Kisho Yano

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]
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	115	(8)
2017–2020	Albirex Niigata	94	(8)
2020–	Tochigi SC	114	(18)
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 23 October 2022

Kisho Yano (矢野 貴章, Yano Kisho, born April 5, 1984) is a Japanese football player. He played for the Japan national team.

Yano was born in Hamamatsu on April 5, 1984. After graduating from Hamana High School, he joined J1 League club Kashiwa Reysol in 2003. 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, he 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 Freiburg. After an unsuccessful stint in Europe, he returned to Japan and signed for Niigata in February 2012. Although he initially played as regular forward, he lost his position and he played many matches as substitute forward from June. 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 at the end of 2017 season. He returned to his original position by new manager Masakazu Suzuki in 2018. In 2020, he moved to Tochigi SC.

On March 24, 2007, Yano debuted for the Japan national team against Peru. He was a member of the Japan team for the 2007 Asian Cup. He played two games as a substitute. In 2010. he was selected for the Japan team for 2010 World Cup. At the World Cup, he played one match as a substitute against Cameroon. This match was his last match for Japan. He played 19 games and scored 2 goals for Japan from 2007 to 2010.

As of 4 February 2020^{[2][3][4][5][1][6]}

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

Japan

• Kirin Cup: 2008, 2009

• Kisho Yano at Soccerway.com
• Kisho Yano at WorldFootball.net
• Kisho Yano at National-Football-Teams.com
• Kisho Yano at kicker (in German)
• Kisho Yano at FBref.com

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