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Hotaru Yamaguchi
Be the first in the standsMidfielderage 355' 8"
Japancurrently V-Varen Nagasaki
Japancurrently V-Varen NagasakiCareer goals
29
all competitions, from the season archive · club 28 · country 1 — season by season in The Record below
Career appearances
360
all competitions, from the season archive — the same total The Record shows
World Cup 2026
no goals yet
goals and assists land here the moment they happen
Team trophies
10
team silverware — the cabinet below
Career totals from the ESPN season archive — all competitions, the same numbers The Record below shows (Wikidata's senior spells fill in when the archive is thin — never the youth years, which stay listed on their own below); live World Cup stats from our own match timelines. Individual awards are counted separately from team trophies, so the headline count can't inflate.
Hotaru Yamaguchi is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder and currently plays for J1 League club, V-Varen Nagasaki. He was also a member of the Japan national team until 2019. — Wikipedia's own summary; its figures are theirs
Honours
10 team trophies · Wikipedia + Wikidata, community-updated| Team honours10 | ||||
| Emperor's Cup | ×3 | 2017, 2019, 2024 | Cerezo Osaka ·1, Vissel Kobe ·2 | |
| J1 League | ×2 | 2023, 2024 | Vissel Kobe | |
| Japanese Super Cup | ×2 | 2018, 2020 | Cerezo Osaka ·1, Vissel Kobe ·1 | |
| Asian Games | ×1 | 2010 | Japan U-23 | |
| EAFF East Asian Cup | ×1 | 2013 | Japan | |
| J.League Cup | ×1 | 2017 | Cerezo Osaka | |
| Individual honours4 | ||||
| Player of the year · 1 | ||||
| EAFF East Asian Cup Most Valuable Player | 2013 | |||
| More honours · 3 | ||||
| J.League Best XI | ×3 | 2013, 2017, 2023 | ||
The Record
season by season · 29 competition-seasons · ESPN archive| Season | Competition | Team | Apps | Goals | Assists | Shots | YC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | all competitions | all teams | 360 | 29 | 5 | 71 | 16 |
| 2026 | Jpn 1 | V-Varen Nagasaki | 23 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 1 |
| 2024 | AFC Champions League | Vissel Kobe | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 2024 | Jpn 1 | Vissel Kobe | 26 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 2023 | Jpn 1 | Vissel Kobe | 32 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 2022 | AFC Champions League | Vissel Kobe | 6 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2022 | Jpn 1 | Vissel Kobe | 33 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2021 | Jpn 1 | Vissel Kobe | 32 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 2020 | AFC Champions League | Vissel Kobe | 7 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 2020 | Jpn 1 | Vissel Kobe | 34 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 2019 | Club friendlies | Vissel Kobe | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Career
league apps & goals · Wikidata, community-updated (national-team rows can lag a match or two)| Years | Team | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009–2015 | Cerezo Osaka | 142 | 11 |
| 2013–now | Japan | — | — |
| 2016–2016 | Hannover 96 | 6 | 0 |
| 2016–2018 | Cerezo Osaka | 84 | 3 |
| 2019–2024 | Vissel Kobe | — | — |
| 2025–now | V-Varen Nagasaki | — | — |
Youth & development spells — 1 more
| 2010–2012 | Japan U23 | 29 | 1 |
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