Japan International Matches - Details 1970-1979


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Results    Competition
(City - Stadium - Date - Hour)
Team (Color)
    Line-ups and coaches
Scorers:
Cautions:
Expulsions:
Referee:
Attendance:

1970

Japan - Hong Kong 1-2 (1-0)         XIV. Merdeka Cup 1970, 1st Round Group B
(Kuala Lumpur - Merdeka Stadium - 31.07.1970)
Japan (White-White-White):
    Kenzo Yokoyama (GK), Yoshitada Yamaguchi, Yoshio Kikukawa, Aritatsu Ogi, Masafumi Hara (Nobuo Kawakami), 
    Teruki Miyamoto, Takaji Mori, Minoru Kobata (Norio Yoshimizu), Takeo Kimura, Yasuyuki Kuwahara, 
    Ryuichi Sugiyama. Coach: Shunichiro Okano
Scorers: 1-0 3' T.Kimura, 1-1 62', 1-2 82' 
Cautions:
Referee: U Tin Thut (Burma)
Attendance:


South Korea - Japan 1-1 (0-0)       XIV. Merdeka Cup 1970, 1st Round Group B
(Kuala Lumpur - Merdeka Stadium - 02.08.1970)
South Korea (Red-White-Red): 
    Se-Yeon Lee (GK), Jae-Mo Choi, Jung-Nam Kim, Byung-Joo Park, Yoon-Chan Seo, Ho Kim, Soo-Il Park, 
    In-Woong Hong (Gang-Ji Chung), Hoi-Taek Lee, Chang-Il Kim (Yi-Cheon Park), Byung-Tak Chung. 
    Coach: Hong-Ki Han
Japan (White-White-White):
    Kenzo Yokoyama (GK), Yoshitada Yamaguchi, Takaji Mori, Aritatsu Ogi, Masafumi Hara, Yoshio Kikukawa, 
    Daishiro Yoshimura, Teruki Miyamoto, Takeo Kimura, Tadahiko Ueda, Ryuichi Sugiyama. Coach: Shunichiro Okano
Scorers: 0-1 60' T.Kimura 1-1 89' Yi-Cheon Park
Cautions: -
Referee: Patrick Nice (Malaysia)
Attendance: 8,000


Japan - Thailand 0-0 (0-0)          XIV. Merdeka Cup 1970, 1st Round Group B
(Kuala Lumpur - Merdeka Stadium - 04.08.1970)
Japan (White-White-White):
    Kenzo Yokoyama (GK), Yoshitada Yamaguchi, Masafumi Hara, Aritatsu Ogi, Yoshio Kikukawa, Takaji Mori, 
    Teruki Miyamoto, Daishiro Yoshimura (Minoru Kobata), Takeo Kimura (Yusuke Omi), Tadahiko Ueda, 
    Ryuichi Sugiyama. Coach: Shunichiro Okano
Scorers: -
Cautions: -
Referee: Sharif Awan (Malaysia)
Attendance:


Japan - Indonesia 4-3 (1-1)         XIV. Merdeka Cup 1970, 1st Round Group B
(Kuala Lumpur - Merdeka Stadium - 08.08.1970)
Japan (White-White-White):
    Kenzo Yokoyama (GK), Yoshitada Yamaguchi, Takaji Mori, Aritatsu Ogi, Masafumi Hara, Yoshio Kikukawa, 
    Teruki Miyamoto, Norio Yoshimizu (Minoru Kobata), Ryuichi Sugiyama, Takeo Kimura (Yusuke Omi), 
    Tadahiko Ueda. Coach: Shunichiro Okano
Scorers: 1-0 40' Yoshimizu, 1-1 43' , 1-2 48', 1-3 69', 2-3 74' Ogi PK, 3-3 75' Ogi, 4-3 86' Omi
Cautions:
Referee: K.Mahendran (Malaysia)
Attendance:


Japan - Singapore 4-0 (1-0)         XIV. Merdeka Cup 1970, 1st Round Group B
(Kuala Lumpur - Merdeka Stadium - 10.08.1970)
Japan (White-White-White):
    Kenzo Yokoyama (GK), Yoshitada Yamaguchi, Takaji Mori, Nobuo Kawakami, Aritatsu Ogi, Yoshio Kikukawa, 
    Teruki Miyamoto (Daishiro Yoshimura), Norio Yoshimizu (Minoru Kobata), Ryuichi Sugiyama, Tadahiko Ueda, 
    Yusuke Omi. Coach: Shunichiro Okano
Scorers: 1-0 41' Ueda, 2-0 64' Sugiyama, 3-0 66' Ueda, 4-0 70' Yoshimura
Cautions:
Referee: N.Poswell (Malaysia)
Attendance:


Japan - Taiwan 3-2 (1-2)            XIV. Merdeka Cup 1970, Seventh Place Match
(Kuala Lumpur - Merdeka Stadium - 16.08.1970)
Japan (White-White-White):
    Kenzo Yokoyama (GK), Yoshitada Yamaguchi, Takaji Mori, Aritatsu Ogi, Yoshio Kikukawa, Daishiro Yoshimura, 
    Minoru Kobata, Teruki Miyamoto, Ryuichi Sugiyama, Takeo Kimura (Norio Yoshimizu), Tadahiko Ueda. 
    Coach: Shunichiro Okano
Scorers: 1-0 8' Ueda, 1-1 31', 1-2 43', 2-2 66' Ueda, 3-2 70' Ueda
Cautions:
Referee: Mahmoud Hashim Zain (Malaysia)
Attendance:


Japan - Malaysia 1-0 (1-0)          VI. Asian Games Bangkok 1970, 1st Round Group B
(Bangkok - Charsatien Stadium - 10.12.1970 - 21:00)
Japan (White-White-White):
    Kenzo Yokoyama (GK), Yoshio Kikukawa, Kozo Arai, Aritatsu Ogi, Yoshitada Yamaguchi, Eizo Yuguchi, Takaji Mori, 
    Teruo Nimura (Teruki Miyamoto), Takeo Kimura, Kunishige Kamamoto, Ryuichi Sugiyama. Coach: Shunichiro Okano
Scorers: 1-0 34' Kamamoto
Cautions:
Referee:
Attendance: 4,500


Japan - Cambodia 1-0 (0-0)          VI. Asian Games Bangkok 1970, 1st Round Group B
(Bangkok - Suphachalasai Stadium - 12.12.1970 - 19:00)
Japan (White-White-White):
    Kenzo Yokoyama (GK), Yoshio Kikukawa, Kozo Arai, Aritatsu Ogi, Yoshitada Yamaguchi, Eizo Yuguchi, 
    Takaji Mori, Teruki Miyamoto (Teruo Nimura), Kazumi Takada (Minoru Kobata), Kunishige Kamamoto, 
    Ryuichi Sugiyama. Coach: Shunichiro Okano
Scorers: 1-0 56' Yuguchi
Cautions:
Referee:
Attendance: 7,000


Japan - Burma 2-1 (0-1)             VI. Asian Games Bangkok 1970, 1st Round Group B
(Bangkok - Suphachalasai Stadium - 14.12.1970 - 20:45)
Japan (White-White-White):
    Kenzo Yokoyama (GK), Yoshio Kikukawa, Kozo Arai, Aritatsu Ogi, Yoshitada Yamaguchi (Seiji Tomizawa), 
    Teruki Miyamoto, Takaji Mori, Minoru Kobata, Kazumi Takada, Kunishige Kamamoto (Tadahiko Ueda), 
    Yusuke Omi. Coach: Shunichiro Okano
Scorers: 0-1 27', 1-1 49' Miyamoto, 2-1 70' Ueda
Cautions:
Referee:
Attendance: 10,000


Japan - Indonesia 2-1 (1-0)         VI. Asian Games Bangkok 1970, Semi Final Round Group A
(Bangkok - Suphachalasai Stadium - 16.12.1970 - 20:45)
Japan (White-White-White):
    Koji Funamoto (GK), Yoshitada Yamaguchi, Kozo Arai, Aritatsu Ogi, Seiji Tomizawa, Minoru Kobata, Takaji Mori, 
    Teruki Miyamoto, Tadahiko Ueda, Kunishige Kamamoto, Ryuichi Sugiyama (Yusuke Omi (Teruo Nimura)).
    Coach: Shunichiro Okano
Scorers: 1-0 42' Kamamoto, 2-0 69' Kamamoto, 2-1 73' 
Cautions:
Referee:
Attendance: 30,000


Japan - India 1-0 (0-0)             VI. Asian Games Bangkok 1970, Semi Final Round Group A
(Bangkok - Suphachalasai Stadium - 17.12.1970 - 19:00)
Japan (White-White-White):
    Kenzo Yokoyama (GK), Yoshio Kikukawa, Nobuo Kawakami , Aritatsu Ogi, Masafumi Hara, Teruo Nimura, Kozo Arai 
    (Takaji Mori), Eizo Yuguchi (Minoru Kobata), Kazumi Takada, Tadahiko Ueda, Takeo Kimura. Coach: Shunichiro Okano
Scorers: 1-0 87' T.Kimura
Cautions:
Referee:
Attendance: 4,000


Japan - South Korea 1-2 (0-1,1-1) a.e.t.   VI. Asian Games Bangkok 1970, Semi Final
(Bangkok - Suphachalasai Stadium - 18.12.1970 - 19:00)
Japan (White-White-White):
    Kenzo Yokoyama (GK), Yoshio Kikukawa, Kozo Arai, Aritatsu Ogi, Yoshitada Yamaguchi, Eizo Yuguchi, Takaji Mori, 
    Masakatsu Miyamoto (65' Tadahiko Ueda), Takeo Kimura (65' Minoru Kobata), Kunishige Kamamoto, Ryuichi Sugiyama. 
    Coach: Shunichiro Okano
South Korea (Red-White-Red):
    Se-Yeon Lee (GK), Byung-Joo Park, Jung-Nam Kim, Jae-Mo Choi, Ho Kim (Kil-Soo Choi), Yoon-Chan Seo (In-Woong Hong), 
    Soo-Il Park, Ki-Hyo Kim, Hoi-Taek Lee, Yi-Cheon Park, Gang-Ji Chung. Coach: Hong-Ki Han
Scorers: 0-1 40' Gang-Ji Chung, 1-1 73' Ueda, 1-2 114' Yi-Cheon Park
Cautions:
Referee:
Attendance: 25,000


India - Japan 1-0 (1-0)             VI. Asian Games Bangkok 1970, Third Place Match
(Bangkok - Suphachalasai Stadium - 19.12.1970 - 20:45)
Japan (White-White-White):
    Kenzo Yokoyama (GK), Yoshio Kikukawa, Nobuo Kawakami , Aritatsu Ogi, Yoshitada Yamaguchi, Minoru Kobata, 
    Takaji Mori, Teruo Nimura (Teruki Miyamoto), Kazumi Takada (Ryuichi Sugiyama), Kunishige Kamamoto, 
    Tadahiko Ueda. Coach: Shunichiro Okano
Scorers: 1-0 34' Manjit Singh
Cautions:
Referee:
Attendance: 6,000

1971

Denmark - Japan 3-2 (2-1)           Friendly Match
(Copenhagen - Idraetsparken - 28.07.1971 - 19:00)
Denmark (Red-White-Red):
    Niels Hagenau (GK), Torben Nielsen (70' Jan Larsen), Svend Andresen, Arne Toft, Viggo Jensen, Sten Ziegler, 
    Birger Pedersen, Morten Olsen, Ole Forsing (75' Eigil Nielsen), Kristen Nygaard (C), Iver Schriver. 
    Coach: Rudi Strittich (Austria)
Japan (White-White-White):
    Kenzo Yokoyama (GK), Toshio Kikukawa, Nobuo Kawakami, Aritatsu Ogi, Hiroshi Katayama, Teruki Miyamoto
    (Daishiro Yoshimura), Yoshitada Yamaguchi (Tsuyoshi Ono), Takaji Mori (Eizo Yuguchi), Tadahiko Ueda,
    Kunishige Kamamoto, Ryuichi Sugiyama. Coach: Shunichiro Okano
Scorers: 1-0 14' Schriver, 2-0 34' Nygaard, 2-1 35' Kamamoto, 2-2 62' Kamamoto, 3-2 70' Forsing
Cautions: -
Referee: Erik Axelryd (Sweden)
Attendance: 11,400


