Koji Yamase

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Koji Yamase
Personal information
Full name	Koji Yamase
Date of birth	September 22, 1981 (1981-09-22) (age 26)
Place of birth	Sapporo, Japan
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Yokohama F. Marinos
Number	10
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2000-2002 2003-2004 2005-	Consadole Sapporo Urawa Red Diamonds Yokohama F. Marinos	052 00(9) 042 0(11) 084 0(21)
National team2
2006-	Japan	010 00(5)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 June 2008. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 14 June 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Koji Yamase (born 22 September 1981) is a Japanese football player who currently plays for Yokohama F. Marinos of the J-League. Japan's coach Ivica Osim handed him his first senior cap on August 9, 2006, in a friendly match against Trinidad and Tobago. His first goal for Japan came on August 22, 2007 in a friendly match against Cameroon.

His younger brother Yukihiro also plays for Marinos. His father Isao participated in the 1984 Winter Olympics as an biathlete.

[edit] Clubs

• 2000-2002: Consadole Sapporo
• 2003-2004: Urawa Red Diamonds
• 2005-present: Yokohama F. Marinos

[edit] Honors and awards

[edit] Individual Honors

• J-League Young Player of the Year: 2001

Preceded by Kazuyuki Morisaki

J-League Young Player of the Year 2001

Succeeded by Keisuke Tsuboi

v • d • e Yokohama F. Marinos – current squad 1 Enomoto • 3 Matsuda • 4 Kurihara • 6 Kawai • 7 H. Tanaka • 8 Lopes • 9 Roni • 10 K. Yamase • 11 Sakata • 13 Komiyama • 14 Kano • 15 Oshima • 16 Y. Yamase • 17 Hyodo • 18 Shimizu • 19 Inui • 20 Mizunuma • 21 Takakuwa • 22 Nakazawa • 23 Tashiro • 24 Kanai • 25 Yamamoto • 26 Y. Tanaka • 27 Saito • 28 Urata • 29 Hasegawa • 30 Ogura • 31 Iikura • 32 Furube • 33 Umei • 34 Ishihara • 35 Amano • 36 Akimoto • Manager: Kuwahara