Kumi Yokoyama

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Kumi Yokoyama
横山 久美
Kumi Yokoyama (cropped).jpg
Yokoyama with Frankfurt in 2017
Personal information
Full name Kumi Yokoyama
Date of birth (1993-08-13) 13 August 1993 (age 28)
Place of birth Tama, Tokyo, Japan
Height 1.55 m (5 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Washington Spirit
Number 17
Youth career
2009–2011
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2013 Okayama Yunogo Belle 31 (3)
2014–2017 AC Nagano Parceiro 74 (87)
2017–2018 Frankfurt 22 (4)
2018–2019 AC Nagano Parceiro 9 (6)
2020– Washington Spirit 0 (0)
National team‡
2010 Japan U-17 6 (6)
2012 Japan U-20 6 (1)
2015– Japan 43 (17)
Honours
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 December 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19 June 2019

Kumi Yokoyama (横山 久美, Yokoyama Kumi, born 13 August 1993) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a forward for Washington Spirit and the Japan women's national team. Yokoyama goes by he/him and singular they pronouns. [1]


Club career[]

Yokoyama was born in Tama, Tokyo, on 13 August 1993. After graduating from high school, he joined Okayama Yunogo Belle in 2012. In 2014, he moved to L.League Division 2 club AC Nagano Parceiro. He became top scorer in 2014 and 2015. The club was also promoted to Division 1 from 2016. In 2016 season, he was selected Best Eleven. In July 2017, he moved to German Bundesliga club Frankfurt.[2] In July 2018, Yokoyama returned to AC Nagano Parceiro. In December 2019, he signed with the Washington Spirit.[3]

National team career[]

In 2010, Yokoyama was selected Japan U-17 national team for 2010 U-17 World Cup. He played 6 games and scored 6 goals, and Japan won 2nd place.[4] He received one of the ten 2010 FIFA Puskás Awards[5] nominations for his winning goal in the semifinals against North Korea, which made the headlines and was compared to Diego Maradona's second goal against England in the 1986 World Cup.[6] In 2012 he was also a member of Japan U-20 national team for 2012 U-20 World Cup which Japan won 3rd place.[4] In March 2015, he was selected Japan national team for 2015 Algarve Cup. At this competition, on 6 March, he debuted and scored a goal against Portugal. In 2018, he played at 2018 Asian Cup. He scored 4 goals include 2 goals at semifinal and a goal at final, and Japan won the championship.

Personal life[]

In June 2021, Yokoyama came out as a transgender man in a video interview conducted by former Nadeshiko striker Yuki Nagasato; Yokoyama decided to come out publicly after encouragement from his girlfriend.[7][8]

Club statistics[]

As of 24 June 2017
Club Season League Cup League Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Jumonji HS 2011 - - 2 2 - 2 2
Total 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 2
Okayama Yunogo Belle 2012 1st 13 1 0 0 3 0 16 1
2013 18 2 3 0 10 2 31 4
Total 31 3 3 0 13 2 47 5
AC Nagano Parceiro 2014 3rd 21 30 - - 21 30
2015 2nd 25 35 - 2 2 27 37
2016 1st 18 16 6 9 3 2 27 27
2017 10 6 2 4 0 0 12 10
Total 74 87 8 13 5 4 87 104
Career total 105 90 13 15 18 6 136 111

National team statistics[]

As of 19 June 2019[9]

Honors[]

Team
Champion (1) : 2011
Individual

References[]

  1. ^ https://www.instagram.com/yoko10_official/
  2. ^ "AC Nagano Parceiro".
  3. ^ "Washington Spirit Sign Forward Kumi Yokoyama". Washington Spirit. 18 December 2019.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b Statistics in FIFA's website
  5. ^ Altintop claims the FIFA Puskás Award 2010. FIFA
  6. ^ Maradona-like goal by a 17 year old Japanese player. Diario Marca
  7. ^ "Japan's Yokoyama comes out as transgender man". Reuters. 22 June 2021.
  8. ^ Orlowitz, Dan (20 June 2021). "Soccer player Kumi Yokoyama comes out as transgender: 'It would be harder to live closeted'". The Japan Times.
  9. ^ List of match in 2015 Archived 11 August 2018 at the Wayback Machine, 2016, 2017 Archived 23 March 2019 at the Wayback Machine, 2018, 2019 at Japan Football Association (in Japanese)

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