 Recife Italy 3-4 Confederations Cup 61 22- 6-13 Belo Horizonte Mexico 1-2 Confederations Cup 62 6- 9-13 Osaka Guatemala 3-0 Kirin Cup 63 10- 9-13 Yokohama Ghana 3-1 Kirin Cup 64 11-10-13 Novi Sad Serbia 0-2 65 15-10-13 Zhodzina Belarus 0-1 66 16-11-13 Genk Netherlands 2-2 67 5- 3-14 Tokyo New Zealand 4-2 Kirin Cup 68 27- 5-14 Saitama Cyprus 1-0 Kirin Cup 69 2- 6-14 Tampa Costa Rica 3-1 70 6- 6-14 Tampa Zambia 4-3 71 14- 6-14 Recife Ivory Coast 1-2 World Cup 72 19- 6-14 Natal Greece 0-0 World Cup 73 24- 6-14 Cuiabá Colombia 1-4 World Cup 74 5- 9-14 Sapporo Uruguay 0-2 Kirin Cup 75 9- 9-14 Yokohama Venezuela 2-2 Kirin Cup 76 10-10-14 Niigata Jamaica 1-0 Kirin Cup 77 12- 1-15 Newcastle Palestine 4-0 Asian Nations Cup 78 16- 1-15 Brisbane Iraq 1-0 Asian Nations Cup 79 20- 1-15 Melbourne Jordan 2-0 Asian Nations Cup 80 23- 1-15 Sydney UA Emirates 1-1 [3] Asian Nations Cup 81 11- 6-15 Yokohama Iraq 4-0 Kirin Cup 82 3- 9-15 Saitama Cambodia 3-0 World Cup Qualifier 83 8- 9-15 Tehran Afghanistan 6-0 World Cup Qualifier 84 8-10-15 Seeb Syria 3-0 World Cup Qualifier 85 12-11-15 Singapore Singapore 3-0 World Cup Qualifier 86 17-11-15 Phnom Penh Cambodia 2-0 World Cup Qualifier 87 24- 3-16 Saitama Afghanistan 5-0 World Cup Qualifier 88 29- 3-16 Saitama Syria 5-0 World Cup Qualifier 89 3- 6-16 Toyota Bulgaria 7-2 Kirin Cup 90 7- 6-16 Suita Bosnia-Herzeg. 1-2 Kirin Cup 91 15-11-16 Saitama Saudi Arabia 2-1 World Cup Qualifier 92 23- 3-17 Al-Ain UA Emirates 2-0 World Cup Qualifier 93 28- 3-17 Saitama Thailand 4-0 World Cup Qualifier 94 7- 6-17 Tokyo Syria 1-1 Kirin Cup 95 13- 6-17 Tehran Iraq 1-1 World Cup Qualifier 96 31- 8-17 Saitama Australia 2-0 World Cup Qualifier 97 5- 9-17 Jeddah Saudi Arabia 0-1 World Cup Qualifier 98 6-10-17 Toyota New Zealand 2-1 Kirin Cup 99 10-10-17 Yokohama Haiti 3-3 Kirin Cup 100 10-11-17 V'neuve-d'Ascq Brazil 1-3 101 14-11-17 Brugge Belgium 0-1 102 23- 3-18 Liège Mali 1-1 103 27- 3-18 Liège Ukraine 1-2 104 30- 5-18 Yokohama Ghana 0-2 Kirin Cup 105 8- 6-18 Lugano Switzerland 0-2 106 19- 6-18 Saransk Colombia 2-1 World Cup 107 24- 6-18 Yekaterinburg Senegal 2-2 World Cup 108 28- 6-18 Volgograd Poland 0-1 World Cup 109 2- 7-18 Rostov-na-Donu Belgium 2-3 World Cup 110 16-10-18 Saitama Uruguay 4-3 Kirin Cup 111 9- 1-19 Abu Dhabi Turkmenistan 3-2 Asian Nations Cup 112 13- 1-19 Abu Dhabi Oman 1-0 Asian Nations Cup 113 21- 1-19 Sharjah Saudi Arabia 1-0 Asian Nations Cup 114 24- 1-19 Dubai Vietnam 1-0 Asian Nations Cup 115 28- 1-19 Al-Ain Iran 3-0 Asian Nations Cup 116 1- 2-19 Abu Dhabi Qatar 1-3 Asian Nations Cup 117 5- 6-19 Toyota Trinidad/Tobago 0-0 Kirin Cup 118 5- 9-19 Kashima Paraguay 2-0 Kirin Cup 119 10- 9-19 Yangon Myanmar 2-0 World Cup Qualifier 120 10-10-19 Saitama Mongolia 6-0 World Cup Qualifier 121 15-10-19 Dushanbe Tajikistan 3-0 World Cup Qualifier 122 14-11-19 Bishkek Kyrgyzstan 2-0 World Cup Qualifier 123 13-11-20 Graz Panama 1-0 124 28- 5-21 Chiba Myanmar 10-0 World Cup Qualifier 125 11- 6-21 Kobe Serbia 1-0 Kirin Cup 126 2- 9-21 Suita Oman 0-1 World Cup Qualifier 127 7- 9-21 Doha China 1-0 World Cup Qualifier 128 7-10-21 Jeddah Saudi Arabia 0-1 World Cup Qualifier 129 12-10-21 Saitama Australia 2-1 World Cup Qualifier 130 11-11-21 Hanoi Vietnam 1-0 World Cup Qualifier 131 16-11-21 Muscat Oman 1-0 World Cup Qualifier 132 27- 1-22 Saitama China 2-0 World Cup Qualifier 133 1- 2-22 Saitama Saudi Arabia 2-0 World Cup Qualifier 134 24- 3-22 Sydney Australia 2-0 World Cup Qualifier 135 6- 6-22 Tokyo Brazil 0-1 Kirin Challenge Cup 136 14- 6-22 Suita Tunisia 0-3 Kirin Cup 137 27- 9-22 Düsseldorf Ecuador 0-0 138 17-11-22 Dubai Canada 1-2 139 23-11-22 Doha Germany 2-1 World Cup 140 27-11-22 Al-Rayyan Costa Rica 0-1 World Cup 141 1-12-22 Doha Spain 2-1 World Cup 142 6-12-22 Lusail Croatia 1-1 [4] World Cup [1] Japan lost 3-5 on penalty kicks. [2] Japan won 2-0 on penalty kicks. [3] Japan lost 4-5 on penalty kicks. [4] Japan lost 1-3 on penalty kicks. Total Record Matches Won Draw Lost For Against Points Percentage 142 79 26 37 256- 130 184 64.79 Types of Matches: World Cup Qualifier 42 Kirin Cup 40 Friendlies 21 Asian Nations Cup 16 World Cup 15 Asian Cup Qualifier 3 Confederations Cup 3 East Asian Championship 2 Total: 142 Goals: Cap 6 1 goal Cap 12 1 goal Cap 17 1 goal Cap 120 1 goal Total 4 goals
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