Hotaru Yamaguchi
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Yamaguchi lining up for Japan at the 2018 FIFA World Cup | ||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Hotaru Yamaguchi | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 6 October 1990 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Nabari, Mie, Japan | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||
| Position | Defensive midfielder | |||||||||||||
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Current team | V-Varen Nagasaki | |||||||||||||
| Number | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| 2000–2002 | Minowa West SC | |||||||||||||
| 2003–2008 | Cerezo Osaka | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 2009–2015 | Cerezo Osaka | 140 | (11) | |||||||||||
| 2016 | Hannover 96 | 6 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2016–2018 | Cerezo Osaka | 85 | (3) | |||||||||||
| 2019–2024 | Vissel Kobe | 192 | (23) | |||||||||||
| 2025– | V-Varen Nagasaki | 32 | (3) | |||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||
| 2010–2012 | Japan U23 | 29 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 2013–2019 | Japan | 48 | (3) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 1 January 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 19 November 2019 | ||||||||||||||
Hotaru Yamaguchi (山口 蛍, Yamaguchi Hotaru; born 6 October 1990) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder and currently plays for J1 League club, V-Varen Nagasaki. He is also a member of the Japan national team until 2019.