Around 416 Japan items are listed, running from 1992 to 2026-27. The 2000s are much the strongest decade with roughly 182 items, followed by about 142 from the 2010s, 58 from the 2020s and 33 from the 1990s. Home shirts account for around 196 of them and away shirts only about 48, so the blue home shirt is far easier to find here than the white.
This is the detail that catches buyers out. Roughly 118 items are marked Player Issue — squad-specification garments, closer cut and often made to a different fabric standard than the replica sold in shops. The 2002-04 home shirt appears in that form repeatedly, both plain and printed. Other listings are track jackets, bench coats, tees, caps, shorts and a name set, which is only the lettering and number.
Printed shirts cluster on four players: Nakata appears on around 51 items, Honda on about 31, Nakamura on about 23 and Kagawa on about 21. Nakata and Nakamura sit on the 2002-04 and 2004-06 shirts, the era of the World Cup Japan co-hosted. Japan have qualified for every World Cup since 1998 and have won a record four Asian Cup titles, in 1992, 2000, 2004 and 2011. Condition spans the full scale, from 28 items at Fair up to 21 at Mint.
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