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Yahiro Kazama

1961 - Today

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Yahiro Kazama (風間 八宏, Kazama Yahiro; born October 16, 1961) is a Japanese manager and former footballer. He currently manager of Nankatsu SC. He played for the Japan national team until 1983. He is the first Japanese player to score in the J1 League. His two sons Koki Kazama and Koya Kazama are also footballers. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia. Yahiro Kazama is the 5,594th most popular soccer player (down from 4,884th in 2024), the 1,855th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,570th in 2019) and the 546th most popular Japanese Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Yahiro Kazama ranks 5,594 out of 21,273. Before him are Satoshi Hashida, Yohan Cabaye, Aleksandr Kerzhakov, Dionizije Dvornić, Carlos Aguilera, and Alen Avdić. After him are Cobi Jones, Renato Augusto, Toshinobu Katsuya, Roberto Matosas, Bernd Leno, and Daiki Sato.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Yahiro Kazama ranks 477. Before him are Joseph Jouthe, Simon Russell Beale, Liu Xia, Valérie Benguigui, Siobhan Fallon Hogan, and Kim Delaney. After him are Toshinobu Katsuya, Bob Loughman, Katy Garbi, Jorge Barrios, Richard Garriott, and Nia Peeples.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Yahiro Kazama ranks 1,855 out of 6,245. Before him are Yuichi Nakamura (1980), Toshiya Miura (1963), Hiroyuki Imaishi (1971), Keishi Otani (1983), Norihiro Yagi (1968), and Satoshi Hashida (1981). After him are Toshinobu Katsuya (1961), Daiki Sato (1988), Daisuke Ono (1978), Emi Shinohara (1963), Ryōtarō Okiayu (1969), and Koichiro Nagatomo (1982).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Japan

Among soccer players born in Japan, Yahiro Kazama ranks 546. Before him are Shuta Takahashi (1983), Katsuo Kanda (1966), Kota Minami (1979), Toshiya Miura (1963), Keishi Otani (1983), and Satoshi Hashida (1981). After him are Toshinobu Katsuya (1961), Daiki Sato (1988), Koichiro Nagatomo (1982), Keiichi Misawa (1988), Hidemasa Kobayashi (1994), and Akiyoshi Yoshida (1966).

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