Japan 1950s squad
Every player who appeared for Japan in the 1950s — 57 in all, with their career international caps and goals.
Shigeo Yaegashi racked up the most caps of anyone here — 45 in all. Masashi Watanabe leads the scoring with 12. The sharpest strike rate belongs to Shigeo Yaegashi: 11 goals in 45 caps. The squad breaks down as 7 goalkeepers, 10 defenders, 15 midfielders and 25 forwards — enough depth to fill any formation in the game.
| Player | Pos | Caps | Goals | Legend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shigeo Yaegashi | MF | 45 | 11 | 75 |
| Mitsuo Kamata | DF | 44 | 2 | 74 |
| Masakatsu Miyamoto | DF | 44 | 1 | 74 |
| Masashi Watanabe | FW | 39 | 12 | 72 |
| Saburo Kawabuchi | FW | 26 | 8 | 70 |
| Michihiro Ozawa | MF | 36 | 0 | 69 |
| Yasuo Takamori | DF | 30 | 0 | 68 |
| Ryuzo Hiraki | DF | 30 | 1 | 68 |
| Hiroshi Ninomiya | FW | 12 | 9 | 65 |
| Yoshio Furukawa | GK | 19 | — | 65 |
| Masao Uchino | FW | 18 | 3 | 64 |
| Koji Sasaki | FW | 14 | 1 | 61 |
| Hiroaki Sato | MF | 15 | 0 | 61 |
| Masanori Tokita | FW | 12 | 2 | 60 |
| Taizo Kawamoto | FW | 9 | 4 | 59 |
| Toshio Iwatani | FW | 8 | 4 | 57 |
| Takashi Takabayashi | MF/FW | 9 | 2 | 56 |
| Akira Kitaguchi | FW | 10 | 1 | 56 |
| Isao Iwabuchi | FW | 8 | 2 | 55 |
| Takehiko Kawanishi | MF | 8 | 0 | 55 |
| Takashi Kano | FW | 7 | 2 | 53 |
| Yoshio Okada | DF | 7 | 0 | 52 |
| Koji Miyata | MF | 6 | 0 | 51 |
| Arawa Kimura | FW | 6 | 1 | 50 |
| Hirokazu Ninomiya | FW | 6 | 1 | 50 |
| Waichiro Omura | MF | 5 | 0 | 49 |
| Tomohiko Ikoma | GK | 5 | — | 48 |
| Hisataka Okamoto | FW | 5 | 0 | 47 |
| Taro Kagawa | FW | 5 | 0 | 47 |
| Kakuichi Mimura | MF | 4 | 0 | 47 |
| Nobuo Matsunaga | MF | 4 | 0 | 47 |
| Ken Naganuma | FW | 4 | 1 | 47 |
| Yukio Tsuda | GK | 4 | — | 46 |
| Yasukazu Tanaka | FW | 4 | 0 | 45 |
| Hiroshi Saeki | FW | 4 | 0 | 45 |
| Megumu Tamura | DF | 3 | 0 | 45 |
| Masao Ono | MF | 3 | 0 | 44 |
| Ko Arima | MF | 3 | 0 | 44 |
| Shigeo Sugimoto | MF | 3 | 0 | 44 |
| Tadao Kobayashi | FW | 3 | 0 | 43 |
| Hidemaro Watanabe | GK | 2 | — | 41 |
| Hiroto Muraoka | GK | 2 | — | 41 |
| Reizo Fukuhara | FW | 2 | 0 | 40 |
| Shunichiro Okano | FW | 2 | 0 | 40 |
| Yozo Aoki | DF | 1 | 0 | 37 |
| Osamu Yamaji | DF | 1 | 0 | 37 |
| Seishiro Shimatani | DF | 1 | 0 | 37 |
| Yukio Shimomura | GK | 1 | — | 37 |
| Gyoji Matsumoto | GK | 1 | — | 37 |
| Nobuyuki Kato | MF | 1 | 0 | 36 |
| Kenzo Ohashi | MF | 1 | 0 | 36 |
| Takeshi Inoue | MF | 1 | 0 | 36 |
| Takashi Mizuno | FW | 1 | 0 | 36 |
| Yoshinori Shigematsu | FW | 1 | 0 | 36 |
| Seki Matsunaga | FW | 1 | 0 | 36 |
| Ken Noritake | FW | 1 | 0 | 36 |
| Isamu Kinoshita | DF | — | — | 32 |
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