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]
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Kisho Yano | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 5 April 1984 | |||||||||||||
| 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
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 October 2022 | ||||||||||||||
Club career
editYano 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
editYano 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
editClub
edit| 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 | ||
- ^ Includes Emperor's Cup and DFB-Pokal.
- ^ Includes J.League Cup.
- ^ Includes J.League play-offs.
International
edit| 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.
| 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
editJapan
References
edit- ^ a b "Kisho Yano .:. Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
- ^ Kisho Yano at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
- ^ "SC Freiburg: Japaner in der Bundesliga: Kisho Yano beim SC Freiburg: Debüt geglückt" (in German). Badische Zeitung. 7 January 2009. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
- ^ "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.
- ^ J.League
- ^ a b c d Japan National Football Team Database
- ^ "Japan beats Switzerland 4–3 to win Austrian four-nations tournament". International Herald Tribune. 11 September 2007. Retrieved 23 November 2008.
- ^ until 2016 season Albirex Niigata (in Japanese)
- ^ 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)
- ^ 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)
- ^ "Stats Centre: Kisho Yano Facts". Guardian.co.uk. Archived from the original on 8 October 2011. Retrieved 3 September 2009.
- ^ "Kisho Yano". Soccerway. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
External links
edit- Kisho Yano – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Kisho Yano at National-Football-Teams.com
- Japan National Football Team Database
- Kisho Yano at Soccerway
- Kisho Yano at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
- Official website (in Japanese)
- Profile at Albirex Niigata(in Japanese)