Japan national football team statistics and records: appearances
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| Player | Caps | First | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yasuhito Endo | 133 | 20 Nov 2002 | 09 Aug 2015 |
| Masami Ihara | 129 | 27 Jan 1988 | 05 Jul 1999 |
| Yūto Nagatomo | 124 | 24 May 2008 | 31 May 2026 |
| Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi | 113 | 13 Feb 1997 | 19 Nov 2008 |
| Maya Yoshida | 105 | 02 Sep 2011 | 31 May 2026 |
| Yuji Nakazawa | 104 | 08 Sep 1999 | 29 Jun 2010 |
| Shunsuke Nakamura | 101 | 07 Dec 1998 | 19 Jun 2010 |
| Shinji Okazaki | 96 | 15 Oct 2008 | 24 Jun 2019 |
| Makoto Hasebe | 94 | 10 Feb 2006 | 02 Jul 2018 |
| Junichi Inamoto | 84 | 01 Dec 1998 | 24 Jun 2010 |
| Kazuyoshi Miura | 84 | 31 May 1992 | 16 Feb 2000 |
| Hidetoshi Nakata | 82 | 21 May 1997 | 22 Jun 2006 |
| Alessandro Santos Alex | 81 | 21 Mar 2002 | 15 Nov 2006 |
| Eiji Kawashima | 78 | 17 Feb 2008 | 10 Jun 2022 |
| Seigo Narazaki | 77 | 15 Feb 1998 | 24 May 2010 |
| Tetsuji Hashiratani | 76 | 27 Jan 1988 | 10 Oct 1996 |
| Keisuke Honda | 76 | 22 Jun 2008 | 02 Jul 2018 |
| Shinji Kagawa | 75 | 24 May 2008 | 26 Mar 2019 |
| Tsuneyasu Miyamoto | 75 | 01 Dec 1998 | 18 Jun 2006 |
| Takumi Minamino | 73 | 13 Oct 2015 | 18 Nov 2025 |
| Yasuyuki Konno | 72 | 03 Aug 2005 | 16 Dec 2017 |
| Hiroshi Nanami | 71 | 06 Aug 1995 | 25 Apr 2001 |
| Wataru Endo | 70 | 08 Sep 2015 | 31 May 2026 |
| Genki Haraguchi | 70 | 03 Sep 2015 | 23 Sep 2022 |
| Junya Ito | 70 | 09 Dec 2017 | 31 May 2026 |
| Keiji Tamada | 69 | 31 Mar 2004 | 29 Jun 2010 |
| Hiroki Sakai | 67 | 03 Jun 2012 | 05 Dec 2022 |
| Hiroaki Morishima | 67 | 21 May 1995 | 18 Jun 2002 |
| Yūichi Komano | 67 | 03 Aug 2005 | 05 Aug 2015 |
| Ritsu Doan | 65 | 11 Sep 2018 | 31 May 2026 |
| Naoki Soma | 63 | 23 May 1990 | 08 Sep 1999 |
| Tsuyoshi Kitazawa | 62 | 02 Jun 1991 | 06 Jun 1999 |
| Takashi Fukunishi | 62 | 29 Jun 1999 | 18 Jun 2006 |
| Akira Kaji | 61 | 07 Feb 2004 | 20 Feb 2008 |
| Motohiro Yamaguchi | 60 | 06 Jan 1995 | 26 Jun 1998 |
| Naohiro Takahara | 60 | 01 Dec 1998 | 27 May 2008 |
| Nobuo Fujishima | 58 | 12 Jul 1972 | 23 Aug 1979 |
| Atsushi Yanagisawa | 58 | 15 Feb 1998 | 18 Jun 2006 |
| Shinji Ono | 58 | 01 Apr 1998 | 20 Aug 2008 |
| Yoshikaza Nagai | 58 | 13 Aug 1971 | 23 Aug 1979 |
| Kengo Nakamura | 57 | 04 Oct 2006 | 22 Jun 2013 |
| Gaku Shibasaki | 56 | 09 Sep 2014 | 17 Nov 2022 |
| Hiromi Hara | 55 | 19 Nov 1978 | 26 Oct 1988 |
| Mitsuo Ogasawara | 55 | 21 Mar 2002 | 11 Feb 2010 |
| Atsuto Uchida | 54 | 26 Jan 2008 | 14 Nov 2014 |
| Mashshi Nakayama | 54 | 31 Jul 1990 | 08 Jun 2003 |
| Hiroshi Ochiai | 53 | 07 Sep 1974 | 23 Aug 1979 |
| Yuki Abe | 53 | 29 Jan 2005 | 16 Dec 2017 |
