Yohei Kurakawa

Yohei Kurakawa
藏川洋平
Personal information
Full name	Yohei Kurakawa
Date of birth	August 10, 1977 (age 44)
Place of birth	Sanyo-Onoda, Yamaguchi, Japan
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
1993–1995
1996–1999	Aichi Gakuin University
Senior career*
Teams managed
2017	Suzuka Unlimited FC
Yokohama F. Marinos
Kashiwa Reysol
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 January 2019

Yohei Kurakawa (藏川洋平, Kurakawa Yohei, born August 10, 1977) is a Japanese football player.

Playing career[]

Kurakawa was born in Sanyo-Onoda on August 10, 1977. After graduating from Aichi Gakuin University, he joined J1 League club Yokohama F. Marinos in 2000. However he could not play at all in the match. In 2001, he moved to club Gunma FC Horikoshi (later FC Horikoshi). The club was promoted to Regional Leagues from 2002 and Japan Football League from 2004. He played many matches as regular player until 2005. In 2006, he moved to J2 League club Kashiwa Reysol. He became a regular player as right side back in late 2006 and the club was promoted to J1 from 2007. In 2008, the club won the 2nd place Emperor's Cup.

However his opportunity to play decreased from 2009 and the club was relegated to J2 from 2010. Although the club returned to J1 in a year and won the champions in 2011 J1 League, he could hardly play in the match in 2011. In 2012, he moved to J2 club Roasso Kumamoto. He became a regular player as right side back in 2012. Although his opportunity to play decreased a little from 2013, he played many matches until 2016. In 2017, he moved to Regional Leagues club Suzuka Unlimited FC. He retired end of 2018 season.

Coaching career[]

In September 2017, when Kurakawa played for Regional Leagues club Suzuka Unlimited FC, he became a playing manager. He managed the club until end of 2017 season.

Club statistics[]

Updated to 1 January 2019.^[1]^[2]

Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Japan			League		Emperor's Cup		J.League Cup		Total
2000	Yokohama F. Marinos	J1 League	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2001	Gunma FC Horikoshi	Gunma PL (Div. 1)			2	3	-		2	3
2002		JRL (Kantō)			2	0	-		2	0
2003		JRL (Kantō)			-		-
2004		JFL	29	4	4	1	-		33	5
2005	FC Horikoshi	JFL	25	6	3	0	-		28	6
2006	Kashiwa Reysol	J2 League	16	2	1	0	-		17	2
2007		J1 League	28	1	1	0	3	1	32	2
2008			32	1	2	0	5	0	39	1
2009			15	0	1	0	3	0	19	0
2010		J2 League	15	1	1	0	-		16	1
2011		J1 League	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
2012	Roasso Kumamoto	J2 League	34	1	3	0	-		37	1
2013			25	0	1	0	-		26	0
2014			26	2	0	0	-		26	2
2015			25	1	0	0	-		25	1
2016			22	1	0	0	-		22	1
2017	Suzuka Unlimited FC	JRL (Tōkai, Div. 1)	10	0	1	0	-		11	0
2018	Suzuka Unlimited FC	JRL (Tōkai, Div. 1)	8	0	0	0	-		8	0
Total			311	20	23	4	11	1	345	25

References[]

^ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "2016J1&J2&J3選手名鑑", 10 February 2016, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411338 (p. 207 out of 289)
^ Roasso Kumamoto

External links[]

Yohei Kurakawa at Soccerway
Yohei Kurakawa at J.League (in Japanese)

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[1] Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "2016J1&J2&J3選手名鑑", 10 February 2016, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411338 (p. 207 out of 289)

[2] Roasso Kumamoto

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