Kumi Yokoyama

Kumi Yokoyama
	Yokoyama with Frankfurt in 2017
Personal information
Full name	Kumi Yokoyama[1]
Date of birth	13 August 1993
Place of birth	Tama, Tokyo, Japan
Height	1.55 m (5 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Club information
Current team	NJ/NY Gotham FC
Youth career
2009–2011	Jumonji High School
Senior career*
Years	Team
2012–2013	Okayama Yunogo Belle
2014–2017	AC Nagano Parceiro
2017–2018	Frankfurt
2018–2019	AC Nagano Parceiro
2020–2021	Washington Spirit
2022–	NJ/NY Gotham FC
National team‡
2010	Japan U-17
2012	Japan U-20
2015–	Japan
Honours
Okayama Yunogo Belle
Representing Japan
AFC Women's Asian Cup
FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
AFC U-19 Women's Championship
FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 October 2021; ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19 June 2019

Kumi Yokoyama (横山久美, Yokoyama Kumi, born 13 August 1993) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a forward for NJ/NY Gotham FC[2] and the Japan women's national team. Yokoyama goes by he/him and singular they pronouns.[3]

Club career

Yokoyama was born in Tama, Tokyo, on 13 August 1993. After graduating from high school, he joined Okayama Yunogo Belle in 2012. In 2014, he moved to L.League Division 2 club AC Nagano Parceiro. He became top scorer in 2014 and 2015. The club was also promoted to Division 1 from 2016. In 2016 season, he was selected Best Eleven. In July 2017, he moved to German Bundesliga club Frankfurt.[4] In July 2018, Yokoyama returned to AC Nagano Parceiro. In December 2019, he signed with the Washington Spirit.[5]

National team career

In 2010, Yokoyama was selected Japan U-17 national team for 2010 U-17 World Cup. He played 6 games and scored 6 goals, and Japan won 2nd place.[6] He received one of the ten 2010 FIFA Puskás Awards[7] nominations for his winning goal in the semifinals against North Korea, which made the headlines and was compared to Diego Maradona's second goal against England in the 1986 World Cup.[8] In 2012 he was also a member of Japan U-20 national team for 2012 U-20 World Cup which Japan won 3rd place.[6] In March 2015, he was selected Japan national team for 2015 Algarve Cup. At this competition, on 6 March, he debuted and scored a goal against Portugal. In 2018, he played at 2018 Asian Cup. He scored 4 goals include 2 goals at semifinal and a goal at final, and Japan won the championship.

Personal life

In June 2021, Yokoyama came out as a transgender man in a video interview conducted by former Nadeshiko striker Yuki Nagasato; Yokoyama decided to come out publicly after encouragement from his girlfriend.[9][10]

Club statistics

As of 24 June 2017

Club	Season	League			Cup		League Cup		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Jumonji HS	2011	-	-		2	2	-		2	2
Jumonji HS	Total		0	0	2	2	0	0	2	2
Okayama Yunogo Belle	2012	1st	13	1	0	0	3	0	16	1
	2013	1st	18	2	3	0	10	2	31	4
	Total		31	3	3	0	13	2	47	5
AC Nagano Parceiro	2014	3rd	21	30	-		-		21	30
	2015	2nd	25	35	-		2	2	27	37
	2016	1st	18	16	6	9	3	2	27	27
	2017	1st	10	6	2	4	0	0	12	10
	Total		74	87	8	13	5	4	87	104
Career total			105	90	13	15	18	6	136	111

National team statistics

As of 19 June 2019[11]

Japan national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2015	5	2
2016	8	3
2017	11	6
2018	11	5
2019	8	1
Total	43	17

