Douglas Lambert, Rory Underwood, Josh Lewsey and Henry Arundell are the other players to have scored five tries in a single match for England
Tries: Joseph 5, Steward, Genge, Murley, Earl, Martin, B Curry, M Smith, Fisilau Cons: Ford 4, Slade Pen: Ford
Tries: Dearns, Helu Con: Saito Pen: Saito
Will Joseph marked his comeback after four years out the Test game with a record-equalling five tries as England tore through Japan and set their sights on New Zealand next weekend.
A teenage Joseph made his debut as a late replacement in a game against Australia four years ago.
Since then he has endured his boyhood club London Irish going bust, an underwhelming spell at Harlequins and the loss of hearing in his left ear after an auto-immune reaction.
But his superb early season form for Gloucester has thrust him back into the international picture and he took his opportunity superbly, showing work-rate and intelligence as well as raw top-end speed.
Four other players - Douglas Lambert, Rory Underwood, Josh Lewsey and Henry Arundell - have scored five tries in a single match for England.
Japan were vastly over-matched, unable to rev up the ball movement and quickfire rucks that have made them a threat to the game's major powers in the past.
With the outcome clear as England raced out to a 32-3 lead inside 20 minutes, the focus sharpened on a number of individuals attempting to press their case alongside Joseph.
Centre Max Ojomoh, making his first appearance since an excellent performance against Argentina 12 months ago, was smart and sharp in midfield.
The Bath man burst into a pocket of space to help set up Joseph's second and his slick hands opened up a corridor of space for his team-mate's gleefully acrobatic fourth as Japan were buried beneath an avalanche of points.
Henry Pollock, afforded only his second start in his eye-catching England career, carried gamely but didn't have the impact he has shown so often off the bench.
Replacement Greg Fisilau's pair of wince-inducing hits and burrowing try added more intrigue to the back-row equation.
And while George Ford sewed together England's backline neatly enough, his failure to convert more of England's early tries won't help his hopes of regaining the 10 shirt on a more permanent basis.
Northampton scrum-half Archie McParland made his debut as a replacement, but a host of front-line names will return next Saturday as England attempt to take down an All Blacks side smarting from defeat by Wales.
Joseph's elder brother Jonathan, who played for the England and the British and Irish Lions, had a pitchside view of his sibling's scoring exploits thanks to his media work
England have targeted fast starts this autumn and they tore into Japan with relish, launching into a pummelling that only let up long after victory was secure.
Joseph, tasked with bringing the pace and power lost with Immanuel Feyi-Waboso's injury, delivered almost immediately.
Feyi-Waboso had a second-minute try chalked off by the Television Match Official in last weekend's win over Australia and when referee Damian Schneider went upstairs after Joseph crossed in similar swift fashion, it looked ominous for the Gloucester man.
There was nothing wrong in England's build-up before he scorched Riku Kitahara and Warner Dearns for the score. Indeed, there was a lot right for the hosts with Pollock making yards and Ojomoh's slick mis-pass opening up space.
Instead Japan second row Harry Hockings had caught Ellis Genge with a shoulder to the head.
Hockings, upright into the collision, was shown a 20-minute red card on review.
His team, who could not cope with England with a full complement, crumbled.
England scored another four tries in the powerplay, as Eddie Jones, who coached England for nearly seven years from 2016, looking increasingly grim-faced in the coaches box.
England's forward power was an obvious edge to exploit.
Genge splattered number eight Jack Cornelsen on a fearsome charge to the line.
Big carries from George Martin and Asher Opoku-Fordjour set up a prime platform for Freddie Steward to bowl over Kitahara for a try.
Ben Earl was at the back of a stampeding driving maul with brought up a 49-10 scoreline by the break, and Martin barged over from short range early in the second half.
Joseph snaffled an interception to grab his record-equalling fifth try, trotting in while his brother and former England centre Jonathan Joseph looked on from his pitchside role as an in-stadium presenter.
Marcus Smith was given a rare chance to run at fly-half after replacing Ford on 57 minutes.
With the game breaking up and replacements disrupting rhythm, it was hard for the Harlequin to impose much of a pattern on proceedings, but he drifted nicely outside an onrushing tackler to get on the scoresheet.
Last year's victory over New Zealand was one of the high points of head coach Steve Borthwick's regime.
England came into the autumn as underdogs for this year's rematch, but the teams' performances this weekend suggest those odds are narrowing, and perhaps flipping in the hosts' favour.
England: Steward; Joseph, Slade, Ojomoh, Murley; Ford, Van Poortvliet; Genge, Cowan-Dickie, Opoku-Fordjour, Itoje (c), Martin, Coles, Earl, Pollock
Replacements: Dan, Iyogun, Heyes, Clark, B Curry, Fisilau, McParland, M Smith
Japan: Ueda; Ishida, Riley, Tua, Tokito; Kitahara, Saito (co-c); Kamimori, Harada, Takeuchi, Hockings, Dearns (co-c), Gunter, Shimokawa, Cornelsen
Replacements: Sato, Otsuka, Helu, Stolberg, Costley, Fujiwara, Komura, Lee
Nations Championship: Joseph scores five tries as England thrash Japan - reaction
