Kumi Yokoyama

Kumi Yokoyama (横山 久美, Yokoyama Kumi, born 13 August 1993) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a forward for Okayama Yunogo Belle and the Japan women's national team.

Kumi Yokoyama

Yokoyama with Frankfurt in 2017
Personal information
Full name	Kumi Yokoyama[1]
Date of birth	(1993-08-13) 13 August 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth	Tama, Tokyo, Japan
Height	1.55 m (5 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Okayama Yunogo Belle
Number	10
Youth career
2009–2011	Jumonji High School
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2012–2013	Okayama Yunogo Belle	31	(3)
2014–2017	AC Nagano Parceiro	74	(87)
2017–2018	Frankfurt	22	(4)
2018–2019	AC Nagano Parceiro	9	(6)
2020–2021	Washington Spirit	12	(0)
2022	NJ/NY Gotham FC	8	(0)
2023–	Okayama Yunogo Belle	0	(0)
International career‡
2010	Japan U-17	6	(6)
2012	Japan U-20	6	(1)
2015–2019	Japan	43	(17)
Medal record Okayama Yunogo Belle Runner-up Nadeshiko League Cup 2013 Representing  Japan AFC Women's Asian Cup 2018 Jordan FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup 2012 Japan AFC U-19 Women's Championship 2011 Vietnam FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup 2010 Trinidad and Tobago
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 October 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 June 2019

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. They 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.^[2] In July 2018, Yokoyama returned to AC Nagano Parceiro. In December 2019, he signed with the Washington Spirit.^[3]

National team career

In 2010, Yokoyama was selected for Japan U-17 national team for 2010 U-17 World Cup. He played 6 games and scored 6 goals, and Japan won 2nd place.^[4] He received one of the ten 2010 FIFA Puskás Awards^[5] 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.^[6] In 2012 he was also a member of Japan women's U-20 national team for 2012 U-20 World Cup where Japan won 3rd place.^[4] In March 2015, he was selected for Japan women's 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.^[7][8]

Career statistics

Club

As of 24 June 2017

Club	Season	League			Cup		League Cup		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Jumonji HS	2011	-	-		2	2	-		2	2
	Total		0	0	2	2	0	0	2	2
Okayama Yunogo Belle	2012	1st	13	1	0	0	3	0	16	1
	2013		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		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

International

As of 19 June 2019^[9]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

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

Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Kumi Yokoyama goal.

List of international goals scored by Kumi Yokoyama

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	6 March 2015	Faro, Portugal	Portugal	2–0	3–0	2015 Algarve Cup
2.	8 August 2015	Wuhan, China	China	1–0	2–0	2015 EAFF East Asian Cup
3.	4 March 2016	Osaka, Japan	China	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.				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	2–0	3–1
14.				3–0
15.	20 April 2018		Australia	1–0	1–0
16.	11 November 2018	Tottori, Japan	Norway	1–0	4–1	Friendly
17.	9 April 2019	Paderborn, Germany	Germany	2–1	2–2	Friendly

Honors

Japan U20

• 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

Japan

• AFC Women's Asian Cup: 2018

References

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. "AC Nagano Parceiro". Archived from the original on 27 April 2018. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
3. "Washington Spirit Sign Forward Kumi Yokoyama". Washington Spirit. 18 December 2019.
4. Statistics in FIFA's website
5. Altintop claims the FIFA Puskás Award 2010^{[dead link]}. FIFA
6. Maradona-like goal by a 17 year old Japanese player. Diario Marca
7. "Japan's Yokoyama comes out as transgender man". Reuters. 22 June 2021.
8. Orlowitz, Dan (20 June 2021). "Soccer player Kumi Yokoyama comes out as transgender: 'It would be harder to live closeted'". The Japan Times.
9. 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