Japan national under-17 football team

The is a national association football youth team of Japan and is controlled by the Japan Football Association. The team were champions in the 1994 and 2006 AFC U-17 Championships, as well as the 2012 AFF U-16 Youth Championship. The year before the FIFA U-17 World Cup, the national team is renamed the Japan national under-16 football team, and the year before that, the national team is renamed the Japan national under-15 football team.

Results and fixtures

Legend

2026 U-17

U-16

U-15

2025 U-17

Fixtures & Results (U-17 2025), JFA.jp

U-16

Fixtures & Results (U-16 2025), JFA.jp

U-15

Fixtures & Results (U-15 2025), JFA.jp

Coaching staff Current staff As of 14 September 2026.

RoleNameHead coach Shingi OnoAssistant coach Takashi YamahashiGoalkeeping coach Daishi IdePhysical coach Tadayuki KomineTechnical staff Mahiro Hikida

Players

Current U-17 squad The following players were called up on 14 September 2026 for the Limoges International Tournament, held in September 2026. Kakeru Saito and Shun Tatemi were replaced by Masaki Koyama and Taiki Akimoto.

Current U-16 squad The following U-16 players were called up on 26 May 2026 for the 2026 U-16 International Dream Cup.

Current U-15 squad The following players were called-up on 11 May 2026 for the Vlatko Marković International Tournament. Takeru Kizushi and Kaito Asano were replaced by Jin Maruoka and Yuito Nakajima, sidelined due to injury.

Previous squads

FIFA U-17 World Cup 1993 FIFA U-17 World Championship 1995 FIFA U-17 World Championship 2001 FIFA U-17 World Championship 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup

AFC U-17 Asian Cup 2010 AFC U-16 Championship 2012 AFC U-16 Championship 2014 AFC U-16 Championship 2016 AFC U-16 Championship 2018 AFC U-16 Championship

Records

Most capped player #NameCapsGoalsPosCareer 1 Hikaru Naruoka 44 5 MF 2017–2019 2 Kaito Suzuki 38 1 DF 2017–2019 3 Shinya Nakano 36 1 DF 2017–20194 Koshiro Sumi 34 4 MF 2017–2019 Tochi Suzuki 34 6 MF 2015–2017 Kosei Tani 34 0 GK 2015–20177 Takefusa Kubo 28 15 MF 2015–2017 Yutaka Michiwaki 28 15 FW 2022–2023 9 Gaku Nawata 22 13 FW 2022–2023 10 Homare Tokuda 20 12 FW 2022–2023

Top goalscorer #NameGoalsCapsRatioCareer 1 Koki Saito 16 15 2017–20182 Takefusa Kubo 15 28 2015–2017 Yutaka Michiwaki 15 28 2022–20234 Keita Nakano 13 18 2017–2019 Gaku Nawata 13 22 2022–2023 6 Homare Tokuda 12 20 2022–20237 Takashi Usami 10 16 2007–2009 Minato Yoshida 10 12 2023–9 Rento Takaoka 9 19 2022–2023 Keito Nakamura 9 16 2015–2017

Honours Continental AFC U-17/U-16 Asian Cup Champions (4): 1994, 2006, 2018, 2023 AFF U-16 Youth Championship Champions (1): 2012

Unofficial Tournament de Montaigu Champions (1): 2004

International Dream Cup Champions (6): 2015, 2017, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024

Competitive record FIFA U-17 World Cup Hosts/YearResult 1985Did not qualify 1987 1989 1991Did not enter 1993Quarter-finals411234 1995Group stage311122 1997Did not qualify 1999 2001Group stage310229 2003Did not qualify 2005 2007Group stage310246 2009300359 2011Quarter-finals5311135 2013Round of 16430174 2015Did not qualify 2017Round of 16412184 2019421142 2023420255 2025Quarter-finals632183 2026Qualified 2027To be determined 2028 2029Total:11/24Quarter-finals43188176153

