Japan National Football Team / Olympic Games

The Japanese national soccer team or U-23 team first took part in 1936 at the Olympic Games in Berlinpart and was able to win in the round of 16 against Sweden, the first game against a European team with 3-2. In the quarter-finals there was an 8-0 defeat against eventual Olympic champion Italy. In 1948 Japan, like Germany, was not admitted to the Olympic Games. After not taking part in 1952, the end of the first round came in 1956. In 1960, the team could not qualify, but reached the quarter-finals as hosts in 1964. In 1968 he achieved the greatest success so far in an intercontinental tournament when he won the bronze medal. After that, qualifications were repeatedly missed. A Japanese team was only able to qualify for the 1996 Games and has always been since then. The team also took part in the Asian Games that have been held since 1951part for which comparable rules apply. The gold medal was won for the first time in 2010, after finishing second in 2002 and third in 1951 and 1966.

Results at Olympic Games

1936

Olympic Games in Berlin :
- Round of 16: August 4, 1936 Japan 3-2 Sweden (Hertha-Platz)
- Quarter-finals: 7 August 1936 Italy 8-0 Japan (Mommsen Stadium)

No.	player	Date of birth	A country games	A country goals	OS games
goal
1	Rihei Sano	09/21/1912	0	0	2 (1936)
-	Be Fuwa	--.--. 1914	0	0
Defense
2	Tadao Horie	09/13/1913	2	0	1 (1936)
2	Yasuo Suzuki	04/30/1913	1	0	1 (1936)
3	Teizo Takeuchi	11/06/1908	2	0	2 (1936)
midfield
4th	Motoo Tatsuhara	01/14/1913	2	0	2 (1936)
5	Koichi Oita	04/09/1914	0	0	2 (1936)
6th	Kim Yong-Sik	July 25, 1910	0	0	2 (1936)
-	Sekiji Sasano	--. - .--	0	0
attack
7th	Akira Matsunaga	09/21/1914	0	0	2 (1936)
8th	Tokutaro Ukon	09/23/1913	2	0	2 (1936)
9	Taizo Kawamoto	January 17, 1914	3	2	2 (1936)
10	Takeshi Kamo	02/08/1915	0	0	2 (1936)
11	Shogo Kamo	12/12/1915	0	0	2 (1936)
-	Shoichi Nishimura	11/30/1911	2	1
-	Toyoji Takahashi	--.--. 1913	0	0

1948

Olympic Games in London :
- not allowed

1952

Olympic Games in Helsinki :
- not participated

1956

Qualification:
- Japan - South Korea 2-0
- South Korea 2-0 Japan (Japan continue by drawing lots)
Olympic Games in Melbourne :
- Round of 16: November 27, 1956 Australia 2-0 Japan

No.	player	Date of birth	A country games	A country goals	OS games
goal
1	Yoshio Furukawa	07/05/1934	2	0	1 (1956)
-	Yukio Shimomura	01/25/1932	1	0
Defense
2	Ryūzō Hiraki	07.10.1931	9	0	1 (1956)
3	Yasuo Takamori	03/03/1934	7th	0	1 (1956)
-	Takashi Takabayashi	08/02/1931	8th	2
midfield
4th	Hiroaki Satō	02/05/1932	7th	0	1 (1956)
5	Michihiro Ozawa	December 25, 1932	2	0	1 (1956)
6th	Waichirō Ōmura	01/01/1933	2	0	1 (1956)
-	Kakuichi Mimura	08/16/1931	4th	0
attack
7th	Masanori Tokita	06/24/1925	8th	2	1 (1956)
8th	Masao Uchino	04/21/1934	6th	2	1 (1956)
9	Shigeo Yaegashi	March 24, 1933	2	0	1 (1956)
10	Tadao Kobayashi	07/07/1930	2	0	1 (1956)
11	Isao Iwabuchi	11/17/1933	5	2	1 (1956)
-	Taizo Kawamoto	January 17, 1914	9	4th	2 (1936)
-	Ken Naganuma	09/05/1930	2	1
-	Akira Kitaguchi	March 8, 1935	0	0

