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Japan U23
Association	Japanzee Football Association
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Sub-confederation	EAFF (East Asia)
Head coach	Go Oiwa
Most caps	Kensuke Nagai; Keigo Higashi; Reo Hatate; (31 each)
Top scorer	Shoya Nakajima (19)
FIFA code	JPN
First colours	Second colours
First international
	Malaysia 1–1 Japan ; (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; December 1990)
Biggest win
	Japan 13–0 Philippines ; (Hong Kong; 12 June 1999)
Biggest defeat
	Denmark 6–1 Japan ; (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; 6 February 1994)
Summer Olympic Games
Appearances	7 (first in 1996)
Best result	Fourth place (2012, 2020)
Asian Games
Appearances	5 (first in 2002)
Best result	Gold medalists (2010)
AFC U-23 Championship
Appearances	4 (first in 2013)
Best result	Champions (2016)

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The Japan national under-23 football team is a national association football youth team of Japan and is controlled by the Japan Football Association. The team won the gold medal at the 2010 Asian Games and were champions in the 2016 AFC U-23 Championship. The head coach is Koichi Togashi. Since 1992, it was decided that teams targeting athletes under the age of 23 will participate in the Olympics (additional provisions for overage limits have been added since 1996). Therefore, the name changes to Japan national under-22 football team the year before the Olympics and Japan national under-21 football team two years prior. The exception to this is the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, which has been postponed for one year, so in 2021, the team will be called the Japan national under-24 football team.

Team image

Nicknames

"サムライ・ブルー (Samurai Blue)" basically refers to the Japan national football team, but the under-23 football team are sometimes referred to as "Young" Samurai Blue. However, in reality, Samurai Blue is not often used.

Rivalries

South Korea

Japan maintains a strong football rivalry with South Korea.

Media coverage

Summer Olympics

Television channel	Period	Ref.
NHK General TV, NHK Educational TV, NHK BS1, NHK BS4K, NHK BS8K,TV Asahi, BS Asahi 4K, Fuji TV	2021	^[2]

AFC U-23 Asian Cup

Television channel	Period	Ref.

Friendly and Qualifiers

Television channel	Period	Ref.
Fuji TV, Nippon TV, TBS, Nittele G+, BS Asahi, TVer	2021

Results and fixtures

Legend

Win Draw Lose Voided or Postponed Fixture

2021

26 March Saison Card Cup	Japan	0–1	Argentina	Chōfu, Tokyo, Japan
19:00 UTC+9		Report (JFA) Report (JFA)	Adolfo Gaich 21'	Stadium: Ajinomoto Stadium Attendance: 8,416 Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)

29 March Saison Card Cup	Japan	3–0	Argentina	Kitakyushu, Japan
19:45 UTC+9	Hayashi 45' Itakura 68', 73'	Report (JFA) Report (JFA)		Stadium: Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu Attendance: 7,302 Referee: C. R. Srikrishna (India)

3 June Unofficial friendly	Japan A	3–0	Japan	Hokkaido, Japan
19:30 UTC+9	Hashimoto 2' Kamada 41' Asano 52'	Report (JFA) Report (JFA)		Stadium: Sapporo Dome Attendance: 0 Referee: Mohamed Darwish (UAE)

5 June Friendly	Japan	6–0	Ghana	Fukuoka, Japan
19:25 UTC+9	Doan 16' Kubo 32' Assinki 45' (o.g.) Soma 48' Ueda 56' Mitoma 89'	Report (JFA) Report (JFA)		Stadium: Best Denki Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Hiroki Kasahara (Japan)

12 June Friendly	Japan	4–0	Jamaica	Toyota, Aichi, Japan
13:35 UTC+9	Kubo 32' Endo 42' Ueda 57' Doan 64'	Report (JFA) Report (JFA)		Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 4,029 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto (Japan)

12 July Kirin Challenge Cup (Under-24)	Japan	3–1	Honduras	Osaka, Japan
19:30 UTC+9	Yoshida 13' Doan 40', 85'	Report (JFA) Report (JFA)	Tomiyasu 66' (o.g.)	Stadium: Yodoko Sakura Stadium Attendance: 4,063 Referee: Hiroki Kasahara (Japan)

