List of Japan Davis Cup team representatives

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This is a list of tennis players who have represented the Japan Davis Cup team in an official Davis Cup match. Japan have taken part in the competition since 1921. [1]

Players

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Tatsuma Ito
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Ichiya Kumagae
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Kei Nishikori
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Jiro Sato
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Go Soeda
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Takao Suzuki
Player W-L
(Total)		W-L
(Singles)		W-L
(Doubles)		 Ties Debut
Tamino Abe 5–80–45–491928
Taro Daniel 3-53-50-052014
Michio Fujii 6–23–03–251962
Goro Fujikura 0–10–00–111951
Jiro Fujikura 1–11–10–011934
Masanosuke Fukuda 2–32–30–031923
Tsuyoshi Fukui 28–1427–121–2221978
Eduardo Furusho 1–20–11–131991
Yuzuru Furuta 2–02–00–011960
Takeichi Harada 27–1219–48–8161924
Kenichi Hirai 21–1211–410–8191973
Akira Ichiyama 1–00–01–011960
Osamu Ishiguro 19–1915–164–3171958
Yaoki Ishii 3–23–20–032000
Tatsuma Ito 8–127–71–5132009
Satoshi Iwabuchi 13–92–111–8201995
Jun Kamiwazumi 20–1612–88–8201968
Kosei Kamo 14–1511–93–6111953
Hideki Kaneko 3–43–40–041996
Seiichiro Kashio 1–10–01–121923
Sochio Kato 4–12–12–031975
Jun Kato 0–20–10–112003
Minoru Kawachi 3–21–12–131931
Junzo Kawamori 2–20–02–241969
Masanobu Kimura 0–10–10–011953
Kenichi Kiyomiya 0–10–00–111988
Isao Kobayashi 5–24–21–041967
Hiroki Kondo 0–10–00–112011
Ichizo Konishi 8–48–40–061965
Takeshi Koura 1–20–01–231970
Jun Kuki 11–611–60–091971
Ichiya Kumagai 5–44–21–231921
Jiro Kumamaru 0–40–30–121951
Hidesaburo Kuromatsu 1–00–01–011970
Takeo Kuwabara 5–15–10–031932
Kaoru Maruyama 0–20–20–011985
Toshihide Matsui 4–12–02–132006
Shuzo Matsuoka 23–1321–102–3161987
Susumu Matsuura 2–12–10–021959
Tatsuyoshi Miki 3–00–03–031932
Atsushi Miyagi 18–2112–126–9161952
Hiroki Moriya 0-10-00-112013
Mitsuru Motoi 2–01–01–011965
Gouichi Motomura 24–1721–163–1231993
Masao Nagasaki 2–40–22–241960
Fumiteru Nakano 3–102–61–451937
Haruo Nakano 1–20–21–011989
Kei Nishikori 20–317–33–0122008
Hideo Nishimura 3–42–21–231934
Shigeyuki Nishio 11–76–55–2131977
Yoshihito Nishioka 2-42-20-242015
Ryosuki Nunoi 9–36–23–141933
Tunetake Okadome 1–01–00–011957
Sunao Okamoto 2–42–20–221924
Shigeru Ota 2–31–11–241988
Yoshiro Ota 12–912–80–1121927
Toshiro Sakai 20–1715–125–5191968
Shinichi Sakamoto 4–42–22–261980
Tetsuya Sato 1–30–11–231991
Hyotare Sato 6–26–20–051930
Jiro Satoh 22–614–48–2101931
Yoshihisa Shibata 3–21–02–241958
Thomas Shimada 7–90–07–9161994
Zenzo Shimizu 12–139–83–5101921
Shozo Shiraishi 6–76–70–071984
Hitoshi Shirato 7–73–34–4101982
Go Soeda 25–1223–102–2212005
Seikichi Suga 1–01–00–011962
Yūichi Sugita 6–95–41–5122007
Takao Suzuki 41–2327–1214–11311995
Kiyotaka Tachibana 0–10–00–111987
Eiji Takeuchi 3–61–22–471982
Masayoshi Takeyari 0–20–00–221987
Kiyoshi Tanabe 3–21–22–041974
Hidehiko Tanizawa 0–20–20–011990
Tsumio Tawara 8–35–23–141926
Takahiro Terachi 2–30–12–242002
Yuji Tezuka 3–01–02–021970
Teizo Toba 7–44–23–271926
Toshihisa Tsuchihashi 5–35–30–041986
Toshiyuki Tsuji 0–10–00–111984
Ryuso Tsujino 2–40–22–251992
Yasutaka Uchiyama 4-72-12-682013
Koji Watanabe 28–1618–1110–5181963
Isao Watanabe 5–31–04–371967
Jiro Yamagishi 8–106–62–461934
Yasufumi Yamamoto 9–59–50–071992
Takao Yamamoto 3–03–00–031978
Keishiro Yanagi 8–38–30–061967
Toru Yonezawa 5–51–04–591981

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