Iceland - Japan 0-2 (0-0)           Friendly Match
(Reykjavik - Laugardalsvollur Stadium - 13.08.1971)
Iceland:
    Torsteinn Olafsson (GK), Johannes Atlason (C), Olafur Sigurvinsson, Gudni Kjartansson, Trostur Stefansson, 
    Johannes Edvaldsson, Matthias Hallgrimsson, Eyleifur Hafsteinsson (85' Steinar Johannsson), Hermann Gunnarsson, 
    Asgeir Eliasson, Tomas Palsson. Coach: Rikhardur Jonsson
Japan:
    Kenzo Yokoyama (GK), Yoshitada Yamaguchi, Aritatsu Ogi, Tsuyoshi Ono, Yoshio Kikukawa, Takaji Mori, 
    Teruki Miyamoto, Daishiro Yoshimura, Yoshikazu Nagai, Kunishige Kamamoto, Atsuyoshi Furuta, Ryuichi Sugiyama, 
    Tadahiko Ueda. Coach: Shunichiro Okano
Scorers: 0-1 Sugiyama, 0-2 Sugiyama
Cautions:
Referee: Thomas Marshall (Scotland)
Attendance: 5,847


Malaysia - Japan 3-0 (0-0)          XX. Olympic Games Munchen 1972, Preliminaries, Group 1
(Seoul - Seoul Stadium - 23.09.1971 - 18:00)
Malaysia:
    Wong Kam Puc (GK), Dil Akbal, Namat Abdullah, V.Krishnasami, M.Chandran, Soh Chin Aun, Saleh Ibrahim, 
    Hamzah Hussein, 15-Saeed Ahmad, Chun Wa Wong (Yasif Eng Kok), Rui Run Tek. Coach: Haji Idriss
Japan (White-White-White):
    Kenzo Yokoyama (GK), Masakatsu Miyamoto, Yoshitada Yamaguchi, Hiroshi Katayama, Kozo Arai, Seiji Tomizawa, 
    Teruki Miyamoto, Daishiro Yoshimura, Michio Ashikaga (Tadahiko Ueda), Kunishige Kamamoto, Ryuichi Sugiyama. 
    Coach: Shunichiro Okano 
Scorers: 1-0 46' Ahmad, 2-0 82' Ahmad, 3-0 84' Ahmad
Cautions: -
Referee: Kan Chi Lee (Hong Kong)
Attendance: 15,000
Note: FIFA didn't count this Olympic match as a full international.


Japan - Philippines 8-1 (5-0)       XX. Olympic Games Munchen 1972, Preliminaries, Group 1
(Seoul - Seoul Stadium - 27.09.1971 - 19:45)
Japan (White-White-White):
    Kenzo Yokoyama (GK), Yoshitada Yamaguchi, Masakatsu Miyamoto, Kozo Arai, Hiroshi Katayama (Seiichi Sakiya), 
    Aritatsu Ogi, Teruki Miyamoto, Seiji Tomizawa, Daishiro Yoshimura (Yoshikazu Nagai), Kunishige Kamamoto, 
    Ryuichi Sugiyama. Coach: Shunichiro Okano 
Philippines (Blue-Blue-Blue):
    Eddie Llamas (GK), Lagdameo, Maristela, Veron, Villarreal, Tabuena, Agustin, Serrano (Siastoni (Harania)),
    Crame, M.Martinez, Delgado. Coach: Fernando Alvarez
Scorers: 1-0 9' Ogi PK, 2-0 12' Kamamoto, 3-0 41' Ogi, 4-0 42' Tomizawa, 5-0 44' Tomizawa,
    6-0 52' Kamamoto, 7-0 61' Yoshimura, 7-1 62' Martinez, 8-1 73' Kamamoto
Cautions: -
Referee: Wanchai Suvaree (Thailand)
Attendance: 8,000
Note: FIFA didn't count this Olympic match as a full international.


Japan - Taiwan 5-1 (1-0)            XX. Olympic Games Munchen 1972, Preliminaries, Group 1
(Seoul - Seoul Stadium - 29.09.1971 - 18:00)
Japan (White-White-White):
    Kenzo Yokoyama (GK), Yoshitada Yamaguchi, Masakatsu Miyamoto, Kozo Arai, Hiroshi Katayama, Aritatsu Ogi, 
    Nobuo Fujishima (Daishiro Yoshimura), Teruki Miyamoto (Seiichi Sakiya), Yoshikazu Nagai, Kunishige Kamamoto, 
    Ryuichi Sugiyama. Coach: Shunichiro Okano 
Scorers: 1-0 13' Kamamoto, 2-0 48' Yoshimura, 3-0 60' Miyamoto, 4-0 71' Kamamoto, 5-0 81' Kamamoto,
    5-1 88' Min Kang Kam
Cautions: -
Referee: Kang Toai Nguyen (South Vietnam)
Attendance: 8,000
Note: FIFA didn't count this Olympic match as a full international.


South Korea - Japan 2-1 (0-0)       XX. Olympic Games Munchen 1972, Preliminaries, Group 1
(Seoul - Seoul Stadium - 02.10.1971 - 16:45)
South Korea (Red-Red-Red):
    Se-Yeon Lee (GK), Byung-Joo Park (Yoon-Jung Huh), Ho Kim, Jung-Nam Kim (C), Jae-Mo Choi, Chang-Il Kim 
    (Ki-Hyo Kim), Kil-Soo Choi, Cha-Man Lee, Yi-Cheon Park, Soo-Deok Park, Kyu-Poong Chung. Coach: Heoung-Cheol Ham
Japan (White-White-White):
    Kenzo Yokoyama (GK), Yoshitada Yamaguchi, Masakatsu Miyamoto, Kozo Arai, Hiroshi Katayama, Seiji Tomizawa 
    (Takaji Mori), Aritatsu Ogi, Teruki Miyamoto (Daishiro Yoshimura), Yoshikazu Nagai, Kunishige Kamamoto, 
    Ryuichi Sugiyama. Coach: Shunichiro Okano 
Scorers: 1-0 47' Soo-Deok Park, 1-1 51' Nagai, 2-1 83' Kyu-Poong Chung
Cautions:
Referee: Govindasamy Suppiah (Singapore)
Attendance: 30,000
Note: FIFA didn't count this Olympic match as a full international.

1972

Japan - Cambodia 4-1 (0-0)          XV. Merdeka Cup 1972, 1st Round Group A
(Kuala Lumpur - Merdeka Stadium - 12.07.1972)
Japan (White-White-White):
    Koji Funamoto (GK), Kuniya Daini, Nobuo Kawakami, Takaji Mori, Yoshitada Yamaguchi, Nobuo Fujishima, 
    Aritatsu Ogi, Kozo Arai, Kazumi Takada (Daishiro Yoshimura), Kunishige Kamamoto, Mitsunori Fujiguchi 
    (Yasuhiko Okudera). Coach: Ken Naganuma
Scorers: 1-0 50' Kamamoto, 2-0 65' Kamamoto, 3-0 72' Kamamoto, 4-0 75' Kamamoto, 4-1 82'
Cautions:
Referee:
Attendance:


Japan - Sri Lanka 5-0 (2-0)         XV. Merdeka Cup 1972, 1st Round Group A
(Kuala Lumpur - Merdeka Stadium - 16.07.1972)
Japan (White-White-White):
    Kenzo Yokoyama (GK), Kuniya Daini, Takaji Mori, Nobuo Kawakami, Yoshitada Yamaguchi (Atsuyoshi Furuta), 
    Aritatsu Ogi, Kozo Arai, George Kobayashi, Kazumi Takada (Daishiro Yoshimura), Kunishige Kamamoto, 
    Yasuhiko Okudera. Coach: Ken Naganuma
Scorers: 1-0 5' Kamamoto, 2-0 9' Kamamoto, 3-0 58' Kamamoto, 4-0 65' Kamamoto, 5-0 89' Kamamoto
Cautions:
Referee:
Attendance:


Japan - Philippines 5-1 (3-0)       XV. Merdeka Cup 1972, 1st Round Group A
(Kuala Lumpur - Merdeka Stadium - 18.07.1972)
Japan (White-White-White):
    Koji Funamoto (GK), Yoshitada Yamaguchi, Takaji Mori, Nobuo Kawakami, Atsuyoshi Furuta, Kozo Arai, 
    George Kobayashi (Nobuo Fujishima), Aritatsu Ogi, Daishiro Yoshimura, Kunishige Kamamoto (Mitsunori Fujiguchi), 
    Yasuhiko Okudera. Coach: Ken Naganuma
Philippines (Blue-White-Blue):
    Eddie Llamas (GK), Lagdameo, Veron, Agustin, Duqua (Murillo), Rojas, Juan Gutierrez, Co, Cuenca, 
    Lozano, Martinez.
Scorers: 1-0 22' Ogi, 2-0 39' Arai, 3-0 44' Okudera, 4-0 46' Arai, 4-1 61' Martinez, 5-1 69' Kamamoto
Cautions:
Referee:
Attendance:


Malaysia - Japan 3-1 (1-1)          XV. Merdeka Cup 1972, 1st Round Group A
(Kuala Lumpur - Merdeka Stadium - 22.07.1972)
Japan (White-White-White):
    Kenzo Yokoyama (GK), Yoshitada Yamaguchi, Takaji Mori, Nobuo Kawakami, Kuniya Daini, Kozo Arai, 
    George Kobayashi (Nobuo Fujishima), Aritatsu Ogi, Daishiro Yoshimura, Kunishige Kamamoto, 
    Mitsunori Fujiguchi (Yasuhiko Okudera). Coach: Ken Naganuma
Scorers: 1-0 15' Kamamoto, 1-1 16', 1-2 68', 1-3 85'
Cautions:
Referee:
Attendance: 40,000


South Korea - Japan 3-0  (1-0)      XV. Merdeka Cup 1972, Semi Final
(Kuala Lumpur - Merdeka Stadium - 26.07.1972)
South Korea (Red-White-Red):
    Se-Yeon Lee (GK), Young-Tae Park, Kyung-Joong Kim, Ho-Gon Kim, Ho Kim, Jae-Wook Ko, Jae-Man Hwang, 
    Yi-Cheon Park, Hoi-Taek Lee (Jin-Gook Kim), Soo-Deok Park (Tae-Joo Lim). Coach: Byung-Seok Park
Japan (White-White-White):
    Kenzo Yokoyama  (GK), Kuniya Daini, Yoshitada Yamaguchi, Nobuo Kawakami, Kozo Arai, Takaji Mori, 
    Daishiro Yoshimura, Aritatsu Ogi, Kazumi Takada, Kunishige Kamamoto, Yasuhiko Okudera (Mitsunori Fujiguchi). 
    Coach: Ken Naganuma
Scorers: 1-0 27' Soo-Deok Park, 2-0 58' Yi-Cheon Park, 3-0 64' Soo-Deok Park
Cautions:
Referee:
Attendance: 30,000


Japan - Philippines 4-1 (1-1)       Friendly Match
(Singapore - National Stadium - 03.08.1972 - 20:45)
Japan (White-White-White):
    Koji Funamoto (GK), Kuniya Daini, Takaji Mori, Nobuo Kawakami, Aritatsu Ogi, Nobuo Fujishima, Michio Ashikaga, 
    Kozo Arai, Daishiro Yoshimura, Kunishige Kamamoto, Mitsunori Fujiguchi (Shusaku Hirasawa). Coach: Ken Naganuma
Philippines (Blue-White-Blue):
    Eddie Llamas (GK), Gulengo, Lagdameo, Veron, Agustin, Co, Lozano, Cuenca, Martinez, Juan Gutierrez, Rojas.
Scorers: 1-0 29' Kamamoto, 1-1 33' Cuenca, 2-1 71' Yoshimura, 3-1 75' Ogi, 4-1 83' Kamamoto
Cautions:
Referee:
Attendance: 15,000


Japan - Indonesia 0-1 (0-1)         Friendly Match
(Singapore - National Stadium - 05.08.1972)
Japan (White-White-White):
    Koji Funamoto (GK), Atsuyoshi Furuta, Nobuo Kawakami, Aritatsu Ogi, Takaji Mori, Nobuo Fujishima (Kazumi Takada), 
    Kozo Arai, Shusaku Hirasawa, Michio Ashikaga (Seiichi Sakiya), Kunishige Kamamoto, Daishiro Yoshimura. 
    Coach: Ken Naganuma
Indonesia (Red-Red-Red):
    Ronny Pasla (GK), Juswardi, Sunarto, Mudjiadi, Anwar Udjang, Suaeb Rizal, Basri, Iswadi, Jacob Siharsale,
    Risdianto, Abdul Kadir. Coach: Endang Witarsa
Scorers: 0-1 38' Risdianto
Cautions:
Referee:
Attendance:


