 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Musi wa31 Kurume 1999, Morioka akatanga kutamba timu yenyika yeJapan vachipesana neBrazil. Mushure mekutanga, akazova mutambi wenguva dzose uye akatamba mitambo yese kusanganisira 1999 Copa America muna 1999. Iye ainyanya kutamba semudziviriri wepakati muvatatu kumashure semutsivi waMasami Ihara. Akashandawo somutungamiriri mumitambo yakawanda. MunaGunyana 2000, akasarudzwa Japan U-23 timu yenyika yevakuru ve2000 Summer Olympics. Akatamba mitambo mitatu somutungamiriri. Muna Gumiguru, akatamba pa2000 Asian Cup. Akatamba nguva yakazara mumitambo yose 6 uye Japan yakakunda vakwikwidzi. Akatambawo pa 2001 Confederations Cup uye Japan yakahwina 2nd nzvimbo. Muna 2002, aisakwanisa kutamba nekuda kwekukuvara. Akasarudzwa kuJapan nokuda kwe2002 World Cup. Akatamba somutungamiriri mumutambo wokutanga neBelgium, asi akakuvara uye akatsiviwa. Mushure me2002 World Cup, munaKurume 2003, akasarudzwazve muJapan nemaneja mutsva Zico. Musi wa 8 Chikumi 2003, mutambo wakanangana neArgentina ndiwo mutambo wake wekupedzisira weJapan. Kunyange zvazvo akanga ari nhengo yeJapan ye2003 Confederations Cupmuna June, haana kutamba mumutambo wacho. Akatamba mitambo 38 yeJapan kusvika muna 2003. 