Japan 2000s squad
Every player who appeared for Japan in the 2000s — 127 in all, with their career international caps and goals.
Yasuhito Endo racked up the most caps of anyone here — 152 in all. Kazuyoshi Miura leads the scoring with 55. The squad breaks down as 8 goalkeepers, 37 defenders, 53 midfielders and 29 forwards — enough depth to fill any formation in the game.
| Player | Pos | Caps | Goals | Legend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yūto Nagatomo | DF | 145 | 4 | 92 |
| Kazuyoshi Miura | FW | 89 | 55 | 91 |
| Shinji Kagawa | MF | 97 | 31 | 91 |
| Shunsuke Nakamura | MF | 98 | 24 | 91 |
| Shinji Okazaki | FW | 119 | 50 | 91 |
| Yasuhito Endo | MF | 152 | 15 | 91 |
| Yuji Nakazawa | DF | 110 | 17 | 91 |
| Keisuke Honda | MF/FW | 98 | 38 | 90 |
| Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi | GK | 116 | — | 90 |
| Yasuyuki Konno | DF | 93 | 4 | 90 |
| Eiji Kawashima | GK | 95 | — | 89 |
| Hidetoshi Nakata | MF | 77 | 11 | 89 |
| Yūichi Komano | DF | 78 | 1 | 89 |
| Alessandro Santos | MF | 82 | 7 | 88 |
| Naohiro Takahara | FW | 57 | 23 | 88 |
| Hiroaki Morishima | MF | 64 | 12 | 88 |
| Hiroshi Nanami | MF | 67 | 9 | 88 |
| Tsuneyasu Miyamoto | DF | 71 | 3 | 88 |
| Junichi Inamoto | MF | 83 | 5 | 88 |
| Seigō Narazaki | GK | 77 | — | 88 |
| Masashi Nakayama | FW | 53 | 21 | 88 |
| Kengo Nakamura | MF | 68 | 6 | 87 |
| Akira Kaji | DF | 64 | 2 | 87 |
| Takashi Fukunishi | MF | 64 | 7 | 87 |
| Atsushi Yanagisawa | FW | 58 | 17 | 87 |
| Mitsuo Ogasawara | MF | 55 | 7 | 86 |
| Keiji Tamada | FW | 72 | 16 | 86 |
| Shinji Ono | MF | 56 | 6 | 86 |
| Tatsuhiko Kubo | FW | 32 | 11 | 84 |
| Koji Nakata | MF | 57 | 2 | 84 |
| Takayuki Suzuki | FW | 55 | 11 | 84 |
| Yuki Abe | DF/MF | 53 | 3 | 84 |
| Ryoichi Maeda | FW | 33 | 10 | 84 |
| Yutaka Akita | DF | 44 | 4 | 83 |
| Akinori Nishizawa | FW | 29 | 10 | 83 |
| Marcus Tulio Tanaka | DF | 43 | 8 | 83 |
| Takashi Inui | MF | 36 | 6 | 82 |
| Naoki Matsuda | DF | 40 | 1 | 82 |
| Keisuke Tsuboi | DF | 40 | 0 | 82 |
| Toshihiro Hattori | MF | 44 | 2 | 82 |
| Akira Narahashi | DF | 38 | 0 | 82 |
| Ryuzo Morioka | DF | 38 | 0 | 82 |
| Seiichiro Maki | FW | 38 | 8 | 81 |
| Yoshito Okubo | FW | 60 | 6 | 81 |
| Shoji Jo | FW | 35 | 7 | 81 |
| Makoto Tanaka | DF | 32 | 0 | 80 |
| Daisuke Matsui | MF | 31 | 1 | 79 |
| Tomokazu Myōjin | MF | 26 | 3 | 79 |
| Daisuke Oku | MF | 26 | 2 | 78 |
| Toshiya Fujita | MF | 24 | 3 | 78 |
| Masashi Oguro | FW | 22 | 5 | 78 |
| Hisato Sato | FW | 31 | 4 | 78 |
| Atsuhiro Miura | MF | 25 | 1 | 77 |
| Teruyoshi Itō | MF | 28 | 0 | 76 |
| Masashi Motoyama | MF | 28 | 0 | 76 |
| Keita Suzuki | MF | 28 | 0 | 76 |
| Yuzo Kurihara | DF | 20 | 3 | 76 |
