Hiroshi Ibusuki (指宿 洋史, Ibusuki Hiroshi; born 27 February 1991) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a…Hiroshi Ibusuki (指宿 洋史, Ibusuki Hiroshi; born 27 February 1991) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a striker for A-League Men club Western Sydney Wanderers.
Ikki Sasaki (佐々木一輝, Sasaki Ikki; born 19 February 1991 in Tokushima) is a Japanese footballer who plays for Kataller…Ikki Sasaki (佐々木一輝, Sasaki Ikki; born 19 February 1991 in Tokushima) is a Japanese footballer who plays for Kataller Toyama.
Isao Taniguchi (谷口功, Taniguchi Isao; born 16 February 1991 in Ikuno-ku, Osaka) is a former Japanese football defender…Isao Taniguchi (谷口功, Taniguchi Isao; born 16 February 1991 in Ikuno-ku, Osaka) is a former Japanese football defender who mostly played for Kagoshima United FC.
Goki Tomozawa (友澤 剛気, Tomozawa Goki; born February 14, 1991) is a former Japanese football player. Takaki Tomozawa is…Goki Tomozawa (友澤 剛気, Tomozawa Goki; born February 14, 1991) is a former Japanese football player. Takaki Tomozawa is his brother.
Shu Sasaki (佐佐木 周, Sasaki Shū; born 12 February 1991) is a Japanese professional footballer who currently plays for…Shu Sasaki (佐佐木 周, Sasaki Shū; born 12 February 1991) is a Japanese professional footballer who currently plays for Hong Kong Premier League club Southern.
Masahiro Kaneko (金子 昌広, Kaneko Masahiro; born 2 February 1991 in Saitama) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a…Masahiro Kaneko (金子 昌広, Kaneko Masahiro; born 2 February 1991 in Saitama) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a midfielder for Nara Club in the J3 League.
Ibuki Fujita (藤田 息吹, Fujita Ibuki; born 30 January 1991 in Nagoya) is a Japanese footballer who plays for Fagiano…Ibuki Fujita (藤田 息吹, Fujita Ibuki; born 30 January 1991 in Nagoya) is a Japanese footballer who plays for Fagiano Okayama.
Ryutaro Iio (飯尾 竜太朗, Iio Ryūtarō; born 30 January 1991) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a defender for J1 League…Ryutaro Iio (飯尾 竜太朗, Iio Ryūtarō; born 30 January 1991) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a defender for J1 League club V-Varen Nagasaki.
Ryota Nakamura (中村 亮太, Nakamura Ryōta; born January 28, 1991), nicknamed Azuki, is a Japanese footballer who plays as a…Ryota Nakamura (中村 亮太, Nakamura Ryōta; born January 28, 1991), nicknamed Azuki, is a Japanese footballer who plays as a midfielder for J2 League club Blaublitz Akita.
Yuta Kinowaki (木脇 悠太, Kinowaki Yūta; born 22 January 1991) is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a…Yuta Kinowaki (木脇 悠太, Kinowaki Yūta; born 22 January 1991) is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Masafumi Miyagi (宮城 雅史, Miyagi Masafumi; born January 19, 1991) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a defender for…Masafumi Miyagi (宮城 雅史, Miyagi Masafumi; born January 19, 1991) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a defender for Japan Football League club Reilac Shiga FC.
Mitsunari Musaka (六平 光成, Musaka Mitsunari; born 16 January 1991) is a Japanese former professional footballer who…Mitsunari Musaka (六平 光成, Musaka Mitsunari; born 16 January 1991) is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a midfielder for Japanese clubs Shimizu S-Pulse and Giravanz Kitakyushu.
Kodai Fujii (藤井 航大, Fujii Kōdai; born January 13, 1991 in Toyama) is a Japanese footballer. He plays for J-Lease FC…Kodai Fujii (藤井 航大, Fujii Kōdai; born January 13, 1991 in Toyama) is a Japanese footballer. He plays for J-Lease FC from 2023.
Tomohiro Tanaka (田中 智大, Tanaka Tomohiro; born January 10, 1991 in Fukuoka) is a Japanese former football player. He…Tomohiro Tanaka (田中 智大, Tanaka Tomohiro; born January 10, 1991 in Fukuoka) is a Japanese former football player. He last played for Kataller Toyama.
Yuki Honda (本多 勇喜, Honda Yūki; born 2 January 1991) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a defender for J1 League club…Yuki Honda (本多 勇喜, Honda Yūki; born 2 January 1991) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a defender for J1 League club Shimizu S-Pulse.
Yosuke Yuzawa (湯澤 洋介, Yuzawa, Yosuke; born 16 October 1990 in Nikkō, Tochigi) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a…Yosuke Yuzawa (湯澤 洋介, Yuzawa, Yosuke; born 16 October 1990 in Nikkō, Tochigi) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a midfielder for J-Lease FC.
