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NICKNAME: Samurai Blue
MANAGER: Hajime Moriyasu
MOST CAPPED PLAYER: Yasuhito Endo- 152 caps from 2002 to 2015
TOP SCORER: Kunishige Kamamoto- 75 goals from 1964 to 1977
HOST NATION: Yes, in 2002 with South Korea.
WORLD CUP RECORD: 7th WC for Japan. First one was in 1998 and since then they competed on everyone.
BEST RESULT: Japan's best results came from 2002 on home soil and 2010. Both tournaments were in the round of 16. 9th from 32 nations. Here is their team from the 2010 WC in South Africa. Japan's opener was a 1-0 win over Cameroon. With the same result they lost in the second match versus Netherlands. Third group stage match was a 3-1 win against Denmark. They lost in the first knock-out stage match. It was Paraguay who beated them after penalty kicks.
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