1960

Olympic qualification:
- December 13, 1959 Japan 0-2 South Korea (in Tokyo )
- December 20, 1959 South Korea 0-1 Japan (in Tokyo )

1964

Olympic Games in Tokyo :
- Preliminary round in Tokyo
  - October 14, 1964 Japan 3-2 Argentina
  - October 16, 1964 Ghana 3-2 Japan (the third game against Italy was canceled because Italy had been disqualified due to the use of a professional player in the qualification and Poland did not accept the offered place. Japan qualified as second in the group for the quarter-finals .)
- Quarter finals:
  - October 18, 1964 Czechoslovakia 4-0 Japan
- Placement game:
  - October 20, 1964 Japan - Yugoslavia 1: 6 (in Osaka )

No.	player	Date of birth	A country games	A country goals	OS games
goal
1	Tsukasa Hosaka	03/03/1937	19th	0
21st	Kenzō Yokoyama	01/21/1943	0	0	4 (1964)
Defense
2	Hiroshi Katayama	May 28, 1940	10	0	4 (1964)
3	Masakatsu Miyamoto	07/04/1938	28	0
4th	Ryūzō Hiraki	07.10.1931	30th	1
5	Yoshitada Yamaguchi	09/28/1944	0	0	4 (1964)
6th	Ryōzō Suzuki	09/20/1939	14th	0	4 (1964)
7th	Hisao Kami	06/28/1941	0	0	1 (1964)
8th	Mitsuo Kamata	December 16, 1937	31	2	4 (1964)
9	Kiyoshi Tomizawa	December 3rd, 1943	0	0
midfield
10	Aritatsu Ogi	December 10, 1942	1	0	4 (1964)
11	Takaji Mori	11/24/1943	0	0
13	Shigeo Yaegashi	March 24, 1933	31	10	1 (1956), 4 (1964)
16	Teruki Miyamoto	December 26, 1940	18th	6th	4 (1964)
17th	Shōzō Tsugitani	06/25/1940	10	4th
attack
12	Saburō Kawabuchi	December 3rd, 1936	24	8th	3 (1964)
14th	Masashi Watanabe	01/11/1936	26th	9	1 (1964)
15th	Kunishige Kamamoto	04/15/1944	1	1	4 (1964)
18th	Ryuichi Sugiyama	07/04/1941	15th	1	3 (1964)

1968

Olympic qualification:
- Japan 3-3 South Korea
- Japan 3-1 Lebanon
- Japan - South Vietnam 1-0
- Japan - Taiwan 4-0
- Japan - Philippines 15-0
Olympic Games in Mexico :
- Preliminary round:
  - October 14, 1968 Japan 3-1 Nigeria (in Puebla )
  - October 16, 1968 Brazil 1-1 Japan (in Puebla)
  - October 18, 1968 Spain - Japan 0-0 (in Mexico City ) - Japan qualified as group runner-up for the quarter-finals
- Knockout Round (in Mexico City ):
  - Quarter-finals, October 20, 1968 Japan 3-1 France
  - Semi-finals, October 22, 1968 Hungary 5-0 Japan
  - Third place match, October 24, 1968 Japan 2-0 Mexico (in front of 105,000 spectators, the highest number of spectators at an Olympic football game to date)

