Yohei Kurakawa

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.

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.

Updated to 1 January 2019.[1][2]

• Yohei Kurakawa at Soccerway
• Yohei Kurakawa at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)