Cika wannan jumla:
2012 FIFA Futsal World Cup a Thailand, Japan tana cikin Rukunin C tare da Brazil, Portugal da Libya a matakin rukuni. Rodrigo ya jagoranci Japan zuwa zagaye na gaba ta hanyar kammala matsayi na uku a cikin rukuni tare da maki 4. Daga baya Japan ta yi rashin nasara 3-6 ga Ukraine a zagaye na 16. Lokacin da ya fi fice a gasar ya kasance a matakin rukuni lokacin da Rodrigo ya jagoranci Japan don yin wasa 5 <unk> 5 a kan Fotigal bayan an buga 2 <unk> 5 a farkon rabin. A watan Fabrairun 2013, ya sami ƙarin kwangila har zuwa 2016.