Kumi Yokoyama

Kumi Yokoyama (横山 久美, Yokoyama Kumi, born 13 August 1993) is a Japanese football player who plays for Washington Spirit and the Japan national team. Yokoyama goes by singular they pronouns.

Yokoyama was born in Tama on 13 August 1993. After graduating from high school, they joined Okayama Yunogo Belle in 2012. In 2014, they moved to L.League Division 2 club AC Nagano Parceiro. They became top scorer in 2014 and 2015. The club was also promoted to Division 1 from 2016. In 2016 season, they were selected Best Eleven. In July 2017, they moved to German Bundesliga club Frankfurt. In July 2018, Yokoyama returned to AC Nagano Parceiro. In December 2019, they signed with the Washington Spirit.

In 2010, Yokoyama was selected Japan U-17 national team for 2010 U-17 World Cup. They played 6 games and scored 6 goals, and Japan won 2nd place. They received one of the ten 2010 FIFA Puskás Awards nominations for their winning goal in the semifinals against North Korea, which made the headlines and was compared to Diego Maradona's second goal against England in the 1986 World Cup. In 2012 they were also a member of Japan U-20 national team for 2012 U-20 World Cup which Japan won 3rd place. In March 2015, they were selected Japan national team for 2015 Algarve Cup. At this competition, on 6 March, they debuted and scored a goal against Portugal. In 2018, they played at 2018 Asian Cup. They scored 4 goals include 2 goals at semifinal and a goal at final, and Japan won the championship.

In June 2021, Yokoyama came out as a transgender man in a video interview conducted by former Nadeshiko striker Yuki Nagasato; Yokoyama decided to come out publicly after encouragement from their girlfriend.

As of 24 June 2017

As of 19 June 2019

International goals
Japan national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2015	5	2
2016	8	3
2017	11	6
2018	11	5
2019	8	1
Total	43	17
International goals
#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
Category: Under-17
1.	6 September 2010	Couva, Trinidad and Tobago	Spain	4–1	4–1	2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
2.	9 September 2010	Couva, Trinidad and Tobago	Venezuela	5–0	6–0	2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
3.	13 September 2010	Scarborough, Trinidad and Tobago	New Zealand	1–0	6–0	2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
4.	13 September 2010	Scarborough, Trinidad and Tobago	New Zealand	2–0	6–0	2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
5.	17 September 2010	Arima, Trinidad and Tobago	Republic of Ireland	1–2	1–2	2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
6.	21 September 2010	Couva, Trinidad and Tobago	North Korea	1–2	1–2	2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
Category: Under-20
1.	8 October 2011	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	South Korea	2–0	3–1	2011 AFC U-19 Women's Championship
2.	16 October 2011	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	Vietnam	0–3	0–6	2011 AFC U-19 Women's Championship
3.	16 October 2011	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	Vietnam	0–5	0–6	2011 AFC U-19 Women's Championship
4.	16 October 2011	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	Vietnam	0–6	0–6	2011 AFC U-19 Women's Championship
5.	19 August 2012	Miyagi Stadium, Rifu, Japan	Mexico	3–0	4–1	2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
Category: Senior
1.	6 March 2015	Faro, Portugal	Portugal	2–0	3–0	2015 Algarve Cup
2.	8 August 2015	Wuhan, China	China PR	1–0	2–0	2015 EAFF East Asian Cup
3.	4 March 2016	Osaka, Japan	China PR	1–2	1–2	2016 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
4.	7 March 2016	Osaka, Japan	Vietnam	5–1	6–1	2016 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
5.	2 June 2016	Commerce City, United States	United States	3–3	3–3	Friendly
6.	1 March 2017	Parchal, Portugal	Spain	1–2	1–2	2017 Algarve Cup
7.	6 March 2017	Faro, Portugal	Norway	1–0	2–0	2017 Algarve Cup
8.	6 March 2017	Faro, Portugal	Norway	2–0	2–0	2017 Algarve Cup
9.	8 March 2017	Faro, Portugal	Netherlands	1–2	2–3	2017 Algarve Cup
10.	9 April 2017	Kumamoto, Japan	Costa Rica	1–0	3–0	Friendly
11.	10 June 2017	Breda, Netherlands	Netherlands	1–0	1–0	Friendly
Year	Apps	Goals
2015	5	2
2016	8	3
2017	11	6
2018	11	5
2019	8	1
Total	43	17
#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
Category: Under-17
1.	6 September 2010	Couva, Trinidad and Tobago	Spain	4–1	4–1	2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
2.	9 September 2010	Couva, Trinidad and Tobago	Venezuela	5–0	6–0	2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
3.	13 September 2010	Scarborough, Trinidad and Tobago	New Zealand	1–0	6–0	2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
4.	13 September 2010	Scarborough, Trinidad and Tobago	New Zealand	2–0	6–0	2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
5.	17 September 2010	Arima, Trinidad and Tobago	Republic of Ireland	1–2	1–2	2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
6.	21 September 2010	Couva, Trinidad and Tobago	North Korea	1–2	1–2	2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
Category: Under-20
1.	8 October 2011	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	South Korea	2–0	3–1	2011 AFC U-19 Women's Championship
2.	16 October 2011	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	Vietnam	0–3	0–6	2011 AFC U-19 Women's Championship
3.	16 October 2011	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	Vietnam	0–5	0–6	2011 AFC U-19 Women's Championship
4.	16 October 2011	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	Vietnam	0–6	0–6	2011 AFC U-19 Women's Championship
5.	19 August 2012	Miyagi Stadium, Rifu, Japan	Mexico	3–0	4–1	2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
Category: Senior
1.	6 March 2015	Faro, Portugal	Portugal	2–0	3–0	2015 Algarve Cup
2.	8 August 2015	Wuhan, China	China PR	1–0	2–0	2015 EAFF East Asian Cup
3.	4 March 2016	Osaka, Japan	China PR	1–2	1–2	2016 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
4.	7 March 2016	Osaka, Japan	Vietnam	5–1	6–1	2016 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
5.	2 June 2016	Commerce City, United States	United States	3–3	3–3	Friendly
6.	1 March 2017	Parchal, Portugal	Spain	1–2	1–2	2017 Algarve Cup
7.	6 March 2017	Faro, Portugal	Norway	1–0	2–0	2017 Algarve Cup
8.	6 March 2017	Faro, Portugal	Norway	2–0	2–0	2017 Algarve Cup
9.	8 March 2017	Faro, Portugal	Netherlands	1–2	2–3	2017 Algarve Cup
10.	9 April 2017	Kumamoto, Japan	Costa Rica	1–0	3–0	Friendly
11.	10 June 2017	Breda, Netherlands	Netherlands	1–0	1–0	Friendly

Team

• AFC U-19 Women's Championship

Champion (1) : 2011

Individual

• 2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup : Silver Ball, Bronze Shoe
• 2014 L.League Division 2 : Top scorers