Japan national futsal team

Japan
Nickname(s)	サムライ・ファイブ; (Samurai Five)
Association	JFA
Confederation	AFC
Head coach	Kensuke Takahashi
FIFA code	JPN
FIFA ranking	15 (6 May 2024)
Homecolours	Awaycolours
First international
	Belgium3–0Japan; (Rotterdam,Netherlands,6 January 1989)
Biggest win
	Japan18–0Guam; (Ho Chi Minh City,Vietnam,24 May 2005)
Biggest defeat
	Spain16–0Japan; (Torrejon de Ardoz,Spain,29 March 2002)
FIFA World Cup
Appearances	5 (First in1989)
Best result	Round of 16 (2012,2021)
Asian Cup
Appearances	16 (First in1999)
Best result	Champions(2006,2012,2014,2022)
EAFF Futsal Championship
Appearances	4 (First in2009)
Best result	Champions(2017,2019,2022)
Confederations Cup
Appearances	1 (First in2014)
Best result	6th place (2014)
Grand Prix de Futsal
Appearances	1 (First in2013)
Best result	8th place (2013)

TheJapan national futsal team(Japanese:フットサル Nhật Bản đại biểu,Hepburn:Futtosaru Nippon Daihyō),nicknamedSamuraiFive(サムライ・ファイブ,Samura Faibu),representsJapanin internationalfutsalcompetitions and is controlled by theJapan Football Association.

Japan is one of the two teams besidesIranto have won theAFC Futsal Asian Cup,winning in2006,2012,2014and2022.^[3]It has also played in fiveFIFA Futsal World Cups.^[4]

Results and fixtures

Legend

Win Draw Lose Fixture

2023

2 MarchNFDF Futsal Championship GS^[5]	Mozambique	0–5	Japan	Pattaya,Thailand
18:00UTC+7		Report (JFA)	Mori18',38',39' Own goal21' Arthur35'	Stadium:Eastern National Sports Training Center

3 MarchNFDF Futsal Championship GS^[5]	Japan	4–1	Thailand	Pattaya,Thailand
18:00UTC+7	Kanazawa7' Shimizu13' Mizutani25' Nakamura31'	Report (JFA)	Goal34'	Stadium:Eastern National Sports Training Center

5 MarchNFDF Futsal Championship SF^[5]	Japan	1–0	Saudi Arabia	Pattaya,Thailand
20:15UTC+7	Henmi28'	Report (JFA)		Stadium:Eastern National Sports Training Center

7 MarchNFDF Futsal Championship F^[5]	Iran	4–1	Japan	Pattaya,Thailand
20:15UTC+7	Goal31',33',36',39'	Report (JFA)	Tsutsumi6'	Stadium:Eastern National Sports Training Center

14 AprilFriendly/Morocco Tour	Japan	2–3	Morocco	Rabat,Morocco
22:00UTC+0	Antonio18',26'	Report	Goal9',12',32'	Stadium:Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium

15 AprilFriendly/Morocco Tour	Japan	0–3	France	Rabat,Morocco
18:00UTC+0		Report	Goal4',26',39'	Stadium:Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium

17 AprilFriendly/Morocco Tour	Japan	1–0	Croatia	Rabat,Morocco
21:00UTC+0	Henmi8'	Report		Stadium:Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium

13 SeptemberFutsal Nations CupGS	Brazil	2–0	Japan	São Paulo,Brazil
20:30UTC−3	Matheus23' Rafa35'	Report		Stadium:Arena Sorocaba

15 SeptemberFutsal Nations CupGS	Saudi Arabia	1–2	Japan	São Paulo,Brazil
15:00UTC−3	Goal33'	Report	Arthur21' Tsutsumi33'	Stadium:Arena Sorocaba

16 SeptemberFutsal Nations CupSF	Japan	0–2	Iran	São Paulo,Brazil
13:00UTC−3		Report	Goal33',34'	Stadium:Arena Sorocaba

17 SeptemberFutsal Nations Cup3rd place match	Japan	3–7	Paraguay	São Paulo,Brazil
07:00UTC−3	Uchida1' Shimizu3',32'	Report	Goal3',6',8',17',22',32',38'	Stadium:Arena Sorocaba

