Kenzo Yokoyama

Japanese footballer and manager

Kenzo Yokoyama
横山 謙三Personal information

Full name|  Kenzo Yokoyama
Date of birth|  (1943-01-21) January 21, 1943 (age 82)
Place of birth|  Saitama, Saitama, Empire of Japan
Height|  1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)|  Goalkeeper
Youth career
1959–1961|  Kawaguchi High School
College career
Years|  Team|  Apps|  (Gls)
1962–1965|  Rikkyo University|  |
Senior career*
Years|  Team|  Apps|  (Gls)
1966–1977|  Mitsubishi Motors|  136|  (0)
Total|  |  136|  (0)
International career
1964–1974|  Japan|  49|  (0)
Managerial career
1976–1983|  Mitsubishi Motors
1988–1991|  Japan
1994|  Urawa Reds
2000|  Urawa Reds

Medal record

Mitsubishi Motors
Winner | Japan Soccer League | 1969
Winner | Japan Soccer League | 1973
Runner-up | Japan Soccer League | 1970
Runner-up | Japan Soccer League | 1971
Runner-up | Japan Soccer League | 1974
Runner-up | Japan Soccer League | 1975
Runner-up | Japan Soccer League | 1976
Runner-up | Japan Soccer League | 1977
Winner | Emperor's Cup | 1971
Winner | Emperor's Cup | 1973
Runner-up | Emperor's Cup | 1967
Runner-up | Emperor's Cup | 1968
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
| 1968 Mexico City | Team
Asian Games
| 1966 Bangkok | Team

* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Kenzo Yokoyama (横山 謙三, Yokoyama Kenzō; born January 21, 1943) is a former Japanese football player and manager. He played for, and then managed, the Japan national team.

## Club career

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Yokoyama was born in Saitama on January 21, 1943. After graduating from Kawaguchi High School and Rikkyo University, he joined his local club Mitsubishi Motors in 1966. He played as regular goalkeeper from first season and played all matches in Japan Soccer League until 1974. In 1975, he was deprived of regular goalkeeper by Mitsuhisa Taguchi. The club won the league champions 2 times (1969 and 1973) and 2nd place 6 times. The club also won 1971 and 1973 Emperor's Cup. He retired in 1977. He played 136 games in the league. He was selected Best Eleven 7 times.

## National team career

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In October 1964, when Yokoyama was a Rikkyo University student, he was selected Japan national team for 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. At this competition, he debuted and played all matches on behalf of Tsukasa Hosaka fractured his hand just before Olympics. After that, Yokoyama became a regular goalkeeper at Japan national team. In 1968, he was selected Japan for 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. He played all matches and Japan won bronze medal.[1] In 2018, this team was selected Japan Football Hall of Fame. He also played at 1966, 1970 and 1974 Asian Games. He played 49 games for Japan until 1974.[2]

## Coaching career

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In 1976, when Yokoyama played for Mitsubishi Motors (later Urawa Reds), he became a playing manager as Hiroshi Ninomiya successor. In 1978, the club won all three major titles in Japan; Japan Soccer League, JSL Cup and Emperor's Cup. It was first domestic treble for a Japanese club. The club also won 1980 Emperor's Cup, 1981 JSL Cup and 1982 Japan Soccer League. He resigned in 1984. In 1988, he became a manager for Japan national team as Yoshinobu Ishii successor, where he coached Japan in the country's first competitive tournament, the 1988 AFC Asian Cup. At 1990 World Cup qualification in 1989, Japan lost in First round. Although Yokoyama managed at 1990 Asian Games, he resigned in 1991. In 1994, he became a manager for Urawa Reds as Takaji Mori successor. However, the club finished at the bottom in J1 League and he resigned end of season. In 1995, he became a general manager. From October 2000, he managed the club. In 2002, he resigned as general manager.

In 2005, Yokoyama was selected Japan Football Hall of Fame.

