No.
|
Player
|
Opponent
|
Goals[nb 1]
|
Score[nb 2]
|
Venue
|
Competition
|
Date
|
Ref
|
1
|
Takeo Wakabayashi
|
Philippines
|
4
|
7–2
|
Meiji Jingu Stadium, Tokyo
|
1930 Far Eastern Games
|
25 May 1930
|
|
2
|
Hiroshi Ninomiya
|
Singapore
|
3 – (57', 62', 80')
|
4–1
|
Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur
|
1959 Merdeka Tournament
|
3 September 1959
|
|
3
|
Shigeo Yaegashi
|
South Vietnam
|
3
|
5–1
|
1963 Merdeka Tournament
|
12 August 1963
|
|
4
|
Ryuichi Sugiyama
|
Singapore
|
3 – (6', 13', 26')
|
4–1
|
Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore
|
Friendly match
|
25 March 1965
|
|
5
|
Teruki Miyamoto
|
Philippines
|
4 – (20', 30', 40', 46')
|
15–0
|
Japan National Stadium, Tokyo
|
1968 Summer Olympics qualification
|
27 September 1967
|
|
6
|
Kunishige Kamamoto
|
6 – (15', 16', 26', 43', 64', 89')
|
|
7
|
Taiwan
|
3 – (25', 67', 75')
|
4–0
|
30 September 1967
|
|
8
|
Nigeria
|
3 – (24', 72', 89')
|
3–0
|
Estadio Cuauhtémoc, Puebla
|
1968 Summer Olympics
|
14 October 1968
|
|
9
|
Tadahiko Ueda
|
Taiwan
|
3 – (8', 66', 70')
|
3–2
|
Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur
|
1970 Merdeka Tournament
|
16 August 1970
|
|
10
|
Kunishige Kamamoto
|
Philippines
|
3 – (11', 52', 73')
|
8–1
|
Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok
|
1972 Summer Olympic qualification
|
27 September 1971
|
|
11
|
Taiwan
|
3 – (13', 71', 81')
|
5–1
|
29 September 1971
|
|
12
|
Khmer Republic
|
4 – (50', 65', 72', 75')
|
4–1
|
Merdeka Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
|
1972 Merdeka Tournament
|
12 July 1972
|
|
13
|
Sri Lanka
|
5 – (5', 8', 58', 65', 89')
|
5–0
|
Perak Stadium, Ipoh
|
16 July 1972
|
|
14
|
Philippines
|
3 – (1', 15', 44')
|
4–0
|
Amjadieh Stadium, Tehran
|
1974 Asian Games
|
3 September 1974
|
|
15
|
Yasuhiko Okudera
|
Indonesia
|
3 – (15', 30', 73')
|
6–0
|
Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur
|
1976 Merdeka Tournament
|
10 August 1976
|
|
16
|
Hiromi Hara
|
Bangladesh
|
3 – (1', 60', 71')
|
4–0
|
Public Stadium, Daejeon
|
1986 Asian Games
|
28 September 1986
|
|
17
|
Kazuyoshi Miura
|
4 – (18', 44', 52', 53')
|
8–0
|
National Stadium, Tokyo
|
1994 FIFA World Cup qualification
|
11 April 1993
|
|
18
|
Takuya Takagi
|
Macau
|
3 – (13', 33', 71')
|
10–0
|
Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat
|
1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
|
25 March 1997
|
|
19
|
Hiroaki Morishima
|
3 – (78', 81', 89')
|
|
20
|
Takuya Takagi
|
Nepal
|
3 – (47', 55', 89')
|
6–0
|
27 March 1997
|
|
21
|
Kazuyoshi Miura
|
Macau
|
6 – (23', 29', 44, 57', 62', 79')
|
10–0
|
National Stadium, Tokyo
|
22 June 1997
|
|
22
|
Uzbekistan
|
4 – (4' pen., 23', 64', 80')
|
6–3
|
7 September 1997
|
|
23
|
Masashi Nakayama
|
Brunei
|
3 – (1', 2', 4')
|
9–0
|
Estádio Campo Desportivo, Taipa
|
2000 AFC Asian Cup qualification
|
16 February 2000
|
|
24
|
Akinori Nishizawa
|
Uzbekistan
|
3 – (14', 24', 49')
|
8–1
|
Saida Municipal Stadium, Saida
|
2000 AFC Asian Cup
|
17 October 2000
|
|
25
|
Naohiro Takahara
|
3 – (17', 20', 57')
|
|
26
|
Shinji Okazaki
|
Hong Kong
|
3 – (17', 74', 76')
|
6–0
|
Outsourcing Stadium, Shizuoka
|
2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification
|
8 October 2009
|
|
27
|
Togo
|
3 – (5', 8', 65')
|
5–0
|
Miyagi Stadium, Rifu
|
Friendly match
|
14 October 2009
|
|
28
|
Sōta Hirayama
|
Yemen
|
3 – (42', 55', 80')
|
3–2
|
Ali Mohsen Al-Muraisi Stadium, Sana'a
|
2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification
|
6 January 2010
|
|
29
|
Shinji Okazaki
|
Saudi Arabia
|
3 – (8', 13', 80')
|
5–0
|
Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan
|
2011 AFC Asian Cup
|
17 January 2011
|
|
30
|
Keisuke Honda
|
Jordan
|
3 – (22', 31', 53' pen.)
|
6–0
|
Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama
|
2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
|
8 June 2012
|
|
31
|
Koki Ogawa
|
Hong Kong
|
3 – (26', 45+1', 58')
|
5–0
|
Busan Gudeok Stadium, Busan
|
2019 EAFF E-1 Football Championship
|
14 December 2019
|
|
32
|
Yuya Osako
|
Mongolia
|
3 – (23', 55', 90+3)
|
14–0
|
Fukuda Denshi Arena, Chiba
|
2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
|
30 March 2021
|
|
33
|
Myanmar
|
5 – (22', 30' pen. 36', 49', 88')
|
10–0
|
28 May 2021
|
|
34
|
Ado Onaiwu
|
Kyrgyzstan
|
3 – (27' pen. 31', 33')
|
5–1
|
Panasonic Stadium Suita, Suita
|
15 June 2021
|
|
35
|
Ayase Ueda
|
Myanmar
|
3 – (11', 45+4', 50')
|
5–0
|
2026 FIFA World Cup qualification
|
16 November 2023
|
|