Masashi is pictured above during the match against Australia at the 2006 World Cup.
JAPAN 1:3 AUSTRALIA (1:0) Nakamura (26). (12.06.06, Kaiserslautern - 46,000)
Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi, Yuichi Komano, Tsuneyasu Miyamoto (c), Alessandro Santos,
Keisuke Tsuboi (Teruyuki Moniwa 56,
Masashi Oguro 91), Yuji Nakazawa, Takashi Fukunishi,
Hidetoshi Nakata, Shunsuke Nakamura, Naohiro Takahara, Atsushi Yanagisawa (Shinji Ono 79)
JAPAN 0:0 CROATIA (18.06.06, Nuremburg - 41,000)
Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi, Akira Kaji, Tsuneyasu Miyamoto (c), Alessandro Santos, Mitsuo Ogasawara,
Yuji Nakazawa, Takashi Fukunishi (Junichi Inamoto 45), Hidetoshi Nakata, Shunsuke Nakamura,
Naohiro Takahara (
Masashi Oguro 85), Atsushi Yanagisawa (Keiji Tamada 61)
JAPAN 1:4 BRAZIL (1:0) Tamada (33). (22.06.06, Dortmund - 65,000)
Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi, Keisuke Tsuboi, Akira Kaji, Alessandro Santos,
Mitsuo Ogasawara (Koji Nakata 56), Yuji Nakazawa (c), Junichi Inamoto, Hidetoshi Nakata,
Seiichiro Maki (Naohiro Takahara 60, Masashi Oguro 66), Shunsuke Nakamura, Keiji Tamada.
CLUB CAREER:
1999–2005 Gamba Osaka 111 (48)
2001 Consadole Sapporo (loan) 4 (0)
2006 Grenoble 19 (6)
2006–2008 Torino 10 (0)
2008–2009 Tokyo Verdy 53 (23)
2010 Yokohama FC 16 (12)
2010 FC Tokyo 22 (7)
2011–2013 Yokohama F. Marinos 53 (12)
2013–2014 Hangzhou Greentown 24 (3)
2014– Kyoto Sanga 82 (42)
2016 Montedio Yamagata (loan) 26 (9)
2018 Tochigi SC