| Yoshito Okubo | 53 | 31 May 2003 | 24 Jun 2014 |
| Takayuki Suzuki | 53 | 02 Jun 2001 | 12 Oct 2005 |
| Kunishige Kamamoto | 52 | 03 Mar 1964 | 15 Jun 1977 |
| Koji Nakata | 51 | 15 Mar 2000 | 05 Jun 2007 |
| Yūya Osako | 50 | 16 Nov 2013 | 01 Feb 2022 |
| Takuma Asano | 50 | 03 Jun 2016 | 10 Sep 2024 |
| Hideki Maeda | 50 | 04 Aug 1975 | 26 Oct 1988 |
| Daichi Kamada | 49 | 22 Mar 2019 | 31 Mar 2026 |
| Masahiro Fukuda | 48 | 27 Jul 1990 | 28 Oct 1995 |
| Takefusa Kubo | 48 | 09 Jun 2019 | 31 May 2026 |
| Teruki Miyamoto | 48 | 11 Jun 1961 | 13 Aug 1971 |
| Marcus Tulio Tanaka | 47 | 29 Jan 2005 | 29 Jun 2010 |
| Mitsuhisa Taguchi | 47 | 08 Sep 1975 | 06 Mar 1984 |
| Yutaka Akita | 46 | 24 Oct 1995 | 08 Jun 2003 |
| Tokutatsu Ojiro | 44 | 08 Aug 1963 | 01 Feb 1976 |
| Takuya Takagi | 44 | 31 May 1992 | 08 Nov 1997 |
| Takehiro Tomiyasu | 43 | 12 Oct 2018 | 31 May 2026 |
| Toshihiro Hattori | 42 | 11 Sep 1996 | 08 Jun 2003 |
| Yoshitada Yamaguchi | 41 | 11 Mar 1965 | 23 Jun 1973 |
| Shigetatsu Matsunaga | 41 | 08 Sep 1988 | 26 Feb 1995 |
| Hisashi Katoh | 41 | 23 Nov 1978 | 27 May 1987 |
| Minoru Kaneda | 41 | 15 Jun 1977 | 06 Mar 1984 |
| Hidemasa Morita | 40 | 11 Sep 2018 | 20 Mar 2025 |
| Ko Itakura | 40 | 20 Jun 2019 | 31 May 2026 |
| Takumi Horiike | 40 | 26 Oct 1988 | 08 Jan 1995 |
| Shoji Jo | 40 | 01 Aug 1995 | 24 Mar 2001 |
| Kuniya Daini | 40 | 12 Jul 1972 | 04 Dec 1976 |
| Akira Narahashi | 40 | 27 Sep 1994 | 08 Jun 2003 |
| Kazushi Kimura | 39 | 31 May 1979 | 28 Sep 1986 |
| Ryuichi Sugiyama | 39 | 28 May 1961 | 13 Aug 1971 |
| Keisuke Tsuboi | 39 | 11 Jun 2003 | 01 Jun 2007 |
| Ryuzo Morioka | 39 | 31 Mar 1999 | 08 Jun 2003 |
| Ayase Ueda | 39 | 17 Jun 2019 | 31 May 2026 |
| Naoki Matsuda | 38 | 05 Feb 2000 | 29 Jan 2005 |
| Ao Tanaka | 38 | 14 Dec 2019 | 31 May 2026 |
| Toshifumi Tonami | 37 | 22 Dec 1980 | 27 May 1987 |
| Hotaru Yamaguchi | 37 | 15 Oct 2013 | 19 Nov 2019 |
| Kozoh Arai | 37 | 12 Dec 1970 | 15 Jun 1977 |
| Hajime Moriyasu | 37 | 31 May 1992 | 19 Feb 1996 |
| Shogo Taniguchi | 36 | 09 Dec 2017 | 31 May 2026 |
| Mitsuo Kamata | 36 | 28 Dec 1958 | 18 Oct 1969 |
| Shigeo Yaegashi | 36 | 26 May 1958 | 18 Oct 1969 |
| Shuichi Gonda | 36 | 06 Jan 2010 | 05 Dec 2022 |
| Akihiri Nishimura | 36 | 09 Jun 1980 | 30 Jan 1988 |
| Koji Mori | 35 | 16 Dec 1966 | 14 Aug 1975 |
| Gotoku Sakai | 35 | 14 Nov 2012 | 28 Jun 2018 |
| Masakatsu Miyamoto | 34 | 10 Jan 1959 | 18 Oct 1969 |
| Tatsuhiko Kubo | 34 | 28 Oct 1998 | 13 May 2006 |
| Mitsunori Yoshida | 33 | 08 Sep 1988 | 28 Oct 1993 |
| Norio Omura | 33 | 21 May 1995 | 26 Jun 1998 |
| Hiroshige Yanagimoto | 33 | 08 Jan 1995 | 27 Mar 1997 |
| Seiichiro Maki | 33 | 31 Jul 2005 | 22 Jun 2008 |