Famous Japanese People: Football (Soccer)

Kazuma Watanabe (渡邉 千真, Watanabe Kazuma; born 10 August 1986) is a Japanese footballer who plays for Matsumoto Yamaga…
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Yojiro Takahagi (髙萩 洋次郎, Takahagi Yōjiro; born 2 August 1986) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays primarily…
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Yuki Bamba (馬場 悠企, Bamba Yuki; born 2 August 1986) is a Japanese footballer.

Shinzō Kōroki (興梠 慎三, Kōroki Shinzō; born 31 July 1986) is a Japanese former footballer who plays as a striker. He has…
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Hiroki Kato (加藤 広樹, Katō Hiroki; born July 31, 1986) is a former Japanese football player.

Tadashi Takeda (竹田 忠嗣, born 27 July 1986) is a Japanese former professional football player who played as a defender.

Naoaki Aoyama (青山 直晃, Aoyama Naoaki; born July 18, 1986) is a Japanese retired football player. His playing position is…
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Yusuke Yamagata (山形 雄介, Yamagata Yūsuke; born 14 July 1986) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a…
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Naoki Hatta (八田 直樹, Hatta Naoki; born 24 June 1986 in Ise, Mie) is a retired Japanese footballer who played his whole…
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Yuto Takeoka (武岡 優斗, Takeoka Yūto; born June 24, 1986) is a Japanese football player.

Ryota Noguchi (野口 遼太, Noguchi Ryota; born June 24, 1986) is a Japanese football player for Suzuka Point Getters.

Shingo Tomita (富田 晋伍, Tomita Shingo; born 20 June 1986 in Ōhira, Tochigi) is a former Japanese football player.

Shūsaku Nishikawa (西川 周作, Nishikawa Shūsaku; born 18 June 1986) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a…
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Ken Tokura (都倉 賢, Tokura Ken; born 16 June 1986 in Shibuya, Tokyo) is a Japanese football player who plays as a Forward…
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Goshi Okubo (大久保 剛志, Ōkubo Gōshi; born June 14, 1986) is a Japanese football player.

Akihiro Ienaga (家長 昭博, Ienaga Akihiro; born 13 June 1986) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a winger…
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Hajime Hosogai (細貝 萌, Hosogai Hajime; born 10 June 1986) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays for Thespa…
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Shunsuke Maeda (前田 俊介, Maeda Shunsuke; born June 9, 1986) is a retired Japanese football player. He was the assistant…
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Hiroki Iikura (Japanese: 飯倉 大樹, born June 1, 1986, in Aomori, Japan) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as…
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Kazuma Ikarino (碇野 壱馬, Ikarino Kazuma; born May 31, 1986) is a former Japanese football player.

Kunihiro Yamashita (山下 訓広, Yamashita Kunihiro; born 29 May 1986) is a Japanese former football player. He plays as a…
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Seiji Saito (斉藤 誠司, Saitō Seiji) (born 27 May 1987) is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a…
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Takafumi Akahoshi (赤星 貴文, Akahoshi Takafumi; born 27 May 1986) is a Japanese former professional footballer who played…
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Yu Kijima (木島 悠, Kijima Yu; born May 18, 1986) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a forward for J-Lease FC.

Yoshinobu Harada (原田 欽庸, Harada Yoshinobu; born 17 May 1986) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for…
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Kenta Yoshikawa (吉川 健太, Yoshikawa Kenta; born May 16, 1986) is a Japanese former football player. His brother is Takuya…
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Yasuhiro Kato (加藤 康弘, Katō Yasuhiro; born 13 May 1986) is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a…
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Masaaki Higashiguchi (東口 順昭, Higashiguchi Masaaki; born 12 May 1986) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as…
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Shun Morishita (森下 俊, Shun Morishita; born 11 May 1986 in Ise, Mie) is a Japanese football player currently playing for…
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Kota Ueda (上田 康太, Ueda Kota; born May 9, 1986 in Ōme, Tokyo) is a Japanese former footballer who played as a midfielder.

Masato Fujita (藤田 優人, Fujita Masato; born 8 May 1986 in Ōita, Ōita) is a Japanese football player who has played for…
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Yusuke Sudo (須藤 右介, Sudō Yusuke; born May 7, 1986) is a former Japanese football player. Sudo previously played for…
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Keiko Tanaka (Japanese: 田中景子; born 6 May 1986) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a defender or midfielder for…
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Tomohiro Tsuda (津田 知宏, Tsuda Tomohiro; born May 6, 1986) is a Japanese coach and former football player.

Kenta Kano (Japanese: 狩野 健太, born 2 May 1986) is a Japanese former footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.

Yasunobu Matsuoka (松岡 康暢, Matsuoka Yasunobu; born May 2, 1986) is a former Japanese football player.

This is a list of J.League designated special players, picked by J.League clubs from universities and high schools all…
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Hirotsugu Nakabayashi (中林 洋次, Nakabayashi Hirotsugu; born April 28, 1986 in Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama), commonly referred…
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Takashi Fujii (藤井 貴, Fujii Takashi; born 28 April 1986) is a former Japanese professional footballer who played as a…
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Koji Hashimoto (橋本 晃司, Hashimoto Kōji; born on 22 April 1986 in Kanazawa, Ishikawa) is a Japanese football player…
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Yudai Nishikawa (西川 優大, Nishikawa Yudai; born April 19, 1986) is a Japanese former footballer.

Toyoki Hasegawa (長谷川 豊喜, Hasegawa Toyoki; born April 18, 1986) was a Japanese football player he is currently assistant…
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Shunsuke Fukuda (福田 俊介, Fukuda Shunsuke; born 17 April 1986) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a centre-back for…
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Shinji Okazaki (岡崎 慎司, Okazaki Shinji; born 16 April 1986) is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a…
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Hisashi Jogo (城後 寿, Jogo Hisashi; born 16 April 1986) is a Japanese footballer who plays for Avispa Fukuoka in the J1…
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Yūsuke Tanaka (Japanese: 田中 裕介, born April 14, 1986) is a Japanese former footballer who played as a defender.

Yuya Nakamura (中村 祐也, Nakamura Yūya; born April 14, 1986) is a Japanese football player who plays for Aventura…
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Takashi Amano (天野 貴史, Amano Takashi; born April 13, 1986 in Yokohama, Kanagawa) is a Japanese football player who…
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Yohei Sakai (坂井 洋平, Sakai Yohei; born April 10, 1986) is a former Japanese football player.

Takeshi Miki (三木健, Miki Takeshi; born 8 April 1986) is a Japanese footballer.