Kisho Yano (矢野 貴章, Yano Kishō, born 5 April 1984) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a forward or right-back for Tochigi SC.[2]

Kisho Yano
矢野 貴章
Personal information
Full name Kisho Yano
Date of birth (1984-04-05) 5 April 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Forward, right-back[1]
Team information
Current team
Tochigi SC
Number 29
Youth career
2000–2002 Hamana High School
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2005 Kashiwa Reysol 39 (4)
2006–2010 Albirex Niigata 152 (30)
2010–2012 SC Freiburg 15 (0)
2012 Albirex Niigata 30 (2)
2013–2016 Nagoya Grampus 115 (8)
2017–2020 Albirex Niigata 94 (8)
2020– Tochigi SC 114 (18)
International career
2001 Japan U-17 2 (1)
2002 Japan U-20 5 (2)
2007–2010 Japan 19 (2)
Medal record
Representing  Japan
AFC U-19 Championship
Silver medal – second place 2002 Qatar
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 October 2022

Club career

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Yano was born in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka. He was chosen as one of the Designated Players for Development by J.League and JFA in 2002 when he was a student of Hamana High School. Because of this status, Yano was able to register as a Júbilo Iwata player while he was still eligible to play for his high school club. However, he did not play any official match for Iwata.

After graduating from his high school, he joined J1 League side Kashiwa Reysol. He played as substitute forward from first season. Although his opportunity to play increased late from summer 2005, Reysol was relegated to J2 League end of 2005 season.

In 2006, Yano was transferred to Albirex Niigata with teammate Mitsuru Nagata. He quickly established himself as a first-choice forward. Although his play style was a tall center forward, he was converted to right winger of three forwards in 2009 because Niigata gain same style forward Hideo Oshima.

In August 2010, Yano was transferred to Bundesliga club SC Freiburg.[3] After an unsuccessful stint in Europe, he returned to Japan and signed for Niigata in February 2012.[4] Although he initially played as regular forward, he lost his position and he played many matches as substitute forward from June.[5] The club results were also sluggish and finished at the 15th place of 18 clubs in 2012 season.

In 2013, Yano moved to Nagoya Grampus. Although he initially played as center forward instead Joshua Kennedy who was injured, Kennedy came back in May and Yano played many matches as substitute forward. In 2014, Yano was converted to right side back by new manager Akira Nishino and became a regular player as right side back. Although he played as regular player every season, Nagoya finished at the 16th place of 18 clubs in 2016 season and was relegated to J2 League.

In 2017, Yano re-joined Albirex Niigata for the first time in four years. Although he played many matches as right side back, Niigata was relegated to J2 end of 2017 season. He was returned to his original position forward by new manager Masakazu Suzuki in 2018.

International career

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Yano represented Japan at several underage levels and was a member of the Japan U-17 team at the 2001 U-17 World Championship finals where he scored one goal.

He received his first cap for the Japan national team when he came on as a substitute on 24 March 2007 in a friendly against Peru.[6] He was a member of the Japan team for the 2007 Asian Cup finals and played two games as a substitute.[6] Yano's first international goal was an injury time winner against Switzerland on 11 September 2007 in a friendly played in Klagenfurt.[7] In May 2010. he was selected for the 2010 World Cup. At the World Cup, he played once, coming on as a substitute against Cameroon.[6] This match was his last out of 19 for Japan.[6]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of 4 February 2020[8][9][10][11][1][12]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Other[c] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Kashiwa Reysol 2003 J1 League 18 2 0 0 2 0 20 2
2004 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
2005 19 2 2 0 1 0 2 0 24 2
Total 39 4 2 0 4 0 2 0 47 4
Albirex Niigata 2006 J1 League 33 6 2 1 6 1 41 8
2007 33 7 1 0 6 1 40 8
2008 33 6 2 0 3 0 38 6
2009 33 8 4 5 1 0 38 13
2010 20 3 0 0 2 0 22 3
Total 152 30 9 6 18 2 179 38
SC Freiburg 2010–11 Bundesliga 15 0 0 0 15 0
2011–12 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 15 0 0 0 15 0
Albirex Niigata 2012 J1 League 30 2 2 0 4 0 36 2
Nagoya Grampus 2013 J1 League 29 1 1 0 5 1 35 2
2014 26 2 4 0 6 1 36 3
2015 28 3 1 0 7 0 36 3
2016 31 2 1 0 3 0 35 2
Total 114 8 7 0 21 2 142 10
Albirex Niigata 2017 J1 League 23 1 1 0 0 0 24 1
2018 J2 League 39 5 0 0 2 1 41 6
2019 32 2 1 0 33 2
Total 94 8 2 0 2 1 98 9
Tochigi SC 2020 J2 League 0 0 0 0 0 0
Career total 444 52 22 6 49 5 2 0 517 63
  1. ^ Includes Emperor's Cup and DFB-Pokal.
  2. ^ Includes J.League Cup.
  3. ^ Includes J.League play-offs.

International

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Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Japan 2007 7 1
2008 5 0
2009 4 1
2010 3 0
Total 19 2
Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Yano goal.
List of international goals scored by Kisho Yano
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 11 September 2007 Hypo-Arena, Klagenfurt, Switzerland    Switzerland 4–3 4–3 Friendly
2 31 May 2009 National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo, Japan   Belgium 4–0 4–0 2009 Kirin Cup

Honours

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Japan

References

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  1. ^ a b "Kisho Yano .:. Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
  2. ^ Kisho Yano at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)  
  3. ^ "SC Freiburg: Japaner in der Bundesliga: Kisho Yano beim SC Freiburg: Debüt geglückt" (in German). Badische Zeitung. 7 January 2009. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
  4. ^ "SCフライブルクから矢野貴章選手 移籍加入内定のお知らせ". Albirex Niigata. 8 February 2012. Archived from the original on 10 February 2012. Retrieved 8 February 2012.
  5. ^ J.League
  6. ^ a b c d Japan National Football Team Database
  7. ^ "Japan beats Switzerland 4–3 to win Austrian four-nations tournament". International Herald Tribune. 11 September 2007. Retrieved 23 November 2008.
  8. ^ until 2016 season Albirex Niigata (in Japanese)
  9. ^ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "J1&J2&J3選手名鑑ハンディ版 2018 (NSK MOOK)", 7 February 2018, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411529 (p. 160 out of 289)
  10. ^ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "2017 J1&J2&J3選手名鑑 (NSK MOOK)", 8 February 2017, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411420 (p. 122 out of 289)
  11. ^ "Stats Centre: Kisho Yano Facts". Guardian.co.uk. Archived from the original on 8 October 2011. Retrieved 3 September 2009.
  12. ^ "Kisho Yano". Soccerway. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
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