J. League Aug 2, 2020
Hotaru Yamaguchi nets twice for Vissel in win over Consadole
The former Japan international helped overcome a brace by Sapporo's Takuma Arano in a back-and-forth game at Sapporo Dome.
Soccer Nov 19, 2019
Forward Salomon Rondon scored a hat trick before halftime as Venezuela humiliated Japan 4-1 in an international friendly on Tuesday night. Winger Yeferson Soteldo added the fourth for the South Americans before the break, while Hotaru Yamaguchi pulled a late goal back for the hosts ...
Soccer / J. League Dec 19, 2018
Vissel Kobe on Wednesday announced the signing of World Cup defensive midfielder Hotaru Yamaguchi from neighboring J League first-division side Cerezo Osaka. A fan favorite at Yanmar Stadium, Yamaguchi has played his entire J League career with Cerezo, punctuated by a short stint with German ...
Soccer / J. League Feb 22, 2018
Sagan, Vissel meet in opener as teams aim for Frontale's crown
by Andrew McKirdy
The 2018 J. League season kicks off with just one fixture on Friday, but every club in the 18-team division will get the chance to throw down the gauntlet to defending champions Kawasaki Frontale before the weekend is over. Sagan Tosu host Vissel Kobe in ...
Soccer / World Cup Sep 4, 2017
Ideguchi vows to keep improving
by Gus Fielding
Man of the moment Yosuke Ideguchi is refusing to get carried away by his heroics against Australia, but hopes to get another chance to shine by retaining his place in the starting lineup for Japan's final World Cup qualifier away to Saudi Arabia on ...
Soccer / World Cup Jun 12, 2017
Japan midfielder Hotaru Yamaguchi remains doubtful for Tuesday's World Cup qualifier against Iraq due to a lower right leg injury. In searing heat topping 35 degrees C in the Iranian capital, Yamaguchi on Sunday continued to train apart from the team with persistent pain in ...
Soccer / World Cup Oct 7, 2016
Halilhodzic toasts Japan after dramatic win over Iraq
by Andrew McKirdy
National team manager Vahid Halilhodzic believes his players "deserve two glasses of champagne" after Thursday's dramatic 2-1 World Cup-qualifying win over Iraq, but warned they will have to sharpen up at set pieces before they take on Australia on Tuesday. Hotaru Yamaguchi scored a 95th-minute ...
Soccer Oct 6, 2016
Birthday boy Yamaguchi lifts Japan with dramatic late goal against Iraq
by Andrew McKirdy
Substitute Hotaru Yamaguchi volleyed in an injury-time winner to jolt Japan's bid to reach a sixth straight World Cup into life with a 2-1 victory over Iraq on Thursday. Japan went into the game at Saitama Stadium having started the final round of Asian qualifiers ...
Soccer / J. League Jun 19, 2016
German second-division side Hannover announced Sunday it had reached an agreement to send Japan midfielder Hotaru Yamaguchi back to his old J. League club, second-division outfit Cerezo Osaka. In a statement released by Hannover, Yamaguchi said: "It was good to come to know a different ...
Soccer / J. League Jun 13, 2016
Cerezo Osaka have asked relegated Hannover about reacquiring Japan midfielder Hotaru Yamaguchi, the German tabloid Bild reported on Monday. Yamaguchi has told Hannover he wants to return to his old club, and the two teams are expected to agree on terms, according to the Bild. He ...
Soccer Jan 5, 2016
On a freezing, snowy day, former Cerezo Osaka midfielder Hotaru Yamaguchi was introduced to the German media on Tuesday by his new Bundesliga club, Hannover. "I felt at the (2014) World Cup that as an individual, I was lacking strength and from that point I ...