Japan
Team Profile
- Japan will be contesting their eighth successive FIFA World Cup™ having been ever-present since their debut at France 1998.
- The Samurai Blue became the first Asian team to qualify for the 2026 finals and the first team of any continent to qualify outside of host nations on 20 March 2025 with a 2-0 win over Bahrain in Saitama that saw them guaranteed a top two finish in Group C in the third round of AFC qualifying.
- The Japanese reached the round of 16 for the fourth time in 2022 following a pair of dramatic come-from-behind wins against former FIFA World Cup™ winners Germany and Spain in the group stage. Their quest for a first appearance in the quarter-finals eventually ended with a penalty shoot-out defeat against Croatia in the round of 16.
- Japan have scored a remarkable total of 112 goals in their last two World Cup qualifying campaigns. They netted 54 times in the 2026 preliminaries and 58 times in the qualifiers for Qatar 2022.
Japan Fixtures
Japan Squad
Zion Suzuki
Goalkeeper
Keisuke Osako
Goalkeeper
T. Hayakawa
Goalkeeper
Yukinari Sugawara
Defender
Shogo Taniguchi
Defender
Ko Itakura
Defender
Yuto Nagatomo
Defender
Tsuyoshi Watanabe
Defender
Hiroki Ito
Defender
Takehiro Tomiyasu
Defender
Junnosuke Suzuki
Defender
Wataru Endo
Midfielder
Ao Tanaka
Midfielder
Takefusa Kubo
Midfielder
Ritsu Doan
Midfielder
Daizen Maeda
Midfielder
Keito Nakamura
Midfielder
Junya Ito
Midfielder
Daichi Kamada
Midfielder
Yuito Suzuki
Midfielder
Ayumu Seko
Midfielder
Kaishu Sano
Midfielder
Keisuke Goto
Attacker
Ayase Ueda
Attacker
Koki Ogawa
Attacker
Kento Shiogai
Attacker
Japan Group
Group F
| P | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
