Kisho Yano

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Personal information
Kisho Yano
Full name	Kisho Yano
Date of birth	April 5, 1984 (1984-04-05) (age 24)
Place of birth	Hamamatsu, Japan
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Albirex Niigata
Youth clubs
2000–2002 2002 2002–2003	Hamana H.S. Júbilo Iwata Kashiwa Reysol
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2003–2006 2006–	Kashiwa Reysol Albirex Niigata	039 00(4) 078 0(15)
National team²
2007-	Japan	011 00(1)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:18, 18 May 2008 (UTC). ² National team caps and goals correct as of 12:30, 10 June 2008 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Kisho Yano (矢野貴章, Yano Kishō^?, born April 5, 1984 in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a striker for Albirex Niigata.　

Yano was chosen as one of the Designated Players for Development by J. League and JFA in 2002 when he was a student of Hamana High School. Because of this status, Yano was able to register as a Júbilo Iwata player while he was still eligible to play for his high school club. However, he did not play any official match for Iwata.

After graduating from his high school, he joined J. League side Kashiwa Reysol. In 2006, He was transferred to Niigata where he quickly established himself as a first-choice forward.

He represented Japan at several underage levels and he was a member of the Japan team for the 2001 FIFA U-17 World Championship finals where he scored one goal. He was capped as a full international when he was sent on the pitch as a substitute on March 24, 2007 in a friendly against Peru. He was a member of the Japan team for the 2007 AFC Asian Cup finals and played 2 games as a substitute.

Yano scored his first international goal on September 11, 2007 in a friendly against Switzerland at Klagenfurt, Austria; he scored the winner in a 4-3 outcome.

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Albirex Niigata – current squad

1 Kitano • 2 Nakano • 3 Chiba • 5 Chiyotanda • 6 Nagata • 7 Matsushita • 9 Alessandro • 10 Marcio Richardes • 11 Yano • 13 Kogure • 15 Homma • 16 Terakawa • 17 Uchida • 18 Kawamata • 19 Kaimoto • 20 Kawahara • 21 Nozawa • 22 Kurokawa • 23 Tanaka • 24 Hasebe • 25 Ohno • 26 Suzuki • 27 Michael James • 28 Matsuo • 29 Sakai • 31 Isomoto • Manager: Suzuki