Yohei Kurakawa

{{Infobox football biography

|name=Yohei Kurakawa
藏川洋平

|image=

|fullname=Yohei Kurakawa

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1977|8|10}}

|birth_place=Sanyo-Onoda, Yamaguchi, Japan

|height={{Height|m=1.73}}

|position=Defender

|currentclub=

|youthyears1=1993–1995|youthclubs1=Tatara Gakuen High School

|youthyears2=1996–1999|youthclubs2=Aichi Gakuin University

|years1=2000|clubs1=Yokohama F. Marinos|caps1=0|goals1=0

|years2=2001–2005|clubs2=FC Horikoshi|caps2=|goals2=

|years3=2006–2011|clubs3=Kashiwa Reysol|caps3=107|goals3=5

|years4=2012–2016|clubs4=Roasso Kumamoto|caps4=132|goals4=5

|years5=2017–2018|clubs5=Suzuka Unlimited FC|caps5=10|goals5=0

|totalcaps=257|totalgoals=10

|manageryears1=2017|managerclubs1=Suzuka Unlimited FC

|club-update=1 January 2019

|medaltemplates=

}}

{{Nihongo|Yohei Kurakawa|藏川洋平|Kurakawa Yohei|born August 10, 1977}} is a Japanese football player.

Playing career

Kurakawa was born in Sanyo-Onoda on August 10, 1977. After graduating from Aichi Gakuin University, he joined the J1 League club Yokohama F. Marinos in 2000. However he did not play at all. In 2001, he moved to the Prefectural Leagues club Gunma FC Horikoshi (later FC Horikoshi). The club was promoted to the Regional Leagues in 2002 and the Japan Football League in 2004. He played many matches as a regular player until 2005. In 2006, he moved to the J2 League club Kashiwa Reysol. He became a regular player as a right side back in late 2006 and the club was promoted to J1 in 2007. In 2008, the club won second place in the Emperor's Cup.

However his opportunity to play decreased from 2009 and the club was relegated to J2 in 2010. Although the club returned to J1 in a year and won the championship in 2011, he did not play much. In 2012, he moved to the J2 club Roasso Kumamoto. He became a regular player as a right side back in 2012. Although his opportunity to play decreased a little in 2013, he played many matches until 2016. In 2017, he moved to the Regional Leagues club Suzuka Unlimited FC. He retired at the end of the 2018 season.

Coaching career

In September 2017, when Kurakawa played for Regional Leagues club Suzuka Unlimited FC, he became a playing manager. He managed the club until end of 2017 season.

Club statistics

Updated to 1 January 2019.Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, [https://www.amazon.co.jp/2016J1-J2-J3%E9%81%B8%E6%89%8B%E5%90%8D%E9%91%91-NSK-MOOK/dp/4905411335/ref=pd_cp_14_1?ie=UTF8&refRID=1N6B11BBGDQ32GYF7MWJ "2016J1&J2&J3選手名鑑"], 10 February 2016, Japan, {{ISBN|978-4905411338}} (p. 207 out of 289)[http://roasso-k.com/news/news_view.htm?id=3051 Roasso Kumamoto]

colspan=3 \| Club performance ! colspan=2 \| League ! colspan=2 \| Cup ! colspan=2 \| League Cup ! colspan=2 \| Total
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
Season ! Club ! League ! Apps	Goals ! Apps	Goals ! Apps	Goals ! Apps	Goals
colspan=3 \|Japan ! colspan=2 \| League ! colspan=2 \| Emperor's Cup ! colspan=2 \| J.League Cup ! colspan=2 \| Total
2000	Yokohama F. Marinos	J1 League	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2001	rowspan="4"\|Gunma FC Horikoshi	Gunma PL (Div. 1)			2	3	colspan="2"
\|2	3
2002	rowspan="2"\|JRL (Kantō)			2	0	colspan="2"
\|2	0
2003			colspan="2"
\|colspan="2"
	\|
2004	rowspan="2"\|JFL	29	4	4	1	colspan="2"
\|33	5
2005	FC Horikoshi	25	6	3	0	colspan="2"
\|28	6
2006	rowspan="6"\|Kashiwa Reysol	J2 League	16	2	1	0	colspan="2"
\|17	2
2007	rowspan="3"\|J1 League	28	1	1	0	3	1	32	2
2008	32	1	2	0	5	0	39	1
2009	15	0	1	0	3	0	19	0
2010	J2 League	15	1	1	0	colspan="2"
\|16	1
2011	J1 League	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
2012	rowspan="5"\|Roasso Kumamoto	rowspan="5"\|J2 League	34	1	3	0	colspan="2"
\|37	1
2013	25	0	1	0	colspan="2"
\|26	0
2014	26	2	0	0	colspan="2"
\|26	2
2015	25	1	0	0	colspan="2"
\|25	1
2016	22	1	0	0	colspan="2"
\|22	1
2017	rowspan="2"\|Suzuka Unlimited FC	rowspan="2"\|JRL (Tōkai, Div. 1)	10	0	1	0	colspan="2"
\|11	0
2018	8	0	0	0	colspan="2"
\|8	0
colspan=3\|Total !311\|\|20\|\|23\|\|4\|\|11\|\|1\|\|345\|\|25