## Club statistics

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Club performance  | League

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Season  | Club  | League  | Apps | Goals
Japan  | League
1966 | Mitsubishi Motors | JSL Division 1 | 14 | 0
1967 | 14 | 0
1968 | 14 | 0
1969 | 14 | 0
1970 | 14 | 0
1971 | 14 | 0
1972 | 14 | 0
1973 | 18 | 0
1974 | 18 | 0
1975 | 2 | 0
1976 | 0 | 0
1977 | 0 | 0
Total  | 136 | 0

## National team statistics

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Japan national team

Year | Apps | Goals
1964 | 1 | 0
1965 | 4 | 0
1966 | 6 | 0
1967 | 5 | 0
1968 | 3 | 0
1969 | 3 | 0
1970 | 12 | 0
1971 | 6 | 0
1972 | 3 | 0
1973 | 2 | 0
1974 | 4 | 0
Total | 49 | 0

## Managerial statistics

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As of match played 17 December 2000
Managerial record by team and tenure  Team  | Nat  | From  | To  | Record

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G | W | D | L | Win %
Japan |  | 1 July 1988  | 30 June 1992  | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 000.00
Urawa Red Diamonds |  | 1 February 1994  | 31 January 1995  | 46 | 15 | 0 | 31 | 032.61
Urawa Red Diamonds |  | 3 October 2000  | 31 January 2001  | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 071.43
Career Total  | 59 | 20 | 2 | 37 | 033.90

## Awards

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* Japan Soccer League Best Eleven: (7) 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1974
* Japan Football Hall of Fame: Inducted in 2006[3]

## References

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1. ^ "Kenzo Yokoyama Biography and Statistics". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2009-05-08.
2. ^ a b Japan National Football Team Database
3. ^ "YOKOYAMA Kenzo". Japan Football Association. Retrieved March 25, 2024.

## External links

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* Kenzo Yokoyama – FIFA competition record (archived)
* Kenzo Yokoyama at National-Football-Teams.com
* Japan National Football Team Database
* Kenzo Yokoyama manager profile at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
* Japan Football Hall of Fame at Japan Football Association
* Japan Football Hall of Fame (Japan team at 1968 Olympics) at Japan Football Association
* Kenzo Yokoyama at Olympics.com

Awards for Kenzo Yokoyama

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1966 Japan Soccer League Team of the Year

* Kenzo Yokoyama
* Hiroshi Katayama
* Masakatsu Miyamoto
* Kazuo Imanishi
* Aritatsu Ogi
* Hisao Kami
* Shigeo Yaegashi
* Teruki Miyamoto
* Ryuichi Sugiyama
* Takayuki Kuwata
* Ikuo Matsumoto

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1967 Japan Soccer League Team of the Year

* Kenzo Yokoyama
* Hiroshi Katayama
* Masakatsu Miyamoto
* Mitsuo Kamata
* Aritatsu Ogi
* Hisao Kami
* Ryuichi Sugiyama
* Teruki Miyamoto
* Shigeo Yaegashi
* Kunishige Kamamoto
* Takeo Kimura

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1968 Japan Soccer League Team of the Year

* Kenzo Yokoyama
* Hiroshi Katayama
* Masakatsu Miyamoto
* Mitsuo Kamata
* Aritatsu Ogi
* Yoshitada Yamaguchi
* Shigeo Yaegashi
* Teruki Miyamoto
* Ryuichi Sugiyama
* Kunishige Kamamoto
* Masashi Watanabe

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1969 Japan Soccer League Team of the Year

* Kenzo Yokoyama
* Hiroshi Katayama
* Yoshio Kikugawa
* Mitsuo Kamata
* Aritatsu Ogi
* Yoshitada Yamaguchi
* Ryuichi Sugiyama
* Teruki Miyamoto
* Takaji Mori
* Kunishige Kamamoto
* Hiroshi Ochiai

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1971 Japan Soccer League Team of the Year

* Kenzo Yokoyama
* Kozo Arai
* Carlos Esteves
* Yoshitada Yamaguchi
* Aritatsu Ogi
* Daishiro Yoshimura
* Nobuo Fujishima
* Teruki Miyamoto
* Ryuichi Sugiyama
* Kunishige Kamamoto
* Yoshikazu Nagai

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1973 Japan Soccer League Team of the Year

* Kenzo Yokoyama
* Kozo Arai
* Kuniya Daini
* Yoshitada Yamaguchi
* Hiroshi Ochiai
* Takaji Mori
* Ryuichi Sugiyama
* Sérgio Echigo
* Akira Matsunaga
* Tsutomu Nakamura
* Kazumi Takada