International goals
#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
Category: Under-17
1.	6 September 2010	Couva, Trinidad and Tobago	Spain	4–1	4–1	2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
2.	9 September 2010	Couva, Trinidad and Tobago	Venezuela	5–0	6–0	2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
3.	13 September 2010	Scarborough, Trinidad and Tobago	New Zealand	1–0	6–0	2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
4.	13 September 2010	Scarborough, Trinidad and Tobago	New Zealand	2–0	6–0	2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
5.	17 September 2010	Arima, Trinidad and Tobago	Republic of Ireland	1–2	1–2	2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
6.	21 September 2010	Couva, Trinidad and Tobago	North Korea	1–2	1–2	2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
Category: Under-20
1.	8 October 2011	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	South Korea	2–0	3–1	2011 AFC U-19 Women's Championship
2.	16 October 2011		Vietnam	0–3	0–6
3.				0–5
4.				0–6
5.	19 August 2012	Miyagi Stadium, Rifu, Japan	Mexico	3–0	4–1	2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
Category: Senior
1.	6 March 2015	Faro, Portugal	Portugal	2–0	3–0	2015 Algarve Cup
2.	8 August 2015	Wuhan, China	China PR	1–0	2–0	2015 EAFF East Asian Cup
3.	4 March 2016	Osaka, Japan	China PR	1–2	1–2	2016 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
4.	7 March 2016	Osaka, Japan	Vietnam	5–1	6–1	2016 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
5.	2 June 2016	Commerce City, United States	United States	3–3	3–3	Friendly
6.	1 March 2017	Parchal, Portugal	Spain	1–2	1–2	2017 Algarve Cup
7.	6 March 2017	Faro, Portugal	Norway	1–0	2–0
8.	6 March 2017		Norway	2–0	2–0
9.	8 March 2017		Netherlands	1–2	2–3
10.	9 April 2017	Kumamoto, Japan	Costa Rica	1–0	3–0	Friendly
11.	10 June 2017	Breda, Netherlands	Netherlands	1–0	1–0	Friendly
12.	7 April 2018	Amman, Jordan	Vietnam	1–0	4–0	2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup
13.	17 April 2018		China PR	2–0	3–1
14.	17 April 2018		China PR	3–0	3–1
15.	20 April 2018		Australia	1–0	1–0

Honors

Team

AFC U-19 Women's Championship

Champion (1) : 2011

Individual

2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup : Silver Ball, Bronze Shoe
2014 L.League Division 2 : Top scorers

References

"FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019 – List of Players: Japan" (PDF). FIFA. 27 May 2019. p. 13. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 July 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
"Kumi Yokoyama". Washington Spirit. Retrieved 21 October 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
https://www.instagram.com/yoko10_official/
"AC Nagano Parceiro". Archived from the original on 27 April 2018. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
"Washington Spirit Sign Forward Kumi Yokoyama". Washington Spirit. 18 December 2019.
Statistics in FIFA's website
Altintop claims the FIFA Puskás Award 2010. FIFA
Maradona-like goal by a 17 year old Japanese player. Diario Marca
"Japan's Yokoyama comes out as transgender man". Reuters. 22 June 2021.
Orlowitz, Dan (20 June 2021). "Soccer player Kumi Yokoyama comes out as transgender: 'It would be harder to live closeted'". The Japan Times.
List of match in 2015 Archived 11 August 2018 at the Wayback Machine, 2016, 2017 Archived 23 March 2019 at the Wayback Machine, 2018, 2019 at Japan Football Association (in Japanese)

External links

Kumi Yokoyama – FIFA competition record (archived)
Kumi Yokoyama at Soccerway
Kumi Yokoyama at WorldFootball.net
Japan Football Association
Kumi Yokoyama on Instagram

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[1] "FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019 – List of Players: Japan" (PDF). FIFA. 27 May 2019. p. 13. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 July 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2019.

[2] "Kumi Yokoyama". Washington Spirit. Retrieved 21 October 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[3] ttps://www.instagram.com/yoko10_official/

[4] "AC Nagano Parceiro". Archived from the original on 27 April 2018. Retrieved 27 April 2018.

[5] "Washington Spirit Sign Forward Kumi Yokoyama". Washington Spirit. 18 December 2019.

[FIFA-6] Statistics in FIFA's website

[7] Altintop claims the FIFA Puskás Award 2010. FIFA

[8] Maradona-like goal by a 17 year old Japanese player. Diario Marca

[reuters-22jun2021-9] "Japan's Yokoyama comes out as transgender man". Reuters. 22 June 2021.

[10] Orlowitz, Dan (20 June 2021). "Soccer player Kumi Yokoyama comes out as transgender: 'It would be harder to live closeted'". The Japan Times.

[11] List of match in 2015 Archived 11 August 2018 at the Wayback Machine, 2016, 2017 Archived 23 March 2019 at the Wayback Machine, 2018, 2019 at Japan Football Association (in Japanese)