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Kyoko Yano
矢野喬子
Personal information
Full name	Kyoko Yano
Date of birth	June 3, 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth	Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Height	1.64 m (5 ft 4+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
2000–2002	Shonan Gakuin High School
2003–2006	Kanagawa University
Senior career*
Years	Team
2007–2012	Urawa Reds
Total
International career
2003–2012	Japan
Medal record
Urawa Reds
Representing Japan
Olympic Games
FIFA Women's World Cup
AFC Women's Asian Cup
Asian Games
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Kyoko Yano (矢野喬子, Yano Kyōko, born June 3, 1984) is a Japanese former football player. She has played for the Japan national team as a defender.

Club career

Yano was born in Yokohama on June 3, 1984. After graduating from Kanagawa University, she joined Urawa Reds in 2007. In 2007 season, she was selected Best Young Player awards. She retired end of 2012 season.^[1] In 6 seasons, she played 111 matches in L.League and she was selected Best Eleven every season.

National team career

In June 2003, Yano was a Kanagawa University student, she was selected to play for the Japan national team at the 2003 AFC Championship. At this competition, on June 11, she debuted and scored a goal against Guam.^[2] She played at the World Cup 3 times (2003, 2007 and 2011) and at the Summer Olympics 3 times (2004, 2008 and 2012). Japan won the championship at the 2011 World Cup^[3] and silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She played 74 games and scored 1 goals for Japan until 2012.

Club statistics

Club	Season	League		Cup		League Cup		Total
Club	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Urawa Reds	2007	21	2	3	0	2	0	26	2
	2008	21	0	2	0	-		23	0
	2009	21	0	4	0	-		25	0
	2010	18	0	4	0	6	0	28	0
	2011	13	0	2	0	-		15	0
	2012	17	1	3	0	4	0	24	1
Career total		111	3	18	0	12	0	141	3

National team statistics

^[2]^[4]

Japan national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2003	9	1
2004	5	0
2005	5	0
2006	16	0
2007	6	0
2008	10	0
2009	1	0
2010	13	0
2011	4	0
2012	5	0
Total	74	1

International goals
#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	11 June 2003	Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand	Guam	6–0	7-0	2003 AFC Women's Championship

Honors

Club Team

L.League

Champion (1): 2009

National Team

FIFA Women's World Cup

Champion (1): 2011

Asian Games

Gold Medal (1): 2010

East Asian Football Championship

Champions (2): 2008, 2010

References

^ Urawa Reds
^ ^a ^b Japan Football Association(in Japanese)
^ "USA v Japan - as it happened". Guardian. 17 July 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
^ List of match in 2010, 2011, 2012 at Japan Football Association (in Japanese)