17 July Kirin Challenge Cup (Under-24)	Japan	1–1	Spain	Hyogo, Japan
19:20 UTC+9	Doan 42'	Report (JFA) Report (JFA)	C. Soler 78'	Stadium: Noevir Stadium Kobe Attendance: 4,909 Referee: Yusuke Araki (Japan)

22 July 2020 Summer Olympics GS Group A	Japan	1–0	South Africa	Tokyo, Japan
20:00 UTC+9	Kubo 71'	Report (TOCOG) Report (FIFA) Report (JFA)		Stadium: Tokyo Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Jesús Valenzuela (Venezuela)

25 July 2020 Summer Olympics GS Group A	Japan	2–1	Mexico	Saitama, Japan
20:00 UTC+9	Kubo 6' Doan 11' (pen.)	Report (TOCOG) Report (FIFA) Report (JFA)	Alvarado 85'	Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 0 Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)

28 July 2020 Summer Olympics GS Group A	France	0–4	Japan	Yokohama, Japan
20:30 UTC+9		Report (TOCOG) Report (FIFA) Report (JFA)	Kubo 27' Sakai 34' Miyoshi 70' Maeda 90+1'	Stadium: International Stadium Yokohama Attendance: 0 Referee: Iván Barton (El Savador)

31 July 2020 Summer Olympics Quarter-finals	Japan	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p)	New Zealand	Ibaraki, Japan
18:00 UTC+9		Report (TOCOG) Report (FIFA) Report (JFA)		Stadium: Kashima Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Ismail Elfath (USA)
	Penalties
	Ueda Itakura Nakayama Yoshida		Wood Cacace Lewis McCowatt

3 August 2020 Summer Olympics Semi-finals	Japan	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Spain	Saitama, Japan
20:00 UTC+9		Report (TOCOG) Report (FIFA) Report (JFA)	Asensio 115'	Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 0 Referee: Kevin Ortega (Peru)

6 August 2020 Summer Olympics Bronze medal match	Mexico	3–1	Japan	Saitama, Japan
18:00 UTC+9	Córdova 13' (pen.) Vásquez 22' Vega 58'	Report (TOCOG) Report (FIFA) Report (JFA)	Mitoma 78'	Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 0 Referee: Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia)

26 October 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification Group K	Japan	4–0	Cambodia	Hirono, Japan
13:00 UTC+9	Matsuki 10' Koda 44' Hosoya 52' Nakamura 73'	Report		Stadium: J-Village Stadium

28 October 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification Group K	Hong Kong	0–4	Japan	Hirono, Japan
13:00 UTC+9		Report	Fujio 14', 49' Goke 63' Hosoya 85'	Stadium: J-Village Stadium

Games of the XXXII Olympiad – JFA.jp
2021 Schedules – JFA.jp (as of 16 December 2020)

2022

U-21

1–19 June AFC U-23 Asian Cup

Japan

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Uzbekistan

1–19 June AFC U-23 Asian Cup

v

Japan

Uzbekistan

1–19 June AFC U-23 Asian Cup

v

Japan

Uzbekistan

10–25 September Asian Games

v

Japan

China

10–25 September Asian Games

v

Japan

China

10–25 September Asian Games

v

Japan

China

Fixtures – JFA.jp
2022 Schedule – JFA.jp (as of 17 December 2021)
Fixtures and Results – Soccerway.com

Head-to-head record

As of 28 October 2021

The following table shows Japan under-23 team's all-time international record.

