Japan national futsal team

Japan
Nickname(s)	サムライ・ファイブ ; (Samurai Five)
Association	Japan Football Association
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Head coach	Kenichiro Kogure[1]
FIFA code	JPN
FIFA ranking	15 (1 October 2021)[2]
Home colours	Away colours
First international
	Belgium 3–0 Japan ; (Rotterdam, Netherlands, 6 January 1989)
Biggest win
	Japan 18–0 Guam ; (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, 24 May 2005)
Biggest defeat
	Spain 16–0 Japan ; (Torrejon de Ardoz, Spain, 29 March 2002)
World Cup
Appearances	4 (First in 1989)
Best result	Round of 16 (2012, 2021)
AFC Futsal Championship
Appearances	15 (First in 1999)
Best result	Champions (2006, 2012, 2014)
EAFF Futsal Championship
Appearances	3 (First in 2009)
Best result	Champions (2017, 2019)
Confederations Cup
Appearances	1 (First in 2014)
Best result	6th place (2014)
Grand Prix de Futsal
Appearances	1 (First in 2013)
Best result	8th place (2013)

The Japan national futsal team (Japanese: フットサル日本代表, Hepburn: Futtosaru Nippon Daihyō) represents Japan in international futsal competitions and is controlled by the Japan Football Association. It is one of the strongest teams in Asia, the champions in the 2006, 2012 and 2014 Asian Futsal Championships.[3] Japan has also played in five FIFA Futsal World Cups.[4]

Team image

Nicknames

The Japan national futsal team has been known or nicknamed as Samurai Five (サムライ・ファイブ, Samura Faibu)

FIFA Futsal World Cup

Television channel	Period	Ref.
J Sports, J Sports on demand, BS Fuji	2021	[5]

AFC Futsal Asian Cup

Television channel	Period	Ref.

Friendly and Qualifiers

Television channel	Period	Ref.

Results and fixtures

Legend

Win Draw Lose Fixture

2019

22 October 2019 (2019-10-22) 2020 AFC Futsal Championship qualification	Macau	2–17	Japan	Ordos, Mongolia
13:00	Ho Wai Tong 7' Fong Chi Wa 22'	Report (AFC)	Hoshi 2', 10' Yoshikawa 3', 21', 35' Murota 6', 15', 29' Kato 6', 14', 26' Morimura 7' Ando 11' Shimizu 14' Nishitani 22' Morioka 26' Nibuya 36'	Stadium: Ordos Sports Centre Attendance: 100 Referee: Nurdin Bukuev (Kyrgyzstan)

24 October 2019 (2019-10-24) 2020 AFC Futsal Championship qualification	Japan	4–2	South Korea	Ordos, Mongolia
13:00	Murota 7' Kato 22', 26', 32' (pen.)	Report (AFC)	Lee Min-yong 10' (pen.), 39' (pen.)	Stadium: Ordos Sports Centre Attendance: 200 Referee: Abdallah Ghaith (Lebanon)

2021

19 August 2021 (2021-08-19) Friendly	Portugal	3–2	Japan	Rio Maior, Portugal
19:00 *Local time	? 25' ? 29' ? 37'	Report (JFA)	Shimizu 21' Henmi 28'	Stadium: Pavilhao Polidesportivo Rio Maior Sports Centre

22 August 2021 (2021-08-22) Friendly	Japan	2–2	Venezuela	Rio Maior, Portugal
19:00 *Local time	Murota 7' Arthur 16'	Report (JFA)	? 16' ? 39'	Stadium: Pavilhão Polidesportivo Rio Maior

25 August 2021 (2021-08-25) Friendly	Argentina	2–1	Japan	Jaén, Spain
20:30 *Local time	? 1' ? 6'	Report (JFA)	Shimizu 29'	Stadium: Palacio de deportes Olivo Arena

29 August 2021 (2021-08-29) Friendly	Japan	1–0	Vietnam	Jaén, Spain
18:00 *Local time	Shimizu 36'	Report (JFA)		Stadium: Palacio de deportes Olivo Arena

31 August 2021 (2021-08-31) Friendly	Spain	2–0	Japan	Jaén, Spain
20:15 *Local time		Report (JFA)		Stadium: Palacio de deportes Olivo Arena

