Football players born in Japan

Japan is best known in football circles as the birthplace of Teruo Abe, but the city has produced 302 documented association football players in total. Other notable players include Setsu Sawagata, Ryuzo Shimizu, Shigeru Takahashi and Sakae Takahashi. Among them are 244 male and 58 female players. Documented players span more than 105 years, from 1899 to 2004.

Most notable players from Japan

All 302 players from Japan

Toshio Hirabayashi

Japan73

Michiyo Taki

Japan73

Takeo Wakabayashi

b. 1907Japan73

Kikuzo Kisaka

Japan73

Shiro Azumi

Japan73

Kiyonosuke Marutani

Japan73

Shumpei Inoue

Japan73

Shunichi Kumai

Japan73

Usaburo Hidaka

Japan73

Nagayasu Honda

Japan73

Hideo Sakai

b. 1909Japan73

Masao Takada

Japan73

Kinjiro Shimizu

Japan73

Tamotsu Asakura

Japan73

Hiroshi Ninomiya

b. 1937Japan73

Hifuyo Uchida

Japan73

Takeshi Natori

Japan73

Yanosuke Watanabe

Japan73

Yoshio Fujiwara

Japan73

Toshio Miyaji

Japan73

Yasukazu Tanaka

b. 1933Japan73

Tameo Ide

b. 1908Japan73

Haruo Arima

Japan73

Junji Nishikawa

b. 1907Japan73

Shiro Misaki

Japan73

Fukusaburo Harada

Japan73

Masuzo Madono

Japan73

Takashi Kawanishi

b. 2000Japan73

Hiroshi Kanazawa

Japan73

Jiro Miyake

b. 1900Japan73

Ikuo Takahara

b. 1957Japan72

Nobuyuki Kato

b. 1920Japan72

Takeshi Ono

b. 1944Japan72

Takao Nishiyama

b. 1942Japan72

Hisataka Okamoto

b. 1933Japan72

Ken Noritake

b. 1922Japan72

Kenji Tochio

b. 1941Japan72

Megumu Tamura

b. 1927Japan72

Takashi Kasahara

b. 1918Japan72

Toshio Takabayashi

b. 1953Japan72

Yoshiichi Watanabe

b. 1954Japan72

Shigemi Ishii

b. 1951Japan72

Koji Sasaki

b. 1936Japan72

Ko Arima

b. 1917Japan72

Michio Yasuda

b. 1949Japan72

Norio Yoshimizu

b. 1946Japan72

Saburo Shinosaki

Japan72

Koji Miyata

b. 1923Japan72

Masafumi Hara

b. 1943Japan72

Mitsuo Kato

b. 1953Japan72

Yozo Aoki

b. 1929Japan72

Takashi Mizuno

b. 1931Japan72

Tatsuya Shiji

b. 1938Japan72

Kazu Naoki

b. 1918Japan72

Mayumi Kaji

b. 1964Japan69

Michiko Matsuda

b. 1966Japan68

Junko Ishida

b. 1966Japan68

Nobuko Kondo

b. 1956Japan68

Shiho Kaneda

Japan68

Chieko Homma

b. 1964Japan68

Miho Kaneda

Japan68

Kaoru Kadohara

b. 1970Japan68

Yumi Watanabe

b. 1970Japan68

Mihoko Iwaya

b. 1964Japan68

Chieko Hase

b. 1956Japan68

Sanae Mishima

b. 1957Japan68

Maki Haneta

b. 1972Japan68

Akemi Iwata

b. 1954Japan68

Kae Nishina

b. 1972Japan68

Maho Shimizu

b. 1960Japan68

Emiko Kubo

b. 1966Japan68

Noriko Ishibashi

b. 1970Japan68

Kyoko Kuroda

b. 1970Japan68

Kazuko Hironaka

b. 2000Japan68

Yuko Morimoto

b. 1974Japan68

Mari Miyamoto

b. 2000Japan68

Kaoru Kakinami

b. 1966Japan68

Kaoru Nagadome

b. 1973Japan68

Megumi Torigoe

Japan68

Kazumi Kishi

b. 1975Japan68

Mami Kaneda

b. 1968Japan68

Masuyo Shiraishi

b. 1963Japan68

Shoko Hamada

Japan68

Tsuru Morimoto

b. 1970Japan68

Tomoko Matsunaga

b. 1971Japan68

Miki Sugawara

b. 2000Japan67

Mayumi Omatsu

b. 1970Japan67

Naoko Nishigai

b. 1969Japan67

Nobuko Jashima

b. 1959Japan67

Yoko Takahagi

b. 1969Japan67

Yoshie Kasajima

b. 1975Japan67

Kimiko Shiratori

b. 1968Japan67

Masako Yoshida

b. 1957Japan67

Yumi Umeoka