Japan - South Korea 2-2 (1-0)       Friendly Match (I. Korea-Japan Annual Match)
(Tokyo - Yoyoki National Stadium - 14.09.1972 - 19:10)
Japan (White-White-White):
    Koji Funamoto (GK), Atsuyoshi Furuta, Nobuo Kawakami, Aritatsu Ogi, Kuniya Daini, Nobuo Fujishima
    (Takaji Mori), Kozo Arai, Noridaka Hidaka (Michio Ashikaga), Daishiro Yoshimura, Kunishige Kamamoto, 
    Kazumi Takada (Yasuhiko Okudera). Coach: Ken Naganuma
South Korea (Red-White-Red):
    1-Se-Yeon Lee (GK), 3-Ho Kim, 13-Kyung-Joong Kim (4-Cha-Man Lee), 6-Jae-Wook Ko, 2-Young-Tae Park, 
    17-Ho-Gon Kim, 16-Jae-Man Hwang, 15-Yi-Cheon Park, 10-Soo-Deok Park (7-Tae-Joo Lim), 12-Jin-Gook Kim, 
    19-Bum-Keoun Cha. Coach: Heoung-Cheol Ham
Scorers: 1-0 11' Kamamoto, 1-1 48' Yi-Cheon Park, 1-2 65' Cha-Man Lee, 2-2 92' Kamamoto
Cautions: 
Referee: Tat Sun Luk (Hong Kong)
Attendance: 15,000

1973

Israel - Japan 2-1 (1-1)    X. FIFA World Cup West Germany 1974, Preliminaries, 1st Round Group A - Group Allocation Match
(Seoul - Seoul Stadium - 16.05.1973 - 19:45)
Israel (Blue-Blue-Blue):
    1-Itzik Visoker (GK), 2-Avraham Gindin, 5-Zvi Rozen, 4-David Primo, 3-George Borba, 15-Yehuda Shaharabani, 
    7-Itzhak Shum, 6-Yaron Oz (H 8-Meir Barad), 10-Mordechai Spiegler, 17-Gidi Damti, 11-Moshe Onana.
    Coach: Edmond Schmilovich
Japan (White-White-White):
    21-Koji Funamoto (GK), 7-Atsuyoshi Furuta, 6-Nobuo Kawakami, 5-Aritatsu Ogi, 4-Kuniya Daini, 9-Kozo Arai, 
    14-Michio Ashigaka (80' 10-Daishiro Yoshimura), 11-Shusaku Hirasawa, 19-Kazumi Takada, 17-Noritaka Hidaka, 
    18-Mitsunori Fujiguchi (80' 20-Yoshikazu Nagai). Coach: Ken Naganuma
Scorers: 1-0 5' Onana, 1-1 28' Hirasawa, 2-1 61' Onana
Cautions: -
Referee: Anthony Boskovic (Australia)
Attendance: 4,091


Japan - South Vietnam 4-0 (2-0)     X. FIFA World Cup West Germany 1974, Preliminaries, 1st Round Group A - Sub Group 1
(Seoul - Seoul Stadium - 20.05.1973 - 15:00)
Japan (White-White-White):
    1-Kenzo Yokoyama (GK), 2-Yoshitada Yamaguchi, 6-Nobuo Kawakami, 5-Aritatsu Ogi, 4-Kuniya Daini, 
    11-Shusaku Hirasawa (65' 12-Nobuo Fujishima), 9-Kozo Arai, 8-Takaji Mori, 19-Kazumi Takada 
    (H 13-Minoru Kobata), 15-Kunishige Kamamoto, 20-Yoshikazu Nagai. Coach: Ken Naganuma
South Vietnam (Red-Red-Red):
    Lam Hong Chau (GK), Bui Thai Hue, Van Mong Nguyen, Du Tan (34' Tan Trung Nguyen), Vinh Quang Nguyen, 
    Vo Ba Hung, Hyunh Van Chien, Ho Thanh Cang, Tran Van Xinh, Cu Sinh (75' Le Van Tam), Van Ngon Nguyen.
    Coach: Van Thiu Nguyen
Scorers: 1-0 6' Kamamoto, 2-0 19' T.Mori, 3-0 49', 4-0 87' Kamamoto
Cautions:
Referee: Leslie Coffman (New Zealand)
Attendance: 6,352


Hong Kong - Japan 1-0 (0-0)         X. FIFA World Cup West Germany 1974, Preliminaries, 1st Round Group A - Sub Group 1
(Seoul - Seoul Stadium - 22.05.1973 - 19:00)
Hong Kong (Red-Red-Red):
    Nai Chuen Kam (GK), Ying Kit Lam, Ting Fai Tsang, Yun Yue Cheng, Man Kwong Won, Fuk Kwong Ip (Sun Cheung Lai), 
    Kwok Kan Cheng, Ka Ming Kwok, Tat Choi Wong (Kwok Kit Yu), Kuen Choo Yuen, Hung Hoi Lo. Coach: Cham Shu Chow
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
    22-Tatsuhiko Seta (GK), 2-Yoshitada Yamaguchi (77' 7-Atsuyoshi Furuta), 4-Kuniya Daini, 5-Aritatsu Ogi, 
    6-Nobuo Kawakami, 9-Kozo Arai, 10-Daishiro Yoshimura, 12-Nobuo Fujishima, 19-Kazumi Takada 
    (22' 16-Akira Matsunaga), 15-Kunishige Kamamoto, 20-Yoshikazu Nagai. Coach: Ken Naganuma
Scorers: 1-0 83' Ka Ming Kwok
Cautions: -
Referee: Anthony Boskovic (Australia)
Attendance: 10,000


Israel - Japan 1-0 (0-0,0-0) a.e.t. X. FIFA World Cup West Germany 1974, Preliminaries, 1st Round Group A - Semi Final
(Seoul - Seoul Stadium - 26.05.1973 - 16:45)
Israel (Blue-Blue-Blue):
    1-Itzik Visoker (GK), 2-Avraham Gindin (16-Rahamim Talbi), 4-David Primo, 5-Zvi Rozen, 3-George Borba, 
    6-Yaron Oz, 7-Itzhak Shum, 10-Mordechai Spiegler, 17-Gidi Damti, Zvi Farkas (70' 9-Yehezkel Hazum), 
    11-Moshe Onana. Coach: Edmond Schmilovich
Japan (White-White-White):
    1-Kenzo Yokoyama (GK), 7-Atsuyoshi Furuta, 6-Nobuo Kawakami, 5-Aritatsu Ogi, 4-Kuniya Daini, 9-Kozo Arai, 
    14-Michio Ashigaka (67' 12-Nobuo Fujishima), 11-Shusaku Hirasawa, 17-Noritaka Hidaka, 15-Kunishige Kamamoto, 
    20-Yoshikazu Nagai (91' 16-Akira Matsunaga). Coach: Ken Naganuma
Scorers: 1-0 96' Onana
Cautions: -
Referee: Harpajan Singh Dhillon (Singapore)
Attendance: 35,000


South Korea - Japan 2-0 (0-0)       Friendly Match (II. Korea-Japan Annual Match)
(Seoul - Seoul Stadium - 23.06.1973 - 17:00)
South Korea (Red-Red-Red):
    1-Se-Yeon Lee (GK), 3-Ho-Gon Kim, 5-Jung-Nam Kim (C) (H 16-Ki-Wook Kang), 6-Ki-Heoung Yoo, 2-Young-Tae Park, 
    11-Cha-Man Lee, 7-Jae-Wook Ko (70' 18-Tae-Hyun Kang), 9-Bum-Keoun Cha, 15-Yi-Cheon Park, 10-Gang-Ji Chung 
    (36' 20-Jae-Han Kim), 12-Kyu-Poong Chung. Coach: Byung-Dae Min
Japan (White-White-White):
    22-Tatsuhiko Seta (GK) (77' 1-Koji Funamoto (GK)), 2-Yoshitada Yamaguchi, 5-Aritatsu Ogi, 6-Nobuo Kawakami, 
    12-Nobuo Fujishima, 11-Shusaku Hirasawa, 9-Kozo Arai, 10-Daishiro Yoshimura, 19-Yoshikazu Nagai, 
    17-Noridaka Hidaka (77' 16-Akira Matsunaga), 18-Mitsunori Fujiguchi (60' 13-Minoru Kobata).
    Coach: Ken Naganuma
Scorers: 1-0 56' Cha-Man Lee, 2-0 80' Jae-Han Kim
Cautions:
Referee: K.Mahendran (Malaysia)
Attendance: 35,000

1974

Singapore - Japan 0-1 (0-0)         Friendly Match
(Singapore - National Stadium - 12.02.1974)
Japan:
    Tatsuhiko Seta (GK), Kuniya Daini, Shigemi Ishii, Kozo Arai, Atsuyoshi Furuta, Nobuo Fujishima 
    (Daishiro Yoshimura), Aritatsu Ogi, Shusaku Hirasawa, Mitsuo Watanabe (Toshio Takabayashi), 
    Hiroyuki Usui, Mitsunori Fujiguchi. Coach: Ken Naganuma
Scorers: 0-1 67' Takabayashi
Cautions:
Referee:
Attendance: 5,000


Hong Kong - Japan 0-0 (0-0)         Friendly Match
(Hong Kong - Government Stadium - 20.02.1974)
Japan:
    Tatsuhiko Seta, Kazuhisa Kawano, Kuniya Daini, Aritatsu Ogi, Atsuyoshi Furuta, Daishiro Yoshimura, 
    Kozo Arai, Shusaku Hirasawa, Mitsuo Watanabe (Toshio Takabayashi), Hiroyuki Usui, Yoshikazu Nagai.
    Coach: Ken Naganuma
Scorers: -
Cautions:
Referee:
Attendance: 7,820


Romania - Japan 4-1 (1-0)           Friendly Match
(Constanta - 1 Mai Stadium - 23.07.1974 - 19:30)
Romania (Yellow-Blue-Red):
    Raducanu Necula (GK), Florin Cheran, Dumitru Antonescu, Gabriel Sandu, Teodor Anghelini,
    Ion Dumitru, Cornel Dinu (C) (H Alexandru Satmareanu), Dudu Georgescu (72' Iuliu Hajnal),
    Radu Troi (77' Dumitru Marcu), Florea Dumitrache, Mircea Lucescu. 
    Coach: Valentin Stanculescu
Japan (White-Blue-White):
    Tatsuhiko Seta (GK), Masaki Yokotani, Aritatsu Ogi, Nobuo Kawakami, Kuniya Daini, 
    Shusaku Hirasawa, Kozo Arai, Nobuo Fujishima, Daishiro Yoshimura (67' Masashi Watanabe), 
    Kunishige Kamamoto, Yoshikazu Nagai. Coach: Ken Naganuma
Scorers: 1-0 23' Dumitrache PK, 2-0 53' Dumitrache, 3-0 71' I.Dumitru, 3-1 78' Nagai, 4-1 80' Hajnal
Cautions: -
Referee: Liuben Radunchev (Bulgaria)
Attendance: 8,000


Japan - Philippines 4-0 (3-0)       VII. Asian Games Teheran 1974, 1st Round Group C
(Teheran - Amjadie Stadium - 03.09.1974 - 16:30)
Japan:
    Kenzo Yokoyama (GK), Atsuyoshi Furuta, Kuniya Daini, Aritatsu Ogi (Keizo Imai), Nobuo Kawakami,
    Shigemi Ishii, Daishiro Yoshimura, Shusaku Hirasawa, Toshio Takabayashi (Yoshikazu Nagai), 
    Kunishige Kamamoto, Mitsuo Watanabe. Coach: Ken Naganuma
Scorers: 1-0 1' Kamamoto, 2-0 15' Kamamoto, 3-0 44' Kamamoto, 4-0 80' M.Watanabe
Cautions:
Referee:
Attendance: 20,000