7 September 2021 (2021-09-07) Friendly	Japan	3–0	Morocco	Lithuania
		Report (JFA)

14 September 2021 (2021-09-14) FIFA Futsal World Cup GS Group E	Angola	4–8	Japan	Klaipėda, Lithuania
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Guga 19', 21' R. Hoshi 24' (o.g.) Kaluanda 29'	Report (FIFA) Report (JFA)	Oliveira 13', 20', 23', 37' Murota 14' R. Hoshi 25' Nishitani 25' S. Hoshi 40'	Stadium: Švyturys Arena Attendance: 607 Referee: Diego López (Costa Rica)

17 September 2021 (2021-09-17) FIFA Futsal World Cup GS Group E	Spain	4–2	Japan	Klaipėda, Lithuania
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Díaz 4' Chino 26' Campos 30' Tolrà 39'	Report (FIFA) Report (JFA)	S. Hoshi 5' Henmi 8'	Stadium: Švyturys Arena Attendance: 712 Referee: Valeria Palma (Chile)

20 September 2021 (2021-09-20) FIFA Futsal World Cup GS Group E	Japan	1–2	Paraguay	Vilnius, Lithuania
18:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Shimizu 3'	Report (FIFA) Report (JFA)	Mareco 7' J. Salas 33'	Stadium: Avia Solutions Group Arena Attendance: 792 Referee: Roberto López (Panama)

23 September 2021 (2021-09-23) FIFA Futsal World Cup Round of 16	Brazil	4–2	Japan	Kaunas, Lithuania
20:00 EEST (UTC+3)	Ferrão 5' Leozinho 31' Pito 38' Kato 40' (o.g.)	Report (FIFA) Report (JFA)	S. Hoshi 4' Nishitani 38'	Stadium: Žalgiris Arena Attendance: 918 Referee: Irina Velikanova (Russia)

FIFA Futsal World Cup Lithuania 2021 (12 September 2021 - 3 October 2021) Fixtures/Results – JFA.jp
2021 schedules (as of 16 December 2020)

2022

18 May 2022 AFC Futsal Asian Cup qualification	Hong Kong	v	Japan
17:00

19 May 2022 AFC Futsal Asian Cup qualification	Japan	v	Mongolia
17:00

20 May 2022 AFC Futsal Asian Cup qualification	South Korea	v	Japan
20:30

21 May 2022 AFC Futsal Asian Cup qualification	Japan	v	Chinese Taipei
20:30

15 September International friendly match	Japan	v	TBD	Matsue, Japan
JST (UTC+9)				Stadium: Matsue City General Gymnasium

18 September International friendly match	Japan	v	TBD	Toyota, Japan
JST (UTC+9)				Stadium: Sky Hall Toyota

25 September – 20 October AFC Futsal Asian Cup

Japan

v

TBD

Kuwait

25 September – 20 October AFC Futsal Asian Cup

Japan

v

TBD

Kuwait

25 September – 20 October AFC Futsal Asian Cup

Japan

v

TBD

Kuwait

Fixtures – JFA.jp
2022 Schedule – JFA.jp (as of 17 December 2021)

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

As of 23 November 2021[6]

Role	Name
Head coach	Kenichiro Kogure

Manager history

As of 23 November 2021

Name	Period	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	Winning %	Ref.
Bruno García Formoso	2016–2021	0	0	0	0	00.0%
Kenichiro Kogure	2021–	0	0	0	0	00.0%	[7]

(If statistics are unavailable, display former coaches in bulleted list form)

Players

Current squad

The following 14 players were called up for the 2022 AFC Futsal Asian Cup qualification, taking place during 17 to 23 May 2022.[8]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Masataka Takami	(1995-10-05) 5 October 1995	Shriker Osaka
2	1GK	Guilherme Kuromoto	(1986-05-16) 16 May 1986	Fuchu Athletic
3	FP	Shunta Uchida	(1997-01-27) 27 January 1997	Burela FS
4	FP	Hyuga Saito	(1998-06-18) 18 June 1998	Shriker Osaka
5	FP	Oliveira Arthur	(1990-07-30) 30 July 1990	Nagoya Oceans
6	FP	Tomoki Yoshikawa	(1989-02-03) 3 February 1989	Nagoya Oceans
7	FP	Sora Kanazawa	(2001-12-26) 26 December 2001	Fuchu Athletic
8	FP	Yuta Tsutsumi	(1998-10-07) 7 October 1998	Shriker Osaka
9	FP	Masanori Antonio	(1995-11-16) 16 November 1995	Nagoya Oceans
10	FP	Vinicius Crepaldi	(1987-02-11) 11 February 1987	Pescadola Machida
11	FP	Takehiro Motoishi	(1999-09-29) 29 September 1999	Vasagey Oita
12	FP	Kokoro Harada	(2004-07-01) 1 July 2004	Pescadola Machida
13	FP	Gensuke Mori	(2001-04-12) 12 April 2001	Pescadola Machida
14	FP	Atsuya Uemura	(1996-11-21) 21 November 1996	Fuchu Athletic

