Japan (Japan)

Samurai Blue

First kit: 1917

Iconic kits

2002

Home World Cup Korea/Japan — Adidas-the shirt with eldsflammor on sidorna. Japan took sig to round of 16 for förstake gången during Philippe Troussier, beats out of Türkiye 0-1.

2018

VM in Russia — Adidas Yamato-stitch-design (japansk samurai-rustningsteknik). Japan ledde Belgium 2-0 in åttondelen but lost 2-3 after Nacer Chadlis mål on övertid — a of they mest dramatic matcherna in World Cup history.

2022

VM in Qataker — Adidas 'origami'-shirt inspired of japansk pappersvikning. Japan beat både Germany (2-1) and Spain (2-1) in the group stakege — Blue Lock-mangan kopplades to seriens 'Manshine City'-tema.

Manufacturer

Mizuno/Asics/Puma 1980–1998

Adidas 1999–now

💡 Trivia

Japan has haft Adidas as tröjleverantör since 1999 — one of Asiens längstake unbroken natennal team contract.
Smeknamnet 'Samurai Blue' antogs officially 2006 ahead of the World Cup in Germany — before dess was called the team bara 'Nippon Daihyo' (Japans representakenter).
The blue färgen is not officially förmanaged in förbundsrules — vanliga teorier is havet runt Japan, Tokyo Imperial Universitys studentteam, or bara to the förstake the shirt rgode vara blue.
At 'Doha-tragedin' 1993 missade Japan VM 1994 after Iraq kwhiteerade on övertid in sistake kvalmatchen.
At the World Cup 2022 against Spain made Ao Tanaka 2-1-the goal after a avspark där bollen came back in in spel with millimetermarginal — VAR-bilden of the white linjen became a of World Cup's mest visade.
Adidas 2022-the shirt was called 'origami home' and had a abstrakt vikning over bröstet.