Hotaru Yamaguchi

Hotaru Yamaguchi

Yamaguchi at the 2018 World Cup
Personal information
Full name	Hotaru Yamaguchi
Date of birth	(1990-10-06) October 6, 1990
Place of birth	Nabari, Mie, Japan
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Vissel Kobe
Youth career
2006–2008	Cerezo Osaka
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2009–2015	Cerezo Osaka	140	(11)
2016	Hannover	6	(0)
2016–2018	Cerezo Osaka	85	(3)
2019–	Vissel Kobe	68	(9)
National team
2012	Japan U-23	6	(0)
2013–2019	Japan	48	(3)
Honours Cerezo Osaka Winner J.League Cup 2017 Winner Emperor's Cup 2017 Representing Japan Asian Games 2010 Guangzhou Team
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of end of the 2020 season

Hotaru Yamaguchi (山口 蛍, Yamaguchi Hotaru, born October 6, 1990) is a Japanese football player. He played for the Japan national team.

Biography

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 Best 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 the Japan U-23 national team for 2012 Summer Olympics. He played all 6 matches as defensive midfielder and Japan won the 4th place. In July 2013, he was selected the Japan national team for 2013 East Asian Cup. At this tournament, he debuted against China on July 21. In 2014, he was selected Japan for 2014 World Cup and played all 3 matches. In 2018, he also played at 2018 World Cup and Japan qualified to the knockout stage.

Statistics

Club statistics			League		Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Japan			League		Emperor's Cup		J.League Cup		Asia		Total
2009	Cerezo Osaka	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		J1 League	35	1	0	0	-		-		35	1
Germany			League		DFB-Pokal		Premiere Ligapokal		Europe		Total
2015/16	Hannover	Bundesliga	6	0	0	0	-		-		6	0
Japan			League		Emperor's Cup		J.League Cup		Asia		Total
2016	Cerezo Osaka	J2 League	19	1	1	0	-		-		20	1
2017		J1 League	32	2	5	1	2	0	-		39	3
2018			33	0	1	0	1	0	4	0	39	0
2019	Vissel Kobe	J1 League	34	3	5	2	2	1	-		41	6
2020			34	6	-		1	0	7	1	42	7
2021
Country	Japan		293	23	21	5	22	2	21	1	357	31
	Germany		6	0	0	0	-		-		6	0
Total			299	23	21	5	22	2	21	1	363	31

Japan national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2013	8	0
2014	7	0
2015	9	1
2016	6	1
2017	8	0
2018	7	0
2019	3	1
Total	48	3

Other websites

• Hotaru Yamaguchi at Olympedia
• Hotaru Yamaguchi at FIFA
• Hotaru Yamaguchi at J.League (player) (in Japanese)
• Hotaru Yamaguchi at National Football Teams.com
• Hotaru Yamaguchi at Soccerway.com
• Hotaru Yamaguchi at FootballDatabase.eu
• Hotaru Yamaguchi at WorldFootball.net
• Hotaru Yamaguchi at Transfermarkt (player)
• Hotaru Yamaguchi at AS.com (in Spanish)