7 OctoberAFC Futsal Asian Cup qual.	Australia	0–4	Japan	Taipei,Chinese Taipei
19:00UTC+8		Report	Yoshikawa9' Arthur13' (pen.),33',35'	Stadium:University of Taipei, Tianmu Campus Gymnasium

11 OctoberAFC Futsal Asian Cup qual.	Japan	3–0	Chinese Taipei	Taipei,Chinese Taipei
19:00UTC+8	Antonio7' Uchida17',33'	Report		Stadium:University of Taipei, Tianmu Campus Gymnasium

22 NovemberInternational friendly^[6]	Uzbekistan	0–2	Japan	Tashkent,Uzbekistan
		Report		Stadium:Yunusobod Sport Complex

24 NovemberInternational friendly^[6]	Uzbekistan	3–4	Japan	Tashkent,Uzbekistan
		Report		Stadium:Yunusobod Sport Complex

14 DecemberInternational friendly^[6]	Japan	1–1	Argentina	Ota,Japan
19:00UTC+9		Report		Stadium:Ota City General Gymnasium

17 DecemberInternational friendly^[6]	Japan	1–1	Argentina	Obihiro,Japan
		Report		Stadium:Obihiro City General Gymnasium

Fixtures & Results (2023),JFA.jp

2024

3 FebruaryFriendly	Portugal	4–1	Japan	Porto,Portugal
20:00UTC+0				Stadium:Centro de Desportos e Congressos de Matosinhos

5 FebruaryFriendly	Portugal	2–1	Japan	Porto,Portugal
20:00UTC+0				Stadium:Centro de Desportos e Congressos de Matosinhos

18 April2024 AFC Futsal Asian Cup	Japan	2–3	Kyrgyzstan	Bangkok,Thailand
				Stadium:Bangkok Arena

20 April2024 AFC Futsal Asian Cup	South Korea	0–5	Japan	Bangkok,Thailand
				Stadium:Bangkok Arena

22 April2024 AFC Futsal Asian Cup	Japan	1–1	Tajikistan	Bangkok,Thailand
				Stadium:Bangkok Arena

Fixtures & Results (2024),JFA.jp

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

As of 9 October 2022^[7]

Role	Name
Head coach	Kenichiro Kogure
Assistant coach	Kensuke Takahashi Takehiro Suga
Goalkeeping coach	Keitaro Uchiyama
Physical coach	Motonori Baba

Manager history

As of 24 September 2023.

Name	Period	Ref
Bruno García Formoso	2016–2021
Kenichiro Kogure	2021–	^[8]

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for friendlies, played againstUzbekistan,on 22 and 24 November 2023, respectively.^[9]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Fabio Fiuza	(1987-01-26)26 January 1987(age 38)	Shonan Bellmare
2	1GK	Guilherme Kuromoto	(1986-05-16)16 May 1986(age 38)	Shinagawa City
3	1GK	Takuya Uehara	(1996-11-02)2 November 1996(age 28)	Vasagey Oita

4	FP	Kentaro Ishida	(1998-01-01)1 January 1998(age 27)	Bardral Urayasu
5	FP	Kyo Takahashi	(1997-08-05)5 August 1997(age 27)	YSCC Yokohama
6	FP	Tomoki Yoshikawa	(1989-02-03)3 February 1989(age 36)	Nagoya Oceans
7	FP	Shoto Yamanaka	(2002-07-30)30 July 2002(age 22)	Pescadola Machida
8	FP	Yuta Tsutsumi	(1998-10-07)7 October 1998(age 26)	YSCC Yokohama
9	FP	Takehiro Motoishi	(1999-09-19)19 September 1999(age 25)	Bardral Urayasu
10	FP	Sora Kanazawa	(2001-12-26)26 December 2001(age 23)	Nagoya Oceans
11	FP	Kazuya Shimizu	(1997-02-06)6 February 1997(age 28)	Nagoya Oceans
12	FP	Ruan Nakamatsu	(2002-01-23)23 January 2002(age 23)	Shriker Osaka
13	FP	Hyuga Saito	(1998-06-18)18 June 1998(age 26)	Shriker Osaka
14	FP	Shunta Uchimura	(1991-08-01)1 August 1991(age 33)	Shonan Bellmare
15	FP	Mitsuru Nakamura	(1998-01-02)2 January 1998(age 27)	Tachikawa Athletic
16	FP	Takumi Nagasaka	(1994-11-08)8 November 1994(age 30)	Bardral Urayasu

