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The Japan national beach soccer team represents Japan in international beach soccer competitions and is controlled by the JFA, the governing body for football in Japan. One of the leading Asian beach soccer teams, Japan's best performance at the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup was in the 2021 edition, when they were runners-up to the hosts Russia, which played as the Russian Football Union (RFU).
| Association | Japan Football Association | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Confederation | AFC (Asia) | ||
| Head coach | Teruki Tabata | ||
| Captain | Ozu Moreira | ||
| FIFA code | JPN | ||
| BSWW ranking | 6  (8 April 2024)[1] | ||
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| Biggest defeat | |||
 Japan 2–15 Brazil  (Miura, Japan; 6 July 1996) | |||
| World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 12 (first in 2005) | ||
| Best result | Runners-up (2021) | ||
| AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup | |||
| Appearances | 10 (first in 2006) | ||
| Best result | Champions (2009, 2011, 2019) | ||
- Legend
Win Draw Lose Fixture
2023
| 17 March AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup GS | Japan | 7–0 |  Indonesia | Pattaya, Thailand |
| 18:30 TST (UTC+7) | Report | Stadium: Jomtiem Beach Arena Referee: Suwat Wongsuwan (Thailand) |
| 19 March AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup GS | China  | 1–6 | Japan | Pattaya, Thailand |
| 18:30 TST (UTC+7) |
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Report | Stadium: Jomtiem Beach Arena Referee: Fallah Al-Balushi (Oman) |
| 21 March AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup GS | Japan | 9–3 |  Lebanon | Pattaya, Thailand |
| 18:30 TST (UTC+7) | Report |
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Stadium: Jomtiem Beach Arena Referee: Waleed Mohamed Mahmood Abdulkarim (Bahrain) |
| 23 March AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup QF | Japan | 8–0 |  Kuwait | Pattaya, Thailand |
| 18:30 TST (UTC+7) | Report | Stadium: Jomtiem Beach Arena Referee: Fallah Al-Balushi (Oman) |
| 25 March AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup SF | United Arab Emirates  | 1–5 | Japan | Pattaya, Thailand |
| 18:30 TST (UTC+7) |
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Report | Stadium: Jomtiem Beach Arena Referee: Abdulaziz Abdullah (Kuwait) |
| 26 March AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup F | Japan | 0–6 |  Iran | Pattaya, Thailand |
| 20:00 TST (UTC+7) | Report | Stadium: Jomtiem Beach Arena Referee: Turki Al-Salehi (Oman) |
| 26 May World Beach Games Qualif. SF | Japan | 3–4 | Iran | Jeddah, Saudi Arabia |
| 19:15 UTC+3 | Report |
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Stadium: Alhamra Beach Stadium Referee: Hassan Abed Rabbo (Lebanon) |
| 27 May World Beach Games Qualif. 3rd/4th | Saudi Arabia  | 3–6 | Japan | Jeddah, Saudi Arabia |
| 19:15 UTC+3 |
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Report | Stadium: Alhamra Beach Stadium Referee: Waleed Mohamed Mahmood Abdulkarim (Bahrain) |
| 14 October Friendly | Japan | 6–1 | Saudi Arabia | Sennan, Osaka |
| 14:00 UTC+9 |
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Report |
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Stadium: Sennan Long Park Tarui Southern Beach Attendance: 350 Referee: Suwat Songsuwan (Thailand) |
| 15 October Friendly | Japan | 5–1 | Saudi Arabia | Sennan, Osaka |
| 14:00 UTC+9 | Report |
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Stadium: Sennan Long Park Tarui Southern Beach Attendance: 550 Referee: Suwat Songsuwan (Thailand) |
| 25 October Neom Beach Soccer Cup GS | Germany  | 2–4 | Japan | Neom, Saudi Arabia |
| 14:00 UTC+3 |
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Report | Stadium: Gayal Beach Referee: Attila Balint (Romania) |
| 26 October Neom Beach Soccer Cup GS | Japan | 7–0 |  England | Neom, Saudi Arabia |
| 17:00 UTC+3 | Report | Stadium: Gayal Beach Referee: Abdulaziz Abdullah (Kuwait) |
| 27 October Neom Beach Soccer Cup GS | Japan | 5–1 | Saudi Arabia | Neom, Saudi Arabia |
| 21:00 UTC+3 | Report |
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Stadium: Gayal Beach Referee: Ozcan Sultanoglu (Turkey) |
| 28 October Neom Beach Soccer Cup Final | Brazil | 5–2 | Japan | Neom, Saudi Arabia |
| 20:00 UTC+3 |
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Report |
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Stadium: Gayal Beach Referee: Abdulla Saleh Qasim (Iraq) |
| 2 November Friendly | Japan | 4–1 |  Morocco | Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
| 19:30 UTC+4 |
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Report |
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Stadium: UAEFA |
- Fixtures & Results (2023), JFA.jp
Current coaching staff
- As of 21 September 2022[2]
| Role | Name |
|---|---|
| Player/Head Coach | Ozu Moreira (JFA National Coaching Staff/Tokyo Verdy BS) |
| Assistant coach | Teruki Tabata (JFA National Coaching Staff/Veertien Mie BS) |
| Physical Coach | Akihiro Tanaka (JFA Physical Fitness Project) |
- Source: Coaches
Manager history
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Ruy Ramos (20xx–2019)- Teruki Tabata (2020–present)
- Ozu Moreira (2021, interim)
Current squad
The following players were called up for the NEOM Beach Soccer Cup and a UAE Tour, held from October to November 2023.[3] Takuya Akaguma was eventually forced to leave the squad due to an injury, announced on 31 October.
