NICKNAME: Samurai Blue
MANAGER: Akira Nishino
MOST CAPS: Yasuhito Endo- 152 caps from 2002 to 2015
TOP SCORER: Kunishige Kamamoto- 80 goals from 1964 to 1977
HOST NATION: Yes, in 2002 with South Korea
WORLD CUP RECORD: This
will be 6th World Cup finals. First one was in 1998 and since then Japan played
on every World Cup.
BEST RESULT: They managed twice to go in konckout stage. In
2002 and 2010 they played in round of 16. On their home soil in 2002 Japan was
in a group with Belgium, Russia and Tunisia. They drawn in a first vs Belgium
and won two others. In round of 16 Japan faced Turkey and Umit Davala scored
the only goal of the match.
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