Previous squads

*Bold indicates 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
2018 AFC Futsal Championship squad

Competitive record

Summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Futsal Asian Cup	3	6	2	11
Asian Indoor Games	0	1	1	2
East Asian Championship	2	1	0	3
Total	5	8	3	16

*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

FIFA Futsal World Cup record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA
1989	Group Stage	3	0	0	3	3	11
1992	Did Not Qualify
1996
2000
2004	Group Stage	3	0	1	2	5	11
2008	Group Stage	4	2	0	2	13	24
2012	Round of 16	4	1	1	2	13	17
2016	Did Not Qualify
2020	Round of 16	4	1	0	3	13	14
Total	4/9	18	4	2	12	47	77

AFC Futsal Asian Cup

AFC Futsal Asian Cup record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1999	Fourth Place	5	1	3	1	18	18
2000	Fourth Place	6	3	0	3	36	26
2001	Fourth Place	7	2	1	4	25	29
2002	Runners-up	7	6	0	1	20	10
2003	Runners-up	6	5	0	1	37	9
2004	Runners-up	7	6	0	1	49	10
2005	Runners-up	8	7	0	1	48	9
2006	Champions	5	5	0	0	35	8
2007	Runners-up	6	5	0	1	41	12
2008	Third Place	6	5	0	1	25	9
2010	Third Place	6	5	0	1	26	10
2012	Champions	6	6	0	0	25	5
2014	Champions	6	4	1	1	28	7
2016	Seventh Place	5	3	1	1	21	12
2018	Runners-up	6	5	0	1	18	10
Total	15/15	92	68	6	18	452	184

