List of Japan international footballers
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This is a list of Japan international footballers – football players who have played for the Japan national football team.
- Key
- GK - Goalkeeper
- DF - Defender
- MF - Midfielder
- FW - Forward
- Bold - still active as a player.
The table is up to date as of April 21, 2007.
| # | Name | Position | Career | Caps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Masami Ihara | DF | 1988-1999 | 123 | 5 |
| 2 | Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi | GK | 1997- | 100 | 0 |
| 3 | Kazuyoshi Miura | FW | 1990-2000 | 91 | 56 |
| 4 | Alessandro dos Santos | MF | 2002- | 82 | 7 |
| 5 | Satoshi Tsunami | DF | 1980-1995 | 80 | 2 |
| 6 | Hidetoshi Nakata | MF | 1997-2006 | 77 | 11 |
| 7 | Kunishige Kamamoto | FW | 1964-1977 | 75 | 73 |
| = | Hiromi Hara | FW | 1978-1988 | 75 | 37 |
| 9 | Tetsuji Hashiratani | DF | 1988-1995 | 72 | 6 |
| 10 | Tsuneyasu Miyamoto | DF | 2000-2006 | 71 | 3 |
| 11 | Hideki Maeda | MF | 1975-1984 | 69 | 12 |
| = | Yoshikazu Nagai | FW | 1971-1980 | 69 | 9 |
| 13 | Hiroshi Nanami | MF | 1995-2001 | 68 | 9 |
| 14 | Junichi Inamoto | MF | 2000- | 65 | 4 |
| = | Hiroaki Morishima | MF | 1995-2002 | 65 | 12 |
| 16 | Nobuo Fujishima | MF | 1971-1979 | 64 | 7 |
| = | Takashi Fukunishi | MF | 1999-2006 | 64 | 7 |
| = | Shunsuke Nakamura | MF | 2000- | 64 | 16 |
| 19 | Hiroshi Ochiai | FW | 1974-1980 | 63 | 9 |
| 20 | Aritatsu Ogi | FW | 1963-1976 | 62 | 11 |
| 21 | Hisashi Kato | DF | 1978-1987 | 61 | 6 |
| 22 | Tsuyoshi Kitazawa | MF | 1991-1999 | 59 | 3 |
| = | Naoki Soma | DF | 1995-1999 | 59 | 4 |
| = | Mitsuhisa Taguchi | GK | 1975-1984 | 59 | 0 |
| = | Motohiro Yamaguchi | MF | 1995-1998 | 59 | 4 |
| 26 | Takumi Horiike | DF | 1986-1995 | 58 | 2 |
| = | Nobutoshi Kaneda | MF | 1977-1984 | 58 | 6 |
| = | Atsushi Yanagisawa | FW | 1998-2006 | 58 | 17 |
| 29 | Teruki Miyamoto | MF | 1961-1971 | 57 | 19 |
| 30 | Koji Nakata | MF | 2000- | 56 | 2 |

