Who are Japan's most successful players in Europe?
Monday, February 11, 2019
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With Japan celebrating its national day, which players top the nation's UEFA Champions League rankings?
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Most appearances by a Japanese player in the European Champion Clubs' Cup/UEFA Champions League (including qualifying)
33: Shinji Kagawa (Dortmund, Manchester United)
31: Atsuto Uchida (Schalke)
19: Shunsuke Nakamura (Celtic)
11: Keisuke Honda (CSKA Moskva)
11: Shinji Ono (Feyenoord)
15: Yuto Nagatomo (Internazionale, Galatasaray)
7: Junichi Inamoto (Arsenal, Galatasaray)
7: Takumi Minamino (Salzburg)
7: Shinji Okazaki (Leicester)
6: Makoto Hasebe (Wolfsburg)
6: Yuya Kubo (Young Boys)
6: Takayuki Suzuki (Genk)
Top-scoring Japanese players in the European Champion Clubs' Cup/UEFA Champions League (including qualifying)
4: Shinji Kagawa (Dortmund, Manchester United)
3: Keisuke Honda (CSKA Moskva)
2: Yuya Kubo (Young Boys)
2: Shunsuke Nakamura (Celtic)
2: Takumi Minamino (Salzburg)
2: Shinji Ono (Feyenoord)
1: Mike Havenaar (Den Haag)
1: Junichi Inamoto (Arsenal, Galatasaray)
1: Daigo Kobayashi (Stabæk)
1: Shinji Okazaki (Leicester)
1: Atomu Tanaka (HJK Helsinki)
1: Atsuto Uchida (Schalke)
Most appearances by Japanese players in UEFA club competition*
53: Shinji Kagawa (Dortmund, Manchester United)
40: Atsuto Uchida (Schalke)
33: Hidetoshi Nakata (Perugia, Roma, Parma, Bolton)
32: Shinji Ono (Feyenoord)
31: Takayuki Seto (Astra Giurgiu)
30: Yuto Nagatomo (Internazionale)
29: Takumi Minamino (Salzburg)
24: Yuya Kubo (Young Boys, Gent)
22: Shinji Okazaki (Stuttgart, Mainz, Leicester)
22: Hidetoshi Wakui (Nõmme Kalju)
Top-scoring Japanese players in UEFA club competition*
11: Shinji Kagawa (Dortmund, Manchester United)
9: Takumi Minamino (Salzburg)
5: Keisuke Honda (CSKA Moskva)
5: Junichi Inamoto (Arsenal, Fulham, Galatasaray)
5: Shinji Ono (Feyenoord)
5: Hidetoshi Wakui (Nõmme Kalju)
4: Hidetoshi Nakata (Perugia, Roma, Parma, Bolton)
4: Yuya Kubo (Young Boys)
4: Shinji Okazaki (Stuttgart, Mainz, Leicester)
3: Atomu Tanaka (HJK Helsinki)
First Japanese player to win a UEFA trophy
Shinji Ono (Feyenoord 3-2 Borussia Dortmund, 2002 UEFA Cup)
*UEFA club competitions means European Champion Clubs' Cup/UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League, European/South American Cup, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, UEFA Super Cup and UEFA Intertoto Cup