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	13 (4 April 2025)
Highest FIFA ranking	13 (November 2024 – April 2025)
Lowest FIFA ranking	15 (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
Appearances	5 (First in 1989)
Best result	Round of 16 (2012, 2021)
AFC Asian Cup
Appearances	16 (First in 1999)
Best result	Champions (2006, 2012, 2014, 2022)
EAFF Futsal Championship
Appearances	4 (First in 2009)
Best result	Champions (2017, 2019, 2022)
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), 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

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	Henmi 28'	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	Henmi 8'	Report		Stadium: Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium

13 September Futsal Nations Cup GS	Brazil	2–0		São Paulo, Brazil
20:30 UTC−3	Matheus 23' Rafa 35'	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	Uchida 1' Shimizu 3', 32'	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	Yoshikawa 9' Arthur 13' (pen.), 33', 35'	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

Fixtures & Results (2023), JFA.jp

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

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 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

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 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	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 Cup record
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	5–5 Malaysia	Draw
	Round 1	4–1 Kazakhstan	Win
	Round 1	5–5 Uzbekistan	Draw
	Semi-finals	2–5 Iran	Loss
	Third place	2–2 (3–4)p Kazakhstan	Loss
2000	Round 1	4–2 Uzbekistan	Win
	Round 1	2–6 Iran	Loss
	Round 1	12–1 Macau	Win
	Round 1	6–0 Kyrgyzstan	Win
	Semi-finals	6–9 Kazakhstan	Loss
	Third place	6–8 Thailand	Loss
2001	Round 1	6–5 Chinese Taipei	Win
	Round 1	8–1 Singapore	Win
	Round 1	2–3 Palestine	Loss
	Round 1	4–8 Iran	Loss
	Quarter-finals	2–2 (7–6)p Kazakhstan	Win
	Semi-finals	2–8 Iran	Loss
	Third place	1–2 South Korea	Loss
2002	Round 1	5–1 Indonesia	Win
	Round 1	2–1 Kyrgyzstan	Win
	Round 1	7–2 China	Win
	Round 1	2–0 Kuwait	Win
	Quarter-finals	1–0 Uzbekistan	Win
	Semi-finals	3–0 Thailand	Win
	Final	0–6 Iran	Loss
2003	Round 1	4–0 Palestine	Win
	Round 1	14–1 Macau	Win
	Round 1	5–0 Kuwait	Win
	Quarter-finals	7–0 Chinese Taipei	Win
	Semi-finals	3–2 (a.e.t) Thailand	Win
	Final	4–6 Iran	Loss
2004	Round 1	4–0 Lebanon	Win
	Round 1	4–1 Kyrgyzstan	Win
	Round 1	12–0 Philippines	Win
	Round 1	17–0 Macau	Win
	Quarter-finals	5–2 China	Win
	Semi-finals	4–2 Uzbekistan	Win
	Final	3–5 Iran	Loss
2005	Round 1	18–0 Guam	Win
	Round 1	7–0 Malaysia	Win
	Round 1	7–0 Indonesia	Win
	Round 2	3–1 Iran	Win
	Round 2	5–1 China	Win
	Round 2	4–2 Thailand	Win
	Semi-finals	4–3 Kyrgyzstan	Win
	Final	0–2 Iran	Loss
2006	Round 1	12–0 Hong Kong	Win
	Round 1	2–0 Iraq	Win
	Round 1	11–6 Tajikistan	Win
	Semi-finals	5–1 Iran	Win
	Final	5–1 Uzbekistan	Win
2007	Round 1	16–0 Philippines	Win
	Round 1	8–0 Hong Kong	Win
	Round 1	6–2 Tajikistan	Win
	Quarter-finals	9–6 Thailand	Win
	Semi-finals	1–0 Kyrgyzstan	Win
	Final	1–4 Iran	Loss
2008	Round 1	8–2 Chinese Taipei	Win
	Round 1	4–1 Turkmenistan	Win
	Round 1	4–2 Australia	Win
	Quarter-finals	4–0 Kyrgyzstan	Win
	Semi-finals	0–1 Iran	Loss
	Third Place	5–3 China	Win
2010	Round 1	5–1 China	Win
	Round 1	10–1 Iraq	Win
	Round 1	1–0 Turkmenistan	Win
	Quarter-finals	4–0 Kyrgyzstan	Win
	Semi-finals	0–7 Iran	Loss
	Third Place	6–1 China	Win
2012	Round 1	3–2 Lebanon	Win
	Round 1	6–1 Tajikistan	Win
	Round 1	6–1 Chinese Taipei	Win
	Quarter-finals	1–0 Kyrgyzstan	Win
	Semi-finals	3–0 Australia	Win
	Final	6–1 Thailand	Win
2014	Round 1	12–0 South Korea	Win
	Round 1	1–2 Uzbekistan	Loss
	Round 1	4–0 Kyrgyzstan	Win
	Quarter-finals	3–2 Thailand	Win
	Semi-finals	6–1 Kuwait	Win
	Final	2–2(3–0)p Iran	Win
2016	Round 1	1–0 Qatar	Win
	Round 1	11–1 Malaysia	Win
	Round 1	3–1 Australia	Win
	Quarter-finals	4–4(1–2)p Vietnam	Loss
	Fifth Place	2–6 Kyrgyzstan	Loss
2018	Round 1	4–2 Tajikistan	Win
	Round 1	5–2 South Korea	Win
	Round 1	4–2 Uzbekistan	Win
	Quarter-finals	2–0 Bahrain	Win
	Semi-finals	3–0 Iraq	Win
	Final	0–4 Iran	Loss
2022	Round 1	1–2 Saudi Arabia	Loss
	Round 1	6–0 South Korea	Win
	Round 1	2–0 Vietnam	Win
	Quarter-finals	3–2 Indonesia	Win
	Semi-finals	2–1 Uzbekistan	Win
	Final	3–2 Iran	Win
2024	Round 1	2–3 Kyrgyzstan	Loss
	Round 1	5–0 South Korea	Win
	Round 1	1–1 Tajikistan	Draw

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

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
2018
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

Head-to-head record

The following table shows Japan's head-to-head record in the FIFA 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, 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

References

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

External links

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

[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.

[FIFA_Futsal_World_Rankings-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.

[International_friendly_matches-5] "NFDF Futsal Championship Pattaya Thailand 2023". www.jfa.jp. Japan Football Association. Retrieved 22 February 2023.

[List_of_International_matches-6] "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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Futsal in Japan
Japan Football Association
Competitions	F.League All Japan Futsal Championship F.League Ocean Cup ('23) Women's F.League
National teams	U23 U20 Women's U20

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 (Taiwan) Guam Hong Kong 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