Japan national football team statistics and records: youngest players

Competitions:

Youngest Japan players

Japan's youngest players, and their age in years and days on the occasion of their most recent appearance, starting or coming on as a substitute.

For each player age is measured in days, and in years and days, from their date of birth to the day of their first appearance.

Player Age (Y:d) Age (days) Match
Shigeyoshi Mochizuki 16:14 5858 23 Jul 1989
	
v Brazil
Daisuke Ichikawa 17:321 6531 01 Apr 1998
	
v Korea Republic
Takefusa Kubo 18:4 6579 09 Jun 2019
	
v El Salvador
Hiromi Kojima 18:68 6643 19 Feb 1996
	
v Poland
Shinji Ono 18:186 6761 01 Apr 1998
	
v Korea Republic
Taloashi Onishi 18:219 6794 23 May 1990
	
v Sweden
Akihiro Endo 18:253 6828 29 May 1994
	
v France
Naoki Soma 18:308 6883 23 May 1990
	
v Sweden
Kazuhiro Suzuki 18:341 6916 24 Oct 1995
	
v Saudi Arabia
Takuji Yonemoto 19:34 6974 06 Jan 2010
	
v Yemen
Yula Minami 19:62 7002 01 Dec 1998
	
v Nepal
Shinji Kagawa 19:68 7008 24 May 2008
	
v Ivory Coast
Junichi Inamoto 19:74 7014 01 Dec 1998
	
v Nepal
Hideki Nagai 19:117 7057 23 May 1990
	
v Sweden
Makoto Yonekura 19:146 7086 23 May 1990
	
v Sweden
Naohiro Takahara 19:180 7120 01 Dec 1998
	
v Nepal
Naoki Yamada 19:186 7126 06 Jan 2010
	
v Yemen
Hiroshi Saito 19:201 7141 23 May 1990
	
v Sweden
Kunio Nagayama 19:249 7189 23 May 1990
	
v Sweden
Fumitake Miura 19:284 7224 23 May 1990
	
v Sweden
Atsuto Uchida 19:304 7244 26 Jan 2008
	
v Chile
Tatsuya Tanaka 19:305 7245 28 Sep 2002
	
v Palestine
Keisuke Osako 19:324 7264 17 Jun 2019
	
v Chile
Zion Suzuki 19:332 7272 19 Jul 2022
	
v Hong Kong
Mu Kanazaki 19:338 7278 20 Jan 2009
	
v Yemen
Takehiro Tomiyasu 19:341 7281 12 Oct 2018
	
v Panama
Kazuhito Nigorisawa 20:8 7313 23 May 1990
	
v Sweden
Kenichi Shimokawa 20:9 7314 23 May 1990
	
v Sweden
Daijiro Takakuwa 20:21 7326 20 Oct 2000
	
v Qatar
Kazuya Yamamura 20:35 7340 06 Jan 2010
	
v Yemen
Shoji Jo 20:45 7350 01 Aug 1995
	
v Russia
Shinji Fujiyoshi 20:50 7355 23 May 1990
	
v Sweden
Michihiro Yasuda 20:59 7364 17 Feb 2008
	
v Korea DPR
Ritsu Doan 20:87 7392 11 Sep 2018
	
v Costa Rica
Kentaro Ishikawa 20:100 7405 23 May 1990
	
v Sweden
Yukinari Sugawara 20:103 7408 09 Oct 2020
	
v Cameroon
Hidetoshi Nakata 20:119 7424 21 May 1997
	
v Korea Republic
Masami Ihara 20:131 7436 27 Jan 1988
	
v United Arab Emirates
Hiroki Abe 20:140 7445 17 Jun 2019
	
v Chile
Joel Fujita 20:153 7458 19 Jul 2022
	
v Hong Kong
Shunsuke Nakamura 20:166 7471 07 Dec 1998
	
v Korea Republic
Daiki Hashioka 20:207 7512 10 Dec 2019
	
v China PR
Satoshi Yamaguchi 20:228 7533 01 Dec 1998
	
v Nepal
Yoshihiro Natsuka 20:228 7533 23 May 1990
	
v Sweden
Takashi Inui 20:232 7537 20 Jan 2009
	
v Yemen
Koji Nakata 20:250 7555 15 Mar 2000
	
v China PR