Japan - Malaysia 1-1 (0-0)          VII. Asian Games Teheran 1974, 1st Round Group C
(Teheran - Persepolis Stadium - 05.09.1974)
Japan:
    Kenzo Yokoyama, Atsuyoshi Furuta, Kuniya Daini, Aritatsu Ogi, Nobuo Kawakami, Shigemi Ishii, 
    Daishiro Yoshimura, Nobuo Fujishima, Toshio Takabayashi (Yoshikazu Nagai), Kunishige Kamamoto,
    Mitsuo Watanabe. Coach: Ken Naganuma
Scorers: 0-1 64', 1-1 65' Yoshimura
Cautions:
Referee:
Attendance:


Israel - Japan 3-0 (0-0)            VII. Asian Games Teheran 1974, 1st Round Group C
(Teneran - Arayamehr Stadium - 07.09.1974 - 18:50)
Israel:
    Itzik Visoker (GK), Meir Nimni, Zvi Rozen, Avraham Lev, Yeshaayahu Schwager, Menahem Bello, 
    Yehoshua Feigenbaum, Itzhak Shum, Moshe Schweitzer, Gidi Damti, Moshe Onana (Eli Leventhal).
    Coach: David Schweitzer
Japan:
    Tatsuhiko Seta (GK), Atsuyoshi Furuta, Kuniya Daini, Aritatsu Ogi, Nobuo Kawakami, Shigemi Ishii,
    Kozo Arai, Nobuo Fujishima (Hiroshi Ochiai), Daishiro Yoshimura, Kunishige Kamamoto, Mitsuo Watanabe.
    Coach: Ken Naganuma
Scorers: 1-0 55' Feigenbaum, 2-0 63' Feigenbaum, 3-0 86' Damti
Cautions: -
Referee:
Attendance: 30,000


Japan - South Korea 4-1 (2-0)       Friendly Match (III. Korea-Japan Annual Match)
(Tokyo - Yoyoki National Stadium - 28.09.1974 - 15:00)
Japan (White-Blue-White):
    Kenzo Yokoyama (GK), Hiroshi Ochiai, Nobuo Kawakami, Eijun Kiyokumo, Kuniya Daini, 
    Nobuo Fujishima, Takaji Mori, Kozo Arai (Shusaku Hirasawa), Daishiro Yoshimura, 
    Kunishige Kamamoto, Masashi Watanabe. Coach: Ken Naganuma
South Korea (Red-White-Red):
    Jin-Bok Kim (GK), Jae-Mo Choi, Young-Tae Park, Ki-Wook Kang, Yeon-Tae Chung, Jae-Wook Ko,
    Keon-Soo Yoo (Jin-Gook Kim), Byung-Cheol Park, Hoi-Taek Lee, Jae-Han Kim, Yi-Cheon Park.
    Coach: Young-Keoun Choi
Scorers: 1-0 35' Kamamoto, 2-0 39' Yoshimura, 3-0 53' Kamamoto, 3-1 65' Jae-Han Kim, 4-1 89' Arai
Cautions:
Referee: Govindasamy Suppiah (Singapore)
Attendance: 12,000

1975

Hong Kong - Japan 0-0 (0-0,0-0) a.e.t. 4-3 on penalties  VI. Asian Cup Iran 1976, Preliminaries, Group 4 Allocation Match
(Hong Kong - Government Stadium - 14.06.1975 - 17:15)
Japan:
    Koji Funamoto (GK), Masaaki Yokotani, Nobuo Kawakami, Eijun Kiyokumo, Atsuyoshi Furuta, 
    Nobuo Fujishima (Yasuhiko Okudera), Takaji Mori (Hiroshi Ochiai), Kozo Arai, Yoshikazu Nagai, 
    Mitsuo Watanabe, Mitsunori Fujiguchi. Coach: Ken Naganuma
Scorers: -
Cautions:
Referee: P.Watana (Thailand)
Attendance: 26,000


North Korea - Japan 1-0 (0-0)       VI. Asian Cup Iran 1976, Preliminaries, 1st Round Group 4 - Subgroup B
(Hong Kong - Government Stadium - 17.06.1975 - 20:15)
Japan:
    Tatsuhiko Seta (GK), Atsuyoshi Furuta, Nobuo Kawakami, Eijun Kiyokumo, Kuniya Daini, 
    Nobuo Fujishima, Takaji Mori, Hiroshi Ochiai, Kazumi Takada (Yasuhiko Okudera), 
    Mitsuo Watanabe, Mitsunori Fujiguchi (Yoshikazu Nagai). Coach: Ken Naganuma
Scorers: 1-0 65' Se-Wook An PK
Cautions:
Referee:
Attendance: 30,000


Japan - Singapore 2-1 (1-0)         VI. Asian Cup Iran 1976, Preliminaries, 1st Round Group 4 - Subgroup B
(Hong Kong - Government Stadium - 21.06.1975 - 18:30)
Japan:
    Tatsuhiko Seta (GK), Atsuyoshi Furuta, Nobuo Kawakami, Eijun Kiyokumo, Kuniya Daini, 
    Nobuo Fujishima (Kozo Arai), Takaji Mori, Hiroshi Ochiai, Kazumi Takada, Mitsuo Watanabe, 
    Yoshikazu Nagai. Coach: Ken Naganuma
Singapore:
    Edmund Wee (GK), Samad Alapitchay (C), Li, Norberto, Rajagobal, Kumar, Zamal Abidin, Jacob Chaeko, Ghulam 
    (Anantan), Doliah Kassim, Mohammed Noh.
Scorers: 1-0 40' Ochiai, 1-1 78', 2-1 81' Nagai
Cautions:
Referee: Tam Sun Luk (Hong Kong)
Attendance: 20,000


China - Japan 2-1 (2-1)             VI. Asian Cup Iran 1976, Preliminaries, Group 4 Semi Final
(Hong Kong - Government Stadium - 23.06.1975 - 20:15)
China (Red-Red-Red): 
    Zhigang Hao (GK), Shang (Hangjin Wang), Wusheng Qi, Chungtasi Li, Jinyu Xu, Guoning Li, Wushang Ke, Ke Jia
    (Fengmin Yang), Yutie Li, Konglian Wang, Jihang Long.
Japan (White-White-White):
    Tatsuhiko Seta (GK), Atsuyoshi Furuta, Nobuo Kawakami, Eijun Kiyokumo, Kuniya Daini, 
    Kozo Arai, Takaji Mori, Hiroshi Ochiai, Kazumi Takada (Yoshikazu Nagai), Mitsuo Watanabe, 
    Mitsunori Fujiguchi (Yasuhiko Okudera). Coach: Ken Naganuma
Scorers: 1-0 6' Yutie Li, 2-0 Wushang Ke, 2-1 43' Arai
Cautions:
Referee:
Attendance: 20,000


Japan - Hong Kong 1-0 (1-0)         VI. Asian Cup Iran 1976, Preliminaries, Group 4 Third Place Match
(Hong Kong - Hong Kong Stadium - 26.06.1975 - 18:30)
Japan (White-Blue-White):
    Tatsuhiko Seta (GK), Masaaki Yokotani, Nobuo Kawakami, Eijun Kiyokumo, Kuniya Daini, 
    Nobuo Fujishima (Shigemi Ishii), Hiroshi Ochiai, Yasuhiko Okudera (Atsuyoshi Furuta),  
    Yoshikazu Nagai, Mitsuo Watanabe, Mitsunori Fujiguchi. Coach: Ken Naganuma
Scorers: 1-0 6' M.Watanabe
Cautions:
Referee: Hashita (Indonesia)
Attendance: 30,000


Hong Kong - Japan 2-0 (2-0)         XIX. Merdeka Cup 1975, Group Stage
(Kuala Lumpur - Merdeka Stadium - 30.07.1975)
Japan (White-Blue-White):
    22-Tatsuhiko Seta (GK), 7-Maasaki Yokotani, 4-Nobuo Kawakami, 5-Eijun Kiyokumo (Atsuyoshi Furuta), 
    2-Kuniya Daini, 11-Hiroshi Ochiai, 8-Takaji Mori, 9-Nobuo Fujishima, 12-Daishiro Yoshimura 
    (16-Yoshikazu Nagai), 15-Kunishige Kamamoto, Mitsuo Watanabe. Coach: Ken Naganuma
Scorers: 1-0 10' Kuk Ki Yu, 2-0 29' ? OG
Cautions:
Referee:
Attendance: 5,000


Malaysia - Japan 2-0 (2-0)          XIX. Merdeka Cup 1975, Group Stage
(Kuala Lumpur - Merdeka Stadium - 02.08.1975)
Japan (White-Blue-White):
    1-Koji Funamoto (GK), 7-Masaaki Yokotani, 2-Kuniya Daini, 4-Nobuo Kawakami (5-Eijun Kiyokumo), 
    Atsuyoshi Furuta, 11-Hiroshi Ochiai, 8-Takaji Mori, 9-Nobuo Fujishima, 16-Yoshikazu Nagai 
    (12-Daishiro Yoshimura), 15-Kunishige Kamamoto, Mitsuo Watanabe. Coach: Ken Naganuma
Scorers: 1-0 ?, 2-0 ?
Cautions:
Referee:
Attendance:


Japan - Bangladesh 3-0 (1-0)        XIX. Merdeka Cup 1975, Group Stage
(Kuala Lumpur - Merdeka Stadium - 04.08.1975)
Japan (White-Blue-White):
    1-Koji Funamoto (GK), 2-Kuniya Daini, 11-Hiroshi Ochiai, 5-Eijun Kiyokumo, 7-Masaaki Yokotani, 
    9-Nobuo Fujishima, 10-Hideki Maeda, Atsuyoshi Furuta, 16-Yoshikazu Nagai, 15-Kunishige Kamamoto, 
    Mitsuo Watanabe. Coach: Ken Naganuma
Scorers: 1-0 10' Kamamoto, 2-0 50' Fujishima, 3-0 89' Kamamoto
Cautions:
Referee:
Attendance:


Japan - Indonesia 4-1 (3-1)         XIX. Merdeka Cup 1975, Group Stage
(Kuala Lumpur - Merdeka Stadium - 07.08.1975)
Japan (White-Blue-White):
    1-Koji Funamoto (GK), 7-Masaaki Yokotani, 2-Kuniya Daini, 5-Eijun Kiyokumo, Atsuyoshi Furuta, 
    11-Hiroshi Ochiai, 9-Nobuo Fujishima, 10-Hideki Maeda, 16-Yoshikazu Nagai, 15-Kunishige Kamamoto, 
    Mitsuo Watanabe (12-Daishiro Yoshimura). Coach: Ken Naganuma
Indonesia (Red-Red-Red):
    Ronny Pasla (GK), Hari Muljato, Oyongu Riza, Im Ibrahim, Sbodoro, Novon, Waskito, Junaidi Abdullah,
    Risyanto, Andjas Asmara, Andi Lalla.
Scorers: 0-1 19' Waskito, 1-1 31' Kamamoto, 2-1 34' Fujishima, 3-1 38' Kamamoto, 4-1 89' H.Maeda
Cautions:
Referee:
Attendance:


South Korea - Japan 3-1 (2-1)       XIX. Merdeka Cup 1975, Group Stage
(Kuala Lumpur - Merdeka Stadium - 09.08.1975)
South Korea (Red-White-Red):
    1-Yi-Woon Kwon (GK), 12-Jong-Deok Choi, 5-Jae-Man Hwang (Ki-Moon Jang), 3-Ho-Gon Kim (C), 
    8-Young-Jeoung Cho, 10-Byung-Cheol Park, 9-Young-Moo Lee, 6-Sung-Hwa Park, 11-Bum-Keoun Cha, 
    15-Dong-Hyun Cho (Dong-Choon Yoo), 14-Jin-Gook Kim. Coach: Heoung-Cheol Ham
Japan (White-Blue-White): 
    1-Koji Funamoto (GK), 2-Kuniya Daini, 11-Hiroshi Ochiai, 5-Eijun Kiyokumo, 7-Masaaki Yokotani, 
    8-Takaji Mori, 9-Nobuo Fujishima, Atsuyoshi Furuta, 16-Yoshikazu Nagai, 15-Kunishige Kamamoto, 
    Mitsuo Watanabe. Coach: Ken Naganuma
Scorers: 1-0 4' Bum-Keoun Cha, 1-1 17' Ochiai, 2-1 42' Bum-Keoun Cha, 3-2 47' Bum-Keoun Cha
Cautions:
Referee:
Attendance:


