Yahiro Kazama

Yahiro Kazama (Japanese风 间 八 宏, Yahiro Kazama, born October 16, 1961 in Shizuoka ) is a former Japanese football player and current football coach.

Career

In youth Kazama played for the school team the " Handelsoberschule Shimizu " in Shizuoka, which has produced many well-known footballer, and the University team at the University of Tsukuba. 1984 left the midfielder Japan and moved to Germany in the amateur team of the Bundesliga side Bayer 04 Leverkusen. After the jump is not made ​​in Leverkusen in the professional squad, it attracted Kazama 1985 Oberliga BVL 08 Remscheid. With Remscheid in 1986 he was able to win the German Amateur Championship, followed in 1987 promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga. After the descent of the BVL in the season 1987 /88 Kazama Eintracht Braunschweig joined, for he 1988/89 still came to 15 appearances in the second division season.

1989 returned Kazama returned to Japan, where he worked for the Mazda SC, the works team of the Mazda Group, henceforth aground in the Japan Soccer League. With the establishment of the professional league J. League in 1992 and the related reorganization of the Japanese football the Mazda SC to Sanfrecce Hiroshima was. Kazama was active in the J. League for three more seasons with Sanfrecce and became the first Japanese player to score a goal in the new league. 1996 Kazama returned once for a season to FC Remscheid and finished after his playing career.

Between 1980 and 1983, Kazama also denied a total of 19 caps for Japan.

Coaching career

After the end of his playing career Kazama worked as a football official, football commentator and coach of the team of the University of Tsukuba. In 2012, he was introduced as the new coach of the J. League Division 1 club Kawasaki Frontale, his first coaching position in professional football. With his new club, he finished the season in eighth place in the table.

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