AFC Futsal Asian Cup history
Year	Round	Score	Result
1999	Round 1	Japan 5–5 Malaysia	Draw
	Round 1	Japan 4–1 Kazakhstan	Win
	Round 1	Japan 5–5 Uzbekistan	Draw
	Semi-finals	Japan 2–5 Iran	Loss
	Third place	Japan 2–2 (3–4)p Kazakhstan	Loss
2000	Round 1	Japan 4–2 Uzbekistan	Win
	Round 1	Japan 2–6 Iran	Loss
	Round 1	Japan 12–1 Macau	Win
	Round 1	Japan 6–0 Kyrgyzstan	Win
	Semi-finals	Japan 6–9 Kazakhstan	Loss
	Third place	Japan 6–8 Thailand	Loss
2001	Round 1	Japan 6–5 Chinese Taipei	Win
	Round 1	Japan 8–1 Singapore	Win
	Round 1	Japan 2–3 Palestine	Loss
	Round 1	Japan 4–8 Iran	Loss
	Quarter-finals	Japan 2–2 (7–6)p Kazakhstan	Win
	Semi-finals	Japan 2–8 Iran	Loss
	Third place	Japan 1–2 South Korea	Loss
2002	Round 1	Japan 5–1 Indonesia	Win
	Round 1	Japan 2–1 Kyrgyzstan	Win
	Round 1	Japan 7–2 China	Win
	Round 1	Japan 2–0 Kuwait	Win
	Quarter-finals	Japan 1–0 Uzbekistan	Win
	Semi-finals	Japan 3–0 Thailand	Win
	Final	Japan 0–6 Iran	Loss
2003	Round 1	Japan 4–0 Palestine	Win
	Round 1	Japan 14–1 Macau	Win
	Round 1	Japan 5–0 Kuwait	Win
	Quarter-finals	Japan 7–0 Chinese Taipei	Win
	Semi-finals	Japan 3–2 (a.e.t) Thailand	Win
	Final	Japan 4–6 Iran	Loss
2004	Round 1	Japan 4–0 Lebanon	Win
	Round 1	Japan 4–1 Kyrgyzstan	Win
	Round 1	Japan 12–0 Philippines	Win
	Round 1	Japan 17–0 Macau	Win
	Quarter-finals	Japan 5–2 China	Win
	Semi-finals	Japan 4–2 Uzbekistan	Win
	Final	Japan 3–5 Iran	Loss
2005	Round 1	Japan 18–0 Guam	Win
	Round 1	Japan 7–0 Malaysia	Win
	Round 1	Japan 7–0 Indonesia	Win
	Round 2	Japan 3–1 Iran	Win
	Round 2	Japan 5–1 China	Win
	Round 2	Japan 4–2 Thailand	Win
	Semi-finals	Japan 4–3 Kyrgyzstan	Win
	Final	Japan 0–2 Iran	Loss
2006	Round 1	Japan 12–0 Hong Kong	Win
	Round 1	Japan 2–0 Iraq	Win
	Round 1	Japan 11–6 Tajikistan	Win
	Semi-finals	Japan 5–1 Iran	Win
	Final	Japan 5–1 Uzbekistan	Win
2007	Round 1	Japan 16–0 Philippines	Win
	Round 1	Japan 8–0 Hong Kong	Win
	Round 1	Japan 6–2 Tajikistan	Win
	Quarter-finals	Japan 9–6 Thailand	Win
	Semi-finals	Japan 1–0 Kyrgyzstan	Win
	Final	Japan 1–4 Iran	Loss
2008	Round 1	Japan 8–2 Chinese Taipei	Win
	Round 1	Japan 4–1 Turkmenistan	Win
	Round 1	Japan 4–2 Australia	Win
	Quarter-finals	Japan 4–0 Kyrgyzstan	Win
	Semi-finals	Japan 0–1 Iran	Loss
	Third Place	Japan 5–3 China	Win
2010	Round 1	Japan 5–1 China	Win
	Round 1	Japan 10–1 Iraq	Win
	Round 1	Japan 1–0 Turkmenistan	Win
	Quarter-finals	Japan 4–0 Kyrgyzstan	Win
	Semi-finals	Japan 0–7 Iran	Loss
	Third Place	Japan 6–1 China	Win
2012	Round 1	Japan 3–2 Lebanon	Win
	Round 1	Japan 6–1 Tajikistan	Win
	Round 1	Japan 6–1 Chinese Taipei	Win
	Quarter-finals	Japan 1–0 Kyrgyzstan	Win
	Semi-finals	Japan 3–0 Australia	Win
	Final	Japan 6–1 Thailand	Win
2014	Round 1	Japan 12–0 South Korea	Win
	Round 1	Japan 1–2 Uzbekistan	Loss
	Round 1	Japan 4–0 Kyrgyzstan	Win
	Quarter-finals	Japan 3–2 Thailand	Win
	Semi-finals	Japan 6–1 Kuwait	Win
	Final	Japan 2–2(3–0)p Iran	Win
2016	Round 1	Japan 1–0 Qatar	Win
	Round 1	Japan 11–1 Malaysia	Win
	Round 1	Japan 3–1 Australia	Win
	Quarter-finals	Japan 4–4(1–2)p Vietnam	Loss
	Fifth Place	Japan 2–6 Kyrgyzstan	Loss
2018	Round 1	Japan 4–2 Tajikistan	Win
	Round 1	Japan 5–2 South Korea	Win
	Round 1	Japan 4–2 Uzbekistan	Win
	Quarter-finals	Japan 2–0 Bahrain	Win
	Semi-finals	Japan 3–0 Iraq	Win
	Final	Japan 0–4 Iran	Loss

Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games

Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D*	L	GS	GA
2005	Did not enter
2007	Quarter Final	4	2	1	1	6	2
2009	Quarter Final	3	1	0	2	10	11
2013	Runners-up	5	4	0	1	19	15
2017	Third Place	5	3	2	0	19	11
Total	4/5	17	10	3	4	54	39

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

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	Did not enter
2017	TBD	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	1/11	4	0	0	4	8	19

Futsal Confederations Cup

Futsal Confederations Cup record
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

World ranking

There is currently no official futsal ranking.
As of 9 April 2021, the top 5 AFC teams according to one Elo-based ranking system are:[9]

FIFA	AFC	EAFF	Nation	Points
6	1		Iran	1608
14	2	1	Japan	1363
18	3		Thailand	1323
27	4		Uzbekistan	1221
33	5		Australia	1177

As of 25 August 2021

References

"Mr. KOGURE Kenichiro appointed as Head Coach of Japan Futsal National Team". Japan Football Association (JFA). Tokyo. 2021-11-22. Retrieved 2021-11-23.
Futsal World Ranking
"Asian Futsal Championship Overview". RSSSF. Retrieved 2006-11-16.
"FIFA Futsal World Cup Overview". RSSSF. Retrieved 2006-11-16.
"TV放送". JFA.jp (in Japanese). Japan Football Association (JFA). Retrieved 10 September 2021.
"Mr. KOGURE Kenichiro appointed as Head Coach of Japan Futsal National Team". Japan Football Association (JFA). Tokyo. 2021-11-22. Retrieved 2021-11-23.
"Mr. KOGURE Kenichiro appointed as Head Coach of Japan Futsal National Team". Japan Football Association (JFA). Tokyo. 2021-11-22. Retrieved 2021-11-23.
"Japan Futsal National Team squad - AFC Futsal Asian Cup Kuwait 2022™ Qualifier". Japan Football Association (JFA). 2 May 2022. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
"Futsal World Ranking". Futsalworldranking.com. Retrieved 9 April 2021.

