Japan national futsal team

Japan
Nickname(s)サムライ・ファイブ
(Samurai Five)
AssociationJFA
ConfederationAFC
Head coachKensuke Takahashi[1]
FIFA codeJPN
FIFA ranking 13 (4 April 2025)[2]
Highest FIFA ranking13 (November 2024 – April 2025)
Lowest FIFA ranking15 (May 2024)
Home colours
Away colours
First international
 Belgium 3–0  
(Rotterdam, Netherlands, 6 January 1989)
Biggest win
  18–0 Guam 
(Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, 24 May 2005)
Biggest defeat
 Spain 16–0  
(Torrejon de Ardoz, Spain, 29 March 2002)
FIFA World Cup
Appearances5 (First in 1989)
Best resultRound of 16 (2012, 2021)
AFC Asian Cup
Appearances16 (First in 1999)
Best result Champions (2006, 2012, 2014, 2022)
EAFF Futsal Championship
Appearances4 (First in 2009)
Best result 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), nicknamed Samurai Five (サムライ・ファイブ, Samura Faibu), represents Japan in international futsal competitions and is controlled by the Japan Football Association.

Japan is one of the two teams besides Iran to have won the AFC Futsal Asian Cup, winning in 2006, 2012, 2014 and 2022.[3] It has also played in five FIFA Futsal World Cups.[4]

Results and fixtures

See also: 2025 in Japanese football
Legend

  Win   Draw   Lose   Fixture

2023

2 March NFDF Futsal Championship GS[5] Mozambique  0–5   Pattaya, Thailand
18:00 UTC+7 Report (JFA)
  • Mori 18', 38', 39'
  • Own goal 21'
  • Arthur 35'
 Stadium: Eastern National Sports Training Center
3 March NFDF Futsal Championship GS[5]   4–1  Thailand Pattaya, Thailand
18:00 UTC+7
  • Kanazawa 7'
  • Shimizu 13'
  • Mizutani 25'
  • Nakamura 31'
 Report (JFA)
  • Goal 34'
 Stadium: Eastern National Sports Training Center
5 March NFDF Futsal Championship SF[5]   1–0  Saudi Arabia Pattaya, Thailand
20:15 UTC+7
Report (JFA) Stadium: Eastern National Sports Training Center
7 March NFDF Futsal Championship F[5] Iran  4–1   Pattaya, Thailand
20:15 UTC+7
  • Goal 31', 33', 36', 39'
 Report (JFA)
  • Tsutsumi 6'
 Stadium: Eastern National Sports Training Center
14 April Friendly/Morocco Tour   2–3  Morocco Rabat, Morocco
22:00 UTC+0
  • Antonio 18', 26'
 Report
  • Goal 9', 12', 32'
 Stadium: Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium
15 April Friendly/Morocco Tour   0–3  France Rabat, Morocco
18:00 UTC+0 Report
  • Goal 4', 26', 39'
 Stadium: Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium
17 April Friendly/Morocco Tour   1–0  Croatia Rabat, Morocco
21:00 UTC+0
Report Stadium: Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium
13 September Futsal Nations Cup GS Brazil  2–0   São Paulo, Brazil
20:30 UTC−3
Report Stadium: Arena Sorocaba
15 September Futsal Nations Cup GS Saudi Arabia  1–2   São Paulo, Brazil
15:00 UTC−3
  • Goal 33'
 Report
  • Arthur 21'
  • Tsutsumi 33'
 Stadium: Arena Sorocaba
16 September Futsal Nations Cup SF   0–2  Iran São Paulo, Brazil
13:00 UTC−3 Report
  • Goal 33', 34'
 Stadium: Arena Sorocaba
17 September Futsal Nations Cup 3rd place match   3–7  Paraguay São Paulo, Brazil
07:00 UTC−3
Report
  • Goal 3', 6', 8', 17', 22', 32', 38'
 Stadium: Arena Sorocaba
7 October AFC Futsal Asian Cup qual. Australia  0–4   Taipei, Chinese Taipei
19:00 UTC+8 Report
Stadium: University of Taipei, Tianmu Campus Gymnasium
11 October AFC Futsal Asian Cup qual.   3–0  Chinese Taipei Taipei, Chinese Taipei
19:00 UTC+8
  • Antonio 7'
  • Uchida 17', 33'
 Report Stadium: University of Taipei, Tianmu Campus Gymnasium
22 November International friendly[6] Uzbekistan  0–2   Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Report Stadium: Yunusobod Sport Complex
24 November International friendly[6] Uzbekistan  3–4   Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Report Stadium: Yunusobod Sport Complex
14 December International friendly[6]   1–1  Argentina Ota, Japan
19:00 UTC+9 Report Stadium: Ota City General Gymnasium
17 December International friendly[6]   1–1  Argentina Obihiro, Japan
Report Stadium: Obihiro City General Gymnasium