No.	player	Date of birth	A country games	A country goals	OS games
goal
1	Kenzō Yokoyama	01/21/1943	18th	0	4 (1964), 6 (1968)
18th	Masahiro Hamazaki	03/14/1940	2	0
Defense
2	Hiroshi Katayama	May 28, 1940	28	0	4 (1964), 6 (1968)
3	Masakatsu Miyamoto	07/04/1938	37	1	6 (1968)
4th	Yoshitada Yamaguchi	09/28/1944	19th	0	4 (1964), 6 (1968)
5	Mitsuo Kamata	December 16, 1937	39	2	4 (1964), 6 (1968)
6th	Ryōzō Suzuki	09/20/1939	24	0	4 (1964)
7th	Kiyoshi Tomizawa	December 3rd, 1943	4th	0	1 (1968)
midfield
8th	Takaji Mori	11/24/1943	12	1	6 (1968)
9	Aritatsu Ogi	December 10, 1942	18th	5	4 (1964), 6 (1968)
10	Eizō Yuguchi	07/04/1945	0	0	1 (1968)
11	Shigeo Yaegashi	March 24, 1933	44	11	1 (1956), 4 (1964), 2 (1968)
12	Teruki Miyamoto	December 26, 1940	36	15th	4 (1964), 6 (1968)
attack
13	Masashi Watanabe	01/11/1936	36	11	1 (1964), 5 (1968)
14th	Yasuyuki Kuwahara	12/22/1942	6th	4th	2 (1968)
15th	Kunishige Kamamoto	04/15/1944	20th	25th	4 (1964), 6 (1968)
16	Ikuo Matsumoto	03/11/1941	8th	1	4 (1968)
17th	Ryuichi Sugiyama	07/04/1941	34	12	3 (1964), 6 (1968)

1972

Olympic qualification in Seoul / South Korea :
- Malaysia 3-0 Japan
- South Korea - Japan 2-1
- Japan - Philippines 8-1
- Japan 5-1 Taiwan (Japan eliminated third in the group)

1976

Olympic qualification:
- 1 round:
  - Japan 3-0 Philippines
  - Philippines 0-3 Japan
- 2nd round:
  - Israel - Japan 4-1
  - Japan 0-3 Israel
  - South Korea - Japan 2-2
  - Japan 0-2 South Korea (Japan eliminated third in the group)

1980

Olympic qualification in Malaysia :
- Malaysia 1-1 Japan
- South Korea - Japan 3-1
- Japan - Brunei 2-1
- Japan 2-0 Indonesia
- Japan 10-0 Philippines (Japan eliminated third in the group)

1984

Olympic qualification
- Preliminary round in Tokyo :
  - September 4, 1983 Japan - Philippines 7-0
  - September 7, 1983 Philippines - Japan 1:10
- Group stage:
  - September 15, 1983 Japan 2-0 Taiwan (in Tokyo )
  - September 20, 1983 Taiwan 1-1 Japan (in Taipei )
  - September 25, 1983 New Zealand 3-1 Japan (in Auckland )
  - October 7, 1983 Japan 0-1 New Zealand (in Tokyo ) (Japan eliminated as second in the group)

1988

Olympic qualification:
- 1 round:
  - April 8, 1987 Japan 3-0 Indonesia (in Tokyo )
  - April 12, 1987 Japan 1-0 Singapore (in Tokyo )
  - June 14, 1987 Singapore 0-1 Japan (in Singapore )
  - June 26, 1987 Indonesia 1-2 Japan (in Jakarta )
- 2nd round:
  - September 2, 1987 Thailand 0-0 Japan (in Bangkok )
  - September 15, 1987 Nepal 0-5 Japan (in Tokyo )
  - September 18, 1987 Japan 9-0 Nepal (in Tokyo )
  - September 26, 1987 Japan 1-0 Thailand (in Tokyo )
  - October 4, 1987 China 0-1 Japan (in Guangzhou )
  - October 26, 1987 Japan 0-2 China (in Tokyo ) (Japan eliminated as second in the group)

1992

Olympic qualification:
- 1 round:
  - Indonesia 1-2 Japan
  - Hong Kong-Japan 3: 1
  - Taiwan 0-3 Japan
  - Japan 2-0 Taiwan
  - Japan 3-0 HongKong
  - Japan - Indonesia 3: 1
- 2nd round in Kuala Lumpur / Malaysia :
  - Qatar 1-0 Japan
  - South Korea - Japan 1-0
  - Kuwait 1-1 Japan
  - China - Japan 2-1
  - Japan 6-1 Bahrain (Japan eliminated in group fifth)

