Kazuya Yamamura

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

## Biography

Yamamura was born in Nagasaki on December 2, 1989. After graduating from Ryutsu Keizai University, he joined J1 League club Kashima Antlers in 2012. He played many matches as defensive midfielder and center back. Kashima won the champions in the 2012 and 2015 J.League Cup. In 2016, he moved to J2 League club Cerezo Osaka. He played as defensive midfielder and Cerezo was promoted to J1 end of the 2016 season. In 2017, he mainly played as offensive midfielder. Cerezo also won the J.League Cup and Emperor's Cup. In 2019, he moved to Kawasaki Frontale.

In January 2010, when Yamamura was a Ryutsu Keizai University student, he was selected the Japan national team for 2011 Asian Cup qualification. At this qualification, he debuted against Yemen on January 6. In 2012, he was selected the Japan U-23 national team for 2012 Summer Olympics. He played 3 matches and Japan won the 4th place.

### Club

_Updated to 5 November 2022_.

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|Cup<sup>1</sup>|colspan="2"|League Cup<sup>2</sup>|colspan="2"|Asia|colspan="2"|Other<sup>3</sup>|colspan="2"|Total||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="3"|Ryutsu Keizai University FC|2008|rowspan="2"|JFL|14|1|2|0|-|-|-|16|1||||
|2009|4|0|2|0|-|-|-|6|0||||||||
|rowspan="5"|Kashima Antlers|2012|rowspan="4"|J1 League|18|1|0|0|5|0|-|-|23|1|||
|2013|24|3|2|1|3|0|-|1|0|30|4||||||
|2014|8|0|1|0|1|0|-|-|10|0|||||||
|2015|13|0|2|0|5|1|0|0|-|20|1||||||
|rowspan="4"|Cerezo Osaka|2016|J2 League|34|6|3|0|-|-|2|0|39|6||||
|2017|rowspan="2"|J1 League|27|8|5|1|3|0|-|0|0|37|9||||
|2018|24|2|2|0|2|0|6|0|1|0|35|2|||||
|rowspan="6"|Kawasaki Frontale|2019|rowspan="5"|J1 League|18|2|3|0|5|0|2|0|0|0|28|2|
|2020|13|1|0|0|1|0|-|-|14|1|||||||
|2021|17|1|5|0|2|1|7|1|0|0|31|3|||||
|2022|23|1|2|0|2|0|5|0|0|0|32|1|||||
|2023|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|-|32|1||||||
- 1 - Includes Emperor's Cup.
- 2 - Includes J. League Cup.
- 3 - Includes Suruga Bank Championship.

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="3"|**Japan U20**|||
|2009|9|2||
|rowspan="4"|**Japan U23**|||
|2010|7|1||
|2011|7|0||
|rowspan="3"|**Japan**|||
|2010|1|0||

|colspan="7"|**International appearances and goals**||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
||11 January|Qatar SC Stadium, Doha|Syria U20|||2009 Qatar International Friendship Tournament / Japan U20|
||13 January|Qatar SC Stadium, Doha|United Arab Emirates U20|||2009 Qatar International Friendship Tournament / Japan U20|
||15 January|Qatar SC Stadium, Doha|Serbia U20|||2009 Qatar International Friendship Tournament / Japan U20|
||2 August|Suwon World Cup Stadium, Suwon|Egypt U20|||2009 Suwon International Youth Football Tournament / Japan U20|
||4 August|Suwon World Cup Stadium, Suwon|South Africa U20|||2009 Suwon International Youth Football Tournament / Japan U20|
||2 December|Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground, Hong Kong|North Korea U23|||2009 East Asian Games / Japan U20|
||7 December|Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground, Hong Kong|Macau U23|||2009 East Asian Games / Japan U20|
||10 December|Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong|South Korea U20|||2009 East Asian Games / Japan U20|
||12 December|Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong|Hong Kong U23|||2009 East Asian Games / Japan U20|
|1.|6 January|Ali Muhesen Stadium, Sana'a||||2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification|
||8 November|Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou|China U21|||2010 Asian Games / Japan U21|
||10 November|Huadu Stadium, Guangzhou|Malaysia U23|||2010 Asian Games / Japan U21|
||13 November|Huadu Stadium, Guangzhou|Kyrgyzstan U23|||2010 Asian Games / Japan U21|
||16 November|Huangpu Sports Center, Guangzhou|India U21|||2010 Asian Games / Japan U21|
||19 November|Huangpu Sports Center, Guangzhou|Thailand U23|||2010 Asian Games / Japan U21|
||23 November|Yuexiushan Stadium, Guangzhou|Iran U23|||2010 Asian Games / Japan U21|
||25 November|Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou|United Arab Emirates U23|||2010 Asian Games / Japan U21|
||9 February|Mohammed Al-Hamad Stadium, Hawalli||||Friendly / Japan U22|
||12 February|Bahrain National Stadium, Manama|Bahrain U22|||Friendly / Japan U22|
||26 March|Pakhtakor Markaziy Stadium, Tashkent|Uzbekistan U22|||Friendly / Japan U22|
||29 March|JAR Stadium, Tashkent|Uzbekistan U22|||Friendly / Japan U22|
||1 June|Niigata Stadium, Niigata|Australia U22|||Friendly / Japan U22|
||19 June|Toyota Stadium, Toyota|Kuwait U22|||2012 Summer Olympics qualification / Japan U22|
||23 June|Mohammed Al-Hamad Stadium, Hawalli|Kuwait U22|||2012 Summer Olympics qualification / Japan U22|

### Club

- Kashima Antlers
- J.League Cup: 2012, 2013, 2015
- Suruga Bank Championship: 2013
- Cerezo Osaka
- J.League Cup: 2017
- Emperor's Cup: 2017
- Kawasaki Frontale
- J1 League: 2020, 2021
- Emperor's Cup: 2020, 2023
- J.League Cup: 2019

### Japan

- Japan U-23
- Asian Games : 2010

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Kazuya Yamamura
- **fullname**: Kazuya Yamamura
- **birth place**: Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture, Nagasaki, Japan
- **position**: Defender (association football)#Centre-back, Centre back
- **currentclub**: Yokohama F. Marinos
- **clubnumber**: 47
- **youthyears1**: 2002–2004
- **youthclubs1**: Kunimi Junior High School
- **youthyears2**: 2005–2007
- **youthclubs2**: Kunimi High School
- **youthyears3**: 2008–2011
- **youthclubs3**: Ryutsu Keizai University
- **years1**: 2012–2015
- **years2**: 2016–2018
- **years3**: 2019–
- **clubs1**: Kashima Antlers
- **caps1**: 63
- **goals1**: 4
- **clubs2**: Cerezo Osaka
- **caps2**: 85
- **goals2**: 16
- **clubs3**: Kawasaki Frontale
- **caps3**: 85
- **goals3**: 7
- **clubs4**: Yokohama F. Marinos
- **nationalyears1**: 2009
- **nationalteam1**: Japan national under-20 football team, Japan U20
- **nationalcaps1**: 9
- **nationalgoals1**: 2
- **nationalyears2**: 2010–2012
- **nationalteam2**: Japan national under-23 football team, Japan U23
- **nationalcaps2**: 26
- **nationalgoals2**: 1
- **nationalyears3**: 2010
- **nationalteam3**: Japan national football team, Japan
- **nationalcaps3**: 1
- **nationalgoals3**: 0
- **pcupdate**: 5 November 2022
- **ntupdate**: 10 August 2012