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{{Short description|National association football youth team of Japan}}
{{Infobox national football team
| Name                  = {{fbwu|20|Japan}}
| Badge                    = 
| Badge_size               = 160px
| Nickname              = Young Nadeshiko (ヤングなでしこ)
| Association           = [[Japan Football Association]]
| Sub-confederation     = [[East Asian Football Federation|EAFF]] ([[East Asia]])
| Confederation         = [[Asian Football Confederation|AFC]] ([[Asia]])
| Coach                 = Michihisa Kano
| Captain               = 
| Most caps             = 
| Top scorer            = 
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| pattern_so1              = 
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| Regional name         = [[FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup]]
| Regional cup apps     = 8
| Regional cup first    = [[2002 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship|2002]]
| Regional cup best     = Champions ([[2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup|2018]])
| 2ndRegional name      = [[AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup]]
| 2ndRegional cup apps  = 11
| 2ndRegional cup first = [[2002 AFC U-19 Women's Championship|2002]]
| 2ndRegional cup best  = Winners ([[2002 AFC U-19 Women's Championship|2002]], [[2009 AFC U-19 Women's Championship|2009]], [[2011 AFC U-19 Women's Championship|2011]], [[2015 AFC U-19 Women's Championship|2015]], [[2017 AFC U-19 Women's Championship|2017]], [[2019 AFC U-19 Women's Championship|2019]])
| type                  = women
}}

The '''Japan women's national under-20 football team''' is a national [[association football]] youth team of [[Japan]] and is controlled by the [[Japan Football Association]].

The nickname of '''Japan women's national under-20 football team''' is the Young Nadeshiko (ヤングなでしこ).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nadeshikojapan.jp/national_team/2012/u20w/news/fifa_u-20_2012u-20.html |title=U-20日本女子代表チームの愛称が「ヤングなでしこ」に決定 |date=2012-07-12 |work=[[Japan Football Association|JFA]] |access-date=2012-09-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303215109/http://nadeshikojapan.jp/national_team/2012/u20w/news/fifa_u-20_2012u-20.html |archive-date=2016-03-03 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
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== Results and fixtures ==
{{See also|{{CURRENTYEAR}} in Japanese football}}

