Japan are averaging 1.1 yellow cards per game in 2027, with matches involving them seeing 2.2 cards on average. Below you'll find player booking-rate forecasts, the matchup risk read for the upcoming fixture against Uruguay, and a full match-by-match log.
Use the booking-rate table on this page to see each Japan player's yellow cards per qualifying appearance (≥20 minutes), plus their hit-rate over the last six appearances and current bookmaker odds to be carded.
Matchup risk blends the defender's fouls per game (40%), the opposition attacker's fouls drawn per game (40%), and the defender's underlying card rate (20%). Scores above 0.7 are flagged high risk, 0.4–0.7 medium and below 0.4 low.
All numbers come from match-level Sportmonks data ingested into Statz. Player odds are taken from Bet365 player markets when priced. Pre-match lineups are predicted lineups until team news lands, then confirmed.
A player must have featured for at least 20 minutes in a fixture for that match to count toward their booking rate and form. Cameo appearances are excluded so the rates aren't diluted.
Yellow cards are inherently noisy — we surface signal (form, matchup, referee profile, market price), not certainties. Use the booking-rate table and matchup risk as inputs, not guarantees.
Yes. The referee profile module shows the assigned official's average yellows per match this season alongside their season fouls and red-card rate so you can adjust expectations for the upcoming fixture.
| Player | Position | Apps | Yellow cards | Per game | 1+ hit rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Junnosuke Suzuki | defender | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 50% |
| Ko Itakura | defender | 4 | 1 | 0.25 | 25% |
| Koki Ogawa | attacker | 4 | 1 | 0.25 | 25% |
| Ritsu Doan | attacker | 10 | 2 | 0.2 | 20% |
| Tsuyoshi Watanabe | defender | 5 | 1 | 0.2 | 20% |
| Kaishu Sano | midfielder | 6 | 1 | 0.17 | 17% |
| Yukinari Sugawara | defender | 6 | 1 | 0.17 | 17% |
| Daichi Kamada | midfielder | 7 | 1 | 0.14 | 14% |
| Shogo Taniguchi | defender | 8 | 1 | 0.13 | 13% |
| Keito Nakamura | attacker | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Ayase Ueda | attacker | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Zion Suzuki | goalkeeper | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Junya Ito | attacker | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Hiroki Ito | defender | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Takefusa Kubo | attacker | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Daizen Maeda | attacker | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Ayumu Seko | midfielder | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Ao Tanaka | midfielder | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Takehiro Tomiyasu | defender | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| T. Hayakawa | goalkeeper | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Shuto Machino | attacker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Yuito Suzuki | attacker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Keisuke Goto | attacker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Yuto Nagatomo | defender | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Date | Opponent | Venue | Score | Team yellow cards | Opposition yellow cards | Match total | Top player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Jun 2026 | Brazil | Away | 2-1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| 25 Jun 2026 | Sweden | Home | 1-1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 21 Jun 2026 | Tunisia | Away | 0-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 14 Jun 2026 | Netherlands | Away | 2-2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 31 May 2026 | Iceland | Home | 1-0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 31 Mar 2026 | England | Away | 0-1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 28 Mar 2026 | Scotland | Away | 0-1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 18 Nov 2025 | Bolivia | Home | 3-0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 14 Nov 2025 | Ghana | Home | 2-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 14 Oct 2025 | Brazil | Home | 3-2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |