Japan
Nickname(s)サムライ・ファイブ
(Samurai Five)
AssociationJapan Football Association
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Head coachKenichiro Kogure[1]
FIFA codeJPN
FIFA ranking12 (16 October 2022)[2]
Home colours
Away colours
First international
 Belgium 3–0 Japan 
(Rotterdam, Netherlands, 6 January 1989)
Biggest win
 Japan 18–0 Guam 
(Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, 24 May 2005)
Biggest defeat
 Spain 16–0 Japan 
(Torrejon de Ardoz, Spain, 29 March 2002)
World Cup
Appearances5 (First in 1989)
Best resultRound of 16 (2012, 2021)
Asian Cup
Appearances16 (First in 1999)
Best resultGold Champions (2006, 2012, 2014, 2022)
EAFF Futsal Championship
Appearances4 (First in 2009)
Best resultGold Champions (2017, 2019, 2022)
Confederations Cup
Appearances1 (First in 2014)
Best result6th place (2014)
Grand Prix de Futsal
Appearances1 (First in 2013)
Best result8th place (2013)

The Japan national futsal team (Japanese: フットサル日本代表, Hepburn: Futtosaru Nippon Daihyō) represents Japan in international futsal competitions and is controlled by the Japan Football Association. It is one of the strongest futsal teams in Asia, the champions in the 2006, 2012, 2014 and 2022 AFC Futsal Asian Cup.[3] Japan has also played in five FIFA Futsal World Cups.[4]

Team image

Nicknames

The Japan national futsal team has been known or nicknamed as Samurai Five (サムライ・ファイブ, Samura Faibu)

Media coverage

This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (September 2021)

FIFA Futsal World Cup

Television channel Period Ref.
J Sports, J Sports on demand, BS Fuji 2021 [5]

AFC Futsal Asian Cup

Internet live streaming service Period Ref.
DAZN 2022 [6]

Friendly and Qualifiers

Internet live streaming service Period Ref.
JFATV on YouTube
2022
 [7]
Television channel Period Ref.
TV Asahi, CS TV Asahi
2022
 [8]

Results and fixtures

See also: 2023 in Japanese football
Legend

  Win   Draw   Lose   Fixture

2022

30 March Friendly Japan  2–1  United Arab Emirates Fujairah, United Arab Emirates
19:00 UAE (UTC+4)
  • Oliveira 1'
  • Kanazawa 37'
 Report
  • 31'
 Stadium: Zayed Complex Arena
1 April Friendly Japan  4–2  Saudi Arabia Khor Fakkan, United Arab Emirates
14:00 UAE (UTC+4)
  • Own goal 5'
  • Crepaldi 15'
  • Yoshikawa 21'
  • Uchida 36'
 Report
  • 25', 39'
 Stadium: Khorfakkan Stadium Arena
13 May Friendly Japan  5–0 Malaysia Selangor Shah Alam, Malaysia
Report Stadium: Panasonic Sports Complex
18 May 2022 AFC Futsal Asian Cup qualification Hong Kong  2–11  Japan Shah Alam, Malaysia
17:00
Report
  • Crepaldi 2', 28', 30'
  • Kanazawa 3'
  • Uchida 6'
  • Uemura 12', 24'
  • Yoshikawa 20'
  • Oliveira 28'
  • Tsutsumi 31'
  • Mori 40'
 Stadium: Panasonic Sports Complex
Referee: Ali Hafizi
19 May 2022 AFC Futsal Asian Cup qualification Japan  15–0  Mongolia Shah Alam, Malaysia
17:00
  • Yoshikawa 4'
  • Nagisa 6'
  • Motoishi 8', 33', 35'
  • Kanazawa 11'
  • Oliveira 12'
  • Mori 14', 26'
  • Harada 24', 40'
  • Battogtokh 24' (og)
  • Crepaldi 30'
  • Uemura 35'
  • Tumurbaatar 35' (og)
 Report Stadium: Panasonic Sports Complex
20 May 2022 AFC Futsal Asian Cup qualification South Korea  0–9  Japan Shah Alam, Malaysia
20:30 Report
  • Lee Jin-hyuk 5' (o.g.)
  • Uemura 7'
  • Oliveira 8'
  • Kanazawa 12', 21'
  • Kuromoto 19'
  • Hirata 32'
  • Uchida 39'
  • Kato 40'
 Stadium: Panasonic Sports Complex
21 May 2022 AFC Futsal Asian Cup qualification Japan  7–1  Chinese Taipei Shah Alam, Malaysia
20:30
  • Uchida 6', 16', 22'
  • Crepaldi 24'
  • Oliveira 29'
  • Hirata Neto 33'
  • Takami 37'
  • Chi Sheng-Fa 2'
 Stadium: Panasonic Sports Complex
10 September Friendly Japan  6–3 Japan Bardral Urayasu Chiba, Japan
18:00 Report Stadium: JFA YUME Field
15 September International friendly match Japan  1–5  Brazil Matsue, Japan
19:00 JST (UTC+9)
  • Oliveira 30'
 Report (JFA)
Report (JFA)
  • Pito 3', 4', 18'
  • Lucas Gomes 7'
  • Darlan 31'
 Stadium: Matsue City General Gymnasium
Referee: Ebrahim Mehrabi (Iran)
18 September International friendly match Japan  1–5  Brazil Toyota, Japan
JST (UTC+9)
  • Oliveira 39'
 Report
Stadium: Sky Hall Toyota
Referee: Helday Idang (Malaysia)
23 September Friendly Japan  5–3  Bahrain Manama, Bahrain
18:00 UTC+3
Report
  • Goal 25', 34', 39'
 Stadium: Bahrain Handball Federation Hall
28 September AFC Futsal Asian Cup Japan  1–2  Saudi Arabia Kuwait City, Kuwait
19:00 UTC+3
  • Crepaldi 3'
  • Al-Harthi 11'
  • Fqihe 15'
 Stadium: Saad Al Abdullah Hall
30 September AFC Futsal Asian Cup Japan  6–0  South Korea Kuwait City, Kuwait
15:00 UTC+3
  • Seo Jung-woo 6' (o.g.)
  • Oliveira 7'
  • Mizutani 18'
  • Ishida 28'
  • Kanazawa 29'
  • Yoshikawa 36'
 Report (JFA) Stadium: Saad Al Abdullah Hall
2 October AFC Futsal Asian Cup Japan  2–0  Vietnam Kuwait City, Kuwait
14:00 UTC+3
Stadium: Saad Al Abdullah Hall
4 October AFC Futsal Asian Cup QF Japan  3–2  Indonesia Kuwait City, Kuwait
14:00 UTC+3
  • Kanazawa 32'
  • Pires 38'
  • Mizutani 39'
  • Eko 21'
  • Dewa 40'
 Stadium: Saad Al Abdullah Hall
Referee: Trương Quốc Dũng (Vietnam)
6 October AFC Futsal Asian Cup SF Uzbekistan  1–2  Japan Kuwait City, Kuwait
17:00 UTC+3
  • Khamroev 16'
  • Oliveira 22'
  • Kanazawa 29'
 Stadium: Saad Al Abdullah Hall
8 October AFC Futsal Asian Cup F Iran  2–3  Japan Kuwait City, Kuwait
20:00 UTC+3
Report
Stadium: Saad Al Abdullah Hall
Referee: Ryan Shepheard (Australia)

2023

2 March NFDF Futsal Championship[9] Mozambique  v  Japan Pattaya, Thailand
Report (JFA) Stadium: Eastern National Sports Training Center
3 March NFDF Futsal Championship[9] Japan  v  Thailand Pattaya, Thailand
Report (JFA) Stadium: Eastern National Sports Training Center
14 December International friendly[10] Japan  v TBC Ōta, Tokyo, Japan
Report (JFA) Stadium: Ota City General Gymnasium
17 December International friendly[10] Japan  v TBD TBC, Japan
Report (JFA) Stadium: TBC

