| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Yahiro Kazama | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | October 16, 1961 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| 1977–1979 | Shimizu Commercial High School | |||||||||||||
| College career | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 1980–1983 | University of Tsukuba | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 1984–1985 | Bayer Leverkusen II | |||||||||||||
| 1985–1988 | Remscheid | |||||||||||||
| 1988–1989 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 15 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 1989–1995 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 166 | (13) | |||||||||||
| 1996–1997 | Remscheid | |||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 1979 | Japan U-20 | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 1980–1983 | Japan | 19 | (0) | |||||||||||
| Managerial career | ||||||||||||||
| 1998–2003 | Toin University of Yokohama | |||||||||||||
| 2008–2012 | University of Tsukuba | |||||||||||||
| 2012–2016 | Kawasaki Frontale | |||||||||||||
| 2017–2019 | Nagoya Grampus | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||
Yahiro Kazama (風間 八宏, Kazama Yahiro, born October 16, 1961) is a Japanese manager and former footballer. He played for the Japan national team. He is the first Japanese player to score in the J1 League.[1] His two sons Koki Kazama and Koya Kazama are also footballers.