Japan 1990s squad
Every player who appeared for Japan in the 1990s — 99 in all, with their career international caps and goals.
Masami Ihara racked up the most caps of anyone here — 122 in all. Kazuyoshi Miura leads the scoring with 55. The squad breaks down as 10 goalkeepers, 33 defenders, 34 midfielders and 22 forwards — enough depth to fill any formation in the game.
| Player | Pos | Caps | Goals | Legend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kazuyoshi Miura | FW | 89 | 55 | 85 |
| Masami Ihara | DF | 122 | 5 | 84 |
| Yuji Nakazawa | DF | 110 | 17 | 84 |
| Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi | GK | 116 | — | 83 |
| Hidetoshi Nakata | MF | 77 | 11 | 83 |
| Satoshi Tsunami | DF | 78 | 2 | 82 |
| Hiroaki Morishima | MF | 64 | 12 | 82 |
| Hiroshi Nanami | MF | 67 | 9 | 81 |
| Tetsuji Hashiratani | DF | 72 | 6 | 81 |
| Takuya Takagi | FW | 44 | 27 | 81 |
| Masashi Nakayama | FW | 53 | 21 | 80 |
| Takashi Fukunishi | MF | 64 | 7 | 80 |
| Seigō Narazaki | GK | 77 | — | 80 |
| Atsushi Yanagisawa | FW | 58 | 17 | 79 |
| Takumi Horiike | DF | 58 | 2 | 79 |
| Shinji Ono | MF | 56 | 6 | 79 |
| Motohiro Yamaguchi | MF | 58 | 4 | 78 |
| Naoki Soma | DF/MF | 58 | 4 | 78 |
| Tsuyoshi Kitazawa | MF | 58 | 3 | 78 |
| Tatsuhiko Kubo | FW | 32 | 11 | 77 |
| Akinori Nishizawa | FW | 29 | 10 | 75 |
| Masahiro Fukuda | FW | 45 | 9 | 75 |
| Yutaka Akita | DF | 44 | 4 | 75 |
| Toshihiro Hattori | MF | 44 | 2 | 74 |
| Shigetatsu Matsunaga | GK | 40 | — | 74 |
| Akira Narahashi | DF | 38 | 0 | 73 |
| Ryuzo Morioka | DF | 38 | 0 | 73 |
| Shoji Jo | FW | 35 | 7 | 73 |
| Mitsunori Yoshida | MF | 35 | 2 | 72 |
| Hajime Moriyasu | DF/MF | 35 | 1 | 71 |
| Ruy Ramos | MF | 32 | 1 | 70 |
| Hiroshige Yanagimoto | DF | 30 | 0 | 70 |
| Norio Omura | DF | 30 | 4 | 70 |
| Shinichi Morishita | GK | 28 | — | 70 |
| Yasuto Honda | MF | 29 | 1 | 69 |
| Toshinobu Katsuya | DF | 27 | 0 | 69 |
| Daisuke Oku | MF | 26 | 2 | 69 |
| Toshiya Fujita | MF | 24 | 3 | 69 |
| Kenta Hasegawa | FW | 27 | 4 | 69 |
| Wagner Lopes | FW | 20 | 5 | 69 |
| Hisashi Kurosaki | FW | 24 | 4 | 68 |
| Atsuhiro Miura | MF | 25 | 1 | 68 |
| Teruyoshi Itō | MF | 28 | 0 | 67 |
| Masakiyo Maezono | MF | 19 | 4 | 67 |
| Kazuya Maekawa | GK | 17 | — | 67 |
| Masayuki Okano | FW | 25 | 2 | 66 |
| Masaaki Sawanobori | MF | 16 | 3 | 65 |
| Takashi Hirano | MF | 15 | 4 | 65 |
| Nobuhiro Takeda | FW | 18 | 1 | 64 |
| Masanao Sasaki | MF | 20 | 0 | 64 |
| Toshihide Saito | DF | 17 | 0 | 64 |
| Tadashi Nakamura | DF | 16 | 0 | 63 |
| Shigeyoshi Mochizuki | MF | 15 | 1 | 63 |
| Katsuyoshi Shinto | DF | 15 | 1 | 62 |
| Eisuke Nakanishi | DF | 14 | 0 | 62 |
| Hiroshi Hirakawa | DF | 13 | 0 | 61 |
| Kenichi Shimokawa | GK | 9 | — | 61 |
| Yoshihiro Natsuka | DF | 11 | 1 | 59 |
| Teruo Iwamoto | MF | 9 | 2 | 59 |
| Shinkichi Kikuchi | GK | 7 | — | 58 |
| Daisuke Ichikawa | DF | 10 | 0 | 58 |
| Toru Sano | DF | 9 | 0 | 57 |
| Tetsuya Asano | MF | 8 | 1 | 57 |
| Masahiro Endo | DF | 8 | 0 | 56 |
| Nobuyuki Kojima | GK | 5 | — | 55 |
| Yoshiro Moriyama | DF | 7 | 0 | 55 |
| Takafumi Ogura | FW | 5 | 1 | 54 |
| Kazuaki Tasaka | MF | 7 | 0 | 54 |
| Yoshiyuki Hasegawa | FW | 6 | 0 | 54 |
| Yuji Sakakura | DF | 6 | 0 | 54 |
| Katsumi Oenoki | MF | 5 | 0 | 52 |
| Shiro Kikuhara | MF | 5 | 0 | 52 |
| Ryuji Michiki | DF | 4 | 0 | 51 |
| Kenji Honnami | GK | 3 | — | 51 |
| Kentaro Sawada | DF/MF | 4 | 0 | 51 |
| Toshihiro Yamaguchi | MF | 4 | 0 | 51 |
| Yasuharu Sorimachi | MF | 4 | 0 | 51 |
| Akihiro Nagashima | FW | 4 | 0 | 51 |
| Yasutoshi Miura | DF/MF | 3 | 0 | 49 |
| Masaharu Suzuki | DF | 2 | 0 | 47 |
| Kentaro Hayashi | MF | 2 | 0 | 46 |
| Koji Kondo | MF | 2 | 0 | 46 |
| Hiromitsu Isogai | MF | 2 | 0 | 46 |
| Takashi Shimoda | GK | 1 | — | 44 |
| Shinichiro Tani | FW | 1 | 0 | 43 |
| Koji Noguchi | FW | 1 | 0 | 43 |
| Yoshiaki Sato | FW | 1 | 0 | 43 |
| Yasuyuki Moriyama | FW | 1 | 0 | 43 |
| Kota Yoshihara | FW | 1 | 0 | 43 |
| Naoto Otake | DF | 1 | 0 | 43 |
| Masahiro Ando | DF | 1 | 0 | 43 |
| Katsuo Kanda | DF | 1 | 0 | 43 |
| Hideto Suzuki | DF | 1 | 0 | 43 |
| Takeshi Watanabe | DF | 1 | 0 | 43 |
| Naoki Sakai | MF | 1 | 0 | 43 |
| Masaki Tsuchihashi | MF | 1 | 0 | 43 |
| Takahiro Yamada | MF | 1 | 0 | 43 |
| Tadatoshi Masuda | MF | 1 | 0 | 43 |
| Takuya Jinno | FW | — | — | 40 |
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