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ShirtMichihisa Kano (since 2026)

Women's Asian Games

2026Knockout stage
Cuartos de finalPhilippines4-0SemifinalesSouth Korea2-0FinalDPR Korea2-2(5-3)

Group stage: 1.° of Group E · 3 J · 3 G · 20-0 · 9 pts

Grupo E · Women's Asian Games

2026/27
1.°
Position
3
Played
3
Won
20
Goals for
0
Goals against
9
Points

Grupo C · AFC Women's Asian Cup

2025/26
1.°
Position
3
Played
3
Won
17
Goals for
0
Goals against
9
Points
Goals scored per match · 1 of 12 in the competitionGoals4.83Shots on target per match · 1 of 12 in the competitionShots on target11.17Goals per 100 shots · 1 of 12 in the competitionConversion22%Matches without conceding, over matches played · 1 of 12 in the competitionClean sheets83%Average share of the ball · 1 of 12 in the competitionPossession72%Duels won over duels contested · 1 of 12 in the competitionDuels won58%

Compared with the 12 teams in AFC Women's Asian Cup in 2025/26.

Value: per match played, except the percentages. Rank: where the team places among those 12 on each metric. The dotted ring on the chart is the competition average.

MetricValueRank
Goals4.831.º
Shots on target11.171.º
Conversion22%1.º
Clean sheets83%1.º
Possession72%1.º
Duels won58%1.º

EAFF Women's East Asian Cup

2025/26
3.°
Position
3
Played
1
Won
5
Goals for
1
Goals against
5
Points

SheBelieves Cup

2024/25
1.°
Position
3
Played
3
Won
10
Goals for
2
Goals against
9
Points

Grupo C · Olympic Women's Football Tournament

2024/25
2.°
Position
3
Played
2
Won
6
Goals for
4
Goals against
6
Points
Goals scored per match · 4 of 12 in the competitionGoals1.50Shots on target per match · 10 of 12 in the competitionShots on target4.00Goals per 100 shots · 5 of 12 in the competitionConversion15%Matches without conceding, over matches played · 7 of 12 in the competitionClean sheets0%Average share of the ball · 11 of 12 in the competitionPossession33%Duels won over duels contested · 4 of 12 in the competitionDuels won51%

Compared with the 12 teams in Olympic Women's Football Tournament in 2024/25.

Value: per match played, except the percentages. Rank: where the team places among those 12 on each metric. The dotted ring on the chart is the competition average.

Small sample so far: few matches played.

MetricValueRank
Goals1.504.º
Shots on target4.0010.º
Conversion15%5.º
Clean sheets0%7.º
Possession33%11.º
Duels won51%4.º

Grupo D · Women's Asian Games

2023/24
1.°
Position
3
Played
3
Won
23
Goals for
0
Goals against
9
Points

Grupo C · Olympic Women's Tournament Qualifying Asia

2023/24
1.°
Position
3
Played
3
Won
11
Goals for
0
Goals against
9
Points
Goals scored per match · 3 of 12 in the competitionGoals2.60Shots on target per match · 4 of 12 in the competitionShots on target5.60Goals per 100 shots · 3 of 12 in the competitionConversion25%Matches without conceding, over matches played · 2 of 12 in the competitionClean sheets80%Average share of the ball · 2 of 12 in the competitionPossession60%Duels won over duels contested · 2 of 12 in the competitionDuels won56%

Compared with the 12 teams in Olympic Women's Tournament Qualifying Asia in 2023/24.

Value: per match played, except the percentages. Rank: where the team places among those 12 on each metric. The dotted ring on the chart is the competition average.

MetricValueRank
Goals2.603.º
Shots on target5.604.º
Conversion25%3.º
Clean sheets80%2.º
Possession60%2.º
Duels won56%2.º

EAFF Women's East Asian Cup

2022/23
1.°
Position
3
Played
2
Won
6
Goals for
2
Goals against
7
Points

Grupo C · Women's World Cup

2022/23
1.°
Position
3
Played
3
Won
11
Goals for
0
Goals against
9
Points
Goals scored per match · 1 of 32 in the competitionGoals3.00Shots on target per match · 2 of 32 in the competitionShots on target7.00Goals per 100 shots · 3 of 32 in the competitionConversion21%Matches without conceding, over matches played · 8 of 32 in the competitionClean sheets60%Average share of the ball · 17 of 32 in the competitionPossession49%Duels won over duels contested · 7 of 32 in the competitionDuels won54%

Compared with the 32 teams in Women's World Cup in 2022/23.

Value: per match played, except the percentages. Rank: where the team places among those 32 on each metric. The dotted ring on the chart is the competition average.

MetricValueRank
Goals3.001.º
Shots on target7.002.º
Conversion21%3.º
Clean sheets60%8.º
Possession49%17.º
Duels won54%7.º

SheBelieves Cup

2022/23
2.°
Position
3
Played
1
Won
3
Goals for
2
Goals against
3
Points

Grupo E · Olympic Women's Football Tournament

2021/22
3.°
Position
3
Played
1
Won
2
Goals for
2
Goals against
4
Points
Goals scored per match · 10 of 12 in the competitionGoals0.75Shots on target per match · 6 of 12 in the competitionShots on target5.00Goals per 100 shots · 12 of 12 in the competitionConversion7%Matches without conceding, over matches played · 5 of 12 in the competitionClean sheets25%Average share of the ball · 5 of 12 in the competitionPossession54%Duels won over duels contested · 8 of 12 in the competitionDuels won49%

Compared with the 12 teams in Olympic Women's Football Tournament in 2021/22.