Against	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	GD	Confederation
Australia	10	4	0	6	17	15	+2	AFC
Bahrain	2	1	0	1	6	2	+4	AFC
Cambodia	2	2	0	0	6	0	+6	AFC
China	7	3	0	4	8	5	+3	AFC
Chinese Taipei	4	4	0	0	15	1	+14	AFC
Hong Kong	6	5	0	1	15	4	+11	AFC
Indonesia	3	2	0	0	10	3	+7	AFC
India	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	AFC
Iran	5	2	2	1	10	7	+3	AFC
Iraq	4	1	1	2	4	6	–2	AFC
Jordan	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	AFC
Kuwait	5	3	2	0	15	2	+13	AFC
Lebanon	2	2	0	0	6	1	+5	AFC
Macau	3	3	0	0	21	0	+21	AFC
Malaysia	17	13	4	0	47	7	+40	AFC
Myanmar	2	2	0	0	16	0	+16	AFC
Nepal	5	5	0	0	21	0	+21	AFC
Oman	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3	AFC
North Korea	2	2	0	0	4	3	+1	AFC
Qatar	5	2	2	1	5	4	+1	AFC
Saudi Arabia	5	4	0	1	9	6	+3	AFC
South Korea	17	5	3	9	21	20	+1	AFC
Palestine	4	4	0	0	9	1	+8	AFC
Philippines	3	3	0	0	32	0	+32	AFC
Pakistan	2	2	0	0	7	2	+5	AFC
Singapore	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3	AFC
Syria	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	AFC
Thailand	10	9	0	1	26	3	+23	AFC
East Timor	2	2	0	0	7	0	+7	AFC
Uzbekistan	1	0	0	1	0	4	–4	AFC
United Arab Emirates	5	3	1	1	7	2	+5	AFC
Vietnam	2	1	0	1	2	1	+1	AFC
Ghana	4	3	0	1	11	2	+9	CAF
Morocco	3	3	0	0	7	2	+5	CAF
Egypt	6	2	1	3	2	8	–6	CAF
Angola	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	CAF
Nigeria	3	0	0	3	5	9	–4	CAF
South Africa	3	3	0	0	6	1	+5	CAF
Mali	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	CAF
Mexico	4	1	1	2	6	9	–3	CONCACAF
United States	3	0	2	1	4	5	–1	CONCACAF
Canada	1	0	0	1	0	1	–1	CONCACAF
Costa Rica	4	1	2	1	5	4	+1	CONCACAF
Jamaica	2	2	0	0	13	0	+13	CONCACAF
Honduras	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2	CONCACAF
Brazil	5	2	2	1	6	5	+1	CONMEBOL
Chile	1	1	0	0	6	1	+5	CONMEBOL
Colombia	2	0	1	1	2	4	–2	CONMEBOL
Venezuela	1	1	0	0	4	0	+4	CONMEBOL
Argentina	3	2	0	1	4	1	+3	CONMEBOL
Paraguay	1	0	0	1	3	4	–1	CONMEBOL
Ecuador	1	0	0	1	0	1	–1	CONMEBOL
Denmark	2	0	1	1	1	6	–5	UEFA
England	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	UEFA
Italy	2	0	0	2	2	6	–4	UEFA
France	1	1	0	0	4	0	+4	UEFA
Greece	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	UEFA
Kazakhstan	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4	UEFA
Germany	2	1	0	1	7	3	+4	UEFA
Hungary	1	1	0	0	3	2	+1	UEFA
Portugal	1	0	0	1	0	1	–1	UEFA
Republic of Ireland	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	UEFA
Netherlands	1	0	0	1	0	1	–1	UEFA
Norway	1	0	0	1	2	3	–1	UEFA
Russia	5	2	2	1	7	5	+2	UEFA
Spain	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	UEFA
Sweden	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	UEFA
Switzerland	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	UEFA
Slovakia	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	UEFA
Tunisia	3	1	0	2	4	6	–2	UEFA
New Zealand	4	2	2	0	9	1	+8	OFC
Against	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	GD	Confederation

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

As of 27 December 2021

Role	Name
Head coach (u-21)	Go Oiwa
Assistant coach	Akira Mutō
Role model coach	Atsuto Uchida
Goalkeeping coach	Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi
Physical coach	Yoshiharu Yano

Manager history

As of 27 December 2021, after the match against Hong Kong.

Name	Period	Matches	Wins	Winning %	Notes
Yoshitada Yamaguchi	1990–1992	0	0	00.0%
Akira Nishino	1993–1996	0	0	00.0%
Philippe Troussier	1998–2000	0	0	00.0%
Masakuni Yamamoto	2002–2004	0	0	00.0%
Yasuharu Sorimachi	2006–2008	0	0	00.0%
Takashi Sekizuka	2010–2012	0	0	00.0%
Makoto Teguramori	2014–2016	0	0	00.0%
Hajime Moriyasu	2017–2020	0	0	00.0%
Akinobu Yokouchi	2020	0	0	00.0%
Hajime Moriyasu	2020–2021	0	0	00.0%
Koichi Togashi	2021	2	2	100.0%
Go Oiwa	2021–	0	0	00.0%	^[3]

source:^[4]

Players

Current squad

The following 23 players were named to the squad for the 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification, against Cambodia and Hong Kong on 26 and 28 October 2021.