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=== 2024 ===
{{Football box collapsible 
|date  = {{Start date|2024|3|4|df=y}}
|round = [[2024 AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup#Group B|AFC U-20 Asian Cup Group B]]
|time  = 16:00
|team1 = {{fbwu-rt|20|JPN}}
|score = 10–0
|team2 = {{fbwu|20|VIE}}
|goals1 =  
*[[Manaka Matsukubo|Matsukubo]] {{goal|11||31||44}}
*[[Maya Hijikata|Hijikata]] {{goal|57||64}}
*Tsujisawa {{goal|67}}
*Sasaki {{goal|70}}
*Sasai {{goal|73}}
*Yoneda {{goal|83}}
*Shirasawa {{goal|84}}
|goals2 = 
|stadium  = [[JAR Stadium]], [[Tashkent]]
|report = https://www.the-afc.com/en/matches/afc-u20-womens-asian-cup/2024/2417235
|attendance = 60
|referee  = Kim Yu-jeong ([[Korea Football Association|South Korea]])
|result   = W
}}
{{Football box collapsible 
|date  = {{Start date|2024|3|7|df=y}}
|round = [[2024 AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup#Group B|AFC U-20 Asian Cup Group B]]
|time  = 16:00
|team1 = {{fbwu-rt|20|CHN}}
|score = 0–2
|team2 = {{fbwu|20|JPN}}
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = 
*[[Maya Hijikata|Hijikata]] {{goal|26}}
*[[Suzu Amano|Amano]] {{goal|88}}
|stadium  = [[JAR Stadium]], [[Tashkent]]
|report = https://www.the-afc.com/en/matches/afc-u20-womens-asian-cup/2024/2417237
|attendance = 85
|referee  = Kim Yu-jeong ([[Korea Football Association|South Korea]])
|result   = W
}}
{{Football box collapsible 
|date  = {{Start date|2024|3|10|df=y}}
|round = [[2024 AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup#Group B|AFC U-20 Asian Cup Group B]]
|time  = 13:00
|team1 = {{fbwu-rt|20|JPN}}
|score = 0–1
|team2 = {{fbwu|20|PRK}}
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = Chae Un-yong {{Goal|22}}
|stadium  = [[JAR Stadium]], [[Tashkent]]
|report = https://www.the-afc.com/en/matches/afc-u20-womens-asian-cup/2024/2417238
|attendance = 70
|referee  = Om Choki ([[Bhutan Football Federation|Bhutan]])
|result   = L
}}
{{Football box collapsible 
| date       = {{Start date|2024|3|13|df=y}}
| round      = [[2024 AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup#Semi-finals|AFC U-20 Asian Cup SF]]
| time       = 16:00
| team1      = {{fbwu-rt|20|AUS}}
| score      = 1–5
| team2      = {{fbwu|20|JPN}}
| goals1     = [[Peta Trimis|Trimis]] {{goal|13}}
| goals2     = Yoneda {{goal|3}} <br> Shiragaki {{goal|63}} <br> [[Maya Hijikata|Hijikata]] {{goal|83}} <br> Sasai {{goal|88}} <br> [[Naomi Chinnama|Chinnama]] {{goal|89|o.g.}}
| stadium    = [[JAR Stadium]], [[Tashkent]]
| attendance = 88
| referee    = Dong Fangyu ([[Chinese Football Association|China]])
| report     = https://www.the-afc.com/en/matches/afc-u20-womens-asian-cup/2024/2417241
| result     = W
}}
{{Football box collapsible 
|date       = {{Start date|2024|3|16|df=y}}
|round      = [[2024 AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup#Final|AFC U-20 Asian Cup F]]
|time       = 18:00
|team1      = {{fbwu-rt|20|JPN}}
|score      = 1–2
|team2      = {{fbwu|20|PRK}}
|goals1     = Tsujisawa {{goal|20}}
|goals2     = Jon Ryong-yong {{goal|44||86}}
|stadium    = [[JAR Stadium]], [[Tashkent]]
|attendance = 
|referee    = Dong Fangyu ([[Chinese Football Association|China]])
|report     = 
|result     = L
}}
{{football box collapsible
| date = {{Start date|2024|9|2|df=y}}
| round = [[2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup#Group E|FIFA U-20 World Cup Group E]]
| time = 20:00
| team1 = {{fbwu-rt|20|JPN}}
| score = 7–0 
| team2 = {{fbwu|20|NZL}}
| goals1 =
*[[Maya Hijikata|Hijikata]] {{goal|16||38}} 
*Sasai {{goal|41||90+1}}
*[[Aemu Oyama|Oyama]] {{goal|45}}
*Koyama {{goal|60}}
*Hayama {{goal|75}}
| goals2 = 
| stadium = [[Estadio Metropolitano de Techo|Estadio El Techo]], [[Bogotá]]
| attendance = 
| referee = Dione Rissios ([[Football Federation of Chile|Chile]])
| report = https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/108/288226/288227/400018312
| result = W
}}
{{football box collapsible
| date = {{Start date|2024|9|5|df=y}}