Japan67

Yuriko Shima

b. 1959Japan67

Inesu Emiko Takeoka

b. 1971Japan67

Yuko Oita

b. 1969Japan67

Megumi Ogawa

b. 1980Japan67

Natsumi Hara

b. 1988Japan67

Keiko Saito

b. 1965Japan67

Minako Takashima

b. 2000Japan67

Terumi Nagae

b. 2000Japan67

Etsuko Tahara

b. 2000Japan67

Akiko Hayakawa

b. 2000Japan67

Taeko Kawasumi

b. 1972Japan67

Masujiro Nishida

b. 1899Japan66

Hiroko Sano

b. 1983Japan66

Tomomi Seo

Japan66

Yuki Fushimi

Japan66

Takao Orii

b. 2000Japan65

Seiki Ichihara

Japan65

Ryohei Suzuki

b. 1949Japan65

Jun Suzuki

b. 1967Japan63

Harumi Kori

b. 1953Japan59

Katsushi Kajii

b. 1963Japan55

Tadashi Sasaki

b. 1966Japan51

Nobushige Kawada

b. 1970Japan51

Yoshihisa Matsushima

b. 1967Japan50

Tsutomu Sato

b. 1968Japan50

Yushi Makita

b. 1964Japan50

Shinichiro Nakajima

b. 1968Japan50

Satoru Kokubo

b. 1967Japan50

Saburo Iwamoto

b. 1969Japan50

Mitsuhiko Ogata

b. 1969Japan49

Kazuhito Nigorisawa

b. 1970Japan49

Ken Kakita

b. 1970Japan49

Tetsuya Shiokawa

b. 1968Japan49

Yoshihiro Fujita

b. 1969Japan49

Tatsuya Bono

b. 1967Japan49

Jun Togari

b. 1968Japan47

Hiroki Koike

b. 1972Japan47

Akihiko Ichikawa

b. 1973Japan47

Yuji Iwasaki

b. 1972Japan47

Naoto Tomaru

b. 1972Japan47

Takashi Yamaguchi

b. 1972Japan47

Masayoshi Hirano

b. 1968Japan47

Takeshi Hoshi

b. 1967Japan47

Dai Kano

b. 1974Japan47

Takahisa Iwamura

b. 1978Japan46

Yuji Furukawa

b. 1978Japan46

Naofumi Koike

b. 1969Japan46

Tomo Sato

b. 1974Japan46

Kazuyuki Takahashi

b. 1974Japan46

Ryosuke Kawaguchi

b. 1971Japan46

Satoshi Kusayanagi

b. 1977Japan46

Motohiro Takamura

b. 1973Japan46

Nobutake Mochiyama

b. 1973Japan46

Tsuyoshi Yamamoto

b. 1973Japan46

Shinobu Nagata

b. 1976Japan46

Hideki Matsuki

b. 1977Japan46

Yukio Shimbara

b. 1979Japan46

Tsuyoshi Kino

b. 1967Japan46

Hiromichi Sato

b. 1973Japan46

Koji Arimoto

b. 1973Japan46

Minehide Kimura

b. 1973Japan46

Koichi Usui

b. 1972Japan46

Satoshi Kumanomido

b. 1969Japan46

Hiroyuki Kishi

b. 1977Japan46

Tsuyoshi Sambuichi

b. 1967Japan46

Nobuyuki Arai

b. 1967Japan46

Masatoshi Hara

b. 1975Japan46

Ryoma Sugihara

b. 1972Japan46

Hajime Kamo

b. 1967Japan46

Tomohiro Irie

b. 1973Japan44

Yasunori Tsukao

b. 1974Japan44

Takehiro Iwagiri

b. 1970Japan44

Naohiko Noro

b. 1975Japan44

Takehiko Aoki

b. 1974Japan44

Masahiro Ejiri

b. 1975Japan44

Hiromasa Yamaguchi

b. 1975Japan44

Hiroto Takahashi

b. 1969Japan44

Yo Sasaki

b. 1973Japan44

Tatsuya Kojima

b. 1976Japan44

Hitoshi Kawashima

b. 1977Japan44

Kazuya Ikeda

b. 1978Japan44

Tatsunori Endo

b. 1980Japan44

Misao Hino

b. 1973Japan44

Yoshio Koido

b. 1976Japan44

Seiji Kami

b. 1972Japan44

Manabu Tomita

b. 1978Japan44

Kohei Tojo

b. 1978Japan44

Shingo Aino

b. 1978Japan44

Takaya Nakamura

b. 1978Japan44

Seiji Hada

b. 1976Japan44

Satoru Ogata

b. 1974Japan44

Hideo Suzuki

b. 1975Japan44

Tomoya Endo

b. 1974Japan44

Yoshikazu Kawashima

b. 1975Japan44

Fumiyasu Hata

b. 1976Japan44

Masayuki Miyazawa

b. 1977Japan44

Osamu Matsumoto

b. 1978Japan44

Kozo Minemori

b. 1978Japan44

Tadayoshi Tamura

b. 1978Japan44

Seiichi Igarashi

b. 1972Japan44

Kenji Kodama

b. 1976Japan44

