Photo: yoppy from Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan / CC BY 2.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Yōhei Ōtake is one of those quietly persistent figures that the football world runs on — a Saitama-born midfielder born in 1989, from the exact kind of prefecture that breathes J.League culture. Saitama gave us Urawa Reds, Omiya Ardija, and generations of kids who grew up treating a ball like a second limb, so it's easy to picture him as one of those kids. He modelled his game on Shunsuke Nakamura as a kid and spent more than 15 years as a pro, from FC Tokyo to Nagasaki and finally Singapore, which is its own kind of story: a career spent grinding where the cameras don't always follow. I find myself genuinely rooting for that type. Not every footballer gets a highlight reel, but they still put in the years.
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Overview
Yōhei Ōtake is a Japanese former professional soccer player born on May 2, 1989, in Yashio, Saitama Prefecture, Japan. He stands 166 cm tall. A midfielder, he played for FC Tokyo, Shonan Bellmare, Fagiano Okayama, V-Varen Nagasaki and Albirex Niigata Singapore, and retired after the 2024–25 season.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Yōhei Ōtake
- Name (Japanese)
- 大竹洋平
- Reading
- おおたけ ようへい
- Born
- May 2, 1989 (age 37)
- Origin
- Saitama Prefecture, Japan
- Height
- 166 cm
- Occupation
- Soccer player
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Taurus / Snake
2. Links
3. About this entry
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Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.
Frequently asked questions
When was Yōhei Ōtake born?
Yōhei Ōtake was born on May 2, 1989 and is 37 years old.
Where is Yōhei Ōtake from?
Yōhei Ōtake is from Saitama Prefecture, Japan.
What does Yōhei Ōtake do?
Yōhei Ōtake works as Soccer player.
How tall is Yōhei Ōtake?
Yōhei Ōtake is 166 cm tall.
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