Naoyuki Yamazaki

is a Japanese footballer who plays as a midfielder for Taiwan Football Premier League club AC Taipei.

Club career In 2009, while Yamazaki was an under-18 player at FC Tokyo, the club told him his chances of being promoted to the first team were slim and Yamazaki enrolled at Tokyo Gakugei University. In his first year he was leading goalscorer of the team and was named Rookie of the Year. In January 2017 it was reported that Telstar would likely not be able to afford his salary the following season due to rules involving minimum salaries for footballers from countries outside the European Union. Yamazaki scored three goals from March until the end of the season and made 24 appearances.