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The national collection · JPN

Japan

The 33 selected senior internationals. Follow a name to the career facts and their sources.

Men’s collection · Japan

33 Legends Women · Japan

01 Homare Sawa 204 (snapshot checked 2026-10-04) caps (Japan) · 83 (snapshot checked 2026-10-04) goals
Identity and senior teamWikidata Q230865 · Snapshot checked 2026-10-04
02 MS Mizuho Sakaguchi 89 (snapshot checked 2026-10-04) caps (Japan) · 26 (snapshot checked 2026-10-04) goals
Identity and senior teamWikidata Q292394 · Snapshot checked 2026-10-04
03 HI Hiromi Ikeda 119 (snapshot checked 2026-10-04) caps (Japan) · 4 (snapshot checked 2026-10-04) goals
Identity and senior teamWikidata Q3247184 · Snapshot checked 2026-10-04
04 MO Mio Otani 73 (snapshot checked 2026-10-04) caps (Japan) · 31 (snapshot checked 2026-10-04) goals
Identity and senior teamWikidata Q11439102 · Snapshot checked 2026-10-04
05 FK Futaba Kioka 75 (snapshot checked 2026-10-04) caps (Japan) · 30 (snapshot checked 2026-10-04) goals
Identity and senior teamWikidata Q11518323 · Snapshot checked 2026-10-04
06 AT Asako Takakura 79 (snapshot checked 2026-10-04) caps (Japan) · 30 (snapshot checked 2026-10-04) goals
Identity and senior teamWikidata Q11668810 · Snapshot checked 2026-10-04
07 MY Miyuki Yanagita 91 (snapshot checked 2026-10-04) caps (Japan) · 11 (snapshot checked 2026-10-04) goals
Identity and senior teamWikidata Q6884573 · Snapshot checked 2026-10-04
08 AN Akemi Noda 76 (snapshot checked 2026-10-04) caps (Japan) · 24 (snapshot checked 2026-10-04) goals
Identity and senior teamWikidata Q4700607 · Snapshot checked 2026-10-04
09 EH Etsuko Handa 75 (snapshot checked 2026-10-04) caps (Japan) · 19 (snapshot checked 2026-10-04) goals
Identity and senior teamWikidata Q11407074 · Snapshot checked 2026-10-04
10 NY Nozomi Yamagō 96 (snapshot checked 2026-10-04) caps (Japan) · 0 (snapshot checked 2026-10-04) goals
Identity and senior teamWikidata Q438323 · Snapshot checked 2026-10-04
11 YO Yumi Obe 85 (snapshot checked 2026-10-04) caps (Japan) · 6 (snapshot checked 2026-10-04) goals
Identity and senior teamWikidata Q3246919 · Snapshot checked 2026-10-04
12 KY Kyoko Yano 74 (snapshot checked 2026-10-04) caps (Japan) · 1 (snapshot checked 2026-10-04) goals
Identity and senior teamWikidata Q292443 · Snapshot checked 2026-10-04
13 Aya Sameshima 62 (snapshot checked 2026-10-04) caps (Japan) · 3 (snapshot checked 2026-10-04) goals
Identity and senior teamWikidata Q270760 · Snapshot checked 2026-10-04
14 AK Ayumi Kaihori 47 (snapshot checked 2026-10-04) caps (Japan) · 0 (snapshot checked 2026-10-04) goals
Identity and senior teamWikidata Q292331 · Snapshot checked 2026-10-04
15 NK Naoko Kawakami 48 (snapshot checked 2026-10-04) caps (Japan) · 0 (snapshot checked 2026-10-04) goals
Identity and senior teamWikidata Q11477579 · Snapshot checked 2026-10-04
16 MH Midori Honda 43 (snapshot checked 2026-10-04) caps (Japan) · 0 (snapshot checked 2026-10-04) goals
Identity and senior teamWikidata Q11520641 · Snapshot checked 2026-10-04
17 MS Masae Suzuki 45 (snapshot checked 2026-10-04) caps (Japan)
Identity and senior teamWikidata Q6782299 · Snapshot checked 2026-10-04
18 SK Saki Kumagai 2 (snapshot checked 2026-10-04) goals
Identity and senior teamWikidata Q220950 · Snapshot checked 2026-10-04
24 AS Akiko Sudō 15 (snapshot checked 2026-10-04) caps (Japan) · 3 (snapshot checked 2026-10-04) goals
Identity and senior teamWikidata Q4700982 · Snapshot checked 2026-10-04

How this list is made

This pilot uses a reproducible data selection, not a definitive judgement of greatness. Only women with a recorded senior national-team membership enter the pool. The score combines recorded caps (3 points each, up to 400), goals (5 each, up to 200), sourced individual football awards (120 each) and Wikipedia language editions (10 each, up to 50). Missing or conflicting figures add no points. Ties are ordered by Wikidata ID. Coverage favours well-documented careers.

Snapshot checked 2026-10-04. Figures absent or conflicting in the snapshot are omitted.

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