Previous squads

*Boldindicates winning squad

FIFA Futsal World Cup

AFC Futsal Asian Cup

2006 AFC Futsal Championship squad
2012 AFC Futsal Championship squad
2014 AFC Futsal Championship squad
2016 AFC Futsal Championship squad
2018 AFC Futsal Championship squad
2022 AFC Futsal Asian Cup 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	3	1	0	4
Total	7	8	3	18

*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided onpenalty kicks.

**Gold background color indicates that the tournament was won.

***Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

FIFA Futsal World Cup

FIFA Futsal World Cuprecord
Year	Round	M	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1989	Group stage	3	0	0	3	3	11	-8
1992	Did not qualify
1996
2000
2004	Group stage	3	0	1	2	5	11	-6
2008	Group stage	4	2	0	2	13	24	-11
2012	Round of 16	4	1	1	2	13	17	-4
2016	Did not qualify
2021	Round of 16	4	1	0	3	13	14	-1
2024	Did not qualify
Total	5/10	18	4	2	12	47	77	-30

AFC Futsal Asian Cup

AFC Futsal Asian Cuprecord
Year	Round	M	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1999	Fourth Place	5	1	3	1	18	18	0
2000	Fourth Place	6	3	0	3	36	26	+10
2001	Fourth Place	7	2	1	4	25	29	-4
2002	Runners-up	7	6	0	1	20	10	+10
2003	Runners-up	6	5	0	1	37	9	+28
2004	Runners-up	7	6	0	1	49	10	+39
2005	Runners-up	8	7	0	1	48	9	+39
2006	Champions	5	5	0	0	35	8	+27
2007	Runners-up	6	5	0	1	41	12	+29
2008	Third Place	6	5	0	1	25	9	+16
2010	Third Place	6	5	0	1	26	10	+16
2012	Champions	6	6	0	0	25	5	+20
2014	Champions	6	4	1	1	28	7	+21
2016	Seventh Place	5	3	1	1	21	12	+9
2018	Runners-up	6	5	0	1	18	10	+8
2022	Champions	6	5	0	1	17	7	+10
2024	Group Stage	3	1	1	1	8	4	+4
Total	17/17	101	74	7	20	477	195	+282