Takamitsu Tomiyama (富山 貴光, Tomiyama Takamitsu; born 26 December 1990) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays…Takamitsu Tomiyama (富山 貴光, Tomiyama Takamitsu; born 26 December 1990) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a forward for J2 League club RB Omiya Ardija.
Gakuji Ota (太田 岳志, Ota Gakuji; born 26 December 1990 in Kuwana, Mie) is a Japanese footballer. He currently plays for…Gakuji Ota (太田 岳志, Ota Gakuji; born 26 December 1990 in Kuwana, Mie) is a Japanese footballer. He currently plays for Kyoto Sanga FC.
Erina Yamane (山根 恵里奈, Yamane Erina; born December 20, 1990) is a Japanese former footballer who played as a goalkeeper.…Erina Yamane (山根 恵里奈, Yamane Erina; born December 20, 1990) is a Japanese former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. She formerly played for the Japan national team.
Hiroki Uchida (内田 大貴, Uchida Hiroki; born 15 December 1990) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a forward for…Hiroki Uchida (内田 大貴, Uchida Hiroki; born 15 December 1990) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a forward for Yokohama Fortress Football Club in the Kanto Football League 1.
Naoki Kuriyama (栗山 直樹, Kuriyama Naoki; born 8 December 1990), more commonly known as Kuriyama, is a Japanese retired…Naoki Kuriyama (栗山 直樹, Kuriyama Naoki; born 8 December 1990), more commonly known as Kuriyama, is a Japanese retired footballer who played as a centre-back or left-back.
Takuji Yonemoto (米本 拓司, Yonemoto Takuji; born 3 December 1990) is a Japanese footballer who plays as defensive…Takuji Yonemoto (米本 拓司, Yonemoto Takuji; born 3 December 1990) is a Japanese footballer who plays as defensive midfielder for J1 League club Kyoto Sanga.
Tomoki Imai (今井 智基, Imai Tomoki; born November 29, 1990) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a defender…Tomoki Imai (今井 智基, Imai Tomoki; born November 29, 1990) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a defender, most recently for Machida Zelvia.
Yuzuru Shimada (島田 譲, Shimada Yuzuru; born 28 November 1990 in Mito, Ibaraki) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a…Yuzuru Shimada (島田 譲, Shimada Yuzuru; born 28 November 1990 in Mito, Ibaraki) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a midfielder for JFL club Criacao Shinjuku.
Nozomi Osako (大迫 希, Ōsako Nozomi) (born November 27, 1990, in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima) is a Japanese football player…Nozomi Osako (大迫 希, Ōsako Nozomi) (born November 27, 1990, in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima) is a Japanese football player who currently plays for Fujieda MYFC.
Ryota Matsumoto (松本 怜大, Matsumoto Ryōta; born 21 November 1990) is a Japanese retired football player for Montedio…Ryota Matsumoto (松本 怜大, Matsumoto Ryōta; born 21 November 1990) is a Japanese retired football player for Montedio Yamagata in the J2 League.
Kyohei Noborizato (登里 享平, Noborizato Kyōhei; born 13 November 1990) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a left back…Kyohei Noborizato (登里 享平, Noborizato Kyōhei; born 13 November 1990) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a left back for Cerezo Osaka.
Mayu Funada (born 9 November 1990) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for WE League club…Mayu Funada (born 9 November 1990) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for WE League club INAC Kobe Leonessa.
Shuto Nakahara (中原 秀人, Nakahara Shūto; born October 29, 1990) is a retired Japanese football player who played as…Shuto Nakahara (中原 秀人, Nakahara Shūto; born October 29, 1990) is a retired Japanese football player who played as largely as a defensive midfielder during his career. His last club was ReinMeer Aomori FC in the Japan Football League (JFL), the fourth tier of Japanese Football. Born in Kagoshima Prefecture, he began his professional career with Giravanz Kitakyushu in 2012 before playing for Avispa Fukuoka from 2013 to 2016, playing with notable footballers such as Takehiro Tomiyasu and Yuki Saneto. Nakahara has played in the J1 League, J2 League, J3 League and Japan Football League, as well as the J.League Cup, Emperor's Cup and J1 promotion play-offs. His longest spells were in the J2 and J3 leagues. He spent the bulk of his career at Kagoshima United FC from 2017 to 2025. His J3 League career included four goals in 2018 and four in 2021, his highest single-season league totals. He also recorded five assists in the 2020 J3 League season with Kagoshima United.
Yuhei Sato (佐藤 優平, born 29 October 1990) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a midfielder for Jeonnam Dragons in K…Yuhei Sato (佐藤 優平, born 29 October 1990) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a midfielder for Jeonnam Dragons in K League 2.
Yusuke Ueda (Japanese: 上田祐輔, Ueda Yusuke, born 20 October 1990 in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese footballer…Yusuke Ueda (Japanese: 上田祐輔, Ueda Yusuke, born 20 October 1990 in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese footballer who currently plays for Wollongong Olympic of the Australian Illawarra Premier League as of 2016.
