is a former

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player. She played for Japan national team.

Club career

Yamaguchi was born in

Shizuoka Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu. Shizuoka Prefecture has a population of 3,555,818 and has a geographic area of . Shizuoka Prefecture borders Kanagawa Prefecture to the east, Yamanashi Pref ...

on July 25, 1966. She played for Shimizudaihachi SC,

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and

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from 1981 to 2000. She was selected Best Eleven 4 times (

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and

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) in L.League.

National team career

On September 6, 1981, when Yamaguchi was 15 years old, she debuted for Japan national team against

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. She was a member of Japan for 1991 World Cup. She also played at

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, 1993 AFC Championship and

1990 Asian Games ) , nations = 31 , athletes = 6,122 , events = 308 in 27 sports , opening = 22 September 1990 , closing = 7 October 1990 , opened_by = Yang Shangkun , closed_by = Roy de Silva , athlete_oath = Chen L ...

. She played 29 games and scored 1 goal for Japan until 1993.Japan Football Association
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National team statistics

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* * * 1966 births Living people Association football people from Shizuoka Prefecture Japanese women's footballers Japan women's international footballers Nadeshiko League players Shimizudaihachi Pleiades players Suzuyo Shimizu FC Lovely Ladies players Tasaki Perule FC players Footballers at the 1990 Asian Games 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup players Women's association football defenders Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Medalists at the 1990 Asian Games 20th-century Japanese sportswomen Asian Games silver medalists in football {{Japan-footy-defender-1960s-stub