Kisho Yano

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

Kisho Yano
矢野 貴章

Personal information
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]
Club 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	114	(8)
2017–2020	Albirex Niigata	94	(8)
2020–	Tochigi SC	0	(0)
National team
2001	Japan U-17	2	(1)
2002	Japan U-20	5	(2)
2007–2010	Japan	19	(2)
Honours Representing  Japan AFC U-19 Championship 2002 Qatar
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of end of 2018 season

Club career

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 German 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

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

He was capped as a Japan national team when he was sent on the pitch 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 Japan for 2010 World Cup. At World Cup, he played one match as substitute against Cameroon.[6] This match is his last match for Japan. He played 19 games and scored 2 goals for Japan until 2010.[6]

Career statistics

Club

As of 4 February 2020[8][9][10][11][1][12]

Club	Season	League			Cup^1		League Cup^2		Other^3		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

¹Includes Emperor's Cup and DFB-Pokal.

²Includes J.League Cup.

³Includes J.League Play-offs.

International

Japan national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2007	7	1
2008	5	0
2009	4	1
2010	3	0
Total	19	2

International goals

Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first.

#	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

Japan

• Kirin Cup: 2008, 2009

References

1. "Kisho Yano .:. Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
2. Kisho Yano at J.League (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. 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.

External links

• Kisho Yano – FIFA competition record
• Kisho Yano at National-Football-Teams.com
• Japan National Football Team Database
• Kisho Yano at Soccerway
• Kisho Yano at J.League (in Japanese)
• Official website (in Japanese)
• Profile at Albirex Niigata(in Japanese)