| round = [[2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup#Group E|FIFA U-20 World Cup Group E]]
| time = 17:00
| team1 = {{fbwu-rt|20|JPN}}
| score = 4–1
| team2 = {{fbwu|20|GHA}}
| goals1 =
*Sasai {{goal|45}}
*[[Manaka Matsukubo|Matsukubo]] {{goal|45+6}}
*Hayama {{goal|50}}
*Matsunaga {{goal|90}}
| goals2 = [[Stella Nyamekye|Nyamekye]] {{goal|83|pen.}}
| stadium = [[Estadio Metropolitano de Techo|Estadio El Techo]], [[Bogotá]]
| attendance = 
| referee = Karen Hernández ([[Mexican Football Federation|Mexico]])
| report = https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/108/288226/288227/400018314
| result = W
}}
{{football box collapsible
| date = {{Start date|2024|9|8|df=y}}
| round = [[2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup#Group E|FIFA U-20 World Cup Group E]]
| time = 18:00
| team1 = {{fbwu-rt|20|AUT}}
| score = 0–2
| team2 = {{fbwu|20|JPN}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 = [[Maya Hijikata|Hijikata]] {{goal|38||79}}
| stadium = [[Estadio Metropolitano de Techo|Estadio El Techo]], [[Bogotá]]
| attendance = 
| referee = Shahenda El-Maghrabi ([[Egyptian Football Association|Egypt]])
| report = https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/108/288226/288227/400018316
| result = W
}}
{{football box collapsible
|date       = {{Start date|2024|9|12|df=y}}
|round      = [[2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup#Round of 16|FIFA U-20 World Cup R16]]
|time       = 20:00
|team1      = {{fbwu-rt|20|JPN}}
|score      = 2–1
|team2      = {{fbwu|20|NGA}}
|goals1     =
*Matsunaga {{goal|33}}
*[[Maya Hijikata|Hijikata]] {{goal|65}}
|goals2     = Shobowale {{goal|90+1}}
|stadium    = [[Estadio Metropolitano de Techo|Estadio El Techo]], [[Bogotá]]
|attendance = 
|referee    = [[Natalie Simon]] ([[United States Soccer Federation|United States]]) 
|report     = https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/108/288226/288239/400018333
|result     = W
}}
{{football box collapsible
|date       = {{Start date|2024|9|15|df=y}}
|round      = [[2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup#Quarter-finals|FIFA U-20 World Cup QF]]
|time       = 18:00
|team1      = {{fbwu-rt|20|JPN}}
|score      = 1–0
|aet        = yes
|team2      = {{fbwu|20|ESP}}
|goals1     = Yoneda {{goal|102}}
|goals2     =
|stadium    = [[Estadio Atanasio Girardot]], [[Medellín]]
|attendance = 4,583
|referee    = Anahí Fernández ([[Uruguayan Football Association|Uruguay]])
|report     = https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/108/288226/288233/400018325
|result     = W
}}
{{Football box collapsible 
|date       = {{Start date|2024|9|18|df=y}}
|round      = [[2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup#Semi-finals|FIFA U-20 World Cup SF]]
|time       = 20:00
|team1      = {{fbwu-rt|20|JPN}}
|score      = 2–0
|team2      = {{fbwu|20|NED}}
|goals1     = [[Manaka Matsukubo|Matsukubo]] {{goal|55||83}}
|goals2     =
|stadium    = [[Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero|Estadio Pascual Guerrero]], [[Cali]]
|attendance = 8,733
|referee    = Karen Hernández ([[Mexican Football Federation|Mexico]])
|report     = https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/108/288226/288234/400018329
|result     = W
}}
{{Football box collapsible 
|date       = {{Start date|2024|9|22|df=y}}
|round      = [[2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup final|FIFA U-20 World Cup F]]
|time       = 16:00 <noinclude>[[Time in Colombia|COT]]</noinclude>
|team1      = {{fbwu-rt|20|PRK}}
|score      = 1–0
|team2      = {{fbwu|20|JPN}}
|goals1     = [[Choe Il-son]] {{goal|15}}
|goals2     = 
|stadium    = [[Estadio El Campín]], [[Bogotá]]
|attendance = 32,908
|referee    = [[Maria Sole Ferrieri Caputi|Maria Sole Ferrieri]] ([[Italian Football Federation|Italy]])
|report     = https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/108/288226/288236/400018331 
|result     = L
}}
*[https://www.jfa.jp/national_team/u20w/schedule_result/2024.html Fixtures & Results (2024)], JFA.jp

