Takuji Yonemoto
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Full name
Takuji Yonemoto
Date of birth
3 December 1990
Place of birth
Itami, Hyōgo, Japan
Height
1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
 Yonemoto with FC Tokyo in April 2016 | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Takuji Yonemoto | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 3 December 1990 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Itami, Hyōgo, Japan | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||
| Position | Defensive midfielder | |||||||||||||
| Team information | ||||||||||||||
Current team | Kyoto Sanga | |||||||||||||
| Number | 8 | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| 1997–2002 | Mizuho SC | |||||||||||||
| 2003–2005 | Itami FC | |||||||||||||
| 2006–2008 | Itami High School | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 2009–2018 | FC Tokyo | 215 | (5) | |||||||||||
| 2017 | → FC Tokyo U-23 (loan) | 13 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2019–2025 | Nagoya Grampus | 122 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 2022 | → Shonan Bellmare (loan) | 27 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2024–2025 | → Kyoto Sanga (loan) | 11 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2025– | Kyoto Sanga | 17 | (2) | |||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||
| 2007 | Japan U-17 | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2010 | Japan | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 10 September 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 28 July 2015 | ||||||||||||||
Takuji Yonemoto (米本 拓司, Yonemoto Takuji; born 3 December 1990) is a Japanese footballer who plays as defensive midfielder for J1 League club Kyoto Sanga.[1][2]
In August 2007, Yonemoto was elected Japan U-17 national team for 2007 U-17 World Cup. He played 2 matches.
Yonemoto made his full international debut for Japan on 6 January 2010 in a 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualifier against Yemen.
On 7 May 2015, Japan's coach Vahid Halilhodžić called him for a two-days training camp.[3] On 23 July 2015, he was called again for the upcoming 2015 EAFF East Asian Cup.[4]
Career statistics
Club
| Club | Season | League | Emperor's Cup | J. League Cup | AFC | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| FC Tokyo | 2009 | J1 League | 28 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 3 | - | 39 | 4 | |
| 2010 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 9 | 0 | |||
| 2011 | J2 League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2012 | J1 League | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 37 | 0 | |
| 2013 | 33 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | - | 42 | 1 | |||
| 2014 | 33 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | - | 42 | 2 | |||
| 2015 | 31 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | 38 | 1 | |||
| 2016 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 29 | 1 | ||
| 2017 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | – | 19 | 0 | |||
| 2018 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | 28 | 0 | |||
| Total | 215 | 5 | 19 | 0 | 37 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 284 | 9 | ||
| Nagoya Grampus | 2019 | J1 League | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 30 | 0 | |
| 2020 | 27 | 1 | – | 2 | 0 | – | 29 | 1 | ||||
| 2021 | 28 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 39 | 0 | ||
| Total | 83 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 98 | 1 | ||
| Shonan Bellmare (loan) | 2022 | J1 League | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | – | 34 | 0 | |
| Career Total | 325 | 6 | 23 | 0 | 49 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 416 | 10 | ||
Reserves performance
Last Updated: 21 February 2019
| Club performance | League | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Japan | League | Total | ||||
| 2017 | FC Tokyo U-23 | J3 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 2018 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||
National team statistics
| Japan national team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 1 | 0 |