External links

(in English) Japan national futsal team – official website at JFA.jp
Japan national teams 2021 schedule at JFA.jp

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[1] "Mr. KOGURE Kenichiro appointed as Head Coach of Japan Futsal National Team". Japan Football Association (JFA). Tokyo. 2021-11-22. Retrieved 2021-11-23.

[2] Futsal World Ranking

[3] "Asian Futsal Championship Overview". RSSSF. Retrieved 2006-11-16.

[4] "FIFA Futsal World Cup Overview". RSSSF. Retrieved 2006-11-16.

[5] "TV放送". JFA.jp (in Japanese). Japan Football Association (JFA). Retrieved 10 September 2021.

[6] "Mr. KOGURE Kenichiro appointed as Head Coach of Japan Futsal National Team". Japan Football Association (JFA). Tokyo. 2021-11-22. Retrieved 2021-11-23.

[7] "Mr. KOGURE Kenichiro appointed as Head Coach of Japan Futsal National Team". Japan Football Association (JFA). Tokyo. 2021-11-22. Retrieved 2021-11-23.

[8] "Japan Futsal National Team squad - AFC Futsal Asian Cup Kuwait 2022™ Qualifier". Japan Football Association (JFA). 2 May 2022. Retrieved 3 May 2022.

[9] "Futsal World Ranking". Futsalworldranking.com. Retrieved 9 April 2021.

National futsal teams of Asia (AFC)
AFC Futsal Asian Cup - Futsal at the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
West Asia (WAFF)	Bahrain Iraq Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Oman Palestine Qatar Saudi Arabia Syria United Arab Emirates Yemen
Central Asia (CAFA)	Afghanistan Iran Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan
South Asia (SAFF)	Bangladesh Bhutan India Maldives Nepal Pakistan Sri Lanka
East Asia (EAFF)	China PR Chinese Taipei Guam Hong Kong Japan Korea DPR Korea Republic Macau Mongolia Northern Mariana Islands
Southeast Asia (AFF)	Australia Brunei Cambodia Indonesia Laos Malaysia Myanmar Philippines Singapore Thailand Timor-Leste Vietnam
Former	Kazakhstan (moved to UEFA in 2002)
FIFA Futsal World Cup - AMF Futsal World Cup

Futsal in Japan
Japan Football Association
Competitions	F. League All Japan Futsal Championship F.League Ocean Cup Women's F.League
National teams	Men's Men's U20 Women's

National sports teams of Japan
Women	Baseball Basketball U-19 U-17 3x3 U-23 3x3 Wheelchair Beach handball Cricket Field hockey Floorball Football U-20 U-17 Futsal Goalball Gymnastics Handball W-J Ice hockey F U-18 Rugby union 7s Softball U-19 Squash Tennis Volleyball U-18 U-20 U-23 Water polo
Men	A1GP American football Australian rules football Bandy Baseball Basketball U-17 U-19 3x3 U-23 3x3 Wheelchair Boxing Cricket U-19 Field hockey Floorball U-19 Football U-23 U-20 U-17 Futsal (U-20) Beach soccer Cerebral palsy Goalball Gymnastics Handball MJ MY Ice hockey Junior U-18 Kabaddi Korfball Lacrosse Roller hockey Rugby league Rugby union 7s U-20 Wheelchair Softball U-19 Squash Tennis Volleyball U-21 U-19 Water polo
Mixed	Badminton Boxing Tennis
Olympics Paralympics Asian Games

Japan national futsal team

Team image

Nicknames

FIFA Futsal World Cup

AFC Futsal Asian Cup

Friendly and Qualifiers

Results and fixtures

2019

2021

2022

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

Manager history

Players

Current squad

Previous squads

Competitive record

Summary

FIFA Futsal World Cup

AFC Futsal Asian Cup

Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games

EAFF Futsal Championship

Grand Prix de Futsal

Futsal Confederations Cup

World ranking

See also

References

External links