== Coaching staff ==
=== Current coaching staff ===
{{Updated|3 August 2022}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=U-20 Japan Women's National Team squad – FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Costa Rica 2022™ (8/7-28＠Costa Rica) |url=http://jfa.jp/eng/news/00030043/ |publisher=[[Japan Football Association|JFA]] |access-date=12 July 2022 |date=3 August 2022}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Role
! Name
|-
| Head coach
| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Michihisa Kano]] ''(JFA National Coaching Staff)''
|-
| Assistant coach
| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Tomomi Miyamoto]] ''(JFA National Coaching Staff)''
|-
| Technical staff
| {{flagicon|JPN}} Kensuke Teraguchi  ''(JFA National Coaching Staff)''
|-
| Goalkeeping coach
| {{flagicon|JPN}} Toshihiro Nishiiri ''(JFA National Coaching Staff)''
|-
| Physical coach
| {{flagicon|JPN}} Keisuke Otsuka ''(JFA National Coaching Staff)''
|}

== Players ==
{{See also|Category:Japanese women's footballers}}

=== Current U-20 squad ===
The following players were called up for the [[2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup]], held in [[Colombia]] in August 2024.

{{nat fs g start}}
{{nat fs g player|no= 1|pos=GK|name={{sortname|Akane|Okuma}}|age={{birth date and age2|2024|8|31|2004|9|15|df=y}}|caps=|goals=|club=[[INAC Kobe Leonessa]]|clubnat=JPN}}
{{nat fs g player|no= 2|pos=DF|name={{sortname|Nana|Kashimura}}|age={{birth date and age2|2024|8|31|2004|4|15|df=y}}|caps=|goals=|club=[[Nippon TV Tokyo Verdy Beleza|NTV Tokyo Verdy Beleza]]|clubnat=JPN}}
{{nat fs g player|no= 3|pos=DF|name={{sortname|Raika|Okamura}}|age={{birth date and age2|2024|8|31|2005|7|30|df=y}}|caps=|goals=|club=[[Urawa Red Diamonds Ladies|Urawa Red Diamonds]]|clubnat=JPN}}
{{nat fs g player|no= 4|pos=DF|name={{sortname|Hiromi|Yoneda}}|age={{birth date and age2|2024|8|31|2004|10|2|df=y}}|caps=|goals=|club=[[Cerezo Osaka Yanmar Ladies|Cerezo Osaka Yanmar]]|clubnat=JPN}}
{{nat fs g player|no= 5|pos=MF|name={{sortname|Manaka|Hayashi}}|other=[[Captain (association football)|captain]]|age={{birth date and age2|2024|8|31|2004|8|16|df=y}}|caps=|goals=|club=[[Santa Clara Broncos women's soccer|Santa Clara Broncos]]|clubnat=USA}}
{{nat fs g player|no= 6|pos=DF|name={{sortname|Rio|Sasaki|dab=footballer}}|age={{birth date and age2|2024|8|31|2004|9|17|df=y}}|caps=|goals=|club=[[Mynavi Sendai]]|clubnat=JPN}}
{{nat fs g player|no= 7|pos=MF|name={{sortname|Fuka|Tsunoda}}|age={{birth date and age2|2024|8|31|2004|10|24|df=y}}|caps=|goals=|club=[[Urawa Red Diamonds Ladies|Urawa Red Diamonds]]|clubnat=JPN}}
{{nat fs g player|no= 8|pos=MF|name={{sortname|Aemu|Oyama}}|age={{birth date and age2|2024|8|31|2004|9|19|df=y}}|caps=|goals=|club=[[Waseda University]]|clubnat=JPN}}
{{nat fs g player|no= 9|pos=FW|name={{sortname|Chinari|Sasai}}|age={{birth date and age2|2024|8|31|2004|10|12|df=y}}|caps=|goals=|club=[[Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara]]|clubnat=JPN}}
{{nat fs g player|no=10|pos=FW|name={{sortname|Manaka|Matsukubo}}|age={{birth date and age2|2024|8|31|2004|7|28|df=y}}|caps=|goals=|club=[[North Carolina Courage]]|clubnat=USA}}
{{nat fs g player|no=11|pos=MF|name={{sortname|Rihona|Ujihara}}|age={{birth date and age2|2024|8|31|2004|7|8|df=y}}|caps=|goals=|club=[[Nippon TV Tokyo Verdy Beleza|NTV Tokyo Verdy Beleza]]|clubnat=JPN}}
{{nat fs g player|no=12|pos=MF|name={{sortname|Mao|Kubota}}|age={{birth date and age2|2024|8|31|2005|5|30|df=y}}|caps=|goals=|club=[[INAC Kobe Leonessa]]|clubnat=JPN}}
{{nat fs g player|no=13|pos=FW|name={{sortname|Maya|Hijikata}}|age={{birth date and age2|2024|8|31|2004|4|13|df=y}}|caps=|goals=|club=[[Nippon TV Tokyo Verdy Beleza|NTV Tokyo Verdy Beleza]]|clubnat=JPN}}
{{nat fs g player|no=14|pos=DF|name={{sortname|Shinomi|Koyama}}|age={{birth date and age2|2024|8|31|2005|1|31|df=y}}|caps=|goals=|club=[[Djurgårdens IF Fotboll (women)|Djurgården]]|clubnat=SWE}}
{{nat fs g player|no=15|pos=MF|name={{sortname|Miku|Hayama}}|age={{birth date and age2|2024|8|31|2005|5|14|df=y}}|caps=|goals=|club=[[Sanfrecce Hiroshima Regina]]|clubnat=JPN}}
{{nat fs g player|no=16|pos=MF|name={{sortname|Suzu|Amano}}|age={{birth date and age2|2024|8|31|2004|2|18|df=y}}|caps=|goals=|club=[[Hammarby Fotboll (women)|Hammarby]]|clubnat=SWE}}
{{nat fs g player|no=17|pos=DF|name={{sortname|Uno|Shiragaki}}|age={{birth date and age2|2024|8|31|2005|10|11|df=y}}|caps=|goals=|club=[[Cerezo Osaka Yanmar Ladies|Cerezo Osaka Yanmar]]|clubnat=JPN}}
{{nat fs g player|no=18|pos=GK|name={{sortname|Uruha|Iwasaki}}|age={{birth date and age2|2024|8|31|2006|3|13|df=y}}|caps=|goals=|club=[[Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara]]|clubnat=JPN}}
{{nat fs g player|no=19|pos=MF|name={{sortname|Miyu|Matsunaga}}|age={{birth date and age2|2024|8|31|2006|6|8|df=y}}|caps=|goals=|club=[[Nippon TV Tokyo Verdy Beleza|NTV Tokyo Verdy Beleza]]|clubnat=JPN}}
{{nat fs g player|no=20|pos=MF|name={{sortname|Mao|Itamura}}|age={{birth date and age2|2024|8|31|2006|8|6|df=y}}|caps=|goals=|club=[[JFA Academy Fukushima]]|clubnat=JPN}}
{{nat fs g player|no=21|pos=GK|name={{sortname|Jessica Yuri|Wulf}}|age={{birth date and age2|2024|8|31|2005|5|20|df=y}}|caps=|goals=|club=[[Nippon TV Tokyo Verdy Beleza|NTV Tokyo Verdy Beleza]]|clubnat=JPN}}
{{nat fs end}}

