| Association | : |  Japan Football Association |
| Nickname(s) | : | サムライ・ブルー (Samurai Blue) |
| Confederation | : | AFC - EAFF |
| FIFA code | : | JPN |
| FIFA rank | : | 24 (6 October 2022) |
| Most Caps | : | Yasuhito Endō (152) |
| Top Scorer | : | Kunishige Kamamoto (75) |
| Home stadium | : | Saitama Stadium 2002 (mostly) |
| Head coach | : | Hajime Moriyasu |
Japan qualified for the 2022 World Cup on 24 March 2022, having finished runners-up in the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification - AFC third round Group B. This will be the 7th appearance of the Japan national football team in the FIFA World Cup finals.
Japan National Football Team
The following 26 players were called up for the 2022 FIFA World Cup on 1 November 2022. Caps and goals as of 5 December 2022, after the match against Croatia.
| No | Position | Player Name | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | Eiji Kawashima | 20-03-1983 (39) | 95 | 0 |  Strasbourg |
| 12 | GK | Shūichi Gonda | 03-03-1989 (33) | 38 | 0 | Shimizu S-Pulse |
| 23 | GK | Daniel Schmidt | 03-02-1992 (30) | 11 | 0 |  Sint-Truiden |
| 2 | DF | Miki Yamane | 22-12-1993 (28) | 16 | 2 | Kawasaki Frontale |
| 3 | DF | Shogo Taniguchi | 15-07-1991 (31) | 16 | 0 | Kawasaki Frontale |
| 4 | DF | Ko Itakura | 27-01-1997 (25) | 16 | 1 |  Mönchengladbach |
| 5 | DF | Yuto Nagatomo | 12-09-1986 (36) | 142 | 4 | FC Tokyo |
| 16 | DF | Takehiro Tomiyasu | 05-11-1998 (24) | 32 | 1 |  Arsenal |
| 19 | DF | Hiroki Sakai | 12-04-1990 (32) | 74 | 1 | Urawa Red Diamonds |
| 22 | DF | Maya Yoshida (captain) | 24-08-1988 (34) | 126 | 12 | Schalke 04 |
| 26 | DF | Hiroki Ito | 12-05-1999 (23) | 7 | 0 | VfB Stuttgart |
| 6 | MF | Wataru Endo | 09-02-1993 (29) | 47 | 2 | VfB Stuttgart |
| 7 | MF | Gaku Shibasaki | 28-05-1992 (30) | 60 | 3 |  Leganés |
| 8 | MF | Ritsu Dōan | 16-06-1998 (24) | 33 | 5 | SC Freiburg |
| 9 | MF | Kaoru Mitoma | 20-05-1997 (25) | 13 | 5 | Brighton & Hove Albion |
| 10 | MF | Takumi Minamino | 16-01-1995 (27) | 47 | 17 | Monaco |
| 11 | MF | Takefusa Kubo | 04-06-2001 (21) | 22 | 1 | Real Sociedad |
| 13 | MF | Hidemasa Morita | 10-05-1995 (27) | 19 | 2 |  Sporting CP |
| 14 | MF | Junya Ito | 09-03-1993 (29) | 42 | 9 | Reims |
| 15 | MF | Daichi Kamada | 05-08-1996 (26) | 26 | 6 | Eintracht Frankfurt |
| 17 | MF | Ao Tanaka | 10-09-1998 (24) | 18 | 3 | Fortuna Düsseldorf |
| 24 | MF | Yuki Soma | 25-02-1997 (25) | 9 | 4 | Nagoya Grampus |
| 18 | FW | Takuma Asano | 10-11-1994 (28) | 41 | 8 | VfL Bochum |
| 20 | FW | Shuto Machino | 30-09-1999 (23) | 4 | 3 | Shonan Bellmare |
| 21 | FW | Ayase Ueda | 28-08-1998 (24) | 12 | 0 | Cercle Brugge |
| 25 | FW | Daizen Maeda | 20-10-1997 (25) | 11 | 2 |  Celtic |
2022 FIFA World Cup squads
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