![]() Yamaguchi lining up for Japan at the 2018 FIFA World Cup | ||||||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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Full name | Hotaru Yamaguchi | |||||||||||||
Date of birth | 6 October 1990 | |||||||||||||
Place of birth | Nabari, Mie, Japan | |||||||||||||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | |||||||||||||
Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | |||||||||||||
Club information | ||||||||||||||
Current team | Vissel Kobe | |||||||||||||
Number | 96 | |||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||
2003–2008 | Cerezo Osaka | |||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
2009–2015 | Cerezo Osaka | 140 | (11) | |||||||||||
2016 | Hannover 96 | 6 | (0) | |||||||||||
2016–2018 | Cerezo Osaka | 84 | (3) | |||||||||||
2019– | Vissel Kobe | 165 | (20) | |||||||||||
National team‡ | ||||||||||||||
2010–2012 | Japan U23 | 29 | (1) | |||||||||||
2013–2019 | Japan | 48 | (3) | |||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 December 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19 November 2019 |
Hotaru Yamaguchi (山口 蛍, Yamaguchi Hotaru, born October 6, 1990) is a Japanese football player. He played for the Japan national team.
Yamaguchi was born in Nabari on October 6, 1990. He joined J2 League club Cerezo Osaka from their youth team in 2009. Cerezo was promoted to J1 League from 2010. He played many matches as defensive midfielder from 2011. In 2013, he played all 34 matches and was selected Best Eleven award. However Cerezo was relegated to J2 end of the 2014 season. In January 2016, he moved to German Bundesliga club Hannover. However he could not play many matches and Hannover was relegated to 2. Bundesliga end of the 2015/16 season. In summer 2016, he returned to Cerezo and Cerezo was promoted to J1 end of the 2016 season. In 2017, Cerezo won the champions in the J.League Cup and Emperor's Cup. He was also selected for theBest Eleven award. In 2019, he moved to Vissel Kobe. Vissel won the champions in the 2019 Emperor's Cup which is first major title in the club history.
In July 2012, Yamaguchi was selected for the Japan U-23 national team for 2012 Summer Olympics. He played all 6 matches as defensive midfielder and Japan got fourth place. In July 2013, he was selected for the Japan national team for 2013 East Asian Cup. At this tournament, he debuted against China on July 21. In 2014, he was selected for Japan in the 2014 World Cup and played all 3 matches. In 2018, he played at the 2018 World Cup and Japan qualified to the knockout stage.
Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other[a] | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Cerezo Osaka | 2009 | J2 League | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 3 | 0 | |||
2010 | J1 League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 4 | 0 | |||
2011 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 23 | 1 | |||
2012 | 30 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | – | – | 40 | 4 | ||||
2013 | 34 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | – | – | 42 | 7 | ||||
2014 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | – | 28 | 1 | |||
2015 | J2 League | 35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 0 | 37 | 1 | |||
2016 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 0 | 22 | 1 | ||||
2017 | J1 League | 32 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 39 | 3 | |||
2018 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | 39 | 0 | |||
Total | 226 | 14 | 16 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 279 | 18 | ||
Hannover 96 | 2015–16 | Bundesliga | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 6 | 0 | |||
Vissel Kobe | 2019 | J1 League | 34 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 41 | 6 | ||
2020 | 34 | 6 | – | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | – | 42 | 7 | ||||
2021 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 6 | 0 | ||||
Total | 73 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 89 | 13 | ||
Career total | 305 | 21 | 21 | 5 | 23 | 2 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 374 | 31 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Japan | 2013 | 8 | 0 |
2014 | 7 | 0 | |
2015 | 9 | 1 | |
2016 | 6 | 1 | |
2017 | 8 | 0 | |
2018 | 7 | 0 | |
2019 | 3 | 1 | |
Total | 48 | 3 |
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 5 August 2015 | Wuhan Sports Center Stadium, Wuhan, China | ![]() |
1–1 | 1–1 | 2015 EAFF East Asian Cup |
2 | 6 October 2016 | Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama, Japan | ![]() |
2–1 | 2–1 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
3 | 19 November 2019 | Panasonic Stadium Suita, Suita, Japan | ![]() |
1–4 | 1–4 | 2019 Kirin Challenge Cup |
Cerezo Osaka
Vissel Kobe
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Japan U-23
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