In 2010 he became the first goalkeeper ever voted J.League MVP, the season he carried Nagoya Grampus to the club's first championship. He won the 2004 Asian Cup with Japan, reached the 2001 Confederations Cup final, added Emperor's Cups in 1998 and 1999 and the 2011 Super Cup, made six J.League Best Elevens, won 77 caps, and was one of two Japanese named in four straight World Cup squads. Career record: 77 caps and 0 goals for Japan; club career at Yokohama Flügels, Nagoya Grampus.
| 1995–1998 | Yokohama Flügels |
| 1999–2018 | Nagoya Grampus |
| Japan | 77 caps, 0 goals |
Japan legends whose careers overlapped Narazaki's
One rank above: Masami Ihara at #22.
One rank below: Takashi Inui at #24.
Japan's editorial top five: Hidetoshi Nakata · Shinji Kagawa · Keisuke Honda · Makoto Hasebe · Shunsuke Nakamura.