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

As of 9 October 2022[11]
Role Name
Head coach Japan Kenichiro Kogure
Assistant coach Japan Kensuke Takahashi
Japan Takehiro Suga
Goalkeeping coach Japan Keitaro Uchiyama
Physical coach Japan Motonori Baba

Manager history

This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (September 2021)
As of 23 November 2021
Name Period Matches Wins Draws Losses Winning % Ref.
Spain Bruno García Formoso 2016–2021 0 0 0 0 00.0%
Japan Kenichiro Kogure 2021– 0 0 0 0 00.0% [12]

(If statistics are unavailable, display former coaches in bulleted list form)

Players

See also: Category:Japanese men's futsal players and Category:Japanese futsal players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2022 AFC Futsal Asian Cup tournament, held from 27 September to 8 October on Kuwait. [13][14]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
1 1GK Higor Pires (1980-07-07) 7 July 1980 (age 42) Japan Bardral Urayasu
2 1GK Guilherme Kuromoto (1986-05-16) 16 May 1986 (age 36) Japan Fuchu Athletic
3 FP Soma Mizutani (1996-07-24) 24 July 1996 (age 26) Japan Nagoya Oceans
4 FP Kentaro Ishida (1998-01-01) 1 January 1998 (age 25) Japan Bardral Urayasu
5 FP Arthur Oliveira (1990-07-30) 30 July 1990 (age 32) Japan Nagoya Oceans
6 FP Tomoki Yoshikawa (1989-02-03) 3 February 1989 (age 34) Japan Nagoya Oceans
7 FP Sora Kanazawa (2001-12-26) 26 December 2001 (age 21) Japan Fuchu Athletic
8 FP Atsuya Uemura (1996-11-21) 21 November 1996 (age 26) Japan Fuchu Athletic
9 FP Massanori Antonio (1995-11-16) 16 November 1995 (age 27) Japan Nagoya Oceans
10 FP Vinicius Crepaldi (1987-02-11) 11 February 1987 (age 36) Japan Pescadola Machida
11 FP Kazuya Shimizu (1997-02-06) 6 February 1997 (age 26) Japan Fugador Sumida
12 FP Kokoro Harada (2004-07-01) 1 July 2004 (age 18) Spain FC Barcelona B
13 FP Takumi Nagasaka (1994-11-08) 8 November 1994 (age 28) Japan Bardral Urayasu
14 FP Shunta Uchimura (1991-08-01) 1 August 1991 (age 31) Japan Shonan Bellmare

Previous squads

*Bold indicates winning squad

Competitive record

Summary

Event Gold Silver Bronze Total
Futsal Asian Cup 4 6 2 12
Asian Indoor Games 0 1 1 2
East Asian Championship 2 1 0 3
Total 6 8 3 17
*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
**Gold background color indicates that the tournament was won.
***Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

FIFA Futsal World Cup

See also: FIFA Futsal World Cup
FIFA Futsal World Cup record
Year Round Pld W D L GS GA
Netherlands 1989 Group Stage 3 0 0 3 3 11
Hong Kong 1992 Did Not Qualify
Spain 1996
Guatemala 2000
Chinese Taipei 2004 Group Stage 3 0 1 2 5 11
Brazil 2008 Group Stage 4 2 0 2 13 24
Thailand 2012 Round of 16 4 1 1 2 13 17
Colombia 2016 Did Not Qualify
Lithuania 2020 Round of 16 4 1 0 3 13 14
Total 5/9 18 4 2 12 47 77