Hiroaki Hiraoka 20:263 7568 23 May 1990
	
v Sweden
Atsushi Yanagisawa 20:264 7569 15 Feb 1998
	
v Australia
Takumi Minamino 20:270 7575 13 Oct 2015
	
v Iran
Daiki Sugioka 20:282 7587 17 Jun 2019
	
v Chile
Akhiro Ienaga 20:284 7589 24 Mar 2007
	
v Peru
Yosuke Ideguchi 20:288 7593 07 Jun 2017
	
v Syria
Ayase Ueda 20:293 7598 17 Jun 2019
	
v Chile
Kyosuke Tagawa 20:302 7607 10 Dec 2019
	
v China PR
Kensuke Nagai 20:307 7612 06 Jan 2010
	
v Yemen
Shuichi Gonda 20:309 7614 06 Jan 2010
	
v Yemen
Tomokazu Myojin 20:311 7616 01 Dec 1998
	
v Nepal
Mao Hosoya 20:320 7625 24 Jul 2022
	
v China PR
Takafumi Ogura 20:320 7625 22 May 1994
	
v Australia
Teruki Hara 20:322 7627 17 Jun 2019
	
v Chile
Akinori Nishizawa 20:337 7642 21 May 1997
	
v Korea Republic
Yoshito Okubo 20:356 7661 31 May 2003
	
v Korea Republic
Hisashi Kurosaki 20:362 7667 05 May 1989
	
v Korea Republic
Masashi Motoyama 20:364 7669 18 Jun 2000
	
v Bolivia
Yugo Tatsuta 20:364 7669 20 Jun 2019
	
v Uruguay
Yoshiteru Yamashita 21:15 7686 07 Dec 1998
	
v Korea Republic
Hiroki Mizumoto 21:21 7692 04 Oct 2006
	
v Ghana
Toshihide Saito 21:31 7702 22 May 1994
	
v Australia
Kenji Fukuda 21:40 7711 01 Dec 1998
	
v Nepal
Taiyo Koga 21:46 7717 14 Dec 2019
	
v Hong Kong
Naoki Sakai 21:72 7743 13 Oct 1996
	
v Tunisia
Keita Suzuki 21:93 7764 10 Oct 2002
	
v Thailand
Daiki Suga 21:94 7765 14 Dec 2019
	
v Hong Kong
Ao Tanaka 21:94 7765 14 Dec 2019
	
v Hong Kong
Hideto Suzuki 21:129 7800 14 Feb 1996
	
v Australia
Daisuke Matsui 21:142 7813 01 Oct 2002
	
v Bahrain
Kota Yoshihara 21:149 7820 02 Jul 1999
	
v Paraguay
Takayuki Morimoto 21:155 7826 10 Oct 2009
	
v Scotland
Tomoyuki Sakai 21:174 7845 20 Dec 2000
	
v Korea Republic
Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi 21:182 7853 13 Feb 1997
	
v Sweden
Kashifu Bangunagande 21:184 7855 28 Mar 2023
	
v Colombia
Yuji Nakazawa 21:194 7865 08 Sep 1999
	
v Iran
Koki Mizuno 21:198 7869 24 Mar 2007
	
v Peru
Takuma Asano 21:205 7876 03 Jun 2016
	
v Bulgaria
Nozomi Hiroyama 21:208 7879 01 Dec 1998
	
v Nepal
Daizen Maeda 21:239 7910 17 Jun 2019
	
v Chile
Kento Misao 21:243 7914 16 Dec 2017
	
v Korea Republic
Gotoku Sakai 21:245 7916 14 Nov 2012
	
v Oman
Kosei Tani 21:246 7917 27 Jul 2022
	
v Korea Republic
Yūto Nagatomo 21:254 7925 24 May 2008
	
v Ivory Coast
Hiroshi Kiyotake 21:293 7964 02 Sep 2011
	
v Korea DPR
Tsuneyasu Miyamoto 21:296 7967 01 Dec 1998
	
v Nepal
Seigo Narazaki 21:305 7976 15 Feb 1998
	
v Australia
Keisuke Honda 22:9 8045 22 Jun 2008
	
v Bahrain
Keita Endo 22:17 8053 10 Dec 2019
	
v China PR
Yosuke Kashiwagi 22:22 8058 06 Jan 2010
	
v Yemen
Makoto Hasebe 22:23 8059 10 Feb 2006
	
v USA
Teruyuki Moniwa 22:29 8065 08 Oct 2003
	
v Tunisia
Yoshinori Mutō 22:51 8087 05 Sep 2014
	
v Uruguay
Hiroki Sakai 22:52 8088 03 Jun 2012
	
v Oman