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. No player has scored a hat-trick for Japan since Keisuke Honda scored three goals in a 6–0 win over Jordan on 8 June 2012.

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	[1]
2	Hiroshi Ninomiya	Singapore	3 – (57', 62', 80')	4–1	Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur	1959 Merdeka Tournament	3 September 1959	[2]
3	Shigeo Yaegashi	South Vietnam	3	5–1		1963 Merdeka Tournament	12 August 1963	[3]
4	Ryuichi Sugiyama	Singapore	3 – (6', 13', 26')	4–1	Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore	Friendly match	25 March 1965	[3]
5	Tadahiko Ueda	Taiwan	3 – (8', 66', 70')	3–2	Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur	1970 Merdeka Tournament	16 August 1970	[4]
6	Kunishige Kamamoto	Khmer Republic	4 – (50', 65', 72', 75')	4–1		1972 Merdeka Tournament	12 July 1972	[4]
7		Sri Lanka	5 – (5', 8', 58', 65', 89')	5–0			16 July 1972	[4]
8		Philippines	3 – (1', 15', 44')	4–0	Amjadieh Stadium, Tehran	1974 Asian Games	3 September 1974	[4]
9	Yasuhiko Okudera	Indonesia	3 – (15', 30', 73')	6–0	Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur	1976 Merdeka Tournament	10 August 1976	[4]
10	Hiromi Hara	Bangladesh	3 – (1', 60', 71')	4–0	Public Stadium, Daejeon	1986 Asian Games	28 September 1986	[5]
11	Kazuyoshi Miura		4 – (18', 44', 52', 53')	8–0	National Stadium, Tokyo	1994 FIFA World Cup qualification	11 April 1993	[6]
12	Takuya Takagi	Macau	3 – (13', 33', 71')	10–0	Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification	25 March 1997	[6]
13	Hiroaki Morishima		3 – (78', 81', 89')					[6]
14	Takuya Takagi	Nepal	3 – (47', 55', 89')	6–0			27 March 1997	[6]
15	Kazuyoshi Miura	Macau	6 – (23', 29', 44, 57', 62', 79')	10–0	National Stadium, Tokyo		22 June 1997	[6]
16		Uzbekistan	4 – (4' pen., 23', 64', 80')	6–3			7 September 1997	[6]
17	Masashi Nakayama	Brunei	3 – (1', 2', 4')	9–0	Estádio Campo Desportivo, Taipa	2000 AFC Asian Cup qualification	16 February 2000	[6]
18	Akinori Nishizawa	Uzbekistan	3 – (14', 24', 49')	8–1	Saida International Stadium, Saida	2000 AFC Asian Cup	17 October 2000	[6]
19	Naohiro Takahara		3 – (17', 20', 57')					[6]
20	Shinji Okazaki	Hong Kong	3 – (17', 74', 76')	6–0	Outsourcing Stadium, Shizuoka	2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification	8 October 2009	[7]
21		Togo	3 – (5', 8', 65')	5–0	Miyagi Stadium, Rifu	Friendly match	14 October 2009	[8]
22	Sōta Hirayama	Yemen	3 – (42', 55', 80')	3–2	Ali Mohsen Al-Muraisi Stadium, Sana'a	2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification	6 January 2010	[9]
23	Shinji Okazaki	Saudi Arabia	3 – (8', 13', 80')	3–2	Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan	2011 AFC Asian Cup	17 January 2011	[10]
24	Keisuke Honda	Jordan	3 – (22', 31', 53' pen.)	6–0	Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification	8 June 2012	[11]

Notes

1. Goals column is sorted by the time elapsed between the first and the third goal.
2. Japan's score is shown first.

References

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