The 1987 Emperor's Cup was the 67th edition of the annually known contested cup. It was contested by 32 teams, and Yomiuri won the championship.

Results

1st round Yomiuri 5–0 Doshisha University NTT Shikoku 0–2 Seino Transportation Honda 2–0 Fujitsu Niigata Eleven 0–9 Fujita Industries Nissan Motors 3–1 Cosmo Oil Hitachi 1–0 Yamaha Motors TDK 1–10 Tokai University Hakodate Mazda 1–7 Furukawa Electric Mitsubishi Motors 1–0 NTT Kanto Sapporo University 0–3Toshiba Sumitomo Metals 5–0 Kyoto Sangyo University Osaka University of Commerce 1–1 (PK 4–5) Yanmar Diesel Mazda 3–0 JATCO Kawasaki Steel Mizushima 1–5 Toyota Motors Yawata Steel 0–2 Matsushita Electric Fukuoka University 0–2 Nippon Kokan

2nd round Yomiuri 3–0 Seino Transportation Honda 0–0 (PK 8–7) Fujita Industries Nissan Motors 4–0 Hitachi Tokai University 0–5 Furukawa Electric Mitsubishi Motors 0–1 Toshiba Sumitomo Metals 3–1 Yanmar Diesel Mazda 3–1 Toyota Motors Matsushita Electric 0–0 (PK 4–2) Nippon Kokan

Quarterfinals Yomiuri 1–1 (PK 4–2) Honda Nissan Motors 1–1 (PK 2–3) Furukawa Electric Toshiba 1–1 (PK 3–5) Sumitomo Metals Mazda 0–0 (PK 4–2) Matsushita Electric

Semifinals Yomiuri 0–0 (PK 4–2) Furukawa Electric Sumitomo Metals 1–2 Mazda

Final

Yomiuri 2–0 Mazda Yomiuri won the championship Excluded from the Asian Cup Winners' Cup 1988.

References NHK