Value: per match played, except the percentages. Rank: where the team places among those 12 on each metric. The dotted ring on the chart is the competition average.

Small sample so far: few matches played.

MetricValueRank
Goals0.7510.º
Shots on target5.006.º
Conversion7%12.º
Clean sheets25%5.º
Possession54%5.º
Duels won49%8.º

Grupo C · AFC Women's Asian Cup

2021/22
1.°
Position
3
Played
2
Won
9
Goals for
1
Goals against
7
Points
Goals scored per match · 3 of 12 in the competitionGoals3.60Shots on target per match · 2 of 12 in the competitionShots on target8.60Goals per 100 shots · 4 of 10 in the competitionConversion18%Matches without conceding, over matches played · 3 of 12 in the competitionClean sheets60%Average share of the ball · 1 of 12 in the competitionPossession69%Duels won over duels contested · 2 of 12 in the competitionDuels won55%

Compared with the 12 teams in AFC Women's Asian Cup in 2021/22.

Value: per match played, except the percentages. Rank: where the team places among those 12 on each metric. The dotted ring on the chart is the competition average.

MetricValueRank
Goals3.603.º
Shots on target8.602.º
Conversion18%4.º
Clean sheets60%3.º
Possession69%1.º
Duels won55%2.º

SheBelieves Cup

2019/20
4.°
Position
3
Played
0
Won
2
Goals for
7
Goals against
0
Points

EAFF Women's East Asian Cup

2019/20
1.°
Position
3
Played
3
Won
13
Goals for
0
Goals against
9
Points

Grupo D · Women's World Cup

2018/19
2.°
Position
3
Played
1
Won
2
Goals for
3
Goals against
4
Points

SheBelieves Cup

2018/19
3.°
Position
3
Played
1
Won
5
Goals for
6
Goals against
4
Points

Tournament of Nations

2018/19
4.°
Position
3
Played
0
Won
3
Goals for
8
Goals against
0
Points

Tournament of Nations

2017/18
3.°
Position
3
Played
0
Won
3
Goals for
8
Goals against
1
Points

Grupo C · Algarve Cup

2017/18
2.°
Position
3
Played
2
Won
6
Goals for
7
Goals against
6
Points

EAFF Women's East Asian Cup

2017/18
2.°
Position
3
Played
2
Won
4
Goals for
4
Goals against
6
Points

Grupo B · AFC Women's Asian Cup

2017/18
2.°
Position
3
Played
1
Won
5
Goals for
1
Goals against
5
Points

Grupo 2 · Algarve Cup

2016/17
2.°
Position
3
Played
2
Won
5
Goals for
2
Goals against
6
Points

Olympic Women's Tournament Qualifying Asia

2015/16
3.°
Position
5
Played
2
Won
10
Goals for
7
Goals against
7
Points

EAFF Women's East Asian Cup

2015/16
3.°
Position
3
Played
1
Won
5
Goals for
6
Goals against
3
Points

Grupo C · Women's World Cup

2014/15
1.°
Position
3
Played
3
Won
4
Goals for
1
Goals against
9
Points

Grupo B · Women's World Cup

2010/11
2.°
Position
3
Played
2
Won
6
Goals for
3
Goals against
6
Points

Squad

2026/27

Goalkeepers

#PlayerPositionNationalityAgeHeightWeightFootSince
1Natsumi AsanoGoalkeeperJapan291.75 m--2019
12Shiori FukudaGoalkeeperJapan241.70 m53 kg-2023
18Shu OhbaGoalkeeperJapan241.71 m67 kg-2022

Defenders

#PlayerPositionNationalityAgeHeightWeightFootSince
4Wakaba GotoDefenderJapan251.62 m50 kg-2023
2Sumire SuzukiDefenderJapan221.60 m54 kgRight2026
18Hikaru YumuraDefenderJapan281.62 m54 kg-2026

Midfielders

#PlayerPositionNationalityAgeHeightWeightFootSince
7Megu HamadaMidfielderJapan25---2025
15Juri ItoMidfielderJapan241.62 m58 kg-2026
14Fukina MizunoMidfielderJapan251.59 m51 kg-2026
22Yoshino NakashimaMidfielderJapan27---2022
10Yui NarumiyaMidfielderJapan311.54 m44 kg-2021
3Sakurako OhashiMidfielderJapan22---2026
8Kotono SakakibaraMidfielderJapan221.58 m50 kgRight2023
5Yuki SenoMidfielderJapan291.68 m64 kg-2026
19Yuzuho ShiokoshiMidfielderJapan281.66 m54 kg-2021
9Mami UenoMidfielderJapan301.66 m58 kg-2017
6Funa YanaseMidfielderJapan24---2026

Forwards

#PlayerPositionNationalityAgeHeightWeightFootSince
16Nanasa IkutaForwardJapan231.61 m50 kg-2026
11Chiina KamiyaForwardJapan251.64 m--2026
13Ai KuwaharaForwardJapan221.67 m--2026
21Hanon NishioForwardJapan23---2026
17Saori TakaradaForwardJapan261.68 m59 kg-2019
29Ai TsujisawaForwardJapan20---2026