Japan national football team statistics and records: youngest players - 2018

Competitions:

Youngest Japan players

Japan's youngest players during the 2018 season, and their age in years and days on the occasion of their final 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
Yosuke Ideguchi 21:7 7678 31 Aug 2017
	
v Australia
Kento Misao 21:243 7914 16 Dec 2017
	
v Korea Republic
Kosuke Nakamura 22:285 8321 09 Dec 2017
	
v Korea DPR
Genta Miura 22:286 8322 12 Dec 2017
	
v China PR
Takuma Asano 22:294 8330 31 Aug 2017
	
v Australia
Naomichi Ueda 23:49 8450 12 Dec 2017
	
v China PR
Shoya Nakajima 23:212 8613 23 Mar 2018
	
v Mali
Sei Muroya 23:248 8649 09 Dec 2017
	
v Korea DPR
Yuya Kubo 23:250 8651 31 Aug 2017
	
v Australia
Wataru Endo 24:239 9005 06 Oct 2017
	
v New Zealand
Gen Shoji 24:263 9029 31 Aug 2017
	
v Australia
Junya Ito 24:275 9041 09 Dec 2017
	
v Korea DPR
Kenyu Sugimoto 24:291 9057 05 Sep 2017
	
v Saudi Arabia
Ryota Ohshima 24:323 9089 12 Dec 2017
	
v China PR
Yoshinori Mutō 25:82 9214 06 Oct 2017
	
v New Zealand
Gaku Shibasaki 25:99 9231 05 Sep 2017
	
v Saudi Arabia
Yuki Kobayashi 25:164 9296 06 Oct 2017
	
v New Zealand
Shintaro Kurumaya 25:187 9319 10 Oct 2017
	
v Haiti
Shoma Doi 25:204 9336 12 Dec 2017
	
v China PR
Takashi Usami 25:320 9452 23 Mar 2018
	
v Mali
Kazuki Nagasawa 25:333 9465 14 Nov 2017
	
v Belgium
Genki Haraguchi 26:114 9611 31 Aug 2017
	
v Australia
Shogo Taniguchi 26:147 9644 09 Dec 2017
	
v Korea DPR
Gotoku Sakai 26:210 9707 10 Oct 2017
	
v Haiti
Ryota Morioka 26:212 9709 10 Nov 2017
	
v Brazil
Hotaru Yamaguchi 26:329 9826 31 Aug 2017
	
v Australia
Yūya Osako 27:105 9967 31 Aug 2017
	
v Australia
Hiroki Sakai 27:141 10003 31 Aug 2017
	
v Australia
Kengo Kawamata 28:56 10283 09 Dec 2017
	
v Korea DPR
Shinji Kagawa 28:203 10430 06 Oct 2017
	
v New Zealand
Mu Kanazaki 28:296 10523 09 Dec 2017
	
v Korea DPR
Shu Kurata 28:314 10541 06 Oct 2017
	
v New Zealand
Maya Yoshida 29:6 10599 31 Aug 2017
	
v Australia
Takashi Inui 29:89 10682 31 Aug 2017
	
v Australia
Tomoya Ugajin 29:364 10957 23 Mar 2018
	
v Mali
Yū Kobayashi 30:77 11035 09 Dec 2017
	
v Korea DPR
Tomoaki Makino 30:148 11106 06 Oct 2017
	
v New Zealand
Yūto Nagatomo 30:353 11311 31 Aug 2017
	
v Australia
Keisuke Honda 31:84 11407 05 Sep 2017
	
v Saudi Arabia
Yojiro Takahagi 31:129 11452 09 Dec 2017
	
v Korea DPR
Shinji Okazaki 31:137 11460 31 Aug 2017
	
v Australia
Masaaki Higashiguchi 31:151 11474 10 Oct 2017
	
v Haiti
Shuto Yamamoto 32:194 11882 12 Dec 2017
	
v China PR
Makoto Hasebe 33:225 12279 31 Aug 2017
	
v Australia
Eiji Kawashima 34:164 12583 31 Aug 2017
	
v Australia
Yasuyuki Konno 34:318 12737 09 Dec 2017
	
v Korea DPR
Yuki Abe 36:94 13243 09 Dec 2017
	
v Korea DPR