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Kaito Yamamoto
山本海人
Personal information
Full name	Kaito Yamamoto
Date of birth	10 July 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth	Shizuoka, Japan
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Fukushima United FC
Number	22
Youth career
1998–2003	Shimizu S-Pulse
Senior career*
Years	Team
2004–2012	Shimizu S-Pulse
2013–2016	Vissel Kobe
2017	JEF United Chiba
2018	Yokohama FC
2019–2020	Roasso Kumamoto
2021–	Fukushima United FC
Medal record
Shimizu S-Pulse
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 August 2023

Kaito Yamamoto (山本海人, Yamamoto Kaito, born 10 July 1985) is a Japanese football player who plays for Fukushima United FC.^[1]

Club career

Having worked his way through the S-Pulse youth system, he signed full professional terms at the start of the 2004 season. Yamamoto has thus far been a deputy to the omnipresent Yohei Nishibe.^{[citation needed]}

National team career

In June 2005, Yamamoto was selected for the Japan U-20 national team during the 2005 World Youth Championship. In August 2008, he was selected for the Japan U-23 national team at the 2008 Summer Olympics. But he did not play in the match, as he was the team's reserve goalkeeper behind Shusaku Nishikawa in both tournaments.

Club statistics

Updated to 10 April 2020.^[2]^[3]

Club	Season	League		Cup¹		League Cup²		Total
Club	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Shimizu S-Pulse	2004	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2005	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2006	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0
	2007	1	0	1	0	2	0	4	0
	2008	13	0	1	0	3	0	17	0
	2009	20	0	1	0	8	0	29	0
	2010	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	0
	2011	20	0	3	0	2	0	25	0
	2012	8	0	2	0	9	0	19	0
Vissel Kobe	2013	18	0	0	0	-	-	18	0
	2014	27	0	0	0	8	0	35	0
	2015	29	0	1	0	8	0	38	0
	2016	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
JEF United Chiba	2017	2	0	1	0	-		3	0
Yokohama FC	2018	7	0	0	0	-		7	0
Roasso Kumamoto	2019	34	0	1	0	-		35	0
Total		179	0	14	0	42	0	235	0

¹Includes Emperor's Cup.

²Includes J.League Cup.

References

^ Kaito Yamamoto at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
^ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "J1&J2&J3選手名鑑ハンディ版 2018 (NSK MOOK)", 7 February 2018, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411529 (p. 192 out of 289)
^ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "2016J1&J2&J3選手名鑑", 10 February 2016, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411338 (p. 101 out of 289)