1996

Olympic qualification:
- 1 round:
  - May 26, 1995 Thailand-Japan 0-5
  - May 28, 1995 Japan-Taiwan 4-1
  - June 11, 1995 Japan-Taiwan 6-0
  - June 14, 1995 Japan-Thailand 1-0
- 2nd round:
  - March 16, 1996 Iraq 1-1 Japan
  - March 18, 1996 Japan - Oman 4-1
  - March 20, 1996 Japan - UAE 1-0
- 3rd round:
  - March 24, 1996 Japan 2-1 Saudi Arabia (Japan qualified for the Olympics)
- 4th round:
  - March 27, 1996 South Korea - Japan 2-1
Olympic Games in Atlanta :
- Preliminary round
  - July 21, 1996 Japan 1-0 Brazil (in Miami )
  - July 23, 1996 Nigeria 2-0 Japan (in Orlando )
  - July 25, 1996 Japan - Hungary 3-2 (in Orlando ) - Japan eliminated as third group

No.	player	Date of birth	A country games	A country goals	OS games
goal
1	Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi	08/15/1975	0	0	3 (1996)
18th	Takashi Shimoda	11/28/1975	0	0
Defense
2	Hiroyuki Shirai	06/17/1974	0	0	2 (1996)
3	Hideto Suzuki	07.10.1974	0	0	3 (1996)
5	Makoto Tanaka	08/08/1975	0	0	3 (1996)
12	Ken'ichi Uemura	04/22/1974	0	0	2 (1996)
13	Naoki Matsuda	03/14/1977	0	0	3 (1996)
midfield
4th	Yūji Hironaga	07/25/1975	0	0	2 (1996)
6th	Toshihiro Hattori	09/23/1973	0	0	3 (1996)
7th	Masakiyo Maezono	October 29, 1973	10	0	3 (1996)
8th	Teruyoshi Itō	08/31/1974	0	0	3 (1996)
10	Akihiro Endo	September 18, 1975	0	0	1 (1996)
14th	Hidetoshi Nakata	01/22/1977	0	0	2 (1996)
15th	Tadahiro Akiba	October 13, 1975	0	0	1 (1996)
17th	Ryūji Michiki	08/25/1973	0	0	3 (1996)
attack
9	Shōji Jō	06/17/1975	1	0	3 (1996)
11	Shigeru Morioka	08/12/1973	0	0	1 (1996)
16	Yoshika Matsubara	08/19/1974	0	0	2 (1996)

2000

Olympic qualification
- 1st round in Hong Kong :
  - June 12, 1999 Philippines - Japan 0:13
  - June 14, 1999 Nepal 0-5 Japan
    - June 16, 1999 Malaysia 0-4 Japan
    - June 18, 1999 Hong Kong 1-4 Japan
    - June 26, 1999 Japan - Nepal 9-0
    - June 28, 1999 Japan 4-0 Malaysia
    - July 2, 1999 Japan 2-0 Hong Kong
    - July 4, 1999 Japan - Philippines 11-0
- 2nd round:
  - October 9, 1999 Kazakhstan 0-2 Japan
  - October 17, 1999 Japan 3-1 Thailand
  - November 6, 1999 Japan - Kazakhstan 3-1
  - November 13, 1999 Thailand 0-6 Japan

Olympic Games in Sydney :
- Preliminary round:
  - September 14, 2000 South Africa 1-2 Japan (in Canberra )
  - September 17, 2000 Slovakia 1-2 Japan (in Canberra )
  - September 20, 2000 Brazil 1-0 Japan (in Brisbane )
- Knockout round:
  - 23 September 2000, quarter-finals: United States - Japan 2-2 aet, 5-4 ate (in Adelaide )

