Yuichi Komano

is a former Japanese football player. He played for the Japan national team.

## Biography

Komano was born in Kainan on July 25, 1981. He joined J1 League club Sanfrecce Hiroshima from their youth team in 2000. He played many matches as right side midfielder and side back from 2001. In 2008, he moved to Júbilo Iwata. He played many matches as right side back. In 2016, he moved to FC Tokyo. However there were few opportunities to play and he moved to Avispa Fukuoka in July. In 2019, he moved to FC Imabari.

In 2001, Komano was selected the Japan U-20 national team for the 2001 World Youth Championship. He played all 3 matches as left side midfielder and side back. In 2004, he was also selected the Japan U-23 national team for 2004 Summer Olympics and played 2 matches. In 2005, he was selected the Japan national team for 2005 East Asian Football Championship. At this tournament, he debuted against China on August 3. He mainly played right side back for Japan. He was selected the Japan for 2006 World Cup. After the 2006 World Cup, he mainly played as left side back under new manager Ivica Osim. He also played at 2007 Asian Cup. However his opportunity to play decreased behind young player Atsuto Uchida (right side back) and Yuto Nagatomo (left side back) under manager Takeshi Okada. However he was selected Japan for 2010 World Cup and played all 4 matches as right side back. He played 78 games and scored 1 goals for Japan until 2013.

## Career statistics

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### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National cup|colspan="2"|League cup|colspan="2"|Continental|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="9"|Sanfrecce Hiroshima|2000|rowspan="3"|J1 League|0|0|1|0|3|0|-|4|0|
|2001|24|1|2|0|3|0|-|29|1|||||
|2002|27|1|4|0|2|0|-|33|1|||||
|2003|J2 League|23|0|0|0|-|-|23|0|||||
|2004|rowspan="4"|J1 League|18|1|1|0|3|0|-|22|1|||
|2005|34|2|1|0|4|0|-|39|2|||||
|2006|31|2|2|0|1|0|-|34|2|||||
|2007|34|2|5|1|3|0|-|42|3|||||
|rowspan="9"|Júbilo Iwata|2008|rowspan="6"|J1 League|34|1|0|0|1|1|-|35|2|
|2009|34|1|1|0|1|0|-|36|1|||||
|2010|23|0|0|0|4|0|-|27|0|||||
|2011|34|2|0|0|3|0|1|0|38|2||||
|2012|34|3|1|0|4|0|-|39|3|||||
|2013|34|2|2|0|4|1|-|40|3|||||
|2014|rowspan="2"|J2 League|35|3|2|0|-|-|37|3||||
|2015|29|1|0|0|-|-|29|1||||||
|FC Tokyo|2016|J1 League|1|0|0|0|0|0|2|0|3|0||
|FC Tokyo U-23|2016|J3 League|4|0|-|-|-|4|0|||||
|rowspan="4"|Avispa Fukuoka|2016|J1 League|12|1|0|0|0|0|-|12|1||
|2017|rowspan="2"|J2 League|39|1|0|0|-|-|39|1||||
|2018|24|1|1|0|-|-|25|1||||||
|rowspan="4"|FC Imabari|2019|JFL|29|1|-|-|-|29|1||||
|2020|rowspan="3"|J3 League|24|1|-|-|-|24|1|||||
|2021|23|0|1|1|-|-|24|1||||||
|2022|17|0|-|-|-|17|0|||||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="9"|Japan|2005|5|0|
|2006|10|0|||
|2007|12|0|||
|2008|13|0|||
|2009|9|0|||
|2010|11|0|||
|2011|7|1|||
|2012|5|0|||
|2013|6|0|||

- _Score and result list Japan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after Komano goal._

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|11 October 2011|Nagai Stadium, Osaka, Japan||3–0|8–0|2014 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||

## Honours

**Júbilo Iwata**
- J.League Cup: 2010
- Suruga Bank Championship: 2011

**Japan**
- EAFF East Asian Cup: 2013

**Individual**
- J.League Best XI: 2012

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Yuichi Komano
駒野 友一
- **fullname**: Yuichi Komano
- **birth place**: Kainan, Wakayama, Kainan, Wakayama Prefecture, Wakayama, Japan
- **height**: 1.73 m
- **position**: Defender (association football), Defender
- **youthyears1**: 1997–1999
- **youthclubs1**: Sanfrecce Hiroshima Youth
- **years1**: 2000–2007
- **clubs1**: Sanfrecce Hiroshima
- **caps1**: 191
- **goals1**: 9
- **years2**: 2008–2015
- **clubs2**: Júbilo Iwata
- **caps2**: 257
- **goals2**: 13
- **years3**: 2016
- **clubs3**: FC Tokyo
- **caps3**: 1
- **goals3**: 0
- **years4**: 2016
- **clubs4**: → FC Tokyo U-23 (loan)
- **caps4**: 4
- **goals4**: 0
- **years5**: 2016
- **clubs5**: → Avispa Fukuoka (loan)
- **caps5**: 12
- **goals5**: 1
- **years6**: 2017–2018
- **clubs6**: Avispa Fukuoka
- **caps6**: 63
- **goals6**: 2
- **years7**: 2019–2022
- **clubs7**: FC Imabari
- **caps7**: 92
- **goals7**: 2
- **nationalyears1**: 2000–2001
- **nationalteam1**: Japan national under-20 football team, Japan U-20
- **nationalcaps1**: 10
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **nationalyears2**: 2002
- **nationalteam2**: Japan national under-23 football team, Japan U-23
- **nationalcaps2**: 4
- **nationalgoals2**: 0
- **nationalyears3**: 2005–2013
- **nationalteam3**: Japan national football team, Japan
- **nationalcaps3**: 78
- **nationalgoals3**: 1
- **club-update**: 27 November 2022, 12:00 (UTC)
- **nationalteam-update**: 16 August 2013, 14:04 (UTC)