Kumi Yokoyama

is a Japanese footballer who plays as a forward for Okayama Yunogo Belle and the Japan women's national team.

Club career Yokoyama was born in Tama, Tokyo, on 13 August 1993. After graduating from high school, they joined Okayama Yunogo Belle in 2012. In 2014, they moved to L.League Division 2 club AC Nagano Parceiro. They became top scorer in 2014 and 2015. The club was also promoted to Division 1 from 2016. In 2016 season, they were selected Best Eleven. In July 2017, they moved to German Bundesliga club Frankfurt. In July 2018, Yokoyama returned to AC Nagano Parceiro. In December 2019, they signed with the Washington Spirit.

National team career In 2010, Yokoyama was selected for Japan U-17 national team for 2010 U-17 World Cup. They played 6 games and scored 6 goals, and Japan won 2nd place. They received one of the ten 2010 FIFA Puskás Awards nominations for his winning goal in the semifinals against North Korea, which made the headlines and was compared to Diego Maradona's second goal against England in the 1986 World Cup. In 2012 they were also a member of Japan women's U-20 national team for 2012 U-20 World Cup where Japan won 3rd place. Kumi Yokoyama uses he/they pronouns.

Career statistics Club

International

Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Kumi Yokoyama goal.

+ List of international goals scored by Kumi YokoyamaNo.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition 1. 6 March 2015 Faro, Portugal 2015 Algarve Cup 2. 8 August 2015 Wuhan, China 2015 EAFF East Asian Cup 3. 4 March 2016 Osaka, Japan 2016 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament 4. 7 March 2016 Osaka, Japan 2016 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament 5. 2 June 2016 Commerce City, United States Friendly 6. 1 March 2017 Parchal, Portugal 2017 Algarve Cup 7. 6 March 2017 Faro, Portugal 8. 9. 8 March 2017 10. 9 April 2017 Kumamoto, Japan Friendly 11. 10 June 2017 Breda, Netherlands Friendly 12. 7 April 2018 Amman, Jordan 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup 13. 17 April 2018 14. 15. 20 April 2018 16. 11 November 2018 Tottori, Japan Friendly 17. 9 April 2019 Paderborn, Germany Friendly

Honors Japan U20 AFC U-19 Women's Championship Champion (1) : 2011

Individual 2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup : Silver Ball, Bronze Shoe 2014 L.League Division 2 : Top scorers

Japan AFC Women's Asian Cup: 2018