Japan - Thailand 4-0 (2-0)          XIX. Merdeka Cup 1975, Group Stage
(Kuala Lumpur - Merdeka Stadium - 11.08.1975)
Japan:
    1-Koji Funamoto (GK), 7-Masaaki Yokotani, 11-Hiroshi Ochiai, 5-Eijun Kiyokumo, 2-Kuniya Daini, 
    10-Hideki Maeda, 8-Takaji Mori (Atsuyoshi Furuta), 9-Nobuo Fujishima, 12-Daishiro Yoshimura, 
    Yasuhiko Okudera, Mitsuo Watanabe. Coach: Ken Naganuma
Scorers: 1-0 9' Fujishima, 2-0 18' Yoshimura, 3-0 68' M.Watanabe, 4-0 89' Ochiai
Cautions:
Referee:
Attendance:


Japan - Burma 2-0 (2-0)             XIX. Merdeka Cup 1975, Group Stage
(Kuala Lumpur - Merdeka Stadium - 14.08.1975)
Japan:
    1-Koji Funamoto (GK), 4-Nobuo Kawakami, 11-Hiroshi Ochiai, 5-Eijun Kiyokumo, 2-Kuniya Daini, 
    7-Masaaki Yokotani, 8-Takaji Mori (10-Hideki Maeda), 9-Nobuo Fujishima, 12-Daishiro Yoshimura, 
    15-Kunishige Kamamoto, Mitsuo Watanabe. Coach: Ken Naganuma
Scorers: 1-0 31' Kamamoto, 2-0 38' M.Watanabe
Cautions:
Referee:
Attendance:


South Korea - Japan 3-0 (3-0)       Friendly Match (IV. Korea-Japan Annual Match)
(Seoul - Seoul Stadium - 08.09.1975 - 19:50)
South Korea:
    1-Yi-Woon Kwon (GK), 3-Ho-Gon Kim, 8-Young-Jeoung Cho, 12-Jong-Deok Choi, 5-Jae-Man Hwang, 
    10-Byung-Cheol Park, 17-Sang-In Park (73' 6-Sung-Hwa Park), 11-Bum-Keoun Cha, 9-Young-Moo Lee 
    (73' 16-Jung-Moo Huh), 15-Dong-Hyun Cho, 14-Jin-Gook Kim. Coach: Heoung-Cheol Ham
Japan:
    1-Koji Funamoto (GK) (H 21-Mitsuhisa Taguchi (GK)), 7-Masaaki Yokotani, 4-Nobuo Kawakami, 
    5-Eijun Kiyokumo, 2-Kuniya Daini, 10-Hideki Maeda (H Michio Ashikaga), 11-Hiroshi Ochiai, 
    9-Nobuo Fujishima, 13-Kazumi Takada (68' 12-Daishiro Yoshimura), 15-Kunishige Kamamoto, 
    16-Yoshikazu Nagai. Coach: Ken Naganuma
Scorers: 1-0 3' Dong-Hyun Cho, 2-0 20' Sang-In Park, 3-0 Young-Moo Lee
Cautions:
Referee:
Attendance: 20,000

1976

Japan - Bulgaria 1-3 (1-1)          Friendly Match
(Tokyo - Yoyoki National Stadium - 25.01.1976 - 13:30)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
    Tatsuhiko Seta (GK), Masaaki Yokotani, Nobuo Kawakami, Eijun Kiyokumo, Kuniya Daini, Hiroshi Ochiai,
    Kozo Arai (75' Nobuo Fujishima), Daishiro Yoshimura, Yoshikazu Nagai, Kunishige Kamamoto, Mitsuo Watanabe
    (H Akira Matsunaga). Coach: Ken Naganuma
Bulgaria (White-Green-White):
    1-Rumen Goranov (GK), 2-Atanas Garabsky, 3-Petar Stankov, 4-Milko Evtimov, 6-Dimitar Penev, 
    5-Angel Kolev, 7-Stoyan Iliev, 8-Hristo Bonev (C) (78' Todor Barzov), 9-Nikola Hristov 
    (75' Spass Dzhevisov), 10-Bogomil Simov, 11-Chardar Tzvetkov (84' Todor Yordanov). 
    Coach: Stoyan Petrov
Scorers: 1-0 12' Kamamoto, 1-1 42' Bonev, 1-2 55' Tzvetkov, 1-3 Iliev
Cautions: -
Referee: Nak-Woon Sung (South Korea)
Attendance: 20,000


Japan - Bulgaria 1-1 (0-0)          Friendly Match
(Osaka - Nagai Stadium - 28.01.1976 - 14:00)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
    Tatsuhiko Seta (GK), Kuniya Daini, Kazuo Saito, Masaaki Yokotani, Nobuo Kawakami, Eijun Kiyokumo,
    Nobuo Fujishima (H Kozo Arai), Hiroshi Ochiai, Daishiro Yoshimura, Yoshikazu Nagai (Mitsuo Watanabe),
    Kunishige Kamamoto, Mitsunori Fujiguchi (H Akira Matsunaga). Coach: Ken Naganuma
Bulgaria (White-Green-White):
    1-Boris Manolkov (GK), 4-Milko Evtimov, 6-Dimitar Enchev, 2-Atanas Garabsky, 3-Petar Stankov, 
    5-Angel Kolev, 7-Todor Barzov, 8-Hristo Bonev (C), 9-Nikola Hristov (H Spass Dzhevisov), 
    10-Bogomil Simov (Stoyan Iliev), 11-Chardar Tzvetkov (80' Todor Yordanov). 
    Coach: Stoyanov
Scorers: 0-1 71' Bonev, 1-1 75' A.Matsunaga
Cautions: -
Referee: Nak-Woon Sung (South Korea)
Attendance: 5,000


Japan - Bulgaria 0-3 (0-1)          Friendly Match
(Tokyo - Yoyoki National Stadium - 01.02.1976 - 14:00)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
    Tatsuhiko Seta (GK), Hiroshi Ochiai, Kuniya Daini, Eijun Kiyokumo, Kazuo Saito, Aritatsu Ogi,
    Kozo Arai (Nobuo Fujishima), Daishiro Yoshimura, Yoshikazu Nagai, Kunishige Kamamoto, 
    Mitsunori Fujiguchi (Akira Matsunaga). Coach: Ken Naganuma
Bulgaria (White-Green-White):
    1-Rumen Goranov (GK), 2-Atanas Garibsky, 3-Petar Stankov (61' Dimitar Enchev), 4-Milcho Evtimov, 
    6-Dimitar Penev, 5-Todor Barzov, 8-Hristo Bonev (C) (73' Angel Kolev), 10-Bogomil Simov, 
    7-Stoyan Iliev, 9-Spass Dzhevisov (87' Todor Yordanov), 11-Chardar Tzvetkov (87' Nikola Hristov). 
    Coach: Stoyanov
Scorers: 0-1 43' Simov, 0-2 59' Dzhevisov, 0-3 88' Hristov PK
Cautions: -
Referee: Nak-Woon Sung (South Korea)
Attendance: 20,000


Japan - Philippines 3-0 (2-0)       XXI. Olympic Games Montreal 1976, Preliminaries, Group 3 1st Round
(Tokyo - Yoyoki National Stadium - 14.03.1976 - 14:00)
Japan (White-White-Blue):
    Tatsuhiko Seta (GK), Kuniya Daini,Nobuo Kawakami, Eijun Kiyokumo, Kazuo Saito, Hideki Maeda, 
    Hiroshi Ochiai, Kozo Arai (Takaji Mori), Toshio Takabayashi, Kunishige Kamamoto, Yoshikazu Nagai. 
    Coach: Ken Naganuma
Scorers: 1-0 12' Ochiai, 2-0 17' Takabayashi, 3-0 73' Ochiai
Cautions:
Referee: Markas Won (Hong Kong)
Attendance: 25,000
Note: FIFA didn't count this Olympic match as a full international.
 
 
Philippines - Japan 0-3 (0-2)       XXI. Olympic Games Montreal 1976, Preliminaries, Group 3 1st Round
(Tokyo - Yoyoki National Stadium - 17.03.1976 - 14:00)
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
    Tatsuhiko Seta (GK), Atsuyoshi Furuta, Nobuo Kawakami, Eijun Kiyokumo, Kazuo Saito, Nobuo Fujishima, 
    Kozo Arai, Hideki Maeda (Aritatsu Ogi), Toshio Takabayashi, Mitsuo Watanabe (Akira Matsunaga), 
    Yoshikazu Nagai. Coach: Ken Naganuma
Scorers: 1-0 28' Fujishima, 2-0 44' Fujishima, 3-0 72' H.Maeda
Cautions:
Referee: Chan Tam Sun (Hong Kong)
Attendance:
Note: FIFA didn't count this Olympic match as a full international.
    41' Furuta missed a penalty.
 
 
Japan - South Korea 0-2 (0-1)       XXI. Olympic Games Montreal 1976, Preliminaries, Group 3 Final Round
(Tokyo - Yoyoki National Stadium - 21.03.1976 - 14:30)
Japan (White-Blue-White):
    Tatsuhiko Seta (GK), Kazuo Saito, Nobuo Kawakami, Eijun Kiyokumo, Kuniya Daini, Takaji Mori (Hideki Maeda), 
    Hiroshi Ochiai, Nobuo Fujishima, Toshio Takabayashi (Daishiro Yoshimura), Kunishige Kamamoto, Yoshikazu Nagai.
    Coach: Ken Naganuma
South Korea (Red-White-Red):
    Yi-Woon Kwon (GK), Jong-Deok Choi, Jae-Man Hwang, Ho-Gon Kim, Young-Jeoung Cho, Sang-In Park,
    Byung-Cheol Park, Young-Moo Lee, Jung-Moo Huh, Bum-Keoun Cha, Jin-Gook Kim (72' Sung-Hwa Park).
    Coach: Heoung-Cheol Ham
Scorers: 0-1 2' Young-Moo Lee, 0-2 71' Sang-In Park
Cautions:
Referee: Govindasamy Suppiah (Singapore)
Attendance: 58,000
Note: FIFA didn't count this Olympic match as a full international.
 
 
South Korea - Japan 2-2 (1-1)       XXI. Olympic Games Montreal 1976, Preliminaries, Group 3 Final Round
(Seoul - Seoul Stadium - 27.03.1976 - 14:30)
South Korea:
    Yi-Woon Kwon (GK), Jong-Deok Choi, Jae-Man Hwang, Ho-Gon Kim, Young-Jeoung Cho, Sung-Hwa Park,
    Byung-Cheol Park, Young-Moo Lee, Jung-Moo Huh, Bum-Keoun Cha, Jin-Gook Kim.
    Coach: Heoung-Cheol Ham
Japan:
    Tatsuhiko Seta (GK), Kuniya Daini,Hiroshi Ochiai, Nobuo Kawakami, Takaji Mori, Nobuo Fujishima, 
    Kozo Arai (Hideki Maeda), Kazuo Saito, Daishiro Yoshimura (Akira Matsunaga), Kunishige Kamamoto, 
    Yoshikazu Nagai. Coach: Ken Naganuma
Scorers: 1-0 3' Jin-Gook Kim, 1-1 40' Kamamoto, 2-1 77' Bum-Keoun Cha, 2-2 88' Kamamoto
Cautions:
Referee: K.K.Chon (Hong Kong)
Attendance: 30,000
Note: FIFA didn't count this Olympic match as a full international.
 
 
Japan - Israel 0-3 (0-2)            XXI. Olympic Games Montreal 1976, Preliminaries, Group 3 Final Round
(Seoul - Seoul Stadium - 31.03.1976 - 14:30)
Japan (White-White-White):
    Tatsuhiko Seta (GK), Eijun Kiyokumo, Nobuo Kawakami (Kozo Arai), Hiroshi Ochiai, Takaji Mori, 
    Nobuo Fujishima, Hideki Maeda, Kazuo Saito, Yoshikazu Nagai, Kunishige Kamamoto, Akira Matsunaga.
    Coach: Ken Naganuma
Israel (Blue-Blue-Blue):
    Itzik Visoker (GK), Eli Leventhal, Alon Ben-Dor, Avraham Lev (Israel Hajaj), Haim Bar, Meir Nimni, 
    Yaron Oz, Itzhak Shum, Moshe Schweitzer, Gidi Damti, Viki Peretz. Coach: David Schweitzer
Scorers: 0-1 9' Damti, 0-2 17' Peretz, 0-3 63' Oz
Cautions:
Referee: Koh Guan Kiat (Malaysia)
Attendance: 20,000
Note: Japanese government refused to give Visa to Israel players, so Japan's home match was held in Seoul,
    South Korea. FIFA didn't count this Olympic match as a full international.
 