AFC Futsal Asian Cup history
Year	Round	Score	Result
1999	Round 1	Japan5–5Malaysia	Draw
	Round 1	Japan4–1Kazakhstan	Win
	Round 1	Japan5–5Uzbekistan	Draw
	Semi-finals	Japan2–5Iran	Loss
	Third place	Japan2–2 (3–4)pKazakhstan	Loss
2000	Round 1	Japan4–2Uzbekistan	Win
	Round 1	Japan2–6Iran	Loss
	Round 1	Japan12–1Macau	Win
	Round 1	Japan6–0Kyrgyzstan	Win
	Semi-finals	Japan6–9Kazakhstan	Loss
	Third place	Japan6–8Thailand	Loss
2001	Round 1	Japan6–5Chinese Taipei	Win
	Round 1	Japan8–1Singapore	Win
	Round 1	Japan2–3Palestine	Loss
	Round 1	Japan4–8Iran	Loss
	Quarter-finals	Japan2–2 (7–6)pKazakhstan	Win
	Semi-finals	Japan2–8Iran	Loss
	Third place	Japan1–2South Korea	Loss
2002	Round 1	Japan5–1Indonesia	Win
	Round 1	Japan2–1Kyrgyzstan	Win
	Round 1	Japan7–2China	Win
	Round 1	Japan2–0Kuwait	Win
	Quarter-finals	Japan1–0Uzbekistan	Win
	Semi-finals	Japan3–0Thailand	Win
	Final	Japan0–6Iran	Loss
2003	Round 1	Japan4–0Palestine	Win
	Round 1	Japan14–1Macau	Win
	Round 1	Japan5–0Kuwait	Win
	Quarter-finals	Japan7–0Chinese Taipei	Win
	Semi-finals	Japan3–2 (a.e.t)Thailand	Win
	Final	Japan4–6Iran	Loss
2004	Round 1	Japan4–0Lebanon	Win
	Round 1	Japan4–1Kyrgyzstan	Win
	Round 1	Japan12–0Philippines	Win
	Round 1	Japan17–0Macau	Win
	Quarter-finals	Japan5–2China	Win
	Semi-finals	Japan4–2Uzbekistan	Win
	Final	Japan3–5Iran	Loss
2005	Round 1	Japan18–0Guam	Win
	Round 1	Japan7–0Malaysia	Win
	Round 1	Japan7–0Indonesia	Win
	Round 2	Japan3–1Iran	Win
	Round 2	Japan5–1China	Win
	Round 2	Japan4–2Thailand	Win
	Semi-finals	Japan4–3Kyrgyzstan	Win
	Final	Japan0–2Iran	Loss
2006	Round 1	Japan12–0Hong Kong	Win
	Round 1	Japan2–0Iraq	Win
	Round 1	Japan11–6Tajikistan	Win
	Semi-finals	Japan5–1Iran	Win
	Final	Japan5–1Uzbekistan	Win
2007	Round 1	Japan16–0Philippines	Win
	Round 1	Japan8–0Hong Kong	Win
	Round 1	Japan6–2Tajikistan	Win
	Quarter-finals	Japan9–6Thailand	Win
	Semi-finals	Japan1–0Kyrgyzstan	Win
	Final	Japan1–4Iran	Loss
2008	Round 1	Japan8–2Chinese Taipei	Win
	Round 1	Japan4–1Turkmenistan	Win
	Round 1	Japan4–2Australia	Win
	Quarter-finals	Japan4–0Kyrgyzstan	Win
	Semi-finals	Japan0–1Iran	Loss
	Third Place	Japan5–3China	Win
2010	Round 1	Japan5–1China	Win
	Round 1	Japan10–1Iraq	Win
	Round 1	Japan1–0Turkmenistan	Win
	Quarter-finals	Japan4–0Kyrgyzstan	Win
	Semi-finals	Japan0–7Iran	Loss
	Third Place	Japan6–1China	Win
2012	Round 1	Japan3–2Lebanon	Win
	Round 1	Japan6–1Tajikistan	Win
	Round 1	Japan6–1Chinese Taipei	Win
	Quarter-finals	Japan1–0Kyrgyzstan	Win
	Semi-finals	Japan3–0Australia	Win
	Final	Japan6–1Thailand	Win
2014	Round 1	Japan12–0South Korea	Win
	Round 1	Japan1–2Uzbekistan	Loss
	Round 1	Japan4–0Kyrgyzstan	Win
	Quarter-finals	Japan3–2Thailand	Win
	Semi-finals	Japan6–1Kuwait	Win
	Final	Japan2–2(3–0)pIran	Win
2016	Round 1	Japan1–0Qatar	Win
	Round 1	Japan11–1Malaysia	Win
	Round 1	Japan3–1Australia	Win
	Quarter-finals	Japan4–4(1–2)pVietnam	Loss
	Fifth Place	Japan2–6Kyrgyzstan	Loss
2018	Round 1	Japan4–2Tajikistan	Win
	Round 1	Japan5–2South Korea	Win
	Round 1	Japan4–2Uzbekistan	Win
	Quarter-finals	Japan2–0Bahrain	Win
	Semi-finals	Japan3–0Iraq	Win
	Final	Japan0–4Iran	Loss
2022	Round 1	Japan1–2Saudi Arabia	Loss
	Round 1	Japan6–0South Korea	Win
	Round 1	Japan2–0Vietnam	Win
	Quarter-finals	Japan3–2Indonesia	Win
	Semi-finals	Japan2–1Uzbekistan	Win
	Final	Japan3–2Iran	Win
2024	Round 1	Japan2–3Kyrgyzstan	Loss
	Round 1	Japan5–0South Korea	Win
	Round 1	Japan1–1Tajikistan	Draw

Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games

Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Gamesrecord
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
2005	did not enter
2007	Quarter-final	4	2	1	1	6	2	+4
2009	Quarter-final	3	1	0	2	10	11	-1
2013	Runners-up	5	4	0	1	19	15	+4
2017	Third Place	5	3	2	0	19	11	+8
Total	4/5	17	10	3	4	54	39	+15

EAFF Futsal Championship

EAFF Futsal Championshiprecord
Year	Round	Pld	W	D*	L	GS	GA
2009	Runners-up	5	4	0	1	32	9
2013	did not enter
Total	1/2	5	4	0	1	32	9

Grand Prix de Futsal

Grand Prix de Futsalrecord
Year	Round	Pld	W	D*	L	GS	GA
2005	did not enter
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2013	Eighth Place	4	0	0	4	8	19
2014	did not enter
2015
2018
Total	1/11	4	0	0	4	8	19

Futsal Confederations Cup

Futsal Confederations Cuprecord
Year	Round	Pld	W	D*	L	GS	GA
2009	did not enter
2013	did not enter
2014	Sixth Place	3	1	0	2	6	9
Total	1/3	3	1	0	2	6	9

Head-to-head record

The following table shows Japan's head-to-head record in theFIFA Futsal World Cup.

Opponent	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Angola	1	1	0	0	8	4	+4	100.00
Argentina	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Belgium	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3	000.00
Brazil	3	0	0	3	4	20	−16	000.00
Canada	1	0	0	1	2	6	−4	000.00
Cuba	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3	100.00
Italy	1	0	0	1	0	5	−5	000.00
Libya	1	1	0	0	4	2	+2	100.00
Paraguay	2	0	0	2	5	7	−2	000.00
Portugal	1	0	1	0	5	5	+0	000.00
Russia	1	0	0	1	1	9	−8	000.00
Solomon Islands	1	1	0	0	7	2	+5	100.00
Spain	1	0	0	1	2	4	−2	000.00
Ukraine	1	0	0	1	3	6	−3	000.00
United States	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
Total	18	4	2	12	47	77	−30	022.22

World ranking

There is currently no official futsal ranking.
As of 12 January 2024^[update],the top 10 AFC teams according to oneElo-based ranking system are:^[10]

FIFA	AFC	Nation	Points
7	1	Iran	1593
11	2	Japan	1409
25	3	Thailand	1230
26	4	Uzbekistan	1229
37	5	Australia	1122
38	6	Vietnam	1118
42	7	Indonesia	1083
43	8	Iraq	1080
44	9	Kuwait	1080
51	10	Tajikistan	976

As of 12 January 2024

References

^"Mr. Kensuke Takahashi appointed as Head Coach of Japan Futsal National Team".Japan Football Association (JFA).Tokyo.2021-11-22.Retrieved2021-11-23.
^FIFA Men's Futsal Ranking
^"Asian Futsal Championship Overview".RSSSF.Retrieved2006-11-16.
^"FIFA Futsal World Cup Overview".RSSSF.Retrieved2006-11-16.
^^a ^b ^c ^d"NFDF Futsal Championship Pattaya Thailand 2023".jfa.jp.Japan Football Association.Retrieved22 February2023.
^^a ^b ^c ^d"List of International matches".jfa.jp.Japan Football Association(JFA).Retrieved4 January2022.
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^ "Japan Futsal National Team squad & schedule - International Friendly Match vs Uzbekistan Futsal National Team (11/22&24＠Tashkent, Uzbekistan)".Japan Football Association (JFA).7 November 2023.Retrieved9 November2023.
^"Futsal World Ranking".Futsalworldranking.Retrieved12 January2024.

External links

(in English)Japan national futsal team– official website atJFA.jp
Japan national teams 2021 scheduleatJFA.jp

Preceded by 2005 Iran	Asian Champions 2006(First title)	Succeeded by 2007 Iran
Preceded by 2010 Iran	Asian Champions 2012(Second title) 2014(Third title)	Succeeded by 2016 Iran

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