=== Previous squads ===
;FIFA U-20 World Cup
* [[2002 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship squads# Japan|2002 FIFA U-19 World Championship]]
* [[2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup squads# Japan|2008 FIFA U-20 World Cup]]
* [[2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup squads#Japan|2010 FIFA U-20 World Cup]]
* [[2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup squads#Japan|2012 FIFA U-20 World Cup]]
* [[2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup squads#Japan|2016 FIFA U-20 World Cup]]
* [[2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup squads#Japan|2018 FIFA U-20 World Cup]]
* [[2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup squads#Japan|2022 FIFA U-20 World Cup]]
* [[2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup squads#Japan|2024 FIFA U-20 World Cup]]
;AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup

== Competitive record ==
=== FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup ===
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
! colspan=9 | [[FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup]] record
|-
! Hosts / Year
! Result
! width=20 | {{Tooltip|GP|Games played}}
! width=20 | {{Tooltip|W|Won}}
! width=20 | {{Tooltip|D|Drawn}}
! width=20 | {{Tooltip|L|Lost}}
! width=20 | {{Tooltip|GS|Goals scored}}
! width=20 | {{Tooltip|GA|Goals allowed}}
|-
| {{flagicon|CAN}} [[2002 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship|2002]]||Quarterfinals||4||1||1||2||4||8
|-
| {{flagicon|THA}} [[2004 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship|2004]]||colspan=7 rowspan=2 | ''did not qualify''
|-
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[2006 FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship|2006]]
|-
| {{flagicon|CHI}} [[2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup|2008]]||Quarterfinals||4||3||0||1||8||4
|-
| {{flagicon|GER}} [[2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup|2010]]||Round 1||3||1||1||1||7||6
|- bgcolor=cc9966
| style="border: 3px solid red"|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup|2012]]||'''Third place'''||'''6'''||'''4'''||'''1'''||'''1'''||'''15'''||'''8'''
|-
| {{flagicon|CAN}} [[2014 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup|2014]]||colspan=7 | ''did not qualify''
|- bgcolor=cc9966
| {{flagicon|PNG}} [[2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup|2016]]||'''Third place'''||'''6'''||'''4'''||'''0'''||'''2'''||'''16'''||'''4'''
|- bgcolor=gold
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup|2018]]||'''Champions'''||'''6'''||'''5'''||'''0'''||'''1'''||'''15'''||'''3'''
|- bgcolor=silver
| {{flagicon|CRC}} [[2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup|2022]]||'''Runners-up'''||'''6'''||'''4'''||'''1'''||'''1'''||'''12'''||'''8'''
|- bgcolor=silver
| {{flagicon|COL}} [[2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup|2024]]||'''Runners-up'''||'''7'''||'''6'''||'''0'''||'''1'''||'''18'''||'''3'''
|-
| {{flagicon|POL}} [[2026 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup|2026]]||colspan=7 | ''To be determined''
|-
| '''Total'''||'''8/12'''||'''42'''||'''28'''||'''4'''||'''10'''||'''95'''||'''44'''
|}
:''*Draws include knockout matches decided on [[penalty shoot-out (association football)|penalty kicks]].''