Caps and goals accurate up to and including 6 August 2021 after match against Mexico.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Yuma Obata	(2001-11-07) 7 November 2001 (age 22)	Vegalta Sendai
12	1GK	Masato Sasaki	(2002-05-01) 1 May 2002 (age 22)	Kashiwa Reysol
23	1GK	Mitsuki Sugimoto	(2001-08-17) 17 August 2001 (age 22)	Rissho University

2	2DF	Reon Yamahara	(1999-06-08) 8 June 1999 (age 24)	Shimizu S-Pulse
3	2DF	Taiga Hata	(2002-01-20) 20 January 2002 (age 22)	Shonan Bellmare
4	2DF	Ryotaro Tsunoda	(1999-06-27) 27 June 1999 (age 24)	Yokohama F. Marinos
5	2DF	Seiya Baba	(2001-10-24) 24 October 2001 (age 22)	Tokyo Verdy
15	2DF	Hijiri Kato	(2001-09-16) 16 September 2001 (age 22)	V-Varen Nagasaki
16	2DF	Riku Handa	(2002-01-01) 1 January 2002 (age 22)	Montedio Yamagata
20	2DF	Maaya Sako	(2002-12-02) 2 December 2002 (age 21)	Fujieda MYFC
22	2DF	Anrie Chase	(2004-08-24) 24 August 2004 (age 19)	Shoshi High School

6	3MF	Renji Matsui	(2000-02-27) 27 February 2000 (age 24)	Hosei University
7	3MF	Yuito Suzuki	(2001-10-25) 25 October 2001 (age 22)	Shimizu S-Pulse
8	3MF	Daiki Matsuoka	(2001-06-01) 1 June 2001 (age 22)	Shimizu S-Pulse
10	3MF	Yuta Goke	(1999-06-10) 10 June 1999 (age 24)	Vissel Kobe
13	3MF	Satoshi Tanaka	(2002-08-13) 13 August 2002 (age 21)	Shonan Bellmare
14	3MF	Joel Chima Fujita	(2002-02-16) 16 February 2002 (age 22)	Tokushima Vortis
17	3MF	Kuryu Matsuki	(2003-04-30) 30 April 2003 (age 21)	Aomori Yamada High School
19	3MF	Jiro Nakamura	(2003-08-22) 22 August 2003 (age 20)	Gamba Osaka U-23
21	3MF	Hidemasa Koda	(2003-10-02) 2 October 2003 (age 20)	Nagoya Grampus U-18

9	4FW	Mao Hosoya	(2001-09-07) 7 September 2001 (age 22)	Kashiwa Reysol
11	4FW	Kein Sato	(2001-07-11) 11 July 2001 (age 22)	Meiji University
18	4FW	Shota Fujio	(2001-05-02) 2 May 2001 (age 23)	Mito HollyHock

(Players are listed within position group by order of seniority, kit number, caps, goals, and then alphabetically)

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up to a under-23 squad in the past 12 months.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
	1GK	Kosei Tani	(2000-11-22) 22 November 2000 (age 23)	Shonan Bellmare
	1GK	Keisuke Osako	(1999-07-28) 28 July 1999 (age 24)	Sanfrecce Hiroshima
	1GK	Zion Suzuki	(2002-08-21) 21 August 2002 (age 21)	Urawa Red Diamonds
	1GK	Yuya Oki	(1999-08-22) 22 August 1999 (age 24)	Kashima Antlers

	2DF	Reo Hatate	(1997-11-21) 21 November 1997 (age 26)	Celtic
	2DF	Takehiro Tomiyasu	(1998-11-05) 5 November 1998 (age 25)	Arsenal
	2DF	Daiki Hashioka	(1999-05-17) 17 May 1999 (age 25)	Sint-Truidense
	2DF	Ayumu Seko	(2000-06-07) 7 June 2000 (age 23)	Cerezo Osaka
	2DF	Teruki Hara	(1998-07-30) 30 July 1998 (age 25)	Shimizu S-Pulse
	2DF	Tsuyoshi Watanabe	(1997-02-05) 5 February 1997 (age 27)	Kortrijk
	2DF	Taiyo Koga	(1998-10-28) 28 October 1998 (age 25)	Kashiwa Reysol
	2DF	Yukinari Sugawara	(2000-06-28) 28 June 2000 (age 23)	AZ

