Kyohei Yoshino

Kyohei Yoshino 吉野 恭平

Yoshino with Daegu FC in 2025
Personal information
Full name	Kyohei Yoshino
Date of birth	(1994-11-08) November 8, 1994
Place of birth	Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position	Centre back
Team information
Current team	Cerezo Osaka
Number	35
Youth career
2010–2012	Tokyo Verdy
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013–2014	Tokyo Verdy	23	(1)
2014	→ J. League U-22 (loan)	5	(0)
2015–2019	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	36	(0)
2016–2017	→ Kyoto Sanga (loan)	47	(1)
2020–2022	Vegalta Sendai	68	(4)
2023	Yokohama FC	27	(1)
2024–2025	Daegu FC	47	(7)
2025–	Cerezo Osaka	6	(0)
International career
2010	Japan U16
2011	Japan U17
2012	Japan U18
2013	Japan U19
2015	Japan U21
2017	Japan U23
Medal record Sanfrecce Hiroshima Winner J1 League 2015 Runner-up J1 League 2018 Runner-up J.League Cup 2014
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 15 September 2025

Kyohei Yoshino (吉野 恭平, Yoshino Kyohei; born November 8, 1994 in Miyagi) is a Japanese football player.^[1] He plays for Cerezo Osaka in the J1 League.

Club career

Kyohei Yoshino joined to Tokyo Verdy in 2013.

In August 2014, he moved to Sanfrecce Hiroshima.

In July 2016, he moved to Kyoto Sanga FC.

In 2020, he returned to his hometown club Vegalta Sendai.

In 2022, he joined to J1 promotion club, Yokohama FC for upcoming 2023 season.

In January 2024, he signed for K League 1 club, Daegu FC

Career statistics

As of the end 2022 season.^[2][3]

Club

Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Continental		Other		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Japan			League		Emperor's Cup		J. League Cup		AFC		Other^1		Total
2013	Tokyo Verdy	J2 League	9	0	1	0	–		–		–		10	0
2014			14	1	1	0	–		–		–		15	1
	Total		23	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	1
2015	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	J1 League	0	0	2	0	2	0	–		–		4	0
2016			2	0	–		–		1	0	0	0	3	0
	Total		2	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	7	0
2016	Kyoto Sanga	J2 League	13	0	2	0	–		–		1	0	16	0
2017			34	1	1	0	–		–		–		35	1
	Total		47	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	51	1
2018	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	J1 League	18	0	3	0	6	0	–		–		27	0
2019			16	0	1	0	0	0	5	0	–		22	0
	Total		34	0	4	0	6	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
2020	Vegalta Sendai	J1 League	14	0	–		1	0	–		–		15	0
2021			31	2	0	0	2	0	–		–		33	2
2022		J2 League	23	2	1	0	–		–		–		24	2
	Total		68	4	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	72	4
2023	Yokohama FC	J1 League	0	0	–		0	0	–		–		0	0
	Total		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Career total			174	6	12	0	11	0	6	0	1	0	204	6

¹Includes Japanese Super Cup and Promotion Playoffs to J1.

International

• Japan national under-16 football team
  • 2010 AFC U-16 Championship（3rd place）
• Japan national under-17 football team
  • 2011 International Youth Soccer in Niigata（Runner-up）
• Japan national under-18 football team
  • 2012 slovak cup（6th place）
• Japan national under-19 football team
  • 2013 Alcudia International Youth Soccer Tournament（Group league）
• Japan national under-21 football team
  • 2014 2013 AFC U-22 Championship、Asian games soccer competition
• Japan national under-23 football team

References

1. J.League Data Site(in Japanese)
2. Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "J1&J2&J3選手名鑑ハンディ版 2018 (NSK MOOK)", 7 February 2018, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411529 (p. 122 out of 289)
3. Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "2017 J1&J2&J3選手名鑑 (NSK MOOK)", 8 February 2017, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411420 (p. 171 out of 289)

External links

• Profile at Sanfrecce HiroshimaArchived 2018-07-10 at the Wayback Machine
• Profile at Kyoto SangaArchived 2017-10-03 at the Wayback Machine
• Profile at Vegalta Sendai
• Kyohei Yoshino at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)