Toshiyuki Nakagawa

b. 1976Japan44

Koji Yamaguchi

b. 1975Japan44

Shinya Tanimoto

b. 1977Japan44

Yoshihiro Yatsukawa

b. 1978Japan44

Tetsuya Kawakami

b. 1970Japan44

Shinji Ishihara

b. 1970Japan44

Yuichi Sonoda

b. 1975Japan44

Masanori Chiba

b. 1974Japan44

Keisuke Nakagawa

b. 1975Japan44

Takaki Kanda

b. 1975Japan44

Toru Kishimoto

b. 1972Japan44

Yoshio Takahashi

b. 1977Japan44

Kenji Takeichi

b. 1977Japan44

Takayuki Iwakura

b. 1977Japan44

Masahiro Nakanishi

b. 1978Japan44

Yoshinori Hiroma

b. 1968Japan44

Mikio Miyashita

b. 1969Japan44

Keizo Masuhara

b. 1969Japan44

Takashi Hazama

b. 1972Japan44

Masato Suzuki

b. 1971Japan44

Ichiro Sugiura

b. 1974Japan44

Shigeyuki Sato

b. 1974Japan44

Takaaki Nakamura

b. 1974Japan44

Jin Hiroi

b. 1975Japan44

Tadashi Komine

b. 1974Japan44

Atsushi Goto

b. 1975Japan44

Kazuhiro Hashimura

b. 1972Japan44

Takahiro Hatakeda

b. 1976Japan44

Hiroshi Kawamoto

b. 1977Japan44

Naoto Muramatsu

b. 1977Japan44

Makoto Nakayama

b. 1979Japan44

Naoki Yakushiji

b. 1978Japan44

Takashi Miyamoto

b. 1978Japan44

Masahide Kubo

b. 1978Japan44

Manabu Konno

b. 1974Japan44

Shu Yashiro

b. 1971Japan44

Mitsunobu Moriya

b. 1975Japan44

Yuji Ozaki

b. 1972Japan44

Akio Matsuyama

b. 1976Japan44

Yosuke Fukase

b. 1977Japan44

Tsuyoshi Kubota

b. 1978Japan44

Makoto Kono

b. 1978Japan44

Manabu Shimano

b. 1978Japan44

Hiroshi Miyaji

b. 1978Japan44

Yutaka Matsushita

b. 1968Japan44

Noriaki Shimura

b. 1974Japan44

Hideyuki Sudo

b. 1974Japan44

Yoshiaki Sakazaki

b. 1974Japan44

Kazumasa Nabeta

b. 1975Japan44

Atsushi Hirano

b. 1977Japan44

Kiyoyasu Kato

b. 1974Japan44

Tamio Harakawa

b. 1977Japan44

Yutaka Hosoda

b. 1979Japan43

Shinichi Kawase

b. 1976Japan43

Kenta Yamazaki

b. 1987Japan43

Kota Kawase

b. 1992Japan43

Shu Nagai

b. 1980Japan43

Wataru Ito

Japan41

Misao Yamatake

Japan41

Seiya Sugishita

b. 1988Japan41

Seiya Kitano

b. 1997Japan41

Makoto Fukuyama

Japan41

Kazunori Ohara

b. 1972Japan38

Jin Chang-soo

b. 1985South Korea38

Renshi Yamaguchi

b. 1992Japan38

Jun Fujiwara

b. 1982Japan36

Kotaro Higashi

b. 1989Japan36

Kei Hirose

b. 1995Japan36

Hiroyoshi Takayama

b. 1974Japan36

Shunsuke Nakatake

b. 1990Japan33

Arihiro Sentoku

b. 1998Japan33

Jarius Holmes

b. 1986United States33

Shimpei Sakurada

b. 1984Japan33

Toru Fukimbara

b. 1982Japan33

Masami Taki

b. 197230

Yuta Kinowaki

b. 1991Japan30

So Nishikawa

b. 2001Japan30

Yugo Kobayashi

b. 1991Japan30

Michito Sakaki

b. 1983Japan30

Fuka Tsunoda

b. 2004Japan30

Ryoya Kimura

b. 2003Japan26

Hide Vitalucci

b. 2002Japan26

Sōichirō Tanaka

b. 1993Japan26

Keita Suzuki

b. 1997Japan26

Yurina Enjo

b. 1995Japan20

Xia Dalong

b. 199320

Mahiro Nishigori

Japan20

Yoon Jong-tae

b. 1998South Korea20

Yuta Konagaya

b. 1993Japan20

Shun Shibata

b. 1997Japan20

Satomi Shibata

b. 1985Japan13

Shunsuke Nakamura

b. 198313

Ryo Kato

b. 199113

Jun Toba

b. 1999Japan13

Shozaburo Sugimura

b. 1907Japan13

Yōichi Kokado

b. 1961Japan13

Yuta Takahashi

b. 199813

Yuki Shibata

b. 199813

Shinnosuke Kamimura

b. 1975Japan13

Reiya Kinoshita

b. 19970

Hiromu Watahiki

b. 19870

Ryo Nakamura

b. 19890