Yukari Kinga

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

## Biography

Kinga was born in Yokohama on May 2, 1984. After graduating from Shonan Gakuin High School, she joined Nippon TV Beleza in 2003. She was playing as attacking midfielder and right-winger. In 2003 season, she was selected Best Young Player awards. From 2007, she was converted to right-sideback. The club won Nadeshiko League championship 5 times. In 2011, she moved to INAC Kobe Leonessa with international player Homare Sawa, Shinobu Ohno and Chiaki Minamiyama for due to financial strain at the club. At INAC Kobe Leonessa, the club won Nadeshiko League championship for 3 years in a row (2011–2013). She was selected Best Eleven for 6 years in a row (2007–2012). In 2014, she moved to Arsenal. She re-signed with INAC Kobe Leonessa in early 2015. From 2016, she played for Canberra United, Melbourne City and Orca Kamogawa FC. In 2021, she signed with new club, Sanfrecce Hiroshima Regina.

In August 2002, Kinga was selected by the Japan U-20 national team for the 2002 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship. On March 29, 2005, she debuted for the Japan national team against Australia. She was playing as attacking midfielder and right-winger. From 2007, she was converted to right-back by manager Hiroshi Ohashi and she became a regular player. Japan won the 2011 World Cup in which Kinga played in the final, came second in the 2015 World Cup and gained a silver medal in the 2012 Summer Olympics. She played 100 games and scored 5 goals for Japan until 2016.

## Statistics

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="2"|League|colspan="2"|Cup|colspan="2"|League Cup|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="9"|Nippon TV Beleza|2003|20|6|4|4|-|24|10|||
|2004|14|7|4|1|-|18|8|||||
|2005|18|6|5|2|-|23|8|||||
|2006|14|2|3|3|-|17|5|||||
|2007|21|3|4|0|2|1|27|4||||
|2008|20|0|4|1|-|24|1|||||
|2009|21|3|4|0|-|25|3|||||
|2010|18|3|1|0|6|1|25|4||||
|rowspan="2"|INAC Kobe Leonessa|2011|16|1|4|0|-|20|1|||

|colspan="3"|Japan national team||
| --- | --- | --- |
|2005|1|0|
|2006|2|0|
|2007|16|0|
|2008|18|1|
|2009|3|1|
|2010|15|2|
|2011|17|0|
|2012|15|1|
|2013|1|0|
|2014|4|0|
|2015|5|0|
|2016|3|0|

## Other websites

- Japan Football Association

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Yukari Kinga
- **image**: Yukari Kinga in 2011.JPG
- **image size**: 200
- **caption**: Kinga at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup, 2011 World Cup
- **fullname**: Yukari Kinga
- **birth place**: Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Kanagawa, Japan
- **position**: Defender (football), Defender
- **currentclub**: Sanfrecce Hiroshima Regina
- **youthyears1**: 2000–2002
- **youthclubs1**: Shonan Gakuin High School
- **years1**: 2003–2010
- **clubs1**: Nippon TV Tokyo Verdy Beleza, Nippon TV Beleza
- **caps1**: 146
- **goals1**: 30
- **years2**: 2011–2013
- **clubs2**: INAC Kobe Leonessa
- **caps2**: 42
- **goals2**: 3
- **years3**: 2014
- **clubs3**: Arsenal WFC, Arsenal
- **caps3**: 12
- **goals3**: 0
- **years4**: 2015–2016
- **clubs4**: INAC Kobe Leonessa
- **caps4**: 36
- **goals4**: 3
- **years5**: 2016–2017
- **clubs5**: Canberra United FC, Canberra United
- **caps5**: 13
- **goals5**: 3
- **years6**: 2017–2019
- **clubs6**: Melbourne City FC (W-League), Melbourne City
- **caps6**: 31
- **goals6**: 6
- **years7**: 2019
- **clubs7**: Orca Kamogawa FC
- **caps7**: 18
- **goals7**: 2
- **years8**: 2019–2020
- **clubs8**: Melbourne City FC (W-League), Melbourne City
- **caps8**: 12
- **goals8**: 1
- **years9**: 2020
- **clubs9**: Orca Kamogawa FC
- **caps9**: 17
- **goals9**: 2
- **years10**: 2021–
- **clubs10**: Sanfrecce Hiroshima Regina
- **nationalyears1**: 2002
- **nationalteam1**: Japan women's national under-20 football team, Japan U-20
- **nationalcaps1**: 4
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **nationalyears2**: 2005–2016
- **nationalteam2**: Japan women's national football team, Japan
- **nationalcaps2**: 100
- **nationalgoals2**: 5
- **club-update**: end of the 2020 season