No.	player	Date of birth	A country games	A country goals	OS games
goal
1	Seigō Narazaki	04/15/1976	13	0	4 (2000)
18th	Ryōta Tsuzuki	04/18/1978	0	0
Defense
2	Yūji Nakazawa	02/25/1978	4th	2	4 (2000)
3	Naoki Matsuda	03/14/1977	10	0	3 (1996), 2 (2000)
4th	Ryūzō Morioka	07/10/1975	14th	0	3 (2000)
5	Tsuneyasu Miyamoto	02/07/1977	2	0	1 (2000)
16	Kōji Nakata	07/09/1979	6th	0	3 (2000)
midfield
6th	Jun'ichi Inamoto	09/18/1979	10	0	4 (2000)
7th	Hidetoshi Nakata	01/22/1977	33	6th	2 (1996), 3 (2000)
8th	Tomokazu Myōjin	01/24/1978	2	0	4 (2000)
10	Shunsuke Nakamura	06/24/1978	10	3	4 (2000)
11	Atsuhiro Miura	07/24/1974	11	1	3 (2000)
12	Tomoyuki Sakai	06/29/1979	0	0	4 (2000)
14th	Masashi Motoyama	06/20/1979	2	0	3 (2000)
15th	Norihiro Nishi	05/09/1980	0	0
attack
9	Tomoyuki Hirase	05/23/1977	2	0	2 (2000)
13	Atsushi Yanagisawa	05/27/1977	12	3	4 (2000)
17th	Naohiro Takahara	06/04/1979	6th	3	4 (2000)

2004

Olympic qualification:
- 2nd round in Tokyo :
  - May 1, 2003 Japan 3-0 Myanmar
  - May 3, 2003 Myanmar 0-5 Japan
- 3rd round in Japan and UAE :
  - March 1, 2004 Bahrain 0-0 Japan
  - March 3, 2004 Lebanon 0-4 Japan
  - March 5, 2004 UAE 0-2 Japan
  - March 14, 2004 Japan 0-1 Bahrain
  - March 16, 2004 Japan 2-1 Lebanon
  - March 18, 2004 Japan - UAE 3-0

Olympic Games in Athens :
- Preliminary round:
  - August 12, 2004 Paraguay 4-3 Japan (in Thessaloniki )
  - August 15, 2004 Japan 2-3 Italy (in Volos )
  - August 18, 2004 Japan - Ghana 1-0 (in Volos) - Japan eliminated in fourth place

No.	player	Date of birth	A country games	A country goals	OS games
goal
1	Hitoshi Sogahata	08/02/1979	4th	0	3 (2004)
18th	Takaya Kurokawa	04/07/1981	0	0
Defense
2	Marcus Tulio Tanaka	04/24/1981	0	0	3 (2004)
3	Teruyuki Moniwa	09/08/1981	3	0	3 (2004)
4th	Daisuke Nasu	10/10/1981	0	0	2 (2004)
12	Naoya Kikuchi	11/24/1984	0	0	1 (2004)
15th	Yūhei Tokunaga	09/25/1983	0	0	2 (2004)
midfield
5	Yūki Abe	09/06/1981	0	0	3 (2004)
6th	Yasuyuki Konno	01/25/1983	0	0	3 (2004)
7th	Kōji Morisaki	05/09/1981	0	0	3 (2004)
8th	Shinji Ono	09/27/1979	42	4th	3 (2004)
10	Daisuke Matsui	05/11/1981	1	0	3 (2004)
13	Yūichi Komano	07/25/1981	0	0	2 (2004)
14th	Naohiro Ishikawa	05/12/1981	2	0	1 (2004)
attack
9	Daiki Takamatsu	09/08/1981	0	0	3 (2004)
11	Tatsuya Tanaka	11/27/1982	0	0	3 (2004)
16	Yoshito Ōkubo	06/09/1982	15th	0	3 (2004)
17th	Sōta Hirayama	06/06/1985	0	0	1 (2004)

2008

Olympic qualification:
- 1 round:
  - February 28, 2007: Japan 3-0 Hong Kong (in Tokyo )
  - March 14, 2007: Malaysia 1-2 Japan (in Petaling Jaya )
  - March 28, 2007: Japan 3-0 Syria (in Tokyo )
  - April 18, 2007: Syria 0-2 Japan (in Damascus )
  - May 16, 2007: Hong Kong 0-4 Japan (in Hong Kong )
  - June 6, 2007: Japan 3-1 Malaysia (in Tokyo )
- 2nd round:
  - August 22, 2007: Japan 1-0 Vietnam (in Tokyo )
  - September 8, 2007: Saudi Arabia 0-0 Japan (in Dammam )
  - September 12, 2007: Japan 1-0 Qatar (in Tokyo )
  - October 17, 2007: Qatar 2-1 Japan
  - November 17, 2007: Vietnam 0-4 Japan (in Hanoi )
  - November 21, 2007: Japan 0-0 Saudi Arabia (in Tokyo )

