Kazunari Okayama

Kazunari Okayama
岡山一成
Personal information
Full name	Kazunari Okayama
Date of birth	April 24, 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth	Sakai, Osaka, Japan
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Defender, Forward
Youth career
1994–1996	Hatsushiba Hashimoto High School
Senior career*
Years	Team
1997–2000	Yokohama F. Marinos
1999	→Omiya Ardija (loan)
2001	Cerezo Osaka
2002–2004	Kawasaki Frontale
2005	Avispa Fukuoka
2006–2007	Kashiwa Reysol
2007–2008	Vegalta Sendai
2009–2010	Pohang Steelers
2011–2012	Consadole Sapporo
2013–2017	Nara Club
Total
Medal record
Yokohama F. Marinos
Cerezo Osaka
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Kazunari Okayama (岡山一成, Okayama Kazunari, born April 24, 1978) or Kang Il-Sung (Korean: 강일성; Hanja: 康一成) is a former Japanese football player of Korean descent.

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Okayama was born in Sakai on April 24, 1978. After graduating from high school, he joined J1 League club Yokohama Marinos (later Yokohama F. Marinos) in 1997. On September 6, he debuted as forward and scored a goal against Sanfrecce Hiroshima.^[2]^[3] After the debut, he scored a goal for 3 matches in a row. However he could hardly play in the match from 1998. In June 1999, he moved to J2 League club Omiya Ardija.^[4] In 2000, he returned to Yokohama F. Marinos. He was converted to center back and played many matches. In 2001, he moved to Cerezo Osaka. He played many matches as forward. In 2002, he moved to J2 club Kawasaki Frontale and became a regular player as right defender of three backs defense. Although he played many matches in 2003, he could not play as starting member in most matches and he could hardly play in the match in 2004. In 2005, he moved to Avispa Fukuoka. He played many matches as mainly center back and the club was promoted to J1 end of 2005 season. However he moved to J2 club Kashiwa Reysol in 2006. He played many matches as center back and the club was promoted to J1 from 2007 season. However he could hardly play in the match in 2007 and he moved to J2 club Vegalta Sendai in August 2007. He played as regular center back in 2 seasons. After a half year blank, he moved to South Korean club Pohang Steelers in July 2009. He played for the club in 2 seasons and returned to Japan end of 2010 season. After a half year blank, he joined to Consadole Sapporo in June 2011. However he could hardly play in the match and left the club end of 2012 season. In August 2013, he joined Regional Leagues club Nara Club. The club was promoted to Japan Football League from 2015. He retired end of 2017 season.

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Season	Club	League			Emperor's Cup		J.League Cup		Total
Season	Club	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1997	Yokohama Marinos	J1 League	8	3	2	1	0	0	10	4
1998	Yokohama Marinos	J1 League	5	0	0	0	4	2	9	2
1999	Yokohama F. Marinos	J1 League	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
1999	Omiya Ardija	J2 League	6	1	2	2	0	0	8	3
2000	Yokohama F. Marinos	J1 League	13	0	1	0	1	0	15	0
2001	Cerezo Osaka	J1 League	28	3	4	0	2	0	34	3
2002	Kawasaki Frontale	J2 League	37	1	5	1	-		42	2
2003			34	2	1	0	-		35	2
2004			2	0	0	0	-		2	0
2005	Avispa Fukuoka	J2 League	34	0	1	0	-		35	0
2006	Kashiwa Reysol	J2 League	45	10	0	0	-		45	10
2007	Kashiwa Reysol	J1 League	1	0	0	0	3	0	4	0
2007	Vegalta Sendai	J2 League	18	2	0	0	-		18	2
2008	Vegalta Sendai	J2 League	33	4	0	0	-		33	4
2011	Consadole Sapporo	J2 League	5	0	1	0	-		6	0
2012	Consadole Sapporo	J1 League	5	0	1	0	2	0	8	0
2013	Nara Club	Regional Leagues	3	0	2	1	-		5	1
2014		Regional Leagues	8	0	2	1	-		10	1
2015		Football League	15	0	0	0	-		15	0
2016			5	0	1	0	-		6	0
2017			13	1	1	0	-		14	1
Total			322	27	24	6	12	2	358	35