Kazushi Kimura

Kazushi Kimura (木村 和司, Kimura Kazushi, born July 19, 1958) is a former Japanese football player and manager. He played for Japan national team.

Kimura was born in Hiroshima on July 19, 1958. After graduating from Meiji University, he joined Nissan Motors (later Yokohama Marinos) in 1981. From 1982, he wore the number 10 shirt. He was selected Japanese Footballer of the Year awards in 1983 and 1984. The club also won 1983 and 1985 Emperor's Cup. From 1988 to 1990, the club won all three major title in Japan; Japan Soccer League, JSL Cup and Emperor's Cup for 2 years in a row. He was also selected Japanese Footballer of the Year awards again 1989. In 1990s, the club won 1990 JSL Cup, 1991 and 1992 Emperor's Cup. In Asia, the club won 1991–92 and 1992–93 Asian Cup Winners' Cup. He was a central player in golden era in club history. He retired in 1994. He played 251 games and scored 51 goals in the league. He was selected Japanese Footballer of the Year awards 3times and Best Eleven 5 times.

On May 31, 1979, when Kimura was a Meiji University student, he debuted for Japan national team against Indonesia. He played at 1980 Summer Olympics qualification and 1982 World Cup qualification. From 1982, he played in all matches of Japan national team included 1982, 1986 Asian Games, 1984 Summer Olympics qualification and 1986 World Cup qualification. In 1985, he scored goals in six consecutive games. This is a record of continuous score in Japan national team. He played 54 games and scored 26 goals for Japan until 1986.^[1]

Kimura became a manager for Yokohama F. Marinos in 2010. In 2011, although the club compete for the champions till half way, the club stalled in the late stages and finished 5th place. He was sacked end of 2011 season.

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No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
4.	28 December 1980	Causeway Bay, Hong Kong	Macau	1–0	3–0	1982 FIFA World Cup qualification
5.	21 November 1982	New Delhi, India	Iran	1–0	1–0	1982 Asian Games
6.	4 September 1983	Tokyo, Japan	Philippines	2–0	7–0	1984 Summer Olympics Qualifiers
7.				6–0
8.	7 September 1983		Philippines	3–0	10–1
9.				5–1
10.				8–1
11.				9–1
12.				10–1
13.	15 September 1983		Chinese Taipei	2–0	2–0
14.	15 April 1984	Kallang, Singapore	Thailand	2–5	2–5
18.	23 February 1985	Kallang, Singapore	Singapore	1–0	3–1	1986 FIFA World Cup qualification
19.	18 May 1985	Tokyo, Japan	Singapore	5–0	5–0
20.	26 May 1985		Uruguay	1–?	1–4	Friendly
21.	4 June 1985	Nagoya, Japan	Malaysia	3–0	3–0
22.	11 August 1985	Kobe, Japan	Hong Kong	1–0	3–0	1986 FIFA World Cup qualification
23.	22 September 1985	Causeway Bay, Hong Kong	Hong Kong	1–0	2–1
24.	26 October 1985	Tokyo, Japan	South Korea	1–2	1–2
25.	20 September 1986	Daejeon, South Korea	Nepal	3–0	5–0	1986 Asian Games
26.				4–0

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• Japan Soccer League Champions: 1988–89, 1989–90
• JSL Cup Champions: 1988, 1989, 1990
• Emperor's Cup Champions: 1983, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992
• Asian Cup Winners' Cup Champions: 1991–92, 1992–93

• Japanese Football Player of the Year: 1983, 1984, 1989
• Japan Soccer League Most Valuable Player: 1989-90
• Japan Soccer League Best Eleven (5): 1983, 1984, 1985–86, 1988–89, 1989–90
• Japan Soccer League Assists leader: 1984
• Japan Football Hall of Fame: Inducted in 2020^[4]

• Kazushi Kimura at National-Football-Teams.com
• Japan National Football Team Database
• Player statistics at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
• Manager statistics manager profile at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)