List of Japan national football team hat-tricks
This page is a list of the hat-tricks scored for Japan's national football team . Besides the instances of a player scoring three goals in a game, the list also includes games where a player has scored more than three goals.
Goalscorer
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
Statistic
Notes
^ Goals column is sorted by the time elapsed between the first and the third goal.
^ Japan's score is shown first.
References
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