 
Israel - Japan 4-1 (2-1)            XXI. Olympic Games Montreal 1976, Preliminaries, Group 3 Final Round
(Ramat-Gan - National Stadium - 11.04.1976)
Israel:
    Itzik Visoker (GK), Avraham Lev, Alon Ben-Dor, Haim Bar, Meir Nimni, Yaron Oz, Itzhak Shum, 
    Moshe Schweitzer (Meir Barad), Gidi Damti, Viki Peretz, Shalom Schwartz (Eli Leventhal).
    Coach: David Schweitzer
Japan:
    Tatsuhiko Seta (GK), Kuniya Daini,Nobuo Kawakami, Hiroshi Ochiai, Eijun Kiyokumo, Hideki Maeda, 
    Kozo Arai, Nobuo Fujishima, Yoshikazu Nagai, Kunishige Kamamoto, Akira Matsunaga. 
    Coach: Ken Naganuma
Scorers: 1-0 7' M.Schweitzer, 2-0 20' Damti, 2-1 40' A.Matsunaga, 3-1 53' Shum, 4-1 73' Shum
Cautions: -
Referee: Sergio Gonella (Italy)
Attendance: 35,000
Note: FIFA didn't count this Olympic match as a full international.


Japan - India 5-1 (1-1)             XX. Merdeka Cup 1976, Group Stage
(Kuala Lumpur - Merdeka Stadium - 08.08.1976)
Japan:
    Mitsuhisa Taguchi (GK), Kuniya Daini, Hiroshi Ochiai, Kozo Arai, Kazuo Saito, Daishiro Yoshimura, 
    Nobuo Fujishima, Kunishige Kamamoto, Hiroji Imamura, Yasuhiko Okudera, Yoshikazu Nagai.
    Coach: Hiroshi Ninomiya
Scorers: 1-0 7' Kamamoto, 1-1 40', 2-1 50' Nagai, 3-1 55' Okudera, 4-1 70' Okudera, 5-1 85' Fijishima
Cautions:
Referee:
Attendance: 15,000


Japan - Indonesia 6-0 (2-0)         XX. Merdeka Cup 1976, Group Stage
(Kuala Lumpur - Merdeka Stadium - 10.08.1976)
Japan:
    Tatsuhiko Seta (GK), Masaaki Yokotani, Eijun Kiyokumo, Atsuyoshi Furuta, Kuniya Daini, Nobuo Fujishima, 
    Daishiro Yoshimura, Kunishige Kamamoto (Mitsuru Komaeda), Toshio Takabayashi, Yasuhiko Okudera, 
    Yoshikazu Nagai. Coach: Hiroshi Ninomiya
Scorers: 1-0 15' Okudera, 2-0 30' Okudera, 3-0 60' Kamamoto, 4-0 65' Komaeda, 5-0 73' Okudera, 6-0 75' Komaeda
Cautions:
Referee:
Attendance:


Japan - Burma 2-2 (0-1)             XX. Merdeka Cup 1976, Group Stage
(Kuala Lumpur - Merdeka Stadium - 13.08.1976)
Japan:
    Tatsuhiko Seta (GK), Kuniya Daini, Hiroshi Ochiai, Kozo Arai, Kazuo Saito, Nobuo Fujishima, 
    Daishiro Yoshimura, Kunishige Kamamoto, Toshio Takabayashi (Hiroji Imamura), Yasuhiko Okudera, 
    Yoshikazu Nagai. Coach: Hiroshi Ninomiya
Scorers: 0-1 36', 0-2 56', 1-2 57' Kamamoto, 2-2 70' Okudera
Cautions:
Referee:
Attendance:


Japan - Thailand 2-2 (2-1)          XX. Merdeka Cup 1976, Group Stage
(Kuala Lumpur - Merdeka Stadium - 16.08.1976)
Japan:
    Tatsuhiko Seta (GK), Kuniya Daini, Hiroshi Ochiai, Masaaki Yokotani, Kazuo Saito, Daishiro Yoshimura 
    (Nobuo Fujishima), Kozo Arai, Kunishige Kamamoto, Hiroshi Imamura (Toshio Takabayashi), Yasuhiko Okudera, 
    Yoshikazu Nagai. Coach: Hiroshi Ninomiya
Scorers: 1-0 13' Kamamoto, 2-0 25' Kamamoto, 2-1 40', 2-2 62'
Cautions:
Referee:
Attendance:


South Korea - Japan 0-0 (0-0)       XX. Merdeka Cup 1976, Group Stage
(Kuala Lumpur - Merdeka Stadium - 18.08.1976)
South Korea:
    Hee-Cheon Kim (GK), Ho-Gon Kim, Sung-Hwa Park, Jong-Deok Choi, Jae-Man Hwang, Young-Moo Lee,
    Sang-In Park, Bum-Keoun Cha, Yong-Joo Park, Jin-Gook Kim.
Japan:
    Tatsuhiko Seta (GK), Kuniya Daini, Hiroshi Ochiai, Kozo Arai, Kazuo Saito, Daishiro Yoshimura, 
    Nobuo Fujishima, Kunishige Kamamoto, Toshio Takabayashi, Yasuhiko Okudera, Yoshikazu Nagai.
    Coach: Hiroshi Ninomiya
Scorers: -
Cautions:
Referee:
Attendance:


Malaysia - Japan 2-2 (1-1)          XX. Merdeka Cup 1976, Group Stage
(Kuala Lumpur - Merdeka Stadium - 20.08.1976)
Japan:
    Mitsuhisa Taguchi (GK), Kuniya Daini, Hiroshi Ochiai, Kazuo Saito, Kozo Arai, Nobuo Fujishima, 
    Daishiro Yoshimura, Kunishige Kamamoto, Toshio Takabayashi (Masaaki Yokotani), Yasuhiko Okudera, 
    Yoshikazu Nagai. Coach: Hiroshi Ninomiya
Scorers: 1-0 12', 1-1 22' Okudera, 2-1 53', 2-2 83' Kamamoto
Kamamoto, Okudera
Cautions:
Referee:
Attendance: 35,000


Malaysia - Japan 2-0 (0-0)          XX. Merdeka Cup 1976, Final
(Kuala Lumpur - Merdeka Stadium - 22.08.1976 - 20:00)
Japan:
    Mitsuhisa Taguchi (GK), Kuniya Daini, Hiroshi Ochiai, Kozo Arai, Kazuo Saito, Daishiro Yoshimura, 
    Nobuo Fujishima, Kunishige Kamamoto, Hiroji Imamura (Masaaki Yokotani), Yasuhiko Okudera, Yoshikazu Nagai.
    Coach: Hiroshi Ninomiya
Scorers: 1-0 56' ?, 2-0 58'
Cautions:
Referee:
Attendance: 55,000


Japan - South Korea 1-2 (1-0)       Friendly Match (V. Korea-Japan Annual Match)
(Tokyo - Yoyoki National Stadium - 04.12.1976 - 14:05)
Japan (White-Blue-White):
    1-Tatsuhiko Seta (GK), 5-Kuniya Daini, 3-Kozo Arai, 4-Kazuo Saito, 2-Hiroshi Ochiai, 
    6-Masaagi Yokotani, 8-Nobuo Fujishima, 10-Hiroyuki Usui, 11-Yasuhiko Okudera, 7-Yoshikazu Nagai, 
    9-Kunishige Kamamoto. Coach: Hiroshi Ninomiya
South Korea (Red-White-Red):
    21-Hee-Cheon Kim (GK), 12-Jong-Deok Choi, 5-Jae-Man Hwang, 3-Ho-Gon Kim, 6-Sung-Hwa Park, 
    17-Sang-In Park, 10-Byung-Chan Kang, 14-Jin-Gook Kim (72' 18-Sung-Nam Kim), 16-Yong-Joo Park, 
    9-Young-Moo Lee (26' 15-Jung-Moo Huh), 11-Bum-Keoun Cha. Coach: Jung-Shik Moon
Scorers: 1-0 33' Nagai, 1-1 72' Jung-Moo Huh, 1-2 76' Jae-Man Hwang
Cautions:
Referee: Chan Tam Sun (Hong Kong)
Attendance: 8,464

1977

Israel - Japan 2-0 (1-0)            XI. FIFA World Cup Argentina 1978, Preliminaries, 1st Round Group 2
(Ramat-Gan - National Stadium - 06.03.1977)
Israel:
    1-Yosef Sorinov (GK), 12-Eli Leventhal, 6-Haim Bar, 5-Avi Cohen, 3-Moshe Leon, 8-Uri Malmilian, Yaron Oz, 
    19-Mordechai Spiegler, 17-Gidi Damti, Oded Machnes, 9-Viki Peretz (Rifat Turk). Coach: David Schweitzer
Japan:
    19-Mitsuhisa Taguchi (GK), 15-Shigemi Ishii, 2-Hiroshi Ochiai, 13-Eijun Kiyokumo, 4-Kazuo Saito, 
    8-Nobuo Fujishima, Nobuo Kawakami, 14-Yasuhiko Okudera, 7-Yoshikazu Nagai, 18-Akira Nishino, 
    11-Hiroyuki Usui (Keizo Imai). Coach: Hiroshi Ninomiya
Scorers: 1-0 43' Machnes, 2-0 57' Bar
Cautions: Leon, Bar
Referee: Michel Kitabdjian (France)
Attendance: 9,300


Japan - Israel 0-2 (0-1)            XI. FIFA World Cup Argentina 1978, Preliminaries, 1st Round Group 2
(Ramat-Gan - National Stadium - 10.03.1977)
Japan:  
    19-Mitsuhisa Taguchi (GK), 15-Shigemi Ishii, 13-Eijun Kiyokumo, Masaaki Yokotani, 2-Hiroshi Ochiai, 
    4-Kazuo Saito (17-Hideki Maeda), 8-Nobuo Fujishima, 18-Akira Nishino, 7-Yoshikazu Nagai, 11-Hiroyuki Usui 
    (H 9-Kunishige Kamamoto), 14-Yasuhiko Okudera. Coach: Hiroshi Ninomiya
Israel:
    1-Yosef Sorinov (GK), 12-Eli Leventhal, 6-Haim Bar, 5-Avi Cohen, 3-Moshe Leon, 8-Uri Malmilian, 
    Yaron Oz, 19-Mordechai Spiegler, 17-Gidi Damti, Oded Machnes (72' Yehoshua Feigenbaum), 9-Viki Peretz.
    Coach: David Schweitzer
Scorers: 0-1 41' Machnes, 0-2 52' Peretz
Cautions:
Referee: Achille Verbeke (France)
Attendance: 7,300


Japan - South Korea 0-0 (0-0)       XI. FIFA World Cup Argentina 1978, Preliminaries, 1st Round Group 2
(Tokyo - Yoyoki National Stadium - 26.03.1977 - 14:10)
Japan:
    19-Mitsuhisa Takuchi (GK), 2-Hiroshi Ochiai, 15-Shigemi Ishii, 13-Eijun Kiyokumo, 4-Kazuo Saito, 
    18-Akira Nishino, 8-Nobuo Fujishima, 9-Kunishige Kamamoto, 14-Yasuhiko Okudera, 7-Yoshikazu Nagai, 
    11-Hiroyuki Usui (17-Hideki Maeda). Coach: Hiroshi Ninomiya
South Korea:
    1-Hwang-Ho Kim (GK), 12-Jong-Deok Choi, 5-Jae-Man Hwang, 6-Sung-Hwa Park, 8-Young-Jeoung Cho, 
    9-Young-Moo Lee (70' 4-Gwang-Rae Cho), 18-Sung-Nam Kim (70' 7-Hyun-Ho Shin), 17-Sang-In Park, 
    11-Bum-Keoun Cha, 15-Jung-Moo Huh, 14-Jin-Gook Kim. Coach: Jung-Min Choi
Scorers: -
Cautions: -
Referee: S.Kathiravale (Malaysia)
Attendance: 9,266