{{col-2}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;font-size:95%;"
! colspan=4 | FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup history
|-
! Year
! Round
! Score
! Result
|-
| rowspan=4 | [[2002 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship|2002]]
| Round 1||align="left" | {{fbwu|20|JPN}} '''1–1''' {{fbwu|20|NGA}}||Draw
|-
| Round 1||align="left" | {{fbwu|20|JPN}} '''0–4''' {{fbwu|20|CAN}}||Loss
|-
| Round 1||align="left" | {{fbwu|20|JPN}} '''2–1''' {{fbwu|20|DEN}}||Win
|-
| Quarterfinals||align="left" | {{fbwu|20|JPN}} '''1–2''' {{fbwu|20|GER}}||Loss
|-
| rowspan=4 | [[2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup|2008]]
| Round 1||align="left" | {{fbwu|20|JPN}} '''2–0''' {{fbwu|20|CAN}}||Win
|-
| Round 1||align="left" | {{fbwu|20|JPN}} '''2–1''' {{fbwu|20|GER}}||Win
|-
| Round 1||align="left" | {{fbwu|20|JPN}} '''3–1''' {{fbwu|20|COD}}||Win
|-
| Quarterfinals||align="left" | {{fbwu|20|JPN}} '''1–2''' {{fbwu|20|PRK}}||Loss
|-
| rowspan=3 | [[2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup|2010]]
| Round 1||align="left" | {{fbwu|20|JPN}} '''3–3''' {{fbwu|20|MEX}}||Draw
|-
| Round 1||align="left" | {{fbwu|20|JPN}} '''1–2''' {{fbwu|20|NGA}}||Loss
|-
| Round 1||align="left" | {{fbwu|20|JPN}} '''3–1''' {{fbwu|20|ENG}}||Win
|-
| rowspan=6 | [[2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup|2012]]
| Round 1||align="left" | {{fbwu|20|JPN}} '''4–1''' {{fbwu|20|MEX}}||Win
|-
| Round 1||align="left" | {{fbwu|20|JPN}} '''2–2''' {{fbwu|20|NZL}}||Draw
|-
| Round 1||align="left" | {{fbwu|20|JPN}} '''4–0''' {{fbwu|20|SUI}}||Win
|-
| Quarterfinals||align="left" | {{fbwu|20|JPN}} '''3–1''' {{fbwu|20|KOR}}||Win
|-
| Semifinals||align="left" | {{fbwu|20|JPN}} '''0–3''' {{fbwu|20|GER}}||Loss
|-
| Third Place||align="left" | {{fbwu|20|JPN}} '''2–1''' {{fbwu|20|NGA}}||Win
|-
| rowspan=6 | [[2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup|2016]]
| Round 1||align="left" | {{fbwu|20|JPN}} '''6–0''' {{fbwu|20|NGA}}||Win
|-
| Round 1||align="left" | {{fbwu|20|JPN}} '''0–1''' {{fbwu|20|ESP}}||Loss
|-
| Round 1||align="left" | {{fbwu|20|JPN}} '''5–0''' {{fbwu|20|CAN}}||Win
|-
| Quarterfinals||align="left" | {{fbwu|20|JPN}} '''3–1''' {{fbwu|20|BRA}}||Win
|-
| Semifinals||align="left" | {{fbwu|20|JPN}} '''1–2''' {{fbwu|20|FRA}}||Loss *
|-
| Third Place||align="left" | {{fbwu|20|JPN}} '''1–0''' {{fbwu|20|USA}}||Win
|-
| rowspan=6 | [[2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup|2018]]
| Round 1||align="left" | {{fbwu|20|JPN}} '''1–0''' {{fbwu|20|USA}}||Win
|-
| Round 1||align="left" | {{fbwu|20|JPN}} '''0–1''' {{fbwu|20|ESP}}||Loss
|-
| Round 1||align="left" | {{fbwu|20|JPN}} '''6–0''' {{fbwu|20|PAR}}||Win
|-
| Quarterfinals||align="left" | {{fbwu|20|JPN}} '''3–1''' {{fbwu|20|GER}}||Win
|-
| Semifinals||align="left" | {{fbwu|20|JPN}} '''2–0''' {{fbwu|20|ENG}}||Win
|-
| Final||align="left" | {{fbwu|20|JPN}} '''3–1''' {{fbwu|20|ESP}}||Win
|-
| rowspan=6 | [[2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup|2022]]
| Round 1||align="left" | {{fbwu|20|JPN}} '''1–0''' {{fbwu|19|NED}}||Win
|-
| Round 1||align="left" | {{fbwu|20|JPN}} '''2–0''' {{fbwu|20|GHA}}||Win
|-
| Round 1||align="left" | {{fbwu|20|JPN}} '''3–1''' {{fbwu|20|USA}}||Win
|-
| Quarterfinals||align="left" | {{fbwu|20|JPN}} '''3–3''' {{fbwu|20|FRA}}||Draw*
|-
| Semifinals||align="left" | {{fbwu|20|JPN}} '''2–1''' {{fbwu|20|BRA}}||Win
|-
| Final||align="left" | {{fbwu|20|JPN}} '''1–3''' {{fbwu|20|SPA}}||Loss
|-
| rowspan=7 | [[2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup|2024]]
| Round 1||align="left" | {{fbwu|20|JPN}} '''7–0''' {{fbwu|20|NZL}}||Win
|-
| Round 1||align="left" | {{fbwu|20|JPN}} '''4–1''' {{fbwu|20|GHA}}||Win
|-
| Round 1||align="left" | {{fbwu|20|JPN}} '''2–0''' {{fbwu|20|AUT}}||Win
|-
| Round of 16||align="left" |{{fbwu|20|JPN}} '''2–1''' {{fbwu|20|NGA}}
||Win
|-
| Quarterfinals||align="left" | {{fbwu|20|JPN}} '''1–0''' {{fbwu|20|SPA}}||Win
|-
| Semifinals||align="left" | {{fbwu|20|JPN}} '''2–0''' {{fbwu|19|NED}}||Win
|-
| Final||align="left" | {{fbwu|20|JPN}} '''0–1''' {{fbwu|20|PRK}}||Loss
|}
:''* (2016) France win after extra time.''
:''* (2022) Japan won after winning on penalty shoot-out.''
{{col-end}}

=== AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
! colspan=9 | [[AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup]] record
|-
! Hosts / Year
! Result
! width=20 | {{Tooltip|GP|Games played}}
! width=20 | {{Tooltip|W|Won}}
! width=20 | {{Tooltip|D|Drawn}}
! width=20 | {{Tooltip|L|Lost}}
! width=20 | {{Tooltip|GS|Goals scored}}
! width=20 | {{Tooltip|GA|Goals allowed}}
|- bgcolor=gold
| {{flagicon|IND}} [[2002 AFC U-19 Women's Championship|2002]]||'''Champions'''||'''5'''||'''4'''||'''1'''||'''0'''||'''34'''||'''2'''
|-
| {{flagicon|CHN}} [[2004 AFC U-19 Women's Championship|2004]]||Quarterfinals||3||2||0||1||28||1
|- bgcolor=#9acdff
| {{flagicon|MYS}} [[2006 AFC U-19 Women's Championship|2006]]||'''Fourth place'''||'''5'''||'''3'''||'''1'''||'''1'''||'''14'''||'''5'''
|- bgcolor=silver
| {{flagicon|CHN}} [[2007 AFC U-19 Women's Championship|2007]]||'''Runners-up'''||'''5'''||'''2'''||'''1'''||'''2'''||'''10'''||'''4'''
|- bgcolor=gold
| {{flagicon|CHN}} [[2009 AFC U-19 Women's Championship|2009]]||'''Champions'''||'''5'''||'''3'''||'''2'''||'''0'''||'''10'''||'''3'''
|- bgcolor=gold
| {{flagicon|VIE}} [[2011 AFC U-19 Women's Championship|2011]]||'''Champions'''||'''5'''||'''4'''||'''1'''||'''0'''||'''13'''||'''3'''
|- bgcolor=#9acdff
| {{flagicon|CHN}} [[2013 AFC U-19 Women's Championship|2013]]||'''Fourth place'''||'''5'''||'''2'''||'''2'''||'''1'''||'''11'''||'''4'''
|- bgcolor=gold
| {{flagicon|CHN}} [[2015 AFC U-19 Women's Championship|2015]]||'''Champions'''||'''5'''||'''4'''||'''1'''||'''0'''||'''12'''||'''2'''
|- bgcolor=gold
| {{flagicon|CHN}} [[2017 AFC U-19 Women's Championship|2017]]||'''Champions'''||'''5'''||'''5'''||'''0'''||'''0'''||'''21'''||'''1'''
|- bgcolor=gold
| {{flagicon|THA}} [[2019 AFC U-19 Women's Championship|2019]]||'''Champions'''||'''5'''||'''5'''||'''0'''||'''0'''||'''18'''||'''2'''
|- bgcolor=silver
| {{flagicon|UZB}} [[2024 AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup|2024]]||Runners-up||5||3||0||2||18||4
|-
| '''Total'''||'''11/11'''||'''53'''||'''37'''||'''9'''||'''7'''||'''189'''||'''31'''
|}
:''* Draws include knockout matches decided on [[penalty shootout (football)|penalty kicks]].''

=== Sud Ladies Cup ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
! colspan=9 | {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Sud Ladies Cup]] record
|-
! Year
! Result
! width=20 | {{Tooltip|GP|Games played}}
! width=20 | {{Tooltip|W|Won}}
! width=20 | {{Tooltip|D|Drawn}}
! width=20 | {{Tooltip|L|Lost}}
! width=20 | {{Tooltip|GS|Goals scored}}
! width=20 | {{Tooltip|GA|Goals allowed}}
! width=20 | {{Tooltip|GD|Goal difference}}
|- bgcolor=silver
|- bgcolor=silver
| [[2019 Sud Ladies Cup|2019]]||'''Runners-up'''||'''5'''||'''4'''||'''0'''||'''1'''||'''18'''||'''3'''||'''+15'''
|}

== Head-to-head record ==
The following table shows Japan's head-to-head record in the [[FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup]].