	3MF	Takefusa Kubo	(2001-06-04) 4 June 2001 (age 22)	Mallorca
	3MF	Ritsu Dōan	(1998-06-16) 16 June 1998 (age 25)	PSV Eindhoven
	3MF	Ao Tanaka	(1998-09-10) 10 September 1998 (age 25)	Fortuna Dusseldorf
	3MF	Shunta Tanaka	(1997-05-26) 26 May 1997 (age 27)	Consadole Sapporo
	3MF	Kota Watanabe	(1998-10-18) 18 October 1998 (age 25)	Yokohama F. Marinos
	3MF	Keita Endo	(1997-01-22) 22 January 1997 (age 27)	Union Berlin

	4FW	Ayase Ueda	(1998-08-28) 28 August 1998 (age 25)	Kashima Antlers
	4FW	Daizen Maeda	(1997-10-20) 20 October 1997 (age 26)	Celtic
	4FW	Ryotaro Meshino	(1998-06-18) 18 June 1998 (age 25)	Estoril
	4FW	Kyosuke Tagawa	(1999-02-11) 11 February 1999 (age 25)	FC Tokyo
^INJ Withdrew due to injury ^PRE Preliminary squad / standby ^RET Retired from the national team ^SUS Serving suspension ^WD Player withdrew from the squad due to non-injury issue.

(Players are listed within position group by order of latest call-up, seniority, caps, goals, and then alphabetically)

Previous squads

Bold indicates winning squads
Olympic Games

AFC U-23 Asian Cup

Asian Games

Records

As of 6 August 2021

Players in bold are still active, at least at club level.

Caps and goals is calculated by all national team level include U21, U22, and U23.

Most capped players

#	Name	Caps	Goals	Pos	Career
1	Keigo Higashi	31	5	MF	2010–2012
	Kensuke Nagai	31	13	FW	2009–2012
	Reo Hatate	31	8	MF	2017–present
4	Shoya Nakajima	30	19	FW	2014–2016
5	Hotaru Yamaguchi	29	1	MF	2010–2012
6	Kazuya Yamamura	26	1	DF	2010–2012
6	Hiroki Sakai	26	3	DF	2011–2021
8	Daisuke Matsui	25	2	MF	2002–2004
9	Ayase Ueda	24	12	FW	2017–present
9	Ko Itakura	24	6	DF	2018–2021

Top goalscorers

#	Name	Goals	Caps	Ratio	Career
1	Shoya Nakajima	19	30	0.63	2014–2016
2	Kensuke Nagai	13	31	0.42	2009–2012
3	Ayase Ueda	12	24	0.5	2017–present
4	Daizen Maeda	9	18	0.5	2018–present
5	Reo Hatate	8	31	0.26	2017–present
6	Musashi Suzuki	7	10	0.7	2014–2016
6	Takefusa Kubo	7	18	0.39	2018–present
8	Yūki Ōtsu	6	16	0.38	2011–2012
	Takuma Asano	6	14	0.43	2014–2016
	Ko Itakura	6	24	0.25	2018–2021
	Ritsu Dōan	6	11	0.55	2019–present

Competitive record

Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place

Olympic Games

Summer Olympics record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1908–1988	See Japan national team
1992	Did Not Qualify
1996	Group Stage	9th	3	2	0	1	4	4
2000	Quarter-finals	5th	4	2	1	1	6	5
2004	Group Stage	13th	3	1	0	2	6	7
2008	Group Stage	15th	3	0	0	3	1	4
2012	Fourth Place	4th	6	3	1	2	6	5
2016	Group Stage	10th	3	1	1	1	7	7
2020	Fourth Place	4th	6	3	1	2	8	5
2024	To be Determined
2028	To be Determined
Total	Fourth Place	7/7	28	12	4	12	38	38

Match history

Summer Olympics history
Year	Round	Opponent	Score	Result
1996	Group stage	Brazil	1–0	Win
	Group stage	Nigeria	0–2	Loss
	Group stage	Hungary	3–2	Win

2000	Group stage	South Africa	2–1	Win
	Group stage	Slovakia	2–1	Win
	Group stage	Brazil	0–1	Loss
	Quarter-finals	United States	2–2	Draw

2004	Group stage	Paraguay	3–4	Loss
	Group stage	Italy	2–3	Loss
	Group stage	Ghana	1–0	Win

2008	Group stage	United States	0–1	Loss
	Group stage	Nigeria	1–2	Loss
	Group stage	Netherlands	0–1	Loss

2012	Group stage	Spain	1–0	Win
	Group stage	Morocco	1–0	Win
	Group stage	Honduras	0–0	Draw
	Quarter-finals	Egypt	3–0	Win
	Semi-finals	Mexico	1–3	Loss
	Bronze Play-off	South Korea	0–2	Loss

2016	Group stage	Nigeria	4–5	Loss
	Group stage	Colombia	2–2	Draw
	Group stage	Sweden	1–0	Win

2020	Group stage	South Africa	1–0	Win
	Group stage	Mexico	2–1	Win
	Group stage	France	4–0	Win
	Quarter-finals	New Zealand	0–0 4–2	Draw Win
	Semi-finals	Spain	0–1	Loss
	Bronze Play-off	Mexico	1–3	Loss

AFC U-23 Asian Cup

AFC U-23 Asian Cup record									Qualifier record
Year	Result	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
2013	Quarter-finals	7	4	1	2	1	8	5	5	5	0	0	20	2
2016	Champions	1	6	6	0	0	15	4	3	3	0	0	10	0
2018	Quarter-finals	5	4	3	0	1	5	5	3	3	0	0	11	2
2020	Group Stage	15	3	0	1	2	3	5	3	3	0	0	21	0
2022	Qualified								2	2	0	0	8	0
Total	5/5	Champions	17	10	3	4	31	19	16	16	0	0	70	4

Match history

AFC U-23 Asian Cup history
Year	Round	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	Group Stage	Iran	3–3	Draw
	Group Stage	Kuwait	0–0	Draw
	Group Stage	Australia	4–0	Win
	Quarter-finals	Iraq	0–1	Loss

2016	Group Stage	North Korea	1–0	Win
	Group Stage	Thailand	4–0	Win
	Group Stage	Saudi Arabia	2–1	Win
	Quarter-finals	Iran	3–0	Win
	Semi-finals	Iraq	2–1	Win
	Final	South Korea	3–2	Win

2018	Group Stage	Palestine	1–0	Win
	Group Stage	Thailand	1–0	Win
	Group Stage	North Korea	3–1	Win
	Quarter-finals	Uzbekistan	0–4	Loss

2020	Group Stage	Saudi Arabia	1–2	Loss
	Group Stage	Syria	1–2	Loss
	Group Stage	Qatar	1–1	Draw

Asian Games

Asian Games record
Hosts / Year	Result	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
2002	Silver	2	6	5	0	1	13	4
2006	Round 1	11	3	2	0	1	5	4
2010	Gold	1	7	7	0	0	17	1
2014	Quarter-finals	6	5	3	0	2	10	5
2018	Silver	2	7	5	0	2	10	4
2022	To be Determined
2026	To be Determined
Total	5/5	Gold	28	22	0	6	55	18

Match history

Asian Games history
Year	Round	Opponent	Score	Result
2002	Round 1	Palestine	2–0	Win
	Round 1	Bahrain	5–2	Win
	Round 1	Uzbekistan	1–0	Win
	Quarter-finals	China	1–0	Win
	Semi-finals	Thailand	3–0	Win
	Final	Iran	1–2	Loss

2006	Round 1	Pakistan	3–2	Win
	Round 1	Syria	1–0	Win
	Round 1	North Korea	1–2	Loss

2010	Round 1	China	3–0	Win
	Round 1	Malaysia	2–0	Win
	Round 1	Kyrgyzstan	3–0	Win
	Round 2	India	5–0	Win
	Quarter-finals	Thailand	1–0	Win
	Semi-finals	Iran	2–1	Win
	Final	UAE	1–0	Win

2014	Round 1	Kuwait	4–1	Win
	Round 1	Iraq	1–3	Loss
	Round 1	Nepal	4–0	Win
	Round 2	Palestine	4–0	Win
	Quarter-finals	South Korea	0–1	Loss

