The Japan national football team is the national association football team of Japan and is controlled by the Japan Football Association. Takeshi Okada, who had previously served as the manager for Japan leading up to and during the 1998 FIFA World Cup is the current coach for the team. The Japanese team is commonly known by the fans and media as Soccer Nippon Daihyō (サッカー日本代表, lit. Japanese representatives of soccer), or Nippon Daihyō (日本代表, lit. Japanese representatives), Daihyō (代表, lit. representatives) as abbreviated expressions. Although the team does not have an official nickname as such, it is often known by the name of the manager. For example, under Ivica Osim, the team was known as Osim Japan. Recently the team has been known or nicknamed as the “Samurai Blue”. Japan is one of the most successful national teams in Asia, being a three-time winner of the AFC Asian Cup and having qualified for the last four consecutive FIFA World Cup finals. サッカー日本代表（サッカーにっぽんだいひょう、サッカーにほんだいひょう）は、日本サッカー協会（JFA）によって編成される日本の男子サッカーのナショナルチームである。FIFAワールドカップに3回出場し、最高成績はベスト16（2002年、2010年）。アジアカップでは最多となる3回の優勝を果たしている。アジアサッカー連盟および東アジアサッカー連盟所属。 日本國家足球隊是日本的足球代表隊，亞洲最具實力的國家足球隊之一，由日本足協負責管轄。雖然多年來相撲及棒球依然是在最受日本國內大眾歡迎的體育項目，但足球在1990年代初期開始廣泛的受到大眾關注 …