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Hotaru Yamaguchi, Central Midfield at V-Varen Nagasaki

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#5 Hotaru Yamaguchi

V-Varen Nagasaki J1 100 Year Vision League
Date of birth / Age
6 Oct 1990 (36)
Height · Weight
1.73 m · 72 kg
Foot
Right
Main position
Central Midfield
Citizenship
Japan
Joined club
20 Jan 2025
Contract until
2028
International
Japan · 48 caps, 3 goals

Season 2026

Appearances
20
Starting eleven
19
Goals
1
Assists
–
Yellow cards
1
Second yellows
–
Red cards
0
Minutes
1,760
Starting eleven95%

19 of 20 appearances

Positions played

356 matches · since 2015
PositionAppsGA
Central Midfield
245 20 22
Defensive Midfield
100 7 3
Right Winger
6 3 1
Attacking Midfield
5 1 0

How he compares

TSH benchmarks · central midfielders with 900+ minutes
World rank
#2373
central midfielder in the world by TSH Score
In his age group
#730
among central midfielders aged 30+
In his league
44%
of J1 League central midfielders rank below him
Finishing
+1.6
goals above expected · better than 79% of players

Shooting

last 3 seasons · no penalties
Goals
10 Expected
8.4

85 shots. He scores more than the chances he gets would predict.

Creating

last 3 seasons
Assists
6 Expected
5.2

Teammates converted his chances about as expected.

Career stats

Season
Competitions
Club

By competition

CompetitionAppsGA
J1 League3663514
J2 League9457
J-League Cup333–
AFC Champions League Elite301–
Japan262–
J1 100 Year Vision League201–
Japan U23132–
Bundesliga600
Emperor Cup30–
Super Cup21–

* Assists and second yellows are counted where the data has them, mostly league games from 2014/15; cups and internationals show “–”. Friendlies are excluded. Data as of 26 Oct 2026.

Clubs and transfers

  1. Jan 2025 · Transfer Vissel Kobe V-Varen Nagasaki Fee in TSH subscription
  2. Jan 2019 · Free Transfer Cerezo Osaka Vissel Kobe
  3. Jul 2016 · Transfer Hannover 96 Cerezo Osaka Fee in TSH subscription
  4. Jan 2016 · Transfer Cerezo Osaka Hannover 96 Fee in TSH subscription
  5. Feb 2009 · Free Transfer – Cerezo Osaka

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Honours

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Player data from the TSH database, updated every week. Spotted something wrong? Tell us · Updated 2026-10-26