Takahisa Kitahara (北原毅之, Kitahara, Takahisa; born 18 October 1990 in Kawagoe, Saitama) is a Japanese footballer who…Takahisa Kitahara (北原毅之, Kitahara, Takahisa; born 18 October 1990 in Kawagoe, Saitama) is a Japanese footballer who plays for SC Sagamihara.
Saki Kumagai (熊谷 紗希, Kumagai Saki; Japanese: [kɯ̟ːmaɡai saki]; born 17 October 1990) is a Japanese professional…Saki Kumagai (熊谷 紗希, Kumagai Saki; Japanese: [kɯ̟ːmaɡai saki]; born 17 October 1990) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder or defender for Women's Super League club West Ham United and the Japan national team. A versatile defensive midfielder with keen sense of anticipation and exceptional tactical acumen, she is also able to be deployed as a central defender. She is regarded as one of the finest Asian female midfielders of all time. She is one of the most successful East Asian footballers, of any gender, at club and international level. Kumagai was born in Sapporo on 17 October 1990 and had ambitions to become a professional footballer from elementary school. Kumagai began her senior career in her native Japan with Urawa Reds in 2009. She would then move to Europe in 2011, joining Frauen-Bundesliga side FFC Frankfurt. She joined Olympique Lyonnais in the summer of 2013. Kumagai made over 240 appearances for the club, winning 19 titles trophies, including seven Division 1 Féminine titles, six Coupe de France titles, and five UEFA Women's Champions League titles. She was part of the squad that won 4 continental treble of Division 1 Féminine, Coupe de France, and UEFA Women's Champions League in 2015–16, 2016–17, 2018–19, and 2019–20. She left Lyon to join Bayern Munich in 2021. She won the league title with Bayern Munich in 2022–23 season before joining Serie A side AS Roma in the summer of 2023. Kumagai has made over 100 caps for Japan women's national team and currently ranked as the 3rd most capped female player for the country. She made her senior international debut for Japan in 2008 at the age of 17. She had represented Japan in four World Cup tournaments, winning the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup where she scored the decisive penalty in the penalty shootout. She had further won an Asian Games gold medal and the AFC Women's Asian Cup in 2014, 2018 and 2026. She was named captain of the national team in January 2017.
Hotaru Yamaguchi (山口 蛍, Yamaguchi Hotaru; born 6 October 1990) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a…Hotaru Yamaguchi (山口 蛍, Yamaguchi Hotaru; born 6 October 1990) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder and currently plays for J1 League club, V-Varen Nagasaki. He was also a member of the Japan national team until 2019.
Itsuki Yamada (山田 樹, Yamada Itsuki; born October 5, 1990) is a Japanese footballer. He is a defender whose primary…Itsuki Yamada (山田 樹, Yamada Itsuki; born October 5, 1990) is a Japanese footballer. He is a defender whose primary position is a left back, who can also play as a centre back.
Yuika Sugasawa (菅澤 優衣香, Sugasawa Yuika; born October 5, 1990) is a Japanese women's professional footballer who plays…Yuika Sugasawa (菅澤 優衣香, Sugasawa Yuika; born October 5, 1990) is a Japanese women's professional footballer who plays as a forward for Urawa Reds. She also plays for Japan national team.
Kosuke Taketomi (武富 孝介, born September 23, 1990) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a midfielder for J2 League club…Kosuke Taketomi (武富 孝介, born September 23, 1990) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a midfielder for J2 League club Ventforet Kofu.
Yusuke Muta (牟田 雄祐, Muta Yusuke; born 20 September 1990) is a Japanese professional footballer who recently played as a…Yusuke Muta (牟田 雄祐, Muta Yusuke; born 20 September 1990) is a Japanese professional footballer who recently played as a defender for Boeung Ket in the Cambodian Premier League.
Kota Watanabe (渡辺康太, Watanabe Kōta; born 21 September 1990) is a Japanese international association football referee…Kota Watanabe (渡辺康太, Watanabe Kōta; born 21 September 1990) is a Japanese international association football referee and a VAR official.
Tetsuya Koishi (小石 哲也, Koishi Tetsuya; born September 21, 1990) is a Japanese football player. He plays for Vonds…Tetsuya Koishi (小石 哲也, Koishi Tetsuya; born September 21, 1990) is a Japanese football player. He plays for Vonds Ichihara.
Hiroto Hatao (畑尾 大翔, Hatao Hiroto; born 16 November 1990 in Nerima, Tokyo) is a Japanese footballer who plays for…Hiroto Hatao (畑尾 大翔, Hatao Hiroto; born 16 November 1990 in Nerima, Tokyo) is a Japanese footballer who plays for Zweigen Kanazawa.
Hirotaka Mita (三田 啓貴, Mita Hirotaka, born September 14, 1990) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as an…Hirotaka Mita (三田 啓貴, Mita Hirotaka, born September 14, 1990) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder and currently plays for Thai League 1 club, Ayutthaya United. Known for his versatility and work rate, Mita has played over 300 matches in Japan's top tiers and has recently ventured into international leagues, showcasing his adaptability at age 35.
