Japan national futsal team

The Japan national futsal team, nicknamed Samurai Five, 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 Asian Football Confederation|AFC Futsal Championship|2006], 2012, 2014 and 2022. It has also played in five FIFA Futsal World Cups.

Results and fixtures

;Legend

2023

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2024

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Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

Role

Name

Head coach

Manager history

Name

Period

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Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for friendlies, played against, on 22 and 24 November 2023, respectively.

Previous squads

*Bold indicates winning squad
;FIFA Futsal World Cup

1989 FIFA Futsal World Cup squad
2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup squad
2012 FIFA Futsal World Cup squad
2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup squad

;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

AFC Futsal Asian Cup

In 2010 Automatically qualified but was played in 5 matches.

Head-to-head record

The following table shows Japan's head-to-head record in the FIFA Futsal World Cup.

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World ranking

There is currently no official futsal ranking.

, the top 10 AFC teams according to one Elo-based ranking system are:

FIFA	AFC	Nation	Points
7	1		1593
11	2		1409
25	3		1230
26	4		1229
37	5		1122
38	6		1118
42	7		1083
43	8		1080
44	9		1080
51	10		976