This page is about the Japan national football team that was depicted in the Captain Tsubasa manga series.
Description[]
The Japan national football team, Japan (日本) for short, is the team that represents Japan in men's international football.
History[]
Prior to Kids' Dream[]
J Boys' Challenge[]
The Japanese team had a friendly match with a Brazilian club, Gremio FBPA. Japan was led 0-3 after 50 minutes. Coach Yasuhiko Okudera then decided to put Tsubasa Ozora in, who successfully scored a hat-trick to make the game end in a draw.
Prior to Battle of World Youth/In real life[]
By drawing their last game of the Asian qualification for the 1994 FIFA World Cup with Japan 2–2, Iraq denied the Japanese a place in the final tournament in a match referred to by the Japanese media as the "Agony of Doha".
Road to 2002[]
It was mentioned that Hayato Igawa was the captain of the Japanese national team.
Uniforms[]
Prior to Kids' Dream[]
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- Home: White shirt with blue polo collar with white stripe, blue-white-blue sleeve borders and Japan flag on the chest, blue shorts and white socks with two parallel blue stripes on the top. This uniform is based on the 1987 Japan home uniform.
- Keeper: Mikami wears a yellow long-sleeved shirt with black polo collar with yellow stripe, black sleeve cuffs and Japan flag on the chest, black shorts and white socks.
J Boys' Challenge[]
- Home: Blue shirt with white polo collar, flag of Japan as emblem on the chest, white stripes on the sleeves and white sleeve borders, white shorts and blue socks.
- Away: White shirt with round blue collar, flag of Japan as emblem on the chest, a blue broad stripe and a blue thin stripe on each sleeve, blue sleeve cuffs, white shorts with blue stripes on the side and white socks with blue stripes on the top. This uniform was worn by Japan when Tsubasa debuted for Japan against Gremio in the epilogue of the manga. This is the Japan 1979 home kit.
- Keeper: Similar to All Japan Jr. Youth manga goalkeeper kit.
- Training 1 : Blue shirt with white polo collar, flag of Japan as emblem on the chest, white stripes on the sleeves and white sleeve borders, with blue shorts with white stripes on each side and blue socks. This was worn during training.
- Training 2 : White shirt with blue polo collar, flag of Japan as emblem on the chest, blue stripes on the sleeves and blue sleeve borders, with white shorts with blue stripes on each side and white socks. This was worn during training.
Prior to Battle of World Youth[]
- Home: Blue shirt with blue polo collar, white streaks on the chest forming a diagonal pattern with red jagged diagonal lines, white jagged stripes on the sleeves and red jagged diagonal lines formed by triangles, white shorts with blue streaks and red jagged diagonal lines on the left leg, blue socks with a red jagged diagonal line. The numbers are blue on the back and white on the front of the shirts and on the shirts, with a golden yellow outline.
- Keeper: Green shirt with green polo collar, black streaks on the chest forming a diagonal pattern with red jagged diagonal lines, black jagged stripes on the sleeves and red jagged diagonal lines formed by triangles, black shorts with green streaks and red jagged diagonal lines on the left leg, white socks with a red jagged diagonal line. The numbers are white with a golden yellow outline.
These are the 1992-95 Japan home and keeper uniforms, which can be seen in various Battle of World Youth illustrations done by Yoichi Takahashi (such as the ones seen on the covers of several Weekly Shonen Jump volumes featuring Captain Tsubasa), where the Golden Generation members are seen with these uniforms.
Results[]
Prior to Kids' Dream[]
FIFA World Cup - Asian qualifiers[]
Japan 
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0-3 |  South Korea
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J Boys' Challenge[]
FIFA World Cup - Asian qualifiers[]
| Japan
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0-3 |  China
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Friendly matches[]
| Japan
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3-3 |  Gremio FBPA
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Prior to Battle of World Youth/In real life[]
1994 FIFA World Cup - Asian qualifiers[]
These matches are home-and-away
Iraq 
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2-2 | Japan
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Squad[]
Prior to Kids' Dream[]
| No. | Pos. | Player | Club |
|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Tatsuo Mikami | ||
| DF | Minato Gamo 
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| FW | Munemasa Katagiri | ||
J Boys' Challenge[]
No information
J Boys' Challenge (epilogue)[2][]
| No. | Pos. | Player | Club |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | Matsunaga | |
| 10 | MF | Tsubasa Ozora | |
| 15 | FW | Nagaoka | |
| 2 | Sonokawa | ||
| 3 | Ichinoe | ||
| 4 | Kawakami | ||
| 5 | Aimoto[3] | ||
| 6 | Terao | ||
| 7 | Sawanobori [1]
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| 8 | Yamada | ||
| 9 | Tsuji | ||
| 11 | Furuike[4] | ||
| Satake | Hamana Club
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| Tsuchida | Hamana Club
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Personnel[]
- Head coach Yasuhiko Okudera
Prior to Battle of World Youth[]
For the entire real-life squad, see 1993 Japan national football team.
| No. | Pos. | Player | Club |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | Shigetatsu Matsunaga | Yokohama Marinos
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| 4 | DF | Takumi Horiike | Shimizu S-Pulse
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| 5 | DF | Tetsuji Hashiratani
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Verdy Kawasaki
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| 7 | DF | Masami Ihara | Yokohama Marinos
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| 10 | MF | Ruy Ramos | Verdy Kawasaki
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| 15 | MF | Mitsunori Yoshida | Jubilo Iwata
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| 17 | MF | Hajime Moriyasu | Sanfrecce Hiroshima
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| 8 | FW | Masahiro Fukuda | Urawa Red Diamonds
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| 11 | FW | Kazuyoshi Miura | Verdy Kawasaki
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| 16 | FW | Masashi Nakayama | Jubilo Iwata
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Road to 2002[]
| No. | Pos. | Player | Club |
|---|---|---|---|
| DF | Hayato Igawa
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Urawa Red Diamonds
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| FW | Masashi Nakayama | Jubilo Iwata
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External links[]
- Japan national football team at Captain Tsubasa Stats
Notes[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 In the 2018 TV series, Tsuji is the captain.
- ↑ After failing to qualify for the World Cup, a new roster of Japan was formed, with younger players.
- ↑ Renamed Nemoto in the 2018 TV series.
- ↑ Renamed Koike in the 2018 TV series.