| Captain: | Mashayuki Shimokawa |
| Region: | Asian Kabaddi Federation (AKF) |
| Affiliations: | International Kabaddi Federation (IKF) |
The Japan national kabaddi team represents Japan in international kabaddi.It made its way to the semi-finals in 2007 world cup of kabbadi which was its best achievement. It is currently led by Mashayuki Shimokawa.
| width=125 | Year | width=150 | Rank | width=35 | M | width=35 | W | width=35 | D | width=35 | L | width=35 | PF | width=35 | PA | width=35 | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| China 1990 | 4th place | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 84 | 130 | -46 | |||||||||
| Japan 1994 | 4th place | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 90 | 159 | -69 | |||||||||
| Thailand 1998 | 5th place | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 136 | 166 | -30 | |||||||||
| Korea 2002 | 4th Place | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 83 | 107 | -24 | |||||||||
| Qatar 2006 | 5th Place | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 92 | 136 | -44 | |||||||||
| China 2010 | 3rd place | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 91 | 110 | -19 | |||||||||
| 2014 South Korea | 7th place | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 57 | 120 | -63 | |||||||||
| 2018 Indonesia | 7th place | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 121 | 162 | -41 | |||||||||
| Total | 8/8 | 36 | 10 | 1 | 25 | 754 | 1090 | -336 |