Rihito Yamamoto
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Date of birth
12 December 2001
Place of birth
Kanagawa, Japan
Height
1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position
Defensive midfielder
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| Date of birth | 12 December 2001 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Kanagawa, Japan | |||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Defensive midfielder | |||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Sint-Truiden | |||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tsukui Chuo FC | ||||||||||||||||||||
| –2019 | Tokyo Verdy | |||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2022 | Tokyo Verdy | 104 | (3) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2024 | Gamba Osaka | 13 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | → Sint-Truiden (loan) | 33 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Sint-Truiden | 44 | (4) | |||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Japan U18 | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Japan U21 | 5 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Japan U23 | 14 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 11 February 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 3 July 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Rihito Yamamoto (山本 理仁, Yamamoto Rihito; born 12 December 2001) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Belgian Pro League club Sint-Truiden.
On 4 April 2024, Yamamoto was called up to the Japan U23 squad for the 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup.[2]