2024

3 February Friendly Portugal  4–1   Porto, Portugal
20:00 UTC+0 Stadium: Centro de Desportos e Congressos de Matosinhos
5 February Friendly Portugal  2–1   Porto, Portugal
20:00 UTC+0 Stadium: Centro de Desportos e Congressos de Matosinhos
18 April 2024 AFC Futsal Asian Cup   2–3  Kyrgyzstan Bangkok, Thailand
Stadium: Bangkok Arena
20 April 2024 AFC Futsal Asian Cup South Korea  0–5   Bangkok, Thailand
Stadium: Bangkok Arena
22 April 2024 AFC Futsal Asian Cup   1–1  Tajikistan Bangkok, Thailand
Stadium: Bangkok Arena

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 against  Uzbekistan, 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 Shonan Bellmare
2 1GK Guilherme Kuromoto (1986-05-16) 16 May 1986 Shinagawa City
3 1GK Takuya Uehara (1996-11-02) 2 November 1996 Vasagey Oita
4 FP Kentaro Ishida (1998-01-01) 1 January 1998 Bardral Urayasu
5 FP Kyo Takahashi (1997-08-05) 5 August 1997 YSCC Yokohama
6 FP Tomoki Yoshikawa (1989-02-03) 3 February 1989 Nagoya Oceans
7 FP Shoto Yamanaka (2002-07-30) 30 July 2002 Pescadola Machida
8 FP Yuta Tsutsumi (1998-10-07) 7 October 1998 YSCC Yokohama
9 FP Takehiro Motoishi (1999-09-19) 19 September 1999 Bardral Urayasu
10 FP Sora Kanazawa (2001-12-26) 26 December 2001 Nagoya Oceans
11 FP Kazuya Shimizu (1997-02-06) 6 February 1997 Nagoya Oceans
12 FP Ruan Nakamatsu (2002-01-23) 23 January 2002 Shriker Osaka
13 FP Hyuga Saito (1998-06-18) 18 June 1998 Shriker Osaka
14 FP Shunta Uchimura (1991-08-01) 1 August 1991 Shonan Bellmare
15 FP Mitsuru Nakamura (1998-01-02) 2 January 1998 Tachikawa Athletic
16 FP Takumi Nagasaka (1994-11-08) 8 November 1994 Bardral Urayasu

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 3 1 0 4
Total 7 8 3 18
*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 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

See also: AFC Futsal Asian Cup

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 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

See also: EAFF Futsal Championship
EAFF Futsal Championship record
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

See also: Grand Prix de Futsal
Grand Prix de Futsal record
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

See also: Futsal Confederations Cup
Futsal Confederations Cup record
Year Round Pld W D* L GS GA
2009 did not enter
2013
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 the FIFA Futsal World Cup.

World ranking

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

FIFA AFC Nation Points
7 1  Iran 1593
11 2   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

See also

Japan
Men's
Women's

References

  1. ^ "Mr. Kensuke Takahashi appointed as Head Coach of Japan Futsal National Team". Japan Football Association (JFA). Tokyo. 2021-11-22. Retrieved 2021-11-23.
  2. ^ "The FIFA Futsal Men's World Ranking". FIFA. 4 April 2025. Retrieved 4 April 2025.
  3. ^ "Asian Futsal Championship Overview". RSSSF. Retrieved 2006-11-16.
  4. ^ "FIFA Futsal World Cup Overview". RSSSF. Retrieved 2006-11-16.
  5. ^ a b c d "NFDF Futsal Championship Pattaya Thailand 2023". www.jfa.jp. Japan Football Association. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  6. ^ a b c d "List of International matches". jfa.jp. Japan Football Association (JFA). Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ "Mr. KOGURE Kenichiro appointed as Head Coach of Japan Futsal National Team". Japan Football Association (JFA). Tokyo. 22 November 2021. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  9. ^ "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. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
  10. ^ "Futsal World Ranking". Futsalworldranking.com. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
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