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 | Total goal |
|---|---|---|
1 | Kunishige Kamamoto | 30 (in 8 matches) |
2 | Kazuyoshi Miura | 14 (in 3 matches) |
3 | Shinji Okazaki | 9 (in 3 matches) |
4 | Yuya Osako | 8 (in 2 matches) |
5 | Takuya Takagi | 6 (in 2 matches) |
6 | Takeo Wakabayashi Teruki Miyamoto | 4 (in 1 matches) |
7 | Hiroshi Ninomiya Shigeo Yaegashi Ryuichi Sugiyama Tadahiko Ueda Yasuhiko Okudera Hiromi Hara Hiroaki Morishima Masashi Nakayama Akinori Nishizawa Naohiro Takahara Sōta Hirayama Keisuke Honda Ado Onaiwu Koki Ogawa Ayase Ueda | 3 (in 1 matches) |
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