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The Japan national football team (サッカー日本代表, Sakkā Nihon Daihyō or Sakkā Nippon Daihyō), also known by the nickname Samurai Blue (サムライ・ブルー, Samurai Burū), [1][2] represents Japan in men's international football. It is controlled by the Japan Football Association (JFA), the governing body for football in Japan.
The Japan national American football team represents Japan in international American football competitions. The team is controlled by the Japan American Football Association, and has been one of the world's strongest international teams since it began participating regularly in international tournaments in the 1990s, and currently possesses the second most American Football World Cups [1 ...
The highest level of American Football in Japan is the X-League, the league consisting of true company teams and club teams sponsored by companies. The company league was founded in 1981; since 1996, it has been called the X-League. Like the college leagues, the X-League has different divisions. The Division I has three regional divisions (East ...
2000–2009. 2010–2019. 2020–2029. Other matches. Unofficial matches. B team matches. This article provides details of international football games played by the Japan national football team from 2020 to present. [1][2][3]
Other records. Updated 29 March 2022. Youngest player. Daisuke Ichikawa, 17 years and 322 days old, 1 April 1998 against South Korea. Youngest goalscorer. Shinji Kagawa, 19 years and 206 days old, 9 October 2008 against United Arab Emirates. Youngest captain. Gen Shoji, 24 years and 363 days old, 9 December 2017 EAFF E-1 Championship.
Head-to-head. The following table shows Japan's all-time international record, correct as of 13 October 2020. On June 15, 2007 Japan Football Association announced, it had checked Japan matches, and changed the count and recognition. According to this decision, Japan has played in these times, till the game, on 2007/06/05, against Colombia:
The NFL International Series is a series of American football games during the National Football League (NFL) regular season that are played outside the United States. Since 2024, the series has three sub-series: the NFL London Games in the United Kingdom, which have been in place since 2007; the NFL Germany Games in multiple cities, the NFL ...
Rice Bowl. The Japan Championship Rice Bowl is an annual American football national championship game held in Japan every January 3 that determines the champion of the X-League. The game was originally a collegiate all-star game until 1983. From 1984 to 2021, the game matched the champions of the Japan X Bowl with the college Koshien Bowl winners.