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Hotaru Yamaguchi is a Japanese association football player born on October 6, 1990, in Nabari. He competes as a midfielder and wears the number 5 shirt. His career began in 2009, and he has played for clubs including Cerezo Osaka, Hannover 96, and Vissel Kobe. He has also represented the Japan men's national football team and the Japan national under-23 football team.
Yamaguchi has participated in the 2012 Summer Olympics, the 2014 FIFA World Cup, and the 2018 FIFA World Cup. He has played in the Bundesliga and represents Japan in international competition. He speaks Japanese and is known by the name 山口 蛍 in his native language.
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- Soccer
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- Vissel Kobe
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- Midfielder
- Nationality
- Japan
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Japan
- Place of birth
- Nabari
- Occupation
- association football player
- Languages spoken
- Japanese
- Participant in
- 2018 FIFA World Cup
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- V-Varen Nagasaki
- Position played
- midfielder
- League
- Bundesliga
- Country for sport
- Japan
- Mass
- 72
- Image
- Hotaru Yamaguchi.jpg
- Height
- 173
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- date of birth
- 1990-10-06
- sport number
- 5
- name in native language
- 山口 蛍
- start of work period
- 2009-00-00
- Commons category
- Hotaru Yamaguchi
- name in kana
- やまぐち ほたる
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 1 January 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 19 November 2019
Hotaru Yamaguchi (山口 蛍, Yamaguchi Hotaru; born 6 October 1990) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder and currently plays for J1 League club, V-Varen Nagasaki. He was also a member of the Japan national team until 2019.
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