title: 1940 in Japanese football
text: # 1940 in Japanese football
  
  Japanese football in 1940.
  
  ## National team
  
  ### Players statistics
  
  | Player | -1939 | 06.16 | 1940 | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Taizo Kawamoto | 5(3) | O(1) | 1(1) | 6(4) |
  | Tokutaro Ukon | 4(1) | O | 1(0) | 5(1) |
  | Kim Yong-sik | 2(0) | O | 1(0) | 3(0) |
  | Yukio Tsuda | 0(0) | O | 1(0) | 1(0) |
  | Kunitaka Sueoka | 0(0) | O | 1(0) | 1(0) |
  | Lee Yoo-hyung | 0(0) | O | 1(0) | 1(0) |
  | Takashi Kasahara | 0(0) | O | 1(0) | 1(0) |
  | Saburo Shinosaki | 0(0) | O | 1(0) | 1(0) |
  | Kazu Naoki | 0(0) | O | 1(0) | 1(0) |
  | Hirokazu Ninomiya | 0(0) | O | 1(0) | 1(0) |
  | Kim Sung-gan | 0(0) | O | 1(0) | 1(0) |
  
  ## Births
  
  * March 14 - Masahiro Hamazaki
  * May 28 - Hiroshi Katayama
  * June 25 - Shozo Tsugitani
  * December 26 - Teruki Miyamoto
  