Yohei Kurakawa

Yohei Kurakawa
藏川 洋平
Personal information
Full name Yohei Kurakawa
Date of birth (1977-08-10) August 10, 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth Sanyo-Onoda, Yamaguchi, Japan
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1993–1995 Tatara Gakuen High School
1996–1999 Aichi Gakuin University
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000 Yokohama F. Marinos 0 (0)
2001–2005 FC Horikoshi
2006–2011 Kashiwa Reysol 107 (5)
2012–2016 Roasso Kumamoto 132 (5)
2017–2018 Suzuka Unlimited FC 10 (0)
Total 257 (10)
Managerial career
2017 Suzuka Unlimited FC
Medal record
Yokohama F. Marinos
Runner-up J1 League 2000
Kashiwa Reysol
Winner J1 League 2011
Runner-up Emperor's Cup 2008
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, 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

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

However his opportunity to play decreased from 2009 and the club was relegated to J2 in 2010. Although the club returned to J1 in a year and won the championship in 2011, he did not play much. In 2012, he moved to the J2 club Roasso Kumamoto. He became a regular player as a right side back in 2012. Although his opportunity to play decreased a little in 2013, he played many matches until 2016. In 2017, he moved to the Regional Leagues club Suzuka Unlimited FC. He retired at the end of the 2018 season.

Coaching career

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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

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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 - -
2004 JFL 29 4 4 1 - 33 5
2005 FC Horikoshi 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 8 0 0 0 - 8 0
Total 311 20 23 4 11 1 345 25

References

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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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