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1974 Japan Soccer League Team of the Year

* Kenzo Yokoyama
* Kozo Arai
* Eijun Kiyokumo
* Yoshitada Yamaguchi
* Hiroshi Ochiai
* Sérgio Echigo
* Takaji Mori
* George Kobayashi
* Akira Matsunaga
* Kunishige Kamamoto
* Mitsunori Fujiguchi

Japan squads

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Japan football squad – 1964 Summer Olympics

* 1 Hosaka
* 2 Katayama
* 3 M. Miyamoto
* 4 Hiraki
* 5 Yamaguchi
* 6 Suzuki
* 7 Kami
* 8 Kamata
* 9 Tomizawa
* 10 Ogi
* 11 Mori
* 12 Kawabuchi
* 13 Yaegashi
* 14 Watanabe
* 15 Kamamoto
* 16 T. Miyamoto
* 17 Tsugitani
* 18 Sugiyama
* 21 Yokoyama
* Coach: Naganuma

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Japan football squad – 1968 Summer Olympics – Bronze medalists

* 1 Yokoyama
* 2 Katayama
* 3 M. Miyamoto
* 4 Yamaguchi
* 5 Kamata
* 6 Suzuki
* 7 Tomizawa
* 8 Mori
* 9 Ogi
* 10 Yuguchi
* 11 Yaegashi (c)
* 12 T. Miyamoto
* 13 Watanabe
* 14 Kuwahara
* 15 Kamamoto
* 16 Matsumoto
* 17 Sugiyama
* 18 Hamazaki
* Coach: Naganuma

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Japan squad – 1988 AFC Asian Cup

* 1 Tsuchida
* 2 Ueno
* 3 Horiike
* 4 Taguchi
* 5 Sakakura
* 6 Motoyoshi
* 7 Ihara
* 8 Otake
* 9 Shirasawa
* 10 Oenoki
* 11 Ikenoue
* 12 Nakayama
* 13 Kurosaki
* 14 Noda
* 15 Minoguchi
* 16 Maeda
* 17 Sukigara
* 18 Matsuyama
* 19 Sanada
* 20 Takagi
* Coach: Yokoyama

Kenzo Yokoyama managerial positions

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Japan national football team – managers

* Sasaki (1921)
* Nishida (1923)
* Yamada (1925)
* Suzuki (1930)
* Takenokoshi (1934)
* Suzuki (1936)
* Takenokoshi (1938–40)
* Kudo (1942)
* Ninomiya (1951)
* Takenokoshi (1951–56)
* Takahashi (1957)
* Kawamoto (1958)
* Takenokoshi (1958–59)
* Takahashi (1960–62)
* Naganuma (1962–69)
* Okano (1970–71)
* Naganuma (1972–76)
* Ninomiya (1976–78)
* Shimomura (1979–80)
* Watanabe (1980)
* Kawabuchi (1980–81)
* Mori (1981–85)
* Ishii (1986–87)
* Yokoyama (1988–91)
* Ooft (1992–93)
* Falcão (1994)
* Kamo (1994–97)
* Okada (1997–98)
* Troussier (1998–02)
* Zico (2002–06)
* Osim (2006–07)
* Okada (2007–10)
* Harac (2010)
* Zaccheroni (2010–14)
* Aguirre (2014–15)
* Halilhodžić (2015–18)
* Nishino (2018)
* Moriyasu (2018–)

(c) = caretaker manager

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Urawa Red Diamonds – managers

* Mori (1992–93)
* Yokoyama (1994)
* Osieck (1995–96)
* Köppel (1997)
* Hara (1998–99)
* De Mos (1999)
* Yoshida (1999)
* Saito (2000)
* Yokoyama (2000)
* Tita (2001)
* Pita (2001)
* Ooft (2002–03)
* Buchwald (2004–06)
* Osieck (2007–08)
* Engels (2008)
* Finke (2009–10)
* Ž. Petrović (2011)
* Horic (2011)
* M. Petrović (2012–17)
* Hori (2017–18)
* Otsuki (2018)
* Oliveira (2018–19)
* Otsuki (2019–20)
* Rodríguez (2021–22)
* Skorża (2023)
* Høgmo (2024)
* Skorża (2024–)

(c) = caretaker manager
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