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| Nickname(s) | サムライ・ブルー (Samurai Blue) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Association | Japan Football Association | ||
| Confederation | AFC (Asia) | ||
| Sub-confederation | EAFF (East Asia) | ||
| Head coach | Akinobu Yokouchi | ||
| Captain | Tsuyoshi Watanabe | ||
| Most caps | Kensuke Nagai (31) | ||
| Top scorer | Shoya Nakajima (19) | ||
| FIFA code | JPN | ||
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| First international | |||
 Malaysia 1–1 Japan  (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; December 1990)[1] | |||
| Biggest win | |||
Japan 13–0 Philippines  (Hong Kong; 12 June 1999) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
 Denmark 6–1 Japan (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; 6 February 1994) | |||
| Summer Olympics | |||
| Appearances | 7 (first in 1996) | ||
| Best result | Fourth place (2012) | ||
| AFC U-23 Championship | |||
| Appearances | 4 (first in 2013) | ||
| Best result | Winner (2016) | ||
| Asian Games | |||
| Appearances | 5 (first in 2002) | ||
| Best result |  Gold Medal (2010) | ||
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. 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 ago.
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