Kumi Yokoyama
Yokoyama with Frankfurt in 2017
Personal information
Full name Kumi Yokoyama[1]
Date of birth (1993-08-13) 13 August 1993 (age 30)
Place of birth Tama, Tokyo, Japan
Height 1.55 m (5 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Okayama Yunogo Belle
Number 10
Youth career
2009–2011 Jumonji High School
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2013 Okayama Yunogo Belle 31 (3)
2014–2017 AC Nagano Parceiro 74 (87)
2017–2018 Frankfurt 22 (4)
2018–2019 AC Nagano Parceiro 9 (6)
2020–2021 Washington Spirit 12 (0)
2022 NJ/NY Gotham FC 8 (0)
2023– Okayama Yunogo Belle 0 (0)
International career‡
2010 Japan U-17 6 (6)
2012 Japan U-20 6 (1)
2015–2019 Japan 43 (17)
Medal record
Okayama Yunogo Belle
Runner-up Nadeshiko League Cup 2013
Representing  Japan
AFC Women's Asian Cup
Gold medal – first place 2018 Jordan
FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Japan
AFC U-19 Women's Championship
Gold medal – first place 2011 Vietnam
FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
Silver medal – second place 2010 Trinidad and Tobago
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 October 2021
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 June 2019

Kumi Yokoyama (横山 久美, Yokoyama Kumi, born 13 August 1993) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a forward for Okayama Yunogo Belle and the Japan women's national team.

Club career

Yokoyama was born in Tama, Tokyo, on 13 August 1993. After graduating from high school, he joined Okayama Yunogo Belle in 2012. In 2014, he moved to L.League Division 2 club AC Nagano Parceiro. They became top scorer in 2014 and 2015. The club was also promoted to Division 1 from 2016. In 2016 season, he was selected Best Eleven. In July 2017, he moved to German Bundesliga club Frankfurt.[2] In July 2018, Yokoyama returned to AC Nagano Parceiro. In December 2019, they signed with the Washington Spirit.[3]

National team career

In 2010, Yokoyama was selected Japan U-17 national team for 2010 U-17 World Cup. he played 6 games and scored 6 goals, and Japan won 2nd place.[4] He received one of the ten 2010 FIFA Puskás Awards[5] nominations for their winning goal in the semifinals against North Korea, which made the headlines and was compared to Diego Maradona's second goal against England in the 1986 World Cup.[6] In 2012 he was also a member of Japan U-20 national team for 2012 U-20 World Cup which Japan won 3rd place.[4] In March 2015, he was selected Japan national team for 2015 Algarve Cup. At this competition, on 6 March, they debuted and scored a goal against Portugal. In 2018, he played at 2018 Asian Cup. He scored 4 goals include 2 goals at semifinal and a goal at final, and Japan won the championship.

Personal life

In June 2021, Yokoyama came out as a transgender man in a video interview conducted by former Nadeshiko striker Yuki Nagasato; Yokoyama decided to come out publicly after encouragement from his girlfriend.[7][8]

Career statistics

Club

As of 24 June 2017
Club Season League Cup League Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Jumonji HS 2011 - - 2 2 - 2 2
Total 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 2
Okayama Yunogo Belle 2012 1st 13 1 0 0 3 0 16 1
2013 18 2 3 0 10 2 31 4
Total 31 3 3 0 13 2 47 5
AC Nagano Parceiro 2014 3rd 21 30 - - 21 30
2015 2nd 25 35 - 2 2 27 37
2016 1st 18 16 6 9 3 2 27 27
2017 10 6 2 4 0 0 12 10
Total 74 87 8 13 5 4 87 104
Career total 105 90 13 15 18 6 136 111

International

As of 19 June 2019[9]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Japan 2015 5 2
2016 8 3
2017 11 6
2018 11 5
2019 8 1
Total 43 17
Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Kumi Yokoyama goal.
List of international goals scored by Kumi Yokoyama
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 6 March 2015 Faro, Portugal  Portugal
2–0
3–0
 2015 Algarve Cup
2. 8 August 2015 Wuhan, China  China
1–0
2–0
 2015 EAFF East Asian Cup
3. 4 March 2016 Osaka, Japan  China
1–2
1–2
 2016 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
4. 7 March 2016 Osaka, Japan  Vietnam
5–1
6–1
 2016 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
5. 2 June 2016 Commerce City, United States  United States
3–3
3–3
 Friendly
6. 1 March 2017 Parchal, Portugal  Spain
1–2
1–2
 2017 Algarve Cup
7. 6 March 2017 Faro, Portugal  Norway
1–0
2–0
8.
2–0
9. 8 March 2017  Netherlands
1–2
2–3
10. 9 April 2017 Kumamoto, Japan  Costa Rica
1–0
3–0
 Friendly
11. 10 June 2017 Breda, Netherlands  Netherlands
1–0
1–0
 Friendly
12. 7 April 2018 Amman, Jordan  Vietnam
1–0
4–0
 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup
13. 17 April 2018  China
2–0
3–1
14.
3–0
15. 20 April 2018  Australia
1–0
1–0
16. 11 November 2018 Tottori, Japan  Norway
1–0
4–1
 Friendly
17. 9 April 2019 Paderborn, Germany  Germany
2–1
2–2
 Friendly

Honors

Team
Champion (1) : 2011
Individual

References

  1. ^ "FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019 – List of Players: Japan" (PDF). FIFA. 27 May 2019. p. 13. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 July 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  2. ^ "AC Nagano Parceiro". Archived from the original on 27 April 2018. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  3. ^ "Washington Spirit Sign Forward Kumi Yokoyama". Washington Spirit. 18 December 2019.
  4. ^ a b Statistics in FIFA's website
  5. ^ Altintop claims the FIFA Puskás Award 2010[dead link]. FIFA
  6. ^ Maradona-like goal by a 17 year old Japanese player. Diario Marca
  7. ^ "Japan's Yokoyama comes out as transgender man". Reuters. 22 June 2021.
  8. ^ Orlowitz, Dan (20 June 2021). "Soccer player Kumi Yokoyama comes out as transgender: 'It would be harder to live closeted'". The Japan Times.
  9. ^ List of match in 2015 Archived 11 August 2018 at the Wayback Machine, 2016, 2017 Archived 23 March 2019 at the Wayback Machine, 2018, 2019 at Japan Football Association (in Japanese)

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