List of Japanese footballers in European clubs

This is a list of Japanese football players who play or have played in Europe.

2008/2009 season players

Austria flagicon|Austria

Top division
*Tsuneyasu Miyamoto - Red Bull Salzburg (2007-present)
*Alessandro dos Santos - Red Bull Salzburg (2007)2nd division
*Hidetoshi Wakui - Bad Aussee (2007-2008)

Belgium flagicon|Belgium

Top division
*Masahiro Endo - KV Mechelen (2000-01), La Louvière (2001-02)
*Takayuki Suzuki - Genk (2002-03), Heusden-Zolder (2003-04)

Croatia flagicon|Croatia

Top division
*Kazuyoshi Miura - Dinamo Zagreb (1999)
*Nobuyuki Zaizen - Rijeka (1999)
*Yoshika Matsubara - Rijeka (1999)2nd division
*Shuichi Mase - Trnje (2000)

Denmark flagicon|Denmark

Top division
*Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi - FC Nordsjælland (2003-04)
*Suguru Hashimoto - Vejle BK (2007,2008-present)2nd division
*Suguru Hashimoto - Vejle BK (2007-2008)

England flagicon|England

Top division
*Junichi Inamoto - Arsenal (2001-02), Fulham (2002-04), West Bromwich Albion (2004, 2005-06)
*Akinori Nishizawa - Bolton Wanderers (2001)
*Kazuyuki Toda - Tottenham Hotspur (2003)
*Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi - Portsmouth (2003)
*Hidetoshi Nakata - Bolton Wanderers (2005-06)2nd division
*Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi - Portsmouth (2001-03)
*Junichi Inamoto - Cardiff City (2004-05)

France flagicon|France

Top division
*Daisuke Matsui - Le Mans (2005-2008), Saint-Étienne (2008-present)
*Sho Ito - Grenoble (2008-present)
*Nozomi Hiroyama - Montpellier (2003-04)
*Kōji Nakata - Marseille (2005-06)2nd division
*Daisuke Matsui - Le Mans (2004-05)
*Masashi Oguro - Grenoble (2006)
*Tsukasa Umesaki - Grenoble (2007)
*Sho Ito - Grenoble (2007-2008)

Germany flagicon|Germany

Top division
*Junichi Inamoto - Frankfurt (2007-present)
*Makoto Hasebe - Wolfsburg (2008-present)
*Shinji Ono - Bochum (2008-present)
*Yasuhiko Okudera - 1. FC Köln (1977-80), Werder Bremen (1981-86)
*Kazuo Ozaki - Arminia Bielefeld (1983-85), FC St. Pauli (1988-89)
*Naohiro Takahara - Hamburger SV (2002-06), Frankfurt (2006-07)2nd division
*Naoya Kikuchi - Carl Zeiss Jena (2008)
*Yasuhiko Okudera - Hertha Berlin (1980-81)
*Kazuo Ozaki - Arminia Bielefeld (1985-88)
*Yahiro Kazama - Remscheid (1987-88), Braunschweig (1988-89)
*Yuichiro Nagai - Karlsruher SC (1998-99)
*Ken Asaeda - Waldhof Mannheim (2002-03)3rd division
*Naoya Kikuchi - Carl Zeiss Jena (2008-present)

Greece flagicon|Greece

2nd division
*Kenji Fukuda - Ionikos F.C. (2008-present)

Hungary flagicon|Hungary

Top division
*Kazuo Homma - Lombard-Pápa TFC (2005-06), Diósgyőri VTK (2008-present)

2nd division
*Kazuo Homma - FC Szeged (2006-07)

Italy flagicon|Italy

Top division
*Takayuki Morimoto - Catania (2006-present)
*Kazuyoshi Miura - Genoa (1994-95)
*Hidetoshi Nakata - Perugia (1998-00), Roma (2000-01), Parma (2001-04), Bologna (2004), Fiorentina (2004-05)
*Hiroshi Nanami - Venezia (1999-00)
*Shunsuke Nakamura - Reggina (2002-05)
*Atsushi Yanagisawa - Sampdoria (2003-04), Messina (2004-06)
*Mitsuo Ogasawara - Messina (2006-07)
*Masashi Oguro - Torino (2006-08)

Lithuania flagicon|Lithuania

Top division
*Minoru Takenaka - FK Atlantas (2000-03)

Netherlands flagicon|Netherlands

Top division
*Keisuke Honda - VVV-Venlo (2008)
*Shinji Ono - Feyenoord (2001-06)
*Sōta Hirayama - Heracles (2005-06)
*Kazuyuki Toda - ADO Den Haag (2004)
*Toshiya Fujita - Utrecht (2003)
*Tatsuya Mochizuki - Haarlem (1982-85)2nd division
*Keisuke Honda - VVV-Venlo (2008-present)
*Tatsuya Mochizuki - Stormvogels Telstar (1986)
*Takafumi Ogura - Excelsior (1993-94)
*Akinori Nishizawa - FC Volendam (1995-1996)
*Kazuhiko Chiba - AGOVV (2003-05), Dordrecht (2005)

Norway flagicon|Norway

2nd division
*Junichi Yamagishi - Sandefjord (2005)

Poland flagicon|Poland

Top division
*Kimitoshi Nogawa - Górnik Zabrze (2004)

Portugal flagicon|Portugal

Top division
*Yasuhiro Yoshida - Santa Clara (1999-00)
*Nozomi Hiroyama - Sporting Braga (2002-03)

Romania flagicon|Romania

2nd division
*Kimitoshi Nougawa - FC Târgovişte (2005)

cotland flagicon|Scotland

Top division
*Shunsuke Nakamura - Celtic (2005-present)
*Koki Mizuno - Celtic (2008-present)

erbia flagicon|Serbia

Top division
*Takayuki Suzuki - Red Star Belgrade (2005-07)

lovenia flagicon|Slovenia

Top division
*Yasuyuki Moriyama - HIT Gorica (1998-99)
*Hidetoshi Wakui - Interblock Ljubljana (2006-07), ND Gorica (2008-present)2nd division
*Hidetoshi Wakui - NK Factor (2006)

pain flagicon|Spain

Top division
*Shoji Jo - Real Valladolid (2000)
*Akinori Nishizawa - Espanyol (2001)
*Yoshito Okubo - Mallorca (2005-06)2nd division
*Nobuyuki Zaizen - Logroñés (1996)
*Sotaro Yasunaga - Lleida (1997-98), Racing Ferrol (2000)
*Kenji Fukuda - Castellón (2006), Numancia (2006-07), Las Palmas (2007-2008)

witzerland flagicon|Switzerland

Top division
*Yoshika Matsubara - Delémont (1999)
*Naoki Imaya - Neuchâtel Xamax (2003-04)
*Kōji Nakata - Basel (2006-08)

Turkey flagicon|Turkey

Top division
*Junichi Inamoto - Galatasaray (2006-07)

ee also

*List of Asian footballers in Europe
*List of Chinese footballers in European clubs
*List of South Korean footballers in European clubs
*List of Iranian footballers in Europe clubs
*List of Tajikistani footballers in European clubs