South Korea - Japan 1-0 (0-0)       XI. FIFA World Cup Argentina 1978, Preliminaries, 1st Round Group 2
(Seoul - Seoul Stadium - 03.04.1977 - 15:00)
South Korea:
    1-Hwang-Ho Kim (GK), 3-Ho-Gon Kim, 8-Young-Jeoung Cho, 6-Sung-Hwa Park, 5-Jae-Man Hwang, 
    4-Gwang-Rae Cho (17-Sang-In Park), 12-Jong-Deok Choi, 18-Sung-Nam Kim, 7-Hyun-Ho Shin, 
    11-Bum-Keoun Cha, 15-Jung-Moo Huh. Coach: Jung-Min Choi
Japan:
    19-Mitsuhisa Takuchi (GK), 2-Hiroshi Ochiai, 4-Kazuo Saito, 13-Eijun Kiyokumo, 8-Nobuo Fujishima, 
    9-Kunishige Kamamoto, 15-Shigemi Ishii (14-Masaaki Yokotani), 15-Akira Nishino, 7-Yoshikazu Nagai, 
    10-Yasuhiko Okudera, 11-Hiroyuki Usui (17-Hideki Maeda). Coach: Hiroshi Ninomiya
Scorers: 1-0 83' Bum-Keoun Cha PK
Cautions: Sung-Hwa Park, Jong-Deok Choi
Referee: Zainal Abidin Bakar (Malaysia)
Attendance: 35,000


South Korea - Japan 2-1 (2-0)       Friendly Match (VI. Korea-Japan Annual Match)
(Seoul - Seoul Stadium - 15.06.1977 - 17:00)
South Korea (Red-Red-Red):
    1-Ho-Young Byun (GK), 3-Ho-Gon Kim, 6-Sung-Hwa Park, 8-Young-Jeoung Cho, 5-Jae-Man Hwang, 
    18-Gang-Nam Kim (4-Gwang-Rae Cho), 19-Sung-Nam Kim (17-Sang-In Park), 12-Jong-Deok Choi, 
    11-Bum-Keoun Cha, 13-Hoi-Taek Lee, 14-Jin-Gook Kim (15-Jung-Moo Huh). Coach: Jung-Min Choi
Japan (Blue-White-Blue):
    1-Mitsuhisa Takuchi (GK), 2-Masaaki Yokotani, 3-Eijun Kiyokumo, 4-Keizo Imai, 5-Kozo Arai, 
    6-Nobuo Fujishima, 7-Nagai Yoshikazu, 8-Kazuo Saito, 9-Kunishige Kamamoto, 10-Nobutoshi Kaneda, 
    11-Mitsuru Komaeda (12-Hiroshi Ochiai). Coach: Hiroshi Ninomiya
Scorers: 1-0 21' Jin-Gook Kim, 2-0 25' Sung-Nam Kim, 2-1 55' Kaneda
Cautions:
Referee: Koh Guan Kiat (Malaysia)
Attendance: 30,000

1978

Japan - Thailand 3-0 (2-0)          I. Japan Cup Kirin World Soccer 1978, 1st Round Group A
(Nagoya - Mizuho Stadium - 23.05.1978 - 16:00)
Japan:
    Mitsuhisa Taguchi (GK), Tsutomu Sonobe, Hiroshi Ochiai, Kazuo Saito (Mitsunori Fujiguchi), Keizo Imai,
    Nobuo Fujishima, Yukitaka Omi, Nobutoshi Kaneda, Yoshikazu Nagai (Akira Nishino), Hiroyuki Usui,
    Hisao Sekiguchi. Coach: Hiroshi Ninomiya
Thailand:
    Wasin (GK), R.Manat, Baisan, Bateison, Srasak, Abinan, Niwata, Tawi, Bonsak, Witashai, V.Manat, Shaisak.
Scorers: 1-0 3' Nagai, 2-0 23' Usui, 3-0 69' Ochiai
Cautions:
Referee: Kenichiro Tetsuka (Japan)
Attendance: 2,106


Japan - Iraq 0-0 (0-0)              XXII. Merdeka Cup 1978, Group Stage
(Kuala Lumpur - Merdeka Stadium - 13.07.1978)
Japan:
    Mitsuhisa Taguchi (GK), Keizo Imai, Kazuo Saito Hiroshi Ochiai, Kazuaki Nagasawa, Mitsunori Fujiguchi, 
    Akira Nishino, Nobuo Fujishima, Yoshikazu Nagai, Hosoya Ichiro (Hiroyuki Usui), Nobutoshi Kaneda.
    Coach: Hiroshi Ninomiya
Scorers: -
Cautions:
Referee:
Attendance: 5,000


Indonesia - Japan 2-1 (0-1)         XXII. Merdeka Cup 1978, Group Stage
(Kuala Lumpur - Merdeka Stadium - 15.07.1978)
Japan:
    Mitsuhisa Taguchi (GK), Keizo Imai, Kazuo Saito, Hiroshi Ochiai, Kazuaki Nagasawa, Mitsunori Fujiguchi, 
    Akira Nishino, Nobuo Fujishima, Yoshikazu Nagai, Hosoya Ichiro (Hiroyuki Usui), Nobutoshi Kaneda.
    Coach: Hiroshi Ninomiya
Scorers: 0-1 25' Fujishima PK, 1-1 67', 2-1 68'
Cautions:
Referee:
Attendance:


Japan - Syria 3-2 (3-1)             XXII. Merdeka Cup 1978, Group Stage
(Kuala Lumpur - Merdeka Stadium - 17.07.1978)
Japan:
    Mitsuhisa Taguchi (GK), Keizo Imai, Kazuo Saito, Hiroshi Ochiai, Kazuaki Nagasawa, Nobuo Fujishima, 
    Hideki Maeda, Akira Nishino, Yoshikazu Nagai, Hiroyuki Usui, Nobutoshi Kaneda. Coach: Hiroshi Ninomiya
Scorers: 1-0 3' Usui, 2-0 8' Usui, 2-1 16', 3-1 44' Ochiai, 3-2 54'
Cautions:
Referee:
Attendance:


South Korea - Japan 4-0 (2-0)       XXII. Merdeka Cup 1978, Group Stage
(Kuala Lumpur - Merdeka Stadium - 19.07.1978)
South Korea (Red-Red-Red):
    1-Hwang-Ho Kim (GK), 8-Young-Jeoung Cho, 3-Ho-Gon Kim (C), 12-Jong-Deok Choi, 5-Jae-Man Hwang, 
    9-Young-Moo Lee, 4-Gwang-Rae Cho, 6-Sung-Hwa Park, 11-Bum-Keoun Cha, Hyun-Ho Shin, 16-Jae-Han Kim 
    (15-Jung-Moo Huh). Coach: Heoung-Cheol Ham
Japan (White-Blue-White):
    Mitsuhisa Taguchi (GK), Keizo Imai, Kazuo Saito, Hiroshi Ochiai, Mitsunori Fujiguchi (Kazuaki Nagasawa), 
    Hideki Maeda, Nobuo Fujishima, Akira Nishino, Yoshikazu Nagai, Hiroyuki Usui, Nobutoshi Kaneda. 
    Coach: Hiroshi Ninomiya
Scorers: 1-0 20' Gwang-Rae Cho, 2-0 44' Bum-Keoun Cha, 3-0 75' Sung-Hwa Park, 4-0 87' Ho-Gon Kim
Cautions:
Referee:
Attendance:


Malaysia - Japan 4-1 (3-1)          XXII. Merdeka Cup 1978, Group Stage
(Kuala Lumpur - Merdeka Stadium - 21.07.1978)
Japan:
    Youei Satouchi (GK), Keizo Imai, Toyohito Mochizuki, Hiroshi Ochiai, Kazuo Saito, Akira Nishino, 
    Mitsunori Fujiguchi, Hideki Maeda, Yoshikazu Nagai, Hiroyuki Usui (Hosoya Ichiro), Hisao Sekiguchi 
    (Nobutoshi Kaneda). Coach: Hiroshi Ninomiya
Scorers: 0-1 8' Nishino, 1-1 20', 2-1 32', 3-1 37', 4-1 
Cautions:
Referee:
Attendance:


Singapore - Japan 2-1 (0-1)         XXII. Merdeka Cup 1978, Group Stage
(Kuala Lumpur - Merdeka Stadium - 23.07.1978)
Japan:
    Mitsuhisa Taguchi (GK), Keizo Imai, Kazuo Saito, Hiroshi Ochiai, Toyohito Mochizuki (Tetsuo Sugamata), 
    Mitsunori Fujiguchi, Akira Nishino (Kazuaki Nagasawa), Hideki Maeda, Yoshikazu Nagai, Hiroyuki Usui, 
    Nobutoshi Kaneda. Coach: Hiroshi Ninomiya
Scorers: 0-1 44' Usui, 1-1 67', 2-1 69'
Cautions:
Referee:
Attendance:


Japan - Thailand 4-0 (2-0)          XXII. Merdeka Cup 1978, Group Stage
(Kuala Lumpur - Merdeka Stadium - 26.07.1978)
Japan:
    Mitsuhisa Taguchi (GK), Keizo Imai, Kazuo Saito, Hiroshi Ochiai, Kazuaki Nagasawa, Nobuo Fujishima, 
    Hideki Maeda (Akira Nishino), Nobutoshi Kaneda, Yoshikazu Nagai, Hosoya Ichiro (Hiroyuki Usui), 
    Hisao Sekiguchi. Coach: Hiroshi Ninomiya
Scorers: 1-0 7' Ichiro, 2-0 40' Ochiai, 3-0 86' Usui, 4-0 87' Sekiguchi
Cautions:
Referee:
Attendance:


Japan - Soviet Union 1-4 (1-3)      Friendly Match
(Tokyo - Yoyoki National Stadium - 19.11.1978 - 13:30)
Japan (Blue-Blue-White):
    Mitsuhisa Taguchi (GK), Tsutomu Sonobe, Hiroshi Ochiai, Nobuo Fujishima, Atsuyoshi Furuta, Keizo Imai, 
    Haruhisa Hasegawa, Mitsunori Fujiguchi, Hiromi Hara, Nobutoshi Kaneda, Hiroyuki Usui.
    Coach: Hiroshi Ninomiya
Soviet Union (Red-White-Red):
    Yury Degtyarev (GK) (78' Yury Romensky (GK)), Sergei Prigoda, Vasily Zhupikov (64' Tamaz Kostava), 
    Aleksandr Makhovikov (C), Aleksandr Bubnov, Aleksandr Berezhnoy (64' Yury Gavrilov), Vagiz Khidiatullin, 
    Vladimir Bessonov, Vitaly Daraselia, David Kipiani, Valery Gazzaev. Coach: Nikita Simonyan
Scorers: 1-0 9' Fujiguchi, 1-1 17' Daraselia, 1-2 37' Gazzaev, 1-3 42' Gazzaev, 1-4 85' Gavrilov
Cautions: -
Referee: Morisaburo Kuramochi (Japan)
Attendance: 3,572


Japan - Soviet Union 1-4 (0-2)      Friendly Match
(Tokyo - Yoyoki National Stadium - 23.11.1978 - 14:00)
Japan (Blue-Blue-White):
    Mitsuhisa Taguchi (GK), Tsutomu Sonobe, Hiroshi Ochiai, Nobuo Fujishima, Atsuyoshi Furuta, Hisashi Kato, 
    Haruhisa Hasegawa, Mitsunori Fujiguchi, Hiromi Hara, Nobutoshi Kaneda, Hiroyuki Usui.
    Coach: Hiroshi Ninomiya
Soviet Union (White-Red-White):
    Yury Romensky (GK), Tamaz Kostava, Vasily Zhupikov (65' Sergei Prigoda), Aleksandr Makhovikov (C),
    Aleksandr Bubnov, Aleksandr Berezhnoy, Vagiz Khidiatullin (15' Yury Gavrilov), Vladimir Bessonov, 
    Vitaly Daraselia, David Kipiani, Valery Gazzaev (75' Oleg Blokhin). Coach: Nikita Simonyan
Scorers: 0-1 5' Kipiani, 0-2 14' Khidiatullin, 0-3 56' Kostava, 0-4 59' Kipiani, 1-4 86' Fujiguchi PK
Cautions: -
Referee: Shizuo Takada (Japan)
Attendance: 4,019


