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This is a list of Japan international footballers – Japanese association football players who have played for the Japan national football team as recorded by the Japan Football Association. Players [ edit ]
The Japan national football team (サッカー日本代表, Sakkā Nihon Daihyō or Sakkā Nippon Daihyō), also known by the nickname Samurai Blue (サムライ・ブルー, Samurai Burū), [1] [2] represents Japan in men's international football. It is controlled by the Japan Football Association (JFA), the governing body for football in Japan.
He played for the Japan national team from 1990 to 2000, and was the first Japanese recipient of the IFFHS Asia's Footballer of the Year award. [7] [8] [9] Miura, whose rise to fame in Japan coincided with the launch of the J.League in 1993, was arguably Japan's first superstar in football.
It includes Japanese footballers that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. This category is for footballers who have appeared for the senior Japan national football team (but not players who have only been capped at Under-21 or other junior levels).
Players in bold are currently playing for Japan men A, Japan women's A, Japan men U-23, Japan women's U-23,Japan men U-20, Japan women U-20, Japan men U-17, Japan women's U-17, Japan futsal men, Japan futsal men U-20 Japan futsal women's, Japan national beach soccer team. The list is updated as 16 October 2022
This is an updated list of foreign players who have played for football clubs in the J.League (1993–present), including division levels J1 League, J2 League, J3 League, Japan Football League (1992-1998 (old JFL), 1999-present (new JFL)), Japanese Regional Leagues and Japan Soccer League (as of late 1960s into early 1990s) both junior careers and senior careers.
Pages in category "Japanese men's footballers" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 4,711 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Takefusa Kubo (久保 建英, Kubo Takefusa, born 4 June 2001), commonly known as Take Kubo, is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a right winger for La Liga club Real Sociedad and the Japan national team. [3] He has been dubbed "Japanese Messi" by Japanese football fans because of his potential and technique. [4] [5]