This list includes all the Japanese players who played for the Japan senior national football team who are born outside Japan, while others (the minority) are naturalized or born abroad.

Last update on 25 October 2022

Country	Total	Notes
Brazil	17
United States	5
Peru	3
Argentina	1
Bolivia	1
Canada	1
France	1
Jamaica	1
Netherlands	1
New Zealand	1
Spain	1
Thailand	1

Players in bold are currently playing for Japan men A, Japan women's A, Japan men U-23, Japan women's U-23,Japan men U-20, Japan women U-20, Japan men U-17, Japan women's U-17, Japan futsal men, Japan futsal men U-20 Japan futsal women's, Japan national beach soccer team. The list is updated as 16 October 2022

• Ozu Moreira

• Ko Ishikawa

• Ademir Santos
• Alessandro Santos
• Bruno Suzuki
• Daishiro Yoshimura
• Erikson Noguchipinto
• George Kobayashi
• George Yonashiro
• Leonardo Moreira
• Marcus Tulio Tanaka
• Ruy Ramos
• Wagner Lopes

• Noah Kenshin Browne

• Cy Goddard
• Daniel Matsuzaka

• Louis Yamaguchi

• Musashi Suzuki

• Michael Fitzgerald

• Edwin Uehara
• Frank Romero

• Sergio Escudero Jr.

• Daniel Schmidt
• Gōtoku Sakai
• Jelani Reshaun Sumiyoshi
• Mizuki Hamada
• Zion Suzuki

• Mina Tanaka

• Matías Hernán Mayedonchi

• Arthur Oliveira
• Guilherme Kuromoto
• Higor Pires
• Rikarudo Higa
• Vinicius Crepaldi

• Kaoru Morioka

• List of Japan international footballers

• Official website (in Japanese and English)