Japan - Soviet Union 0-3 (0-2)      Friendly Match
(Osaka - Nagai Stadium - 26.11.1978 - 14:00)
Japan:
    Mitsuhisa Taguchi (GK), Tsutomu Sonobe (55' Nobuo Fujishima), Hiroshi Ochiai, Keizo Imai, Atsuyoshi Furuta, 
    Hisashi Kato, Haruhisa Hasegawa (H Yoshikazu Nagai), Mitsunori Fujiguchi, Hiromi Hara, Nobutoshi Kaneda, 
    Hiroyuki Usui. Coach: Hiroshi Ninomiya
Soviet Union:
    Yury Degtyarev (GK) (75' Yury Romensky (GK)), Tamaz Kostava, Vasily Zhupikov, Aleksandr Makhovikov (C), 
    Aleksandr Bubnov, Aleksandr Berezhnoy, Yury Gavrilov (H Vladimir Bessonov), Vagiz Khidiatullin, 
    Vitaly Daraselia, David Kipiani, Valery Gazzaev (56' Oleg Blokhin). Coach: Nikita Simonyan
Scorers: 0-1 7' Gazzaev, 0-2 24' Gavrilov, 0-3 83' Bessonov
Cautions: -
Referee: Junichi Nishi (Japan)
Attendance: 12,000


Kuwait - Japan 2-0 (0-0)            VIII. Asian Games Bangkok 1978, 1st Round Group D
(Bangkok - Chulalongkon University Stadium - 11.12.1978)
Japan:
    Mitsuhisa Taguchi (GK), Nobuo Fujishima, Hiroshi Ochiai, Keizo Imai, Atsuyoshi Furuta, Hisashi Kato 
    (85' Hideki Maeda), Mitsunori Fujiguchi, Nobutoshi Kaneda, Yoshikazu Nagai (85' Haruhisa Hasegawa), 
    Hiromi Hara, Hiroyuki Usui. Coach: Hiroshi Ninomiya
Scorers: 1-0 60' Fatih Kamil, 2-0 85' Faisal Al-Dakhil
Cautions:
Referee:
Attendance:


Japan - Bahrain 4-0 (2-0)           VIII. Asian Games Bangkok 1978, 1st Round Group D
(Bangkok - Suphachalasai Stadium - 13.12.1978)
Japan:
    Mitsuhisa Taguchi (GK), Nobuo Fujishima, Hiroshi Ochiai, Keizo Imai, Atsuyoshi Furuta, Hisashi Kato 
    (H Hideki Maeda), Mitsunori Fujiguchi, Nobutoshi Kaneda, Yoshikazu Nagai, Hiromi Hara, Hiroyuki Usui.
    Coach: Hiroshi Ninomiya
Scorers: 1-0 8' Usui, 2-0 42' Usui, 3-0 65' H.Hara, 4-0 71' H.Maeda
Cautions:
Referee:
Attendance:


South Korea - Japan 3-1 (2-0)       VIII. Asian Games Bangkok 1978, 1st Round Group D
(Bangkok - Chulalongkon University Stadium - 15.12.1978 - 17:00)
South Korea:
    Hwang-Ho Kim (GK), Sung-Hwa Park, Jae-Man Hwang, Young-Jeoung Cho, Ho-Gon Kim (C), Young-Moo Lee,
    Gang-Nam Kim, Hyun-Ho Shin, Seok-Jae Oh, Bum-Keoun Cha, Jung-Moo Huh. Coach: Heoung-Cheol Ham
Japan:
    Mitsuhisa Taguchi (GK), Kazuo Saitou (Hisashi Kato), Hiroshi Ochiai, Keizo Imai, Atsuyoshi Furuta, 
    Nobuo Fujishima, Nobutoshi Kaneda, Mitsunori Fujiguchi, Yoshikazu Nagai, Hiromi Hara, Hiroyuki Usui.
    Coach: Hiroshi Ninomiya
Scorers: 1-0 8' Young-Moo Lee, 2-0 28' Sung-Hwa Park, 3-0 68' Seok-Jae Oh, 3-1 87' H.Kato
Cautions: -
Referee:
Attendance:

1979

Japan - South Korea 2-1 (2-0)       Friendly Match (VII. Korea-Japan Annual Match)
(Tokyo - Yoyoki National Stadium - 04.03.1979 - 13:45)
Japan (White-White-White):
    1-Mitsuhisa Taguchi (GK), 2-Hiroshi Ochiai, 6-Eijun Kiyokumo, 4-Keizo Imai, 7-Shigemi Ishii, 
    11-Nobuo Fujishima, 9-Mitsuo Watanabe, 10-Hideki Maeda, 15-Yoshikazu Nagai, 14-Hiroyuki Usui, 
    18-Kazuyoshi Nakamura. Coach: Yukio Shimomura
South Korea (Red-Red-Red):
    21-Hee-Cheon Kim (GK), 3-Ho-Gon Kim (C), 5-Jae-Man Hwang, 6-Sung-Hwa Park, 12-Jong-Deok Choi, 
    4-Gwang-Rae Cho (19-Gang-Nam Kim), 9-Young-Moo Lee, 17-Sang-In Park, 7-Hyun-Ho Shin, 16-Jae-Han Kim
    (H 20-Seok-Jae Oh), 15-Jung-Moo Huh (10-Gang-Jo Lee). Coach: Kyung-Hwan Jang
Scorers: 1-0 21' Usui, 2-0 25' Nakamura, 2-1 87' Seok-Jae Oh
Cautions:
Referee: Hassan Daud (Malaysia)
Attendance: 18,000


Japan - Indonesia 4-0 (0-0)         II. Japan Cup Kirin World Soccer 1979, 1st Round Group A
(Tokyo - Nishigaoka Stadium - 31.05.1979 - 17:00)
Japan:
    Mitsuhisa Taguchi (GK), Keizo Imai, Eijun Kiyokumo, Hiroshi Ochiai, Yuji Kishioku, Mitsuo Watanabe 
    (38' Hideki Maeda), Nobuo Fujishima (66' Haruhisa Hasegawa), Nobutoshi Kaneda, Yoshikazu Nagai, 
    Hiroyuki Usui, Kazushi Kimura. Coach: Yukio Shimomura
Indonesia:
    Teirtana (GK), Muruyanto, Rully Nere, Tamubayon, Berti Tutuarima, Bawa (Kerchis), Zulhan Effendi, Fahamusha, 
    Maris, Hadi Ismanto, Rifai (Sraeman).
Scorers: 1-0 62' OG, 2-0 64' Ochiai, 3-0 76' Nagai, 4-0 79' H.Maeda
Cautions:
Referee: Junichi Nishi (Japan)
Attendance:


South Korea - Japan 4-1 (2-0)       Friendly Match (VIII. Korea-Japan Annual Match)
(Seoul - Seoul Stadium - 16.06.1979 - 17:00)
South Korea (Red-Red-Red):
    1-Hwang-Ho Kim (GK), 12-Jong-Deok Choi, 13-Byung-Cheol Park, 8-Young-Jeoung Cho, 5-Kyung-Bok Park,
    4-Gwang-Rae Cho, 9-Young-Moo Lee, 17-Sang-In Park, 7-Hyun-Ho Shin (16-Yong-Joo Park), 6-Sung-Hwa Park,
    15-Jung-Moo Huh. Coach: Kyung-Hwan Jang
Japan (White-Blue-White):
    1-Mitsuhisa Taguchi (GK), 4-Keizo Imai, 3-Eijun Kiyokumo, 2-Hiroshi Ochiai, 6-Shigemi Ishii, 
    9-Mitsuo Watanabe (Yuichi Watanabe), 11-Hideki Maeda, 8-Katsuyuki Kawauchi (12-Nobutoshi Kaneda), 
    13-Yoshikazu Nagai, 14-Hiroyuki Usui, 15-Kazuyoshi Nakamura (17-Kazushi Kimura).
    Coach: Yukio Shimomura
Scorers: 1-0 16' Sung-Hwa Park, 2-0 25' Sung-Hwa Park, 2-1 46' Nagai, 3-1 52' Sung-Hwa Park, 
    4-1 72' Hyun-Ho Shin
Cautions:
Referee:
Attendance: 30,000


Malaysia - Japan 1-1 (1-1)          XXIII. Merdeka Cup 1979, Group Stage
(Kuala Lumpur - Merdeka Stadium - 27.06.1979 - 20:15)
Japan:
    Mitsuhisa Taguchi (GK), Keizo Imai, Hiroshi Ochiai, Eijun Kiyokumo, Shigemi Ishii, Mitsuo Watanabe, 
    Yuichi Watanabe (Yuji Kishioku), Hideki Maeda, Yoshikazu Nagai, Hiroyuki Usui, Kazuyoshi Nakamura 
    (Kozo Tashima). Coach: Yukio Shimomura
Scorers: 1-0 19', 1-1 27' H.Maeda
Cautions:
Referee: Nobnom Ausukong (Thailand)
Attendance:


Japan - Thailand 2-1 (2-0)          XXIII. Merdeka Cup 1979, Group Stage
(Kuala Lumpur - Merdeka Stadium - 29.06.1979 - 19:30)
Japan:
    Mitsuhisa Taguchi (GK), Keizo Imai, Hiroshi Ochiai, Eijun Kiyokumo, Shigemi Ishii, Mitsuo Watanabe 
    (Yuji Kishioku), Yuichi Watanabe, Hideki Maeda, Yoshikazu Nagai, Hiroyuki Usui, Kazuyoshi Nakamura.
    Coach: Yukio Shimomura
Scorers: 1-0 1' Y.Watanabe, 2-0 39' Usui, 2-1 86'
Cautions:
Referee: George Joseph (Malaysia)
Attendance:


Japan - Burma 1-0 (0-0)             XXIII. Merdeka Cup 1979, Group Stage
(Kuala Lumpur - Merdeka Stadium - 01.07.1979 - 19:30)
Japan:
    Mitsuhisa Taguchi (GK), Keizo Imai, Hiroshi Ochiai, Eijun Kiyokumo, Shigemi Ishii, Mitsuo Watanabe, 
    Yuichi Watanabe, Hideki Maeda, Yoshikazu Nagai, Hiroyuki Usui (Hiromi Hara), Kazuyoshi Nakamura 
    (Kozo Tashima). Coach: Yukio Shimomura
Scorers: 1-0 62' H.Maeda
Cautions:
Referee: Mohammad Noor Saud (Malaysia)
Attendance:


Japan - Indonesia 0-0 (0-0)         XXIII. Merdeka Cup 1979, Group Stage
(Kuala Lumpur - Merdeka Stadium - 11.07.1979 - 21:15)
Japan:
    Mitsuhisa Taguchi (GK), Keizo Imai, Hiroshi Ochiai, Eijun Kiyokumo, Shigemi Ishii, Hideki Maeda, 
    Yuichi Watanabe, Katsuyuki Kawabuchi, Yoshikazu Nagai, Hiroyuki Usui, Kozo Tashima (Hiromi Hara).
    Coach: Yukio Shimomura
Scorers: -
Cautions:
Referee: Hassan Saud (Malaysia)
Attendance:


Japan - Singapore 3-1 (1-0)         XXIII. Merdeka Cup 1979, Group Stage
(Kuala Lumpur - Merdeka Stadium - 13.07.1979)
Japan:
    Mitsuhisa Taguchi (GK), Keizo Imai, Hiroshi Ochiai, Eijun Kiyokumo, Yuji Kishioku, Hideki Maeda, 
    Yuichi Watanabe, Katsuyuki Kawabuchi, Yoshikazu Nagai, Hiroyuki Usui, Kozo Tashima (Shigeharu Ueki).
    Coach: Yukio Shimomura
Scorers: 1-0 25' Usui, 2-0 46' Y.Watanabe, 2-1 67', 3-1 82' Nagai
Cautions:
Referee: Othman Bin Omar (Malaysia)
Attendance:


North Korea - Japan 0-0 (0-0)       Friendly Match
(Pyongyang - Moranbong Stadium - 23.08.1979)
Japan:
    Michio Yasuda (GK), Hiroshi Ochiai, Eijun Kiyokumo, Keizo Imai, Yuji Kishioku (Shigemitsu Sudo),
    Nobuo Fujishima (Mitsuo Kato), Hideki Maeda, Nobutoshi Kaneda, Yoshikazu Nagai, Hiroyuki Usui
    (Masafumi Yokoyama), Kazushi Kimura. Coach: Yukio Shimomura
Scorers: -
Cautions:
Referee:
Attendance: 50,000

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