AFC Futsal Asian Cup

See also: AFC Futsal Championship

Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games

See also: Futsal at the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games record
Year Round Pld W D* L GS GA
Thailand 2005 did not enter
Macau 2007 Quarter Final 4 2 1 1 6 2
Vietnam 2009 Quarter Final 3 1 0 2 10 11
South Korea 2013 Runners-up 5 4 0 1 19 15
Turkmenistan 2017 Third Place 5 3 2 0 19 11
Total 4/5 17 10 3 4 54 39

EAFF Futsal Championship

See also: EAFF Futsal Championship
EAFF Futsal Championship record
Year Round Pld W D* L GS GA
China 2009 Runners-up 5 4 0 1 32 9
Vietnam 2013 did not enter
Total 1/2 5 4 0 1 32 9

Grand Prix de Futsal

See also: Grand Prix de Futsal
Grand Prix de Futsal record
Year Round Pld W D* L GS GA
Brazil 2005 did not enter
Brazil 2006
Brazil 2007
Brazil 2008
Brazil 2009
Brazil 2010
Brazil 2011
Brazil 2013 Eighth Place 4 0 0 4 8 19
Brazil 2014 did not enter
Brazil 2015
Brazil 2017 TBD - - - - - -
Total 1/11 4 0 0 4 8 19

Futsal Confederations Cup

See also: Futsal Confederations Cup
Futsal Confederations Cup record
Year Round Pld W D* L GS GA
Libya 2009 did not enter
Brazil 2013
Kuwait 2014 Sixth Place 3 1 0 2 6 9
Total 1/3 3 1 0 2 6 9

World ranking

There is currently no official futsal ranking.
As of 9 April 2021, the top 5 AFC teams according to one Elo-based ranking system are:[15]

FIFA AFC Nation Points
6 1  Iran 1608
14 2  Japan 1363
18 3  Thailand 1323
27 4  Uzbekistan 1221
33 5  Australia 1177
As of 25 August 2021

See also

Japan
Men's
Women's

References

  1. ^ "Mr. KOGURE Kenichiro appointed as Head Coach of Japan Futsal National Team". Japan Football Association (JFA). Tokyo. 2021-11-22. Retrieved 2021-11-23.
  2. ^ Futsal World Ranking
  3. ^ "Asian Futsal Championship Overview". RSSSF. Retrieved 2006-11-16.
  4. ^ "FIFA Futsal World Cup Overview". RSSSF. Retrieved 2006-11-16.
  5. ^ "TV放送". JFA.jp (in Japanese). Japan Football Association (JFA). Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  6. ^ "ライブ配信" [Live streaming]. jfa.jp (in Japanese). Japan Football Association (JFA). Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  7. ^ "JFATV" [JFATV]. www.jfa.jp (in Japanese). Japan Football Association (JFA). Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  8. ^ "TV放送／JFATV" [Television broadcasting / JFATV]. www.jfa.jp (in Japanese). Japan Football Association (JFA). Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  9. ^ a b "NFDF Futsal Championship Pattaya Thailand 2023". www.jfa.jp. Japan Football Association. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  10. ^ a b "List of International matches". jfa.jp. Japan Football Association (JFA). Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  11. ^ "フットサル日本代表 メンバー　AFCフットサルアジアカップクウェート2022（9.27-10.8）". Japan Football Association (JFA). Tokyo. 2022-10-09. Retrieved 2022-10-09.
  12. ^ "Mr. KOGURE Kenichiro appointed as Head Coach of Japan Futsal National Team". Japan Football Association (JFA). Tokyo. 2021-11-22. Retrieved 2021-11-23.
  13. ^ "フットサル日本代表 メンバー　AFCフットサルアジアカップクウェート2022（9.27-10.8）" (in Japanese). Japan Football Association (JFA). 18 September 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  14. ^ "Japan Futsal National Team squad - International Friendly Match vs Brazil (9/15＠Shimane, 9/18＠Aichi)" (in Japanese). Japan Football Association (JFA). 30 August 2022. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  15. ^ "Futsal World Ranking". Futsalworldranking.com. Retrieved 9 April 2021.

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