Beijing Olympic Games :
- Preliminary round:
  - August 7, 2008: Japan 0-1 United States (in Tianjin )
  - August 10, 2008 Nigeria 2-1 Japan (in Tianjin )
  - August 13, 2008 Netherlands 1-0 Japan (in Shenyang ) - Japan eliminated fourth in the group

No.	player	Date of birth	A country games	A country goals	OS games
goal
1	Shūsaku Nishikawa	06/18/1986	0	0	3 (2008)
18th	Kaito Yamamoto	07/10/1985	0	0
Defense
3	Maya Yoshida	08/24/1988	0	0	1 (2008)
4th	Hiroki Mizumoto	09/12/1985	3	0	3 (2008)
5	Yūto Nagatomo	09/12/1986	3	0	2 (2008)
6th	Masato Morishige	05/21/1987	0	0	3 (2008)
7th	Atsuto Uchida	March 27, 1988	9	1	2 (2008)
13	Michihiro Yasuda	December 20, 1987	5	0	1 (2008)
midfield
2	Hajime Hosogai	06/10/1986	0	0	2 (2008)
8th	Keisuke Honda	06/13/1986	1	0	3 (2008)
10	Yōhei Kajiyama	09/24/1985	0	0	3 (2008)
12	Hiroyuki Taniguchi	06/27/1985	0	0	3 (2008)
14th	Shinji Kagawa	03/17/1989	3	0	3 (2008)
16	Takuya Honda	04/17/1985	0	0	2 (2008)
attack
9	Yōhei Toyoda	04/11/1985	0	0	3 (2008)
11	Shinji Okazaki	04/16/1986	0	0	3 (2008)
15th	Takayuki Morimoto	05/07/1988	0	0	2 (2008)
17th	Tadanari Lee	December 19, 1985	0	0	3 (2008)

2012

Olympic qualification:
- 2nd round:
  - June 19, 2011: Japan 3-1 Kuwait (in Tokyo )
  - June 23, 2011: Kuwait 2-1 Japan (in Kuwait City )
- 3rd round:
  - September 21, 2011: Japan 2-0 Malaysia (in Tosu )
  - November 22, 2011: Bahrain 0-2 Japan (in Manama )
  - November 27, 2011: Japan 2-1 Syria (in Tokyo )
  - December 5, 2012: Syria 2-1 Japan (in Amman / Jordan )
  - February 22, 2012: Malaysia 0-4 Japan (in Kuala Lumpur )
  - March 14, 2012: Japan 2-0 Bahrain (in Tokyo )

Olympic Games in London :
- July 26, 2012 Spain 0-1 Japan (in Glasgow , Hampden Park )
- July 29, 2012 Japan - Morocco 1-0 (in Newcastle , St. James' Park )
- August 1, 2012: Japan 0-0 Honduras (in Coventry , City of Coventry Stadium )
- 4th August 2012, quarter-finals: Japan 3-0 Egypt (in Manchester , Old Trafford )
- 7 August 2012, semi-finals: Mexico 3-1 Japan (in London , Wembley Stadium )
- 10 August 2012, bronze match: South Korea 3-1 Japan (in Cardiff , Millennium Stadium )

Squad for 2012

A U-23 team, in which up to three older players were allowed to participate, was eligible to start. For this, Yūhei Tokunaga and Maya Yoshida , who participated in 2004 and 2008 respectively, as well as the third goalkeeper Akihiro Hayashi were nominated by coach Takashi Sekizuka . Shunsuke Andō , Keigo Higashi , Kensuke Nagai , Daisuke Suzuki , Hotaru Yamaguchi and Kazuya Yamamura were also in the squad that won the gold medal at the 2010 Asian Games.

