Japan national football team statistics and records: oldest players

Competitions:

Oldest Japan players

Japan's oldest 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 given in days, and in years and days, from their date of birth.

Player Age (Y:d) Age (days) Match
Mitsunori Yoshida 54:177 19901 01 Sep 2016
	
v United Arab Emirates
Yūto Nagatomo 39:261 14506 31 May 2026
	
v Iceland
Eiji Kawashima 39:82 14327 10 Jun 2022
	
v Ghana
Maya Yoshida 37:279 13794 31 May 2026
	
v Iceland
Yuki Abe 36:101 13250 16 Dec 2017
	
v Korea Republic
Yasuhito Endo 35:193 12977 09 Aug 2015
	
v China PR
Yasuyuki Konno 34:325 12744 16 Dec 2017
	
v Korea Republic
Shogo Taniguchi 34:320 12739 31 May 2026
	
v Iceland
Makoto Hasebe 34:165 12584 02 Jul 2018
	
v Belgium
Seigo Narazaki 34:38 12457 24 May 2010
	
v Korea Republic
Yūichi Komano 34:10 12429 05 Aug 2015
	
v Korea Republic
Shuichi Gonda 33:276 12330 05 Dec 2022
	
v Croatia
Shuhei Terada 33:219 12273 28 Jan 2009
	
v Bahrain
Sho Inagaki 33:202 12256 15 Jul 2025
	
v Korea Republic
Toshiya Fujita 33:117 12171 29 Jan 2005
	
v Kazakhstan
Wataru Endo 33:110 12164 31 May 2026
	
v Iceland
Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi 33:96 12150 19 Nov 2008
	