FIFA U-17 World Cup historyYearRoundScoreResult1993Group stage 0–1 Loss 0–0 Draw 2–1 WinQuarterfinals 1–2 Loss1995Group stage 0–1 Loss 2–1 Win 0–0 Draw2001Group stage 1–0 Win 0–4 Loss 1–5 Loss2007Group stage 3–1 Win 0–3 Loss 1–2 Loss2009Group stage 2–3 Loss 3–4 Loss 0–2 Loss2011Group stage 1–0 Win 1–1 Draw 3–1 WinRound of 16 6–0 WinQuarterfinals 2–3 Loss2013Group stage 1–0 Win 3–1 Win 2–1 WinRound of 16 1–2 Loss2017Group stage 6–1 Win 1–2 Loss 1–1 DrawRound of 16 0–0 Draw2019Group stage 3–0 Win 0–0 Draw 1–0 WinRound of 16 0–2 Loss2023Group stage 1–0 Win 1–3 Loss 2–0 WinRound of 16 1–2 Loss2025Group stage 2–0 Win 0–0 Draw 2–1 WinRound of 32 3–2 WinRound of 16 1–1 North Korea(Japan win 5–4 on penalties)DrawQuarterfinals 0–1 Loss

AFC U-17 Asian Cup Hosts/YearResult 1985Group stage100103 1986Did not qualify 1988Group stage411248 1990Did not enter 1992Did not qualify 1994Champions6402139 1996Fourth place6321137 1998Group stage421186 2000Third place6501206 2002Group stage310235 2004311143 2006Champions6420176 2008Semi-finals5401163 20105311113 2012Runners-up6411146 2014Quarter-finals420276 2016Semi-finals5401244 2018Champions6510134 20236510226 2025Quarter-finals412197 2026Champions6510176 2027QualifiedTotal:18/215 Titles8654141821598

AFC U-17 Asian Cup historyYearRoundScoreResult1985Group stage 0–3 Loss1988Group stage 0–2 Loss 0–0 Draw 3–2 Win 1–4 Loss1994Group stage 2–5 Loss 0–1 Loss 3–0 Win 3–0 WinSemifinals 4–3 WinFinal 1–0 Win1996Group stage 2–2 Draw 3–2 Win 5–2 Win 3–0 WinSemifinals 0–1 LossThird place 0–0 Draw1998Group stage 1–2 Loss 2–1 Win 3–1 Win 2–2 Draw2000Group stage 2–0 Win 2–0 Win 3–0 Win 7–1 WinSemifinals 2–3 LossThird place 4–2 Win2002Group stage 1–2 Loss 1–3 Loss 1–0 Win2004Group stage 0–0 Draw 1–2 Loss 3–1 Win2006Group stage 6–0 Win 1–1 Draw 3–2 WinQuarterfinals 1–1 DrawSemifinals 2–0 WinFinal 4–2 Win2008Group stage 4–0 Win 6–1 Win 3–0 WinQuarterfinals 2–0 WinSemifinals 1–2 Loss2010Group stage 6–0 Win 1–0 Win 0–0 DrawQuarterfinals 3–1 WinSemifinals 1–2 Loss2012Group stage 2–0 Win 1–3 Loss 3–0 WinQuarterfinals 2–1 WinSemifinals 5–1 WinFinal 1–1 Draw2014Group stage 2–0 Win 3–0 Win 2–4 LossQuarterfinals 0–2 Loss2016Group stage 7–0 Win 8–0 Win 6–0 WinQuarterfinals 1–0 WinSemifinals 2–4 Loss2018Group stage 5–2 Win 0–0 Draw 2–0 WinQuarterfinals 2–1 WinSemifinals 3–1 WinFinal 1–0 Win2023Group stage 1–1 Draw 4–0 Win 8–4 WinQuarterfinals 3–1 WinSemifinals 3–0 WinFinal 3–0 Win2025Group stage 4–1 Win 1–1 Draw 2–3 LossQuarterfinals 2–2 Draw

Head-to-head record The following table shows Japan's head-to-head record in the FIFA U-17 World Cup and AFC U-17 Asian Cup. In FIFA U-17 World Cup OpponentWin %Total

In AFC U-17 Asian Cup OpponentWin %2Total

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