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Yu Kobayashi
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Yu Kobayashi (born 1987-09-23 in Tokyo) is a Japanese male association football player. He plays as a forward and has been a member of Kawasaki Frontale, Mito HollyHock, and the Japan men's national football team. Kobayashi began his professional work period in 2008 and participated in the 2015 AFC Asian Cup. He is a citizen of Japan and speaks Japanese.
Kobayashi was educated at Takushoku University. His physical measurements are listed as a height of 177 and mass of 69. He wears sport number 11. His name in native language is 小林悠, and in kana is コバヤシ ユウ.
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Key facts
- 2008
- → Mito HollyHock (loan)
- 2010
- Kawasaki Frontale
- Full name
- Yū Kobayashi
- Date of birth
- ( 1987-09-23 ) 23 September 1987 (age 38)
- Place of birth
- Machida, Tokyo , Japan
- Height
- 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
- Positions
- Forward winger
- Current team
- Kawasaki Frontale
- 2003 2005
- Azabu University Fuchinobe High School
- Years
- Team
- 2006 2009
- Takushoku University
- 2014 2018
- Japan
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Yū
- Family name
- Kobayashi
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Japan
- Place of birth
- Tokyo
- Occupation
- association football player
- Educated at
- Takushoku University
- Languages spoken
- Japanese
- Participant in
- 2015 AFC Asian Cup
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Mito HollyHock
- Position played
- forward
- Country for sport
- Japan
- Mass
- 69
- Image
- Yu Kobayashi (footballer).jpg
- Height
- 177
Show 6 more facts
- date of birth
- 1987-09-23
- name in kana
- コバヤシ ユウ
- sport number
- 11
- Commons category
- Yu Kobayashi (footballer)
- name in native language
- 小林悠
- start of work period
- 2008-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 12 September 2025
Yū Kobayashi (小林 悠, Kobayashi Yū; born 23 September 1987) is a Japanese football player currently playing for Kawasaki Frontale and the Japan national team.
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