Yōsuke Kashiwagi Explained

Yōsuke Kashiwagi 柏木 陽介
Fullname:	Yōsuke Kashiwagi^[1]
Birth Date:	15 December 1987
Birth Place:	Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
Height:	1.76 m^[2]
Currentclub:	FC Gifu
Clubnumber:	42
Position:	Central midfielder
Youthyears1:	2003–2005
Youthclubs1:	Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Years1:	2006–2009
Clubs1:	Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Caps1:	112
Goals1:	18
Years2:	2010–2021
Clubs2:	Urawa Red Diamonds
Caps2:	311
Goals2:	42
Years3:	2021–
Clubs3:	FC Gifu
Caps3:	37
Goals3:	1
Nationalyears1:	2005–2007
Nationalteam1:	Japan U20
Nationalcaps1:	12
Nationalgoals1:	3
Nationalyears2:	2007
Nationalteam2:	Japan U22
Nationalcaps2:	6
Nationalgoals2:	0
Nationalyears3:	2010–2016
Nationalteam3:	Japan
Nationalcaps3:	11
Nationalgoals3:	0
Pcupdate:	20 November 2022

is a Japanese footballer who plays as a central midfielder for FC Gifu.^[3]

Club career

He played for Sanfrecce Hiroshima and Urawa Red Diamonds before moving to Gifu. He won the 2017 AFC Champions League with the Reds.In 2023 announced his retired for the end of 2023 J3 League.

National team career

In July 2007, Kashiwagi played for the Japan national U-20 team in the 2007 U-20 World Cup. At this tournament, he wore the number 10 shirt and played all 4 matches as the starting offensive midfielder.

In January 2010, Kashiwagi was called up to the Japan national team for the 2011 Asian Cup qualifiers. He debuted against Yemen on 6 January 2011.

Club statistics

^[4]

Club	Season	League		Emperor's Cup		J. League Cup		ACL		Other^1		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Sanfrecce Hiroshima	2005	0	0	0	0	1	0	colspan="2"	-	colspan="2"	-	1	0
	2006	17	1	1	0	1	0	colspan="2"	-	colspan="2"	-	19	1
	2007	31	5	4	1	7	0	colspan="2"	-	2	0	44	6
	2008	31	4	4	0	colspan="2"	-	colspan="2"	-	colspan="2"	-	35	4
	2009	33	8	2	1	5	3	colspan="2"	-	colspan="2"	-	40	12
	Total	112	18	11	2	14	3	colspan="2"	-	2	0	139	23
Urawa Red Diamonds	2010	34	4	3	0	6	0	colspan="2"	-	colspan="2"	-	43	4
	2011	31	5	2	1	6	1	colspan="2"	-	colspan="2"	-	39	7
	2012	30	6	3	0	6	1	colspan="2"	-	colspan="2"	-	39	7
	2013	34	8	0	0	5	0	6	1	–		45	9
	2014	33	3	2	0	8	1	–		–		43	4
	2015	34	5	2	0	2	0	5	0	2	0	45	5
	2016	35	5	1	0	1	0	7	0	2	0	46	5
	2017	27	5	0	0	0	0	10	1	1	0	28	6
	2018	30	0	6	0	2	0	colspan="2"	-	colspan="2"	-	38	0
	Total	288	41	19	1	36	3	82	2	5	0	366	47
Career total		400	59	30	3	50	6	28	2	7	0	478	70

¹Includes J. League promotion/relegation Series, J. League Championship and Japanese Super Cup.

National team statistics

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Japan U20
	2005	2	0
	2006	6	3
	2007	4	0
	Total	12	3
Japan U22
	2007	6	0
	Total	6	0
Japan
	2010	1	0
	2011	2	0
	2012	1	0
	2013	0	0
	2014	0	0
	2015	3	0
	2016	4	0
	Total	11	0

International appearances and goals
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Result	Goal	Competition
2005
	23 November	KKWing Stadium, Kumamoto, Japan				2006 AFC Youth Championship qualification / Japan U18
	27 November	KKWing Stadium, Kumamoto, Japan				2006 AFC Youth Championship qualification / Japan U18
2006
	29 October	Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore, India				2006 AFC Youth Championship / Japan U19
	31 October	Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore, India				2006 AFC Youth Championship / Japan U19
	2 November	Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore, India				2006 AFC Youth Championship / Japan U19
	6 November	Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore, India				2006 AFC Youth Championship / Japan U19
	9 November	Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata, India				2006 AFC Youth Championship / Japan U19
	12 November	Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata, India				2006 AFC Youth Championship / Japan U19
2007
	1 July	Royal Athletic Park, Victoria, Canada				2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup / Japan U20
	4 July	Royal Athletic Park, Victoria, Canada				2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup / Japan U20
	7 July	Royal Athletic Park, Victoria, Canada				2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup / Japan U20
	11 July	Royal Athletic Park, Victoria, Canada				2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup / Japan U20
	22 August	National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo, Japan				2008 Summer Olympics qualification / Japan U22
	8 September	Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium, Dammam, Saudi Arabia				2008 Summer Olympics qualification / Japan U22
	12 September	National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo, Japan				2008 Summer Olympics qualification / Japan U22
	17 October	Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar				2008 Summer Olympics qualification / Japan U22
	17 November	Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi, Vietnam				2008 Summer Olympics qualification / Japan U22
	21 November	National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo, Japan				2008 Summer Olympics qualification / Japan U22
2010
1.	6 January	Ali Muhesen Stadium, Sana'a, Yemen				2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification
2011
2.	17 January	Ahmed bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan, Saudi Arabia				2011 AFC Asian Cup
	29 March	Nagai Stadium, Osaka, Japan				Tōhoku earthquake Charity Match^[5]
3.	2 September	Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama, Japan				2014 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

• J.League Division 2

2008

Urawa Red Diamonds

• J. League Cup

2016

• Emperor's Cup

2018

• AFC Champions League

2017

Japan

• AFC Asian Cup

2011

Individual

• J.League Best XI

2016

• AFC Champions League Best Player: 2017

Personal life

In March 2016, he announced that he had married Nagisa Sato, a TBS announcer.^[6]

External links

• • • • Profile at Urawa Red Diamonds
• Yosuke Kashiwagi at Yahoo! Japan sports

Notes and References

1. Web site: FIFA U-20 World Cup Canada 2007 – List of Players . FIFA . 10 . 5 July 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131231000046/http://www.fifadata.com/document/FWYC/2007/pdf/FWYC_2007_SquadLists.pdf . 31 December 2013.
2. Web site: FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2017: List of Players: Urawa Reds . FIFA . 6 . 29 November 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171201043355/http://www.fifadata.com/documents/FCWC/2017/pdf/FCWC_2017_Squadlists.pdf . 1 December 2017 . dead.
3. Web site: 柏木陽介選手、浦和レッズ（Ｊ１）より完全移籍加入のお知らせ . ja . 2021-03-12 . 4 March 2023.
4. Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "2017 J1&J2&J3選手名鑑 (NSK MOOK)", 8 February 2017, Japan, (p. 17 out of 289)
5. News: http://samuraiblue.jp/timeline/20110329/. ja:東北地方太平洋沖地震復興支援チャリティーマッチ. 29 March 2011. 3 May 2011. Samuraiblue.jp. ja.
6. News: http://www.daily.co.jp/newsflash/gossip/2016/03/03/0008857754.shtml. ja:浦和・柏木がＴＢＳ佐藤アナと入籍. 3 March 2016. Dailysports.jp. ja.