Kenji Honnami

is a former Japanese football player. He played for the Japan national team. His wife is a former footballer Karina Maruyama. 

Biography
Honnami was born in Hirakata on June 23, 1964. After graduating from Osaka University of Commerce, he joined Japan Soccer League club Matsushita Electric (later Gamba Osaka) in 1987. The club won 1990 Emperor's Cup. In 1992, Japan Soccer League was folded and founded new league J1 League. Although he became a regular goalkeeper, he lost opportunity to play from 1996. He moved to Verdy Kawasaki (later Tokyo Verdy) in the middle of 1997 season. Although he was reserve goalkeeper behind Shinkichi Kikuchi, Honnami became a regular goalkeeper from 1999. He retired with his rival Kikuchi end of 2001 season.

On May 29, 1994, Honnami debuted for the Japan national team against France. He played 3 games for Japan in 1994.

In August 2012, Honnami became a manager for Nadeshiko League club Speranza FC Osaka-Takatsuki (later Konomiya Speranza Osaka-Takatsuki). He resigned end of 2016 season.

Personal life
In September 2020, Honnami married a former footballer Karina Maruyama. Maruyama played for Konomiya Speranza Osaka-Takatsuki when Honnami managed the club from 2012 to 2016.sanspo.com

Statistics

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|1987/88||rowspan="5"|Matsushita Electric||JSL Division 2||25||0||||||0||0||25||0
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|1988/89||rowspan="4"|JSL Division 1||16||0||||||0||0||16||0
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|1989/90||10||0||||||1||0||11||0
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|1990/91||6||0||||||1||0||7||0
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|1991/92||1||0||||||0||0||1||0
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|1992||rowspan="6"|Gamba Osaka||rowspan="6"|J1 League||colspan="2"|-||2||0||2||0||4||0
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|1993||16||0||0||0||0||0||16||0
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|1994||43||0||4||0||3||0||50||0
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|1995||49||0||4||0||colspan="2"|-||53||0
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|1996||16||0||4||0||6||0||26||0
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|1997||0||0||0||0||2||0||2||0
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|1997||rowspan="4"|Verdy Kawasaki||rowspan="4"|J1 League||11||0||0||0||0||0||11||0
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|1998||1||0||1||0||0||0||2||0
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|1999||29||0||4||0||2||0||35||0
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|2000||29||0||2||0||1||0||32||0
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|2001||Tokyo Verdy||J1 League||15||0||0||0||0||0||15||0
267||0||21||0||18||0||306||0
267||0||21||0||18||0||306||0
|}
Japan National Football Team Database

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|1994||3||0
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!Total||3||0
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References

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Category:1964 births
Category:Living people
Category:Footballers from Osaka Prefecture
Category:Japan international footballers
Category:J1 League players
Category:Japan Soccer League players
Category:Gamba Osaka players
Category:Tokyo Verdy players