{| class="wikitable sortable collapsible collapsed" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!Opponent
!{{abbr|Pld|Played}}
!{{abbr|W|Won}}
!{{abbr|D|Drawn}}
!{{abbr|L|Lost}}
!{{abbr|GF|Goals for}}
!{{abbr|GA|Goals against}}
!{{abbr|GD|Goal difference}}
!Win %
|-
|align="left"|{{fbwu|19|Austria}}
{{WDL|1|1|0|0|for=2|against=0|diff=yes}}
|-
|align="left"|{{fbwu|20|Brazil}}
{{WDL|2|2|0|0|for=5|against=2|diff=yes}}
|-
|align="left"|{{fbwu|20|Canada}}
{{WDL|3|2|0|1|for=7|against=4|diff=yes}}
|-
|align="left"|{{fbwu|20|Denmark}}
{{WDL|1|1|0|0|for=2|against=1|diff=yes}}
|-
|align="left"|{{fbwu|20|DR Congo}}
{{WDL|1|1|0|0|for=3|against=1|diff=yes}}
|-
|align="left"|{{fbwu|20|England}}
{{WDL|2|2|0|0|for=5|against=1|diff=yes}}
|-
|align="left"|{{fbwu|19|France}}
{{WDL|2|0|1|1|for=4|against=5|diff=yes}}
|-
|align="left"|{{fbwu|20|Germany}}
{{WDL|4|2|0|2|for=6|against=7|diff=yes}}
|-
|align="left"|{{fbwu|20|Ghana}}
{{WDL|2|2|0|0|for=6|against=1|diff=yes}}
|-
|align="left"|{{fbwu|20|Mexico}}
{{WDL|2|1|1|0|for=7|against=4|diff=yes}}
|-
|align="left"|{{fbwu|19|Netherlands}}
{{WDL|2|2|0|0|for=3|against=0|diff=yes}}
|-
|align="left"|{{fbwu|20|New Zealand}}
{{WDL|2|1|1|0|for=9|against=2|diff=yes}}
|-
|align="left"|{{fbwu|20|Nigeria}}
{{WDL|5|3|1|1|for=12|against=5|diff=yes}}
|-
|align="left"|{{fbwu|20|North Korea}}
{{WDL|2|0|0|2|for=1|against=3|diff=yes}}
|-
|align="left"|{{fbwu|20|Paraguay}}
{{WDL|1|1|0|0|for=6|against=0|diff=yes}}
|-
|align="left"|{{fbwu|20|South Korea}}
{{WDL|1|1|0|0|for=3|against=1|diff=yes}}
|-
|align="left"|{{fbwu|20|Spain}}
{{WDL|5|2|0|3|for=5|against=6|diff=yes}}
|-
|align="left"|{{fbwu|19|Switzerland}}
{{WDL|1|1|0|0|for=4|against=0|diff=yes}}
|-
|align="left"|{{fbwu|20|United States}}
{{WDL|3|3|0|0|for=5|against=1|diff=yes}}
|- class="sortbottom"
!Total
{{WDLtot|42|28|4|10|for=95|against=44|diff=yes}}
|}

== See also ==
{{Portal|Asia|Japan|Sports|Association football|Women's association football}}
;Women's
* [[List of Japan women's international footballers|International footballers]]
* [[Japan women's national football team|National football team]] ([[Japan women's national football team results and fixtures|Results]])
* National under-20 football team
* [[Japan women's national under-17 football team|National under-17 football team]]
* [[Japan women's national futsal team|National futsal team]]
;Men's
* [[List of Japan international footballers|International footballers]]
* [[Japan national football team|National football team]] ([[Japan national football team results (2020–present)|Results (2020–present)]])
* [[Japan national under-23 football team|National under-23 football team]]
* [[Japan national under-20 football team|National under-20 football team]]
* [[Japan national under-17 football team|National under-17 football team]]
* [[Japan national futsal team|National futsal team]]
* [[Japan national under-20 futsal team|National under-20 futsal team]]
* [[Japan national beach soccer team|National beach soccer team]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Official website|https://www.jfa.jp/eng/national_team/u20w_{{CURRENTYEAR}}/}}

{{FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup winners}}
{{Football in Japan}}
{{National sports teams of Japan}}
{{AFC women's under-20 teams}}

[[Category:Asian women's national under-20 association football teams]]
[[Category:National youth sports teams of Japan|Football]]