v Qatar
Junya Ito 33:82 12136 31 May 2026
	
v Iceland
Shinji Okazaki 33:68 12122 24 Jun 2019
	
v Ecuador
Kazuyoshi Miura 32:355 12043 16 Feb 2000
	
v Brunei Darussalam
Toshihiro Aoyama 32:329 12017 17 Jan 2019
	
v Uzbekistan
Masaaki Higashiguchi 32:314 12002 22 Mar 2019
	
v Colombia
Yutaka Akita 32:306 11994 08 Jun 2003
	
v Argentina
Sho Sasaki 32:298 11986 27 Jul 2022
	
v Korea Republic
Hiroki Sakai 32:237 11925 05 Dec 2022
	
v Croatia
Kengo Nakamura 32:234 11922 22 Jun 2013
	
v Mexico
Shigetatsu Matsunaga 32:198 11886 26 Feb 1995
	
v Korea Republic
Shuto Yamamoto 32:194 11882 12 Dec 2017
	
v China PR
Kota Mizunuma 32:155 11843 27 Jul 2022
	
v Korea Republic
Yuji Nakazawa 32:124 11812 29 Jun 2010
	
v Paraguay
Tetsuji Hashiratani 32:87 11775 10 Oct 1996
	
v J League World XI
Yoichi Doi 32:75 11763 08 Oct 2005
	
v Latvia
Keisuke Honda 32:19 11707 02 Jul 2018
	
v Belgium
Yoshito Okubo 32:15 11703 24 Jun 2014
	
v Colombia
Shunsuke Nakamura 31:360 11683 19 Jun 2010
	
v Netherlands
Yuzo Kurihara 31:321 11644 05 Aug 2015
	
v Korea Republic
Masami Ihara 31:290 11613 05 Jul 1999
	
v Bolivia
Yūya Osako 31:259 11582 01 Feb 2022
	
v Saudi Arabia
Ryoichi Maeda 31:256 11579 22 Jun 2013
	
v Mexico
Tomoaki Makino 31:251 11574 17 Jan 2019
	
v Uzbekistan
Daniel Schmidt 31:221 11544 12 Sep 2023
	
v Turkey
Daigo Nishi 31:210 11533 26 Mar 2019
	
v Bolivia
Akira Narahashi 31:194 11517 08 Jun 2003
	
v Argentina
Ryota Tsuzuki 31:144 11467 09 Sep 2009
	
v Ghana
Genki Haraguchi 31:137 11460 23 Sep 2022
	
v USA
Yojiro Takahagi 31:129 11452 09 Dec 2017
	
v Korea DPR
Satoshi Yamaguchi 31:44 11367 31 May 2009
	
v Belgium
Nobuyuki Kojima 31:25 11348 11 Feb 1997
	
v Romania
Yū Kobayashi 30:353 11311 11 Sep 2018
	
v Costa Rica
Mitsuo Ogasawara 30:312 11270 11 Feb 2010
	
v Hong Kong
Takumi Minamino 30:306 11264 18 Nov 2025
	
v Bolivia
Atsuhiro Miura 30:302 11260 22 May 2005
	
v Peru
Tsuyoshi Kitazawa 30:299 11257 06 Jun 1999
	
v Peru
Takashi Inui 30:296 11254 26 Mar 2019
	
v Bolivia
Naohiro Ishikawa 30:287 11245 24 Feb 2012
	
v Iceland
Junichi Inamoto 30:279 11237 24 Jun 2010
	
v Denmark
Makoto Tanaka 30:274 11232 09 May 2006
	
v Bulgaria
Naomichi Ueda 30:264 11222 15 Jul 2025
	
v Korea Republic
Kensuke Nagai 30:258 11216 19 Nov 2019
	
v Venezuela
Kenta Hasegawa 30:246 11204 29 May 1996
	
v Mexico
Wagner Lopes 30:221 11179 08 Sep 1999
	
v Iran
Gaku Shibasaki 30:172 11130 17 Nov 2022
	
v Canada
Shinichi Morishita 30:155 11113 02 Jun 1991
	
v Thailand
Shusaku Nishikawa 30:150 11108 15 Nov 2016
	
v Saudi Arabia
Hideo Hashimoto 30:142 11100 10 Oct 2009
	
v Scotland
Ryo Germain 30:87 11045 15 Jul 2025
	
v Korea Republic
Keiji Tamada 30:78 11036 29 Jun 2010
	
v Paraguay
Kyogo Furuhashi 30:64 11022 25 Mar 2025
	
v Saudi Arabia
Tsukasa Shiotani 30:57 11015 01 Feb 2019
	
v Qatar
Hiroaki Morishima 30:48 11006 18 Jun 2002
	
v Turkey
Masaaki Sawanobori 30:34 10992 16 Feb 2000
	
v Brunei Darussalam
Kenji Honnami 30:20 10978 14 Jul 1994
	
v Ghana
Shinji Kagawa 30:8 10966 26 Mar 2019
	
v Bolivia
Tomoya Ugajin 29:364 10957 23 Mar 2018
	
v Mali
Takuya Takagi 29:361 10954 08 Nov 1997
	
v Kazakhstan
Tatsuhiko Kubo 29:328 10921 13 May 2006
	
v Scotland
Hidemasa Morita 29:314 10907 20 Mar 2025
	
v Bahrain
Masato Morishige 29:311 10904 28 Mar 2017
	
v Thailand
Hayao Kawabe 29:310 10903 15 Jul 2025
	
v Korea Republic
Takuma Asano 29:304 10897 10 Sep 2024
	
v Bahrain
Takashi Fukunishi 29:289 10882 18 Jun 2006
	
v Croatia
Yohei Toyoda 29:286 10879 23 Jan 2015
	
v United Arab Emirates
Daiya Maekawa 29:271 10864 06 Jun 2024
	
v Myanmar
Toshihiro Hattori 29:257 10850 08 Jun 2003
	
v Argentina
Daichi Kamada 29:237 10830 31 Mar 2026
	
v England
Ryo Miyaichi 29:224 10817 27 Jul 2022
	
v Korea Republic
Hidetoshi Nakata 29:150 10743 22 Jun 2006
	
v Brazil
Eisuke Nakanishi 29:149 10742 20 Nov 2002
	
v Argentina
Daisuke Matsui 29:149 10742 08 Oct 2010
	
v Argentina
Yoshinobu Minowa 29:131 10724 12 Oct 2005
	
v Ukraine
Tsuneyasu Miyamoto 29:130 10723 18 Jun 2006
	
v Croatia
Takayuki Suzuki 29:128 10721 12 Oct 2005
	
v Ukraine
Takumi Horiike 29:123 10716 08 Jan 1995
	
v Argentina
Ko Itakura 29:123 10716 31 May 2026
	
v Iceland
Alessandro Santos Alex 29:117 10710 15 Nov 2006
	
v Saudi Arabia
Tsuyoshi Watanabe 29:114 10707 31 May 2026
	
v Iceland
Marcus Tulio Tanaka 29:65 10658 29 Jun 2010
	
v Paraguay
Hotaru Yamaguchi 29:43 10636 19 Nov 2019
	
v Venezuela
Hayato Araki 29:32 10625 09 Sep 2025
	
v USA
Atsushi Yanagisawa 29:21 10614 18 Jun 2006
	
v Croatia
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