Kazuki Yamamoto

Kazuki Yamamoto
Date of birth	November 12, 1986
place of birth	Kushiro , Japan
size	177 cm
Weight	78 kg
position	Right wing
number	# 21
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
since 2009	Tohoku Free Blades

Kazuki Yamamoto ( Japanese 山 本 和 輝 , Yamamoto Kazuki ; born November 12, 1986 in Kushiro , Hokkaidō ) is a Japanese ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Tohoku Free Blades in the Asia League Ice Hockey since 2009 .

Career

Kazuki Yamamoto began his career as a hockey player in the team of the Tōyō University . He then signed a contract with Tohoku Free Blades , which began playing in the Asia League Ice Hockey in the 2009/10 season . In this, the attacker scored seven goals in 32 games in his rookie year in professional ice hockey and also provided seven templates. He also received 34 penalty minutes. In the 2010/11 season, which ended prematurely due to the Tōhoku earthquake , he and his team won the championship title of the Asia League Ice Hockey for the first time.

International

For Japan , Yamamoto took part in the U18 Junior World Championship in Division I in 2004 and in the U20 Junior World Championship in Division I in 2006 .

Achievements and Awards

• 2011 Asia League Ice Hockey Champion with the Tohoku Free Blades

Asia League statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Regular season	3	98	14th	19th	33	84
Playoffs	1	4th	1	0	1	2

(Status: end of the 2011/12 season)

Web links

• Kazuki Yamamoto at eliteprospects.com (English)