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Yayoi Kobayashi
小林 弥生

Personal information
Full name	Yayoi Kobayashi
Date of birth	(1981-09-18) September 18, 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth	Tama, Tokyo, Japan
Height	1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1997–2014	Nippon TV Beleza	223	(50)
Total		223	(50)
International career
1999–2004	Japan	54	(12)
Medal record Nippon TV Beleza Winner Nadeshiko League 2000 Winner Nadeshiko League 2001 Winner Nadeshiko League 2002 Winner Nadeshiko League 2005 Winner Nadeshiko League 2006 Winner Nadeshiko League 2007 Winner Nadeshiko League 2008 Winner Nadeshiko League 2010 Runner-up Nadeshiko League 1997 Runner-up Nadeshiko League 1998 Runner-up Nadeshiko League 1999 Runner-up Nadeshiko League 2003 Runner-up Nadeshiko League 2004 Runner-up Nadeshiko League 2009 Runner-up Nadeshiko League 2011 Runner-up Nadeshiko League 2012 Runner-up Nadeshiko League 2013 Runner-up Nadeshiko League 2014 Winner Nadeshiko League Cup 1999 Winner Nadeshiko League Cup 2007 Winner Nadeshiko League Cup 2010 Winner Nadeshiko League Cup 2012 Runner-up Nadeshiko League Cup 1997 Winner Empress's Cup 1997 Winner Empress's Cup 2000 Winner Empress's Cup 2004 Winner Empress's Cup 2005 Winner Empress's Cup 2007 Winner Empress's Cup 2008 Winner Empress's Cup 2009 Winner Empress's Cup 2014 Runner-up Empress's Cup 2002 Runner-up Empress's Cup 2003 Representing  Japan AFC Women's Asian Cup 2001 Chinese Taipei Asian Games 2002 Busan Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Yayoi Kobayashi (小林 弥生, Kobayashi Yayoi, born September 18, 1981) is a former Japanese football player. She played for Japan national team.

Club career

Kobayashi was born in Tama on September 18, 1981. She played for Nippon TV Beleza from 1997 to 2014. In her 18 seasons, she played 223 matches in L.League. The club won L.League championship 8 times and 2nd position 10 times. She also became top scorer in 2000 season and she was selected Best Eleven in 2000 and 2001.

National team career

On March 24, 1999, when Kobayashi was 17 years old, she debuted and scored a goal for Japan national team against France. She was a member of Japan for 1999, 2003 World Cup and 2004 Summer Olympics. She also played at 2001, 2003 AFC Championship and 2002 Asian Games. She played 54 games and scored 12 goals for Japan until 2004.

National team statistics

International goals

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
5.	11 October 2002	Masan Stadium, Changwon, South Korea	Chinese Taipei	1–0	2–0	2002 Asian Games
6.	9 June 2003	Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand	Philippines	4–0	15–0	2003 AFC Women's Championship
7.				10–0
8.	13 June 2003		Myanmar	3–0	7–0
9.				7–0
10.	15 June 2003		Chinese Taipei	2–0	5–0
12.	22 April 2004	National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo, Japan	Thailand	4–0	6–0	2004 Summer Olympics qualification

References

1. ^ Japan Football Association(in Japanese)

External links

• Yayoi Kobayashi – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Yayoi Kobayashi at Soccerway
• Yayoi Kobayashi at WorldFootball.net
• Yayoi Kobayashi at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

Japan squads

v t e Japan squad – 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup 1 Onodera 2 Yamaki 3 Nagadome 4 Nakachi 5 Sakai 6 Nishina 7 Tomei 8 Hara 9 Uchiyama 10 Sawa (c) 11 Otake 12 Isozaki 13 Yanagita 14 Mitsui 15 Isaka 16 Kobayashi 17 Omatsu 18 Yamago 19 Ando 20 Nishigai Coach: Miyauchi v t e Japan squad – 2001 AFC Women's Championship runners-up GK Onodera GK Yamago FP Fujimura FP Isaka FP Isozaki FP Ito FP Kasajima FP Kawakami FP Kimura FP Kobayashi FP Miyazaki FP Nakachi FP Obe FP Otani FP Sato FP Sawa FP Shikata FP Tsuchihashi FP Yamagishi FP Yanagita Coach: Ikeda v t e Japan squad – 2003 AFC Women's Championship fourth place 1 Yamago 2 Obe 3 Isozaki 4 Yamagishi 5 Sakai 6 Kobayashi 7 Kawakami 8 Miyamoto 9 Arakawa 10 Sawa 11 Otani 12 Fukumoto 13 Nakachi 14 Miyazaki 16 Yamamoto 17 Suzuki 18 Maruyama 19 Ohno 20 Miyama 25 Yano Coach: Ueda v t e Japan squad – 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup 1 Yamago 2 Obe (c) 3 Isozaki 4 Yamagishi 5 Sakai 6 Kobayashi 7 Kawakami 8 Miyamoto 9 Arakawa 10 Sawa 11 Otani 12 Onodera 13 Nakachi 14 Yano 15 Miyazaki 16 Yamamoto 17 Yanagita 18 Maruyama 19 Sudo 20 Miyama Coach: Ueda v t e Japan women's football squad – 2004 Summer Olympics 1 Yamago 2 Yano 3 Isozaki 4 Obe 5 Kawakami 6 Sakai 7 Yamamoto 8 Miyamoto 9 Arakawa 10 Sawa 11 Otani 12 Yamagishi 13 Shimokozuru 14 Maruyama 15 Yanagita 16 Kobayashi 17 Ando 18 Onodera Coach: Ueda

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• 1981 births
• Living people
• People from Tama, Tokyo
• Association football people from Tokyo Metropolis
• Japanese women's footballers
• Japan women's international footballers
• Nadeshiko League players
• Nippon TV Tokyo Verdy Beleza players
• 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup players
• 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup players
• Olympic footballers for Japan
• Footballers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
• Asian Games medalists in football
• Footballers at the 2002 Asian Games
• Women's association football midfielders
• Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan
• Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games
• 21st-century Japanese sportswomen
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