Retro & New Japan Football Shirts & Kits — Men’s, Women’s and Kids Jerseys

About Japan shirts

Japan’s home shirt is blue — the reason the national side is known as the Samurai Blue — and the kit design has a reputation for being more adventurous than most, with graphic patterns that change substantially between cycles rather than following a fixed template.

This is one of the larger international ranges we hold, and unusually it leans towards player-version cuts: a significant share of the Japan stock is the slimmer squad specification rather than the standard retail fit. If you want the roomier version, check the title of the listing, which states which cut it is.

The range covers home and away shirts, goalkeeper, kids kits, women’s fit and jackets, with retro seasons alongside the current 2026 kits.

adidas have supplied the kit since 1999, following Puma before them. The supplier mark and the sponsor on the front are the quickest way to date a shirt if you know the era but not the exact season.

Sizing

New-season kits run close to standard European sizing, so take your usual size. Shirts from the 1990s and early 2000s were cut wider through the body and shorter in the sleeve relative to the chest; as a general rule in the vintage trade they fit about one size smaller than the label suggests, though it varies by manufacturer and year.

Do not rely on the label. Every listing carries flat measurements in centimetres — pit to pit, length, sleeve. Lay a shirt you already wear flat, measure it the same way and compare the numbers. It takes about ninety seconds and it is the single biggest cause of returns when people skip it.

Standard cut and player version

Some shirts are listed as player version. That is the squad specification rather than the retail cut: slimmer through the body, lighter and more technical fabric, and different construction at the collar and cuff.

The standard cut is the retail fan version — roomier, heavier fabric, and what most people are looking for. If you intend to wear the shirt rather than play in it, take the standard cut.

Printing

Names and numbers are applied in the font issued for that season rather than a modern house lettering. This cannot be undone once applied, which is why we hold period fonts rather than defaulting to one style.

Squad numbers are applied as issued, or send your own name and number. Printing is free and adds one to two working days. Printed shirts cannot be returned unless the shirt itself is faulty — if you are unsure of the size, order it plain, check it against the measurements, and we will print it afterwards for the same price.

Delivery and returns

Free delivery on orders over £30, otherwise £3.95 tracked, arriving in two to 7–14 days from order to delivery, UK and international. Free over £30 to every country, otherwise £3.95 tracked; customers outside the UK are responsible for any import duty or local tax.

Thirty days to return anything unworn with tags still attached. If it arrives damaged or is not what the listing described, we cover the return postage.