
Takafumi Akahoshi is a Japanese retired football player who as a midfielder.

Takuma Aoshima is a Japanese football player. He played for Blaublitz Akita.

Yosuke Fujigaya is a former Japanese football player.

Makoto Hasebe is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for and captains Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt. He played for the Japan national team, for which he served as captain.

Kenta Hasegawa is a former Japanese football player and manager. He played for the Japan national team.

Tadaaki Hirakawa is a former Japanese football player.

Takashi Hirano is a former Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team.

Hiroki Ito is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a defender for Bundesliga club VfB Stuttgart, on loan from Júbilo Iwata.

Teruyoshi Ito is a Japanese football player. He plays for J3 League club Azul Claro Numazu. He played for Japan national team.

Sugao Kambe is a football manager and former Japanese football player. He formerly managed The Philippines, Guam and Northern Mariana Islands national teams.

Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi , sometimes referred to as Yoshi Kawaguchi, is a former Japanese professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He is a former captain of the Japan national team.

Koya Kitagawa is a Japanese footballer who plays for SK Rapid Wien as a forward.

Kana Kitahara is a Japanese football player. She plays for Mynavi Sendai. She played for Japan national team.
Daigo Kobayashi is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for USL Championship club Birmingham Legion FC.

Yoshika Matsubara is a former Japanese football player and manager. Matsubara is the CEO of Felice Mondo Inc., football instructor, and Vice Chairman of the J.League Players OB Party.

Shigetatsu Matsunaga is a former Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team.

Kazuyoshi Miura , often known simply as Kazu, is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Japan Football League club Suzuka Point Getters on loan from Yokohama FC.

Koki Mizuno is a Japanese football player who plays for SC Sagamihara in J3 League.

Hajime Moriyasu is a Japanese football manager and former player. He made more than 250 appearances in 14 years with Sanfrecce Hiroshima, including a year on loan to Kyoto Purple Sanga, before spending his final season as a professional with Vegalta Sendai. He also played 35 times for the Japan national team. His brother Hiroshi and his sons Shohei and Keigo are also footballers. He is current manager of Japan senior and olympic teams.

Masashi Nakayama is a Japanese football manager and former player who is the head coach of Júbilo Iwata. He played as a forward in his playing career. Born in Shizuoka, Nakayama attended Fujieda Higashi High School and University of Tsukuba before he joined Yamaha Motors of the Japan Soccer League, a precursor to the J1 League, which consisted of company sponsored teams. He retired in December 2012 at age 45 after playing 3 seasons for Consadole Sapporo, then he came back almost three years later with Azul Claro Numazu in Japan Football League, the club has been promoted to the J3 League since 2017. He also attends by the nickname Gon Nakayama.

Daiki Ogawa is a Japanese footballer who plays for Júbilo Iwata.

Go Oiwa is a former Japanese football player and manager. He played for Japan national team.

Shinji Ono is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for J1 League club Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo.

Yukihiko Sato is a former Japanese football player.

Ryuichi Sugiyama is a former Japanese football player and manager. He played for Japan national team.

Hikari Takagi is a Japanese football player. She plays for Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara and Japan national team.

Naohiro Takahara is a Japanese football player and manager. He played for Japan national team. Currently, he plays for Okinawa SV.

Atsuto Uchida is a Japanese former professional footballer turned coach who played as a right-back.

Hiroki Yamada is a Japanese footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Júbilo Iwata.

Kosuke Yamamoto is a Japanese footballer who plays for Júbilo Iwata. Mainly a central midfielder, he can also play as a winger position.

Tatsuya Yazawa is a Japanese football player who plays for Fujieda MYFC.

Yutaka Yoshida is a Japanese football player currently playing for Nagoya Grampus.