Japan Players with the Most Games Played in The World Cup
All-Time list of players with more matches played for the National Team of Japan in the Soccer World Cups with detail of games played in each competition.
A total of 109 players represented the National Team of Japan in the Soccer World Cups. Of them, 93 played at least one game. Here you have a list with the players with most games played.
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Player |
Games Played | World Cups |
Game Detail by World Cup | |
| 1. |  Yuto Nagatomo |
15 | 4 | 4 in 2010, 3 in 2014, 4 in 2018, 4 in 2022 |
| 2. | Makoto Hasebe |
11 | 3 | 4 in 2010, 3 in 2014, 4 in 2018 |
| Eiji Kawashima |
11 | 4 | 4 in 2010, 3 in 2014, 4 in 2018, 0 in 2022 | |
| Maya Yoshida |
11 | 3 | 3 in 2014, 4 in 2018, 4 in 2022 | |
| 5. | Keisuke Honda |
10 | 3 | 4 in 2010, 3 in 2014, 3 in 2018 |
| Hidetoshi Nakata |
10 | 3 | 3 in 1998, 4 in 2002, 3 in 2006 | |
| Shinji Okazaki |
10 | 3 | 4 in 2010, 3 in 2014, 3 in 2018 | |
| 8. | Junichi Inamoto |
8 | 3 | 4 in 2002, 2 in 2006, 2 in 2010 |
| 9. | Yuji Nakazawa |
7 | 2 | 3 in 2006, 4 in 2010 |
| Yoshito Okubo |
7 | 2 | 4 in 2010, 3 in 2014 | |
| 11. | Yasuhito Endo |
6 | 3 | 0 in 2006, 4 in 2010, 2 in 2014 |
| Shinji Kagawa |
6 | 2 | 3 in 2014, 3 in 2018 | |
| Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi |
6 | 4 | 3 in 1998, 0 in 2002, 3 in 2006, 0 in 2010 | |
| Tsuneyasu Miyamoto |
6 | 2 | 4 in 2002, 2 in 2006 | |
| Shinji Ono |
6 | 3 | 1 in 1998, 4 in 2002, 1 in 2006 | |
| Yuya Osako |
6 | 2 | 2 in 2014, 4 in 2018 | |
| Hiroki Sakai |
6 | 3 | 0 in 2014, 4 in 2018, 2 in 2022 | |
| Hotaru Yamaguchi |
6 | 2 | 3 in 2014, 3 in 2018 | |
| 19. | Yuichi Komano |
5 | 2 | 1 in 2006, 4 in 2010 |
| Koji Nakata |
5 | 2 | 4 in 2002, 1 in 2006 | |
| Alessandro Santos |
5 | 2 | 2 in 2002, 3 in 2006 | |
| Atsushi Yanagisawa |
5 | 2 | 3 in 2002, 2 in 2006 | |
| 23. | Yuki Abe |
4 | 1 | 4 in 2010 |
| Takuma Asano |
4 | 1 | 4 in 2022 | |
| Ritsu Doan |
4 | 1 | 4 in 2022 | |
| Wataru Endo |
4 | 2 | 0 in 2018, 4 in 2022 | |
| Shuichi Gonda |
4 | 2 | 0 in 2014, 4 in 2022 | |
| Takashi Inui |
4 | 1 | 4 in 2018 | |
| Junya Ito |
4 | 1 | 4 in 2022 | |
| Daichi Kamada |
4 | 1 | 4 in 2022 | |
| Naoki Matsuda |
4 | 1 | 4 in 2002 | |
| Daisuke Matsui |
4 | 1 | 4 in 2010 | |
| Kaoru Mitoma |
4 | 1 | 4 in 2022 | |
| Hiroaki Morishima |
4 | 2 | 1 in 1998, 3 in 2002 | |
| Shunsuke Nakamura |
4 | 2 | 3 in 2006, 1 in 2010 | |
| Masashi Nakayama |
4 | 2 | 3 in 1998, 1 in 2002 | |
| Seigo Narazaki |
4 | 4 | 0 in 1998, 4 in 2002, 0 in 2006, 0 in 2010 | |
| Gaku Shibasaki |
4 | 2 | 4 in 2018, 0 in 2022 | |
| Takayuki Suzuki |
4 | 1 | 4 in 2002 | |
| Keiji Tamada |
4 | 2 | 2 in 2006, 2 in 2010 | |
| Marcus Tulio Tanaka |
4 | 1 | 4 in 2010 | |
| Kazuyuki Toda |
4 | 1 | 4 in 2002 | |
| 43. | Yutaka Akita |
3 | 2 | 3 in 1998, 0 in 2002 |
| Takashi Fukunishi |
3 | 2 | 1 in 2002, 2 in 2006 | |
| Genki Haraguchi |
3 | 1 | 3 in 2018 | |
| Daisuke Ichikawa |
3 | 1 | 3 in 2002 | |
| Masami Ihara |
3 | 1 | 3 in 1998 | |
| Ko Itakura |
3 | 1 | 3 in 2022 | |
| Shoji Jo |
3 | 1 | 3 in 1998 | |
| Yasuyuki Konno |
3 | 2 | 1 in 2010, 2 in 2014 | |
| Wagner Lopes |
3 | 1 | 3 in 1998 | |
| Daizen Maeda |
3 | 1 | 3 in 2022 | |
| Takumi Minamino |
3 | 1 | 3 in 2022 | |
| Hidemasa Morita |
3 | 1 | 3 in 2022 | |
| Tomokazu Myojin |
3 | 1 | 3 in 2002 | |
| Hiroshi Nanami |
3 | 1 | 3 in 1998 | |
| Akira Narahashi |
3 | 1 | 3 in 1998 | |
| Mitsuo Ogasawara |
3 | 2 | 1 in 2002, 2 in 2006 | |
| Masashi Oguro |
3 | 1 | 3 in 2006 | |
| Gen Shoji |
3 | 1 | 3 in 2018 | |
| Naoki Soma |
3 | 1 | 3 in 1998 | |
| Naohiro Takahara |
3 | 1 | 3 in 2006 | |
| Ao Tanaka |
3 | 1 | 3 in 2022 | |
| Takehiro Tomiyasu |
3 | 1 | 3 in 2022 | |
| Atsuto Uchida |
3 | 2 | 0 in 2010, 3 in 2014 | |
| Motohiro Yamaguchi |
3 | 1 | 3 in 1998 | |