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Club | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | GK | Shinya Shibamoto | 6 May 1988 | Tokyo Verdy | ||
| 16 | GK | Takeru Furusato | Loewe Yokohama | |||
| 1 | GK | Yusuke Kawai | 2 August 2000 | Tokyo Verdy | ||
| 2 | FP | Ryunosuke Miyama | 6 September 1994 | Tokyo Verdy | ||
| 3 | FP | Yuki Kibune | 27 October 1993 | Averdade Kumamoto | ||
| 4 | FP | Kosuke Matsuda | 26 September 1986 | Loewe Yokohama | ||
| 5 | FP | Takumi Uesato | 29 April 1990 | Tokyo Verdy | ||
| 6 | FP | Takuya Akaguma | 21 November 1989 | Lazo Apego Kitakyushu | ||
| 7 | FP | Takaaki Oba | 24 December 1992 | Loewe Yokohama | ||
| 8 | FP | Naoya Matsuo | 18 August 1988 | Averdade Kumamoto | ||
| 9 | FP | Shusei Yamauchi | 9 September 1985 | Tokyo Verdy | ||
| 10 | FP | Ozu Moreira | 21 January 1986 | Tokyo Verdy | ||
| 18 | FP | Rikuto Otani | Loewe Yokohama | |||
| 19 | FP | Takahito Yamada | 4 January 1996 | Tokyo Verdy | ||
Previous squads
Beach Soccer World Championships
| Beach Soccer World Championships | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Pos | Pld | W | W+ | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 1995 | did not enter | ||||||||
| 1996 | |||||||||
| 1997 | Group stage | 8th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 21 | −16 |
| 1998 | did not enter | ||||||||
| 1999 | Quarterfinals | 8th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 21 | −6 |
| 2000 | Fourth place | 4th | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 22 | –6 |
| 2001 | did not enter | ||||||||
| 2002 | |||||||||
| 2003 | Group stage | 7th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 14 | −10 |
| 2004 | did not enter | ||||||||
| Total | 0 titles | 4/10 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 40 | 78 | –38 |
FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
| FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup | Qualification (AFC) | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Pos | Pld | W | W+ | L | GF | GA | GD | Round | Pos | Pld | W | W+ | L | GF | GA | GD | ||
| 2005 | Fourth place | 4th | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 24 | –14 | No qualification matches | ||||||||||
| 2006 | Quarterfinals | 8th | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 25 | −8 | Runners-up | 2nd | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 10 | +19 | ||
| 2007 | Group stage | 15th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 13 | −7 | Runners-up | 2nd | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 19 | –1 | ||
 2008 | Group stage | 15th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 18 | −13 | Runners-up | 2nd | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 8 | +11 | ||
| 2009 | Quarterfinals | 5th | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 11 | +5 | Champions | 1st | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 10 | +6 | ||
 2011 | Group stage | 14th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | −4 | Champions | 1st | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 13 | +10 | ||
 2013 | Quarterfinals | 7th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 12 | −1 | Runners-up | 2nd | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 15 | +8 | ||
 2015 | Quarterfinals | 7th | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 13 | −1 | Runners-up | 2nd | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 12 | +12 | ||
 2017 | Group stage | 10th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 17 | −2 | Third place | 3rd | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 41 | 18 | +23 | ||
 2019 | Fourth place | 4th | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 20 | +4 | Champions | 1st | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 8 | +25 | ||
 2021 | Runners-up | 2nd | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 25 | –1 | Cancelled[a] | ||||||||||
| 2024 | Quarterfinals | 8th | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 17 | –3 | Runners-up | 2nd | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 11 | +24 | ||
 2025 | to be determined | to be determined | ||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 0 titles | 12/12 | 49 | 19 | 2 | 28 | 160 | 123 | +37 | 3 titles | 10/10 | 49 | 30 | 3 | 11 | 260 | 123 | +137 | ||
- The Asian qualifiers were originally due to take place in Thailand from 18–28 March 2021.[4][5] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, they were initially postponed to between 28 April and 8 May,[6] and were subsequently cancelled entirely in January 2021.[7] In place of the qualifiers, the AFC handpicked their three representatives to go to the World Cup on 21 April, choosing the best-performing nations over the course of the previous three editions of the AFC Beach Soccer Championship.[8]
AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup
| AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Pos | Pld | W | W+ | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 2006 | Runners-up | 2nd | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 10 | +19 |
| 2007 | Runners-up | 2nd | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 19 | −1 |
| 2008 | Runners-up | 2nd | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 8 | +11 |
| 2009 | Champions | 1st | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 10 | +6 |
 2011 | Champions | 1st | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 13 | +10 |
 2013 | Runners-up | 2nd | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 15 | +8 |
| 2015 | Runners-up | 2nd | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 12 | +12 |
 2017 | Third place | 3rd | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 41 | 18 | +23 |
| Total | 2 titles | 8/8 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 194 | 105 | +89 |
Asian Beach Games
Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup
Continental Beach Soccer Tournament
| Continental Beach Soccer Tournament | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Pos | Pld | W | W+ | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 2016 | Third place | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 13 | +8 |
| Total | 0 titles | 1/1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 13 | +8 |
- Source: Beach Soccer Worldwide
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