| Masaaki Sawanobori | MF | 16 | 3 | 76 |
| Takashi Hirano | MF | 15 | 4 | 75 |
| Tatsuya Tanaka | FW | 16 | 3 | 74 |
| Shigeyoshi Mochizuki | MF | 15 | 1 | 74 |
| Kisho Yano | FW | 19 | 2 | 74 |
| Koji Yamase | MF | 13 | 5 | 73 |
| Naotake Hanyu | MF | 17 | 0 | 73 |
| Nobuhisa Yamada | DF | 15 | 1 | 73 |
| Yasuhiro Hato | DF | 15 | 0 | 73 |
| Eisuke Nakanishi | DF | 14 | 0 | 73 |
| Jungo Fujimoto | MF | 13 | 1 | 73 |
| Hideo Hashimoto | MF | 15 | 0 | 72 |
| Takayuki Morimoto | FW | 10 | 3 | 72 |
| Ryota Tsuzuki | GK | 6 | — | 70 |
| Shinzō Kōroki | FW | 16 | 0 | 70 |
| Satoru Yamagishi | MF | 11 | 0 | 70 |
| Daisuke Ichikawa | DF | 10 | 0 | 70 |
| Teruyuki Moniwa | DF | 9 | 1 | 69 |
| Yuhei Tokunaga | DF | 9 | 0 | 69 |
| Ryuji Bando | FW | 7 | 2 | 68 |
| Daiki Iwamasa | DF | 8 | 0 | 68 |
| Kazuki Ganaha | FW | 6 | 3 | 68 |
| Yōichi Doi | GK | 4 | — | 67 |
| Hitoshi Sogahata | GK | 4 | — | 67 |
| Takayuki Chano | DF | 7 | 0 | 67 |
| Hiroki Mizumoto | DF | 7 | 0 | 67 |
| Michihiro Yasuda | DF | 7 | 1 | 67 |
| Shuhei Terada | DF | 6 | 0 | 66 |
| Naohiro Ishikawa | MF | 6 | 0 | 66 |
| Norihiro Nishi | MF | 5 | 0 | 64 |
| Shinji Murai | MF | 5 | 0 | 64 |
| Mū Kanazaki | MF | 5 | 0 | 64 |
| Kazumichi Takagi | DF | 5 | 0 | 64 |
| Yuichiro Nagai | FW | 4 | 1 | 63 |
| Koki Mizuno | MF | 4 | 0 | 63 |
| Takuya Yamada | MF | 4 | 0 | 63 |
| Kenichi Uemura | DF | 4 | 0 | 62 |
| Teruaki Kurobe | FW | 4 | 0 | 61 |
| Hideaki Kitajima | FW | 3 | 1 | 61 |
| Akihiro Ienaga | MF | 3 | 0 | 61 |
| Go Oiwa | DF | 3 | 0 | 60 |
| Yoshiteru Yamashita | FW | 3 | 0 | 59 |
| Yuzo Tashiro | FW | 3 | 0 | 59 |
| Chikara Fujimoto | MF | 2 | 0 | 58 |
| Nozomi Hiroyama | MF | 2 | 0 | 58 |
| Takeshi Aoki | MF | 2 | 0 | 58 |
| Naoki Yamada | MF | 2 | 0 | 58 |
| Satoshi Yamaguchi | DF | 2 | 0 | 57 |
| Tomoyuki Hirase | FW | 2 | 0 | 57 |
| Daiki Takamatsu | FW | 2 | 0 | 57 |
| Daijiro Takakuwa | GK | 1 | — | 56 |
| Yūto Satō | MF | 1 | 0 | 54 |
| Daigo Kobayashi | MF | 1 | 0 | 54 |
| Takahiro Futagawa | MF | 1 | 0 | 54 |
| Tomoyuki Sakai | MF | 1 | 0 | 54 |
| Hiromi Kojima | MF | 1 | 0 | 54 |
| Tsukasa Umesaki | MF | 1 | 0 | 54 |
| Naoshi Nakamura | MF | 1 | 0 | 54 |
| Yoshiharu Ueno | MF | 1 | 0 | 54 |
| Keiji Kaimoto | DF | 1 | 0 | 53 |
| Yoshinobu Minowa | DF | 1 | 0 | 53 |
| Atsushi Yoneyama | DF | 1 | 0 | 53 |
| Hayuma Tanaka | DF | 1 | 0 | 53 |
| Daisuke Sakata | FW | 1 | 0 | 53 |
| Edu Coimbra | MF | — | — | 49 |
| Makoto Hasebe | DF/MF | — | — | 49 |
| Kazuyuki Toda | MF | — | — | 49 |
| Shusaku Nishikawa | GK | — | — | 49 |
| Atsuto Uchida | DF | — | — | 49 |
| Mitsuki Ichihara | DF | — | — | 49 |
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