Tomonobu Yokoyama

Tomonobu Yokoyama passed away on January 4, 2024, just 38 years old, and that detail stopped me cold. A Tokyo kid from Nerima, tall enough at 184cm to command any pitch, who made it all the way through Waseda University — one of Japan's most respected institutions — before building a career as a professional footballer. That combination of academic seriousness and athletic drive says something real about who he was. Thirty-eight is nothing. That's the age where a lot of people are just hitting their stride, figuring out what they actually want from life. He won a national university title at Waseda, played for Kawasaki Frontale and Cerezo Osaka, and after retiring in 2020 became a physical coach — and honestly, that's already a life worth respecting. Rest easy.

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Tomonobu Yokoyama was a Japanese professional soccer player born on March 18, 1985, in Nerima, Tokyo. Standing 184 cm tall, he attended Waseda University before pursuing a career in football. He passed away on January 4, 2024, at the age of 38.

Name (English)

Tomonobu Yokoyama

Name (Japanese)

横山知伸

Reading

よこやま とものぶ

Born

March 18, 1985 – January 4, 2024

Origin

Nerima, Tokyo, Japan

Height

184cm

Occupation

Soccer Player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Ox

University

Waseda University

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%A8%AA%E5%B1%B1%E7%9F%A5%E4%BC%B8
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2153304

Tags

• From Tokyo
• Soccer Player

Last updated

November 2, 2026

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