Masahiko Inoha

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

## Biography

Inoha was born in Miyazaki on August 28, 1985. After dropping out from Hannan University, he joined J1 League club FC Tokyo in 2006. He played many matches as defensive midfielder and also played as side back and center back. In 2008, he moved to Kashima Antlers. He played many matches as center back. Kashima won the J1 League champions in 2008 and 2009. In July 2007, he moved to Croatian Prva HNL club Hajduk Split. In February 2012, he returned to Japan and joined Vissel Kobe. Although he played many matches, Kobe was relegated to J2 League end of 2012 the season. In 2013, he moved to Júbilo Iwata. However Iwata was relegated to J2 end of the 2013 season. He remained Iwata and Iwata was returned to J1 end of the 2015 season. In 2016, he rejoined Vissel Kobe and played in 3 seasons. In 2019, he moved to J2 club Yokohama FC. Yokohama was promoted to J1 from 2020.

In 2005, Inoha was selected the Japan U-20 national team for 2005 World Youth Championship, but he did not play in the match. In January 2011, he was selected the Japan national team for 2011 Asian Cup. At this tournament, he debuted against Saudi Arabia on January 17. He played 4 matches and scored 1 goal, and Japan won the champions. He was also selected the Japan for 2014 World Cup, but he did not play in the match. He played 21 games and scored 1 goals for Japan until 2014.

## Statistics

|-
|2006||rowspan="2"|FC Tokyo||rowspan="2"|J1 League||28||1||2||0||5||0||colspan="2"|-||35||1
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|2007||20||0||0||0||4||0||colspan="2"|-||24||0
|-
|2008||rowspan="4"|Kashima Antlers||rowspan="4"|J1 League||23||0||2||0||1||0||2||0||28||0
|-
|2009||30||1||4||0||2||0||6||0||42||1
|-
|2010||26||0||5||0||2||0||5||0||38||0
|-
|2011||10||1||0||0||0||0||3||0||13||1

|-
|2011/12||Hajduk Split||Prva HNL||15||1||3||0||colspan="2"|-||1||0||19||1

|-
|2012||Vissel Kobe||J1 League||29||0||0||0||1||0||colspan="2"|-||30||0
|-
|2013||rowspan="3"|Júbilo Iwata||J1 League||25||1||0||0||4||0||colspan="2"|-||29||1
|-
|2014||rowspan="2"|J2 League||25||1||1||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||26||1
|-
|2015||32||1||0||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||32||1
|-
|2016||rowspan="3"|Vissel Kobe||rowspan="3"|J1 League||27||0||1||0||6||0||colspan="2"|-||34||0
|-
|2017||15||0||3||1||5||0||colspan="2"|-||23||1
|-
|2018||10||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||10||0
|-
|2019||rowspan="3"|Yokohama FC||J2 League||28||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||28||0
|-
|2020||rowspan="2"|J1 League||19||0||colspan="2"|-||1||0||colspan="2"|-||20||0
|-
|2021||||||||||||||||||||
347||6||18||1||31||0||16||0||412||7
15||1||3||0||colspan="2"|-||1||0||19||1
362||7||21||1||31||0||17||0||431||8
|}

|-
|2011||9||1
|-
|2012||7||0
|-
|2013||4||0
|-
|2014||1||0
|-
!Total||21||1
|}

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Masahiko Inoha
- **image**: Masahiko Inoha 2007.jpg
- **image size**: 200
- **caption**: Inoha playing for FC Tokyo in 2007
- **fullname**: Masahiko Inoha
- **birth place**: Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Miyazaki Prefecture, Miyazaki, Japan
- **position**: Defender (football), Defender
- **currentclub**: Yokohama FC
- **youthyears1**: 2001–2003
- **youthclubs1**: Kagoshima Jitsugyo High School
- **youthyears2**: 2004–2005
- **youthclubs2**: Hannan University
- **years1**: 2006–2007
- **clubs1**: FC Tokyo
- **caps1**: 48
- **goals1**: 1
- **years2**: 2008–2011
- **clubs2**: Kashima Antlers
- **caps2**: 89
- **goals2**: 2
- **years3**: 2011
- **clubs3**: HNK Hajduk Split, Hajduk Split
- **caps3**: 15
- **goals3**: 1
- **years4**: 2012
- **clubs4**: Vissel Kobe
- **caps4**: 29
- **goals4**: 0
- **years5**: 2013–2015
- **clubs5**: Júbilo Iwata
- **caps5**: 82
- **goals5**: 3
- **years6**: 2016–2018
- **clubs6**: Vissel Kobe
- **caps6**: 52
- **goals6**: 0
- **years7**: 2019–
- **clubs7**: Yokohama FC
- **caps7**: 47
- **goals7**: 0
- **nationalyears1**: 2011–2014
- **nationalteam1**: Japan national football team, Japan
- **nationalcaps1**: 21
- **nationalgoals1**: 1
- **club-update**: end of the 2020 season