No.	player	Date of birth	society	A country games	A country goals	OS games
goal
1	Shuichi Gonda	03/03/1989	FC Tokyo	01	0	6 (2012)
18th	Shunsuke Andō	08/10/1990	Kawasaki Frontale
Defense
2	Yūhei Tokunaga	09/25/1983	FC Tokyo	07th	0	2 (2004), 5 (2012)
4th	Hiroki Sakai	04/12/1990	Germany Hannover 96	03	0	4 (2012)
5	Maya Yoshida (C)	08/24/1988	Netherlands VVV Venlo	15th	2	1 (2008), 6 (2012)
8th	Kazuya Yamamura	12/02/1989	Kashima Antlers	01	0	3 (2012)
12	Gotoku Sakai	03/14/1991	Germany VfB Stuttgart			4 (2012)
13	Daisuke Suzuki	01/29/1990	Albirex Niigata			6 (2012)
midfield
3	Takahiro Ōgihara	05/10/1991	Cerezo Osaka			5 (2012)
6th	Taisuke Muramatsu	December 16, 1989	Shimizu S-Pulse			1 (2012)
10	Keigo Higashi	07/20/1990	Ōmiya Ardija			6 (2012)
14th	Takashi Usami	05/06/1992	Germany TSG 1899 Hoffenheim			4 (2012)
16	Hotaru Yamaguchi	10/06/1990	Cerezo Osaka			6 (2012)
17th	Hiroshi Kiyotake	11/12/1989	Germany 1. FC Nuremberg	07th	0	6 (2012)
attack
7th	Yūki Ōtsu	March 24, 1990	Germany Borussia Monchengladbach			6 (2012)
9	Ken'yu Sugimoto	11/18/1992	Tokyo Verdy			4 (2012)
11	Kensuke Nagai	05.03.1989	Nagoya Grampus Eight	01	0	6 (2012)
15th	Manabu Saitō	04/04/1990	Yokohama F. Marinos			5 (2012)

Substitute player

No.	player	Date of birth	society	A country games	A country goals
goal
22nd	Akihiro Hayashi	05/07/1987	Shimizu S-Pulse
Defense
20th	Kazuki Ōiwa	08/17/1989	JEF United Ichihara Chiba
midfield
20th	Takuji Yonemoto	December 3rd, 1990	FC Tokyo	1	0
attack
7th	Ryōhei Yamazaki	03/14/1989	Júbilo Iwata

2016

The Japanese qualified for the tournament in Rio de Janeiro at the U-23 Asian Cup in 2016 , where they were U-23 Asian champions for the first time.

Squad for 2016

A U-23 team, in which up to three older players may participate, is entitled to start. This were Hiroki Fujiharu , Shinzo Koroki and Tsukasa Shiotani nominated.

No.	player	Date of birth	society	A country games	A country goals
goal
1	Masatoshi Kushibiki	01/29/1993	Kashima Antlers	00	0
12	Kosuke Nakamura	02/27/1995	Kashiwa Reysol	00	0
Defense
2	Be Muroya	04/05/1994	FC Tokyo	00	0
4th	Hiroki Fujiharu	11/28/1988	Gamba Osaka	03	0
5	Naomichi Ueda	October 24, 1994	Kashima Antlers	00	0
6th	Tsukasa Shiotani	December 05, 1988	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	02	0
15th	Masashi Kamekawa	05/28/1993	Avispa Fukuoka	00	0
17th	Takuya Iwanami	06/18/1994	Vissel Kobe	00	0
midfield
3	Wataru Endo	02/09/1993	Urawa Red Diamonds	07th	0
7th	Riki Harakawa	08/18/1993	Kawasaki Frontale	00	0
8th	Ryōta Ōshima	01/23/1993	Kawasaki Frontale	00	0
9	Shinya Yajima	01/18/1994	Fagiano Okayama (II)	00	0
10	Shoya Nakajima	08/23/1994	FC Tokyo	00	0
14th	Yosuke Ideguchi	08/23/1996	Gamba Osaka	00	0
18th	Takumi Minamino	01/16/1995	Austria FC Red Bull Salzburg	02	0
attack
11	Musashi Suzuki	02/11/1994	Albirex Niigata	00	0
13	Shinzō Kōroki	07/31/1986	Urawa Red Diamonds	16	0
16	Takuma Asano	11/10/1994	England Arsenal FC	05	1