2018	Round 1	Nepal	1–0	Win
	Round 1	Pakistan	4–0	Win
	Round 1	Vietnam	0–1	Loss
	Round 2	Malaysia	1–0	Win
	Quarter-finals	Saudi Arabia	2–1	Win
	Semi-finals	UAE	1–0	Win
	Final	South Korea	1–2	Loss

References

^ Hyung-Jin Yoon (6 May 2006). "Japan - International Results U-23 (Olympic) Team [Malaysia (1) – Japan (1)]". RDFC. Archived from the original on 29 March 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
^ "TV放送". www.jfa.jp (in Japanese). Japan Football Association (JFA). July 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
^ "Mr. OIWA Go appointed as Head Coach of U-21 Japan National Team". Japan Football Association (JFA). Tokyo. 16 December 2021. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
^ https://www.jfa.jp/national_team/tokyo_olympic_2020/img/all_02s.pdf

External links

(in English) Japan national under-24 football team（2021） – official website at JFA.jp
(in English) Japan national under-23 football team（2020） – official website at JFA.jp
(in Japanese) Japan national team 2021 schedule at JFA.jp

[1] Hyung-Jin Yoon (6 May 2006). "Japan - International Results U-23 (Olympic) Team [Malaysia (1) – Japan (1)]". RDFC. Archived from the original on 29 March 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2016.

[2] "TV放送". www.jfa.jp (in Japanese). Japan Football Association (JFA). July 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021.

[3] "Mr. OIWA Go appointed as Head Coach of U-21 Japan National Team". Japan Football Association (JFA). Tokyo. 16 December 2021. Retrieved 27 December 2021.

[4] ttps://www.jfa.jp/national_team/tokyo_olympic_2020/img/all_02s.pdf

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v t e National sports teams of Japan
Men	A1GP American football Australian rules football Bandy Baseball U-18 Basketball U-17 U-19 3x3 U-23 3x3 Wheelchair Boxing Cricket U-19 Field hockey Floorball U-19 Football U-23 U-20 U-17 Futsal U-23 U-20 Beach soccer eFootball Cerebral palsy Goalball Gymnastics Handball MJ MY Ice hockey Junior U-18 Kabaddi Korfball Lacrosse Roller hockey Rugby league Rugby union 7s U-20 Wheelchair Softball U-19 Squash Tennis Volleyball U-21 U-19 Water polo
Women	Baseball Basketball U-19 U-17 3x3 U-23 3x3 Wheelchair Beach handball Cricket Field hockey U-21 Floorball Football U-23 U-20 U-17 Futsal U-20 Goalball Gymnastics Handball W-J Ice hockey F U-18 Rugby union 7s Softball U-19 Squash Tennis Volleyball U-18 U-20 U-23 Water polo
Mixed	Badminton Baseball5 Boxing Tennis
Olympics Paralympics Asian Games

v t e National under-23 football teams of Asia (AFC)
AFC U-23 Asian Cup
West Asia (WAFF)	Bahrain Iraq Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Oman Palestine Qatar Saudi Arabia Syria United Arab Emirates Yemen
Central Asia (CAFA)	Afghanistan Iran Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan
South Asia (SAFF)	Bangladesh Bhutan India Maldives Nepal Pakistan Sri Lanka
East Asia (EAFF)	China Chinese Taipei¹ Guam Hong Kong Japan Macau Mongolia North Korea Northern Mariana Islands² South Korea
Southeast Asia (AFF)	Australia Brunei Cambodia Indonesia Laos Malaysia Myanmar Philippines Singapore Thailand Timor-Leste Vietnam
¹ Taiwan, officially the Republic of China, competes as "Chinese Taipei" ² Not a member of FIFA

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Team image

Nicknames

Rivalries

South Korea

Media coverage

Summer Olympics

AFC U-23 Asian Cup

Friendly and Qualifiers

Results and fixtures

2021

2022

U-21

Head-to-head record

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

Manager history

Players

Current squad

Recent call-ups

Previous squads

Records

Most capped players

Top goalscorers

Competitive record

Olympic Games

Match history

AFC U-23 Asian Cup

Match history

Asian Games

Match history

See also

References

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