# Yohei Takaoka

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Japanese footballer (born 1996)

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Yohei Takaoka 高丘 陽平 Personal information Date of birth (1996-03-16) 16 March 1996 (age 30) Place of birth Aoba-ku, Yokohama, Japan Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Position Goalkeeper Team information Current team Vancouver Whitecaps Number 1 Youth career 2004–2007 Azamino FC 2008–2013 Yokohama FC Senior career* Years Team Apps (Gls) 2014–2018 Yokohama FC 41 (0) 2014–2015 → J.League U-22 Selection (loan) 4 (0) 2018 → Sagan Tosu (loan) 0 (0) 2019–2020 Sagan Tosu 40 (0) 2020–2022 Yokohama F. Marinos 71 (0) 2023– Vancouver Whitecaps 113 (0) * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of May 22, 2026

**Yohei Takaoka** (高丘 陽平, *Takaoka Yōhei*; born 16 March 1996) is a Japanese professional [footballer](/source/Association_football) who plays as a [goalkeeper](/source/Goalkeeper_(association_football)) for [Major League Soccer](/source/Major_League_Soccer) club [Vancouver Whitecaps](/source/Vancouver_Whitecaps_FC).

## Career

### Youth

Takaoka was born in Aoba-ku, Yokohama, Japan.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

Takaoka begin his first youth career with Azamino FC from 2004 until 2007.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] He joined Yokohama FC Junior in 2008.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

### Yokohama FC

Takaoka was promoted to youth in 2011 after playing for [Yokohama FC](/source/Yokohama_FC) Junior.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] On 10 May 2013, he registered with the top team as a type 2 register player.[1]

From the 2014 season, Takaoka was officially promoted to the first team.[2] In February of the same year, he was registered as a player in the J League U-22 selection to participate in J3 League.[3] After the promotion, [Yuta Minami](/source/Yuta_Minami) was the regular goalkeeper and [Tsubasa Shibuya](/source/Tsubasa_Shibuya), who was one year older than him, served as a backup. Takaoka changed his uniform number from 26 to 1, took the regular goalkeeper from Minami and participated in 41 games.

### Sagan Tosu

On 26 March 2018, Takaoka joined J1 Club, [Sagan Tosu](/source/Sagan_Tosu) on loan.[4] After the transfer, he became a backup for [Shuichi Gonda](/source/Shuichi_Gonda) and ended up participating in [J. League Cup](/source/J._League_Cup) three games, but after the season ended, he was officially permanently transferred to Sagan Tosu.[5]

In 2019, when Gonda left the team, [Takuo Ōkubo](/source/Takuo_%C5%8Ckubo), a new member from [FC Tokyo](/source/FC_Tokyo), was appointed in the early stages of the game, so he was on the reserve, but when Okubo transferred to [Shimizu S-Pulse](/source/Shimizu_S-Pulse) in the summer, he became a regular.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] After that, he scored in every game. In 2020, [Tatsuya Morita](/source/Tatsuya_Morita) joined Matsumoto Yamaga FC and the opportunity to participate decreased compared to last season, but he showed good saves in the games he participated in and competed for the position.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

### Yokohama F. Marinos

On 23 October 2020, Takaoka announced his official permanent transfer to [Yokohama F. Marinos](/source/Yokohama_F._Marinos).[6][7] After joining, he became a regular player by suppressing [Yuji Kajikawa](/source/Yuji_Kajikawa) and [Hirotsugu Nakabayashi](/source/Hirotsugu_Nakabayashi), but suffered three consecutive losses, including losing three goals in two consecutive games from the match against [Sanfrecce Hiroshima](/source/Sanfrecce_Hiroshima) in Matchweek 28, which he participated in for the first time after the transfer and returned from rental in subsequent games.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] Lost position to [Powell Obinna Obi](/source/Powell_Obinna_Obi). Takaoka returned to the starting lineup in Matchweek 30 facing against [Kawasaki Frontale](/source/Kawasaki_Frontale) in the battle, he committed a hand outside the penalty area just before the end of the first half and was sent off. Obi was mainly used in the [2020 AFC Champions League](/source/2020_AFC_Champions_League) and after deciding to advance to the round of 16, he only participated in one game against Sydney FC and the game he participated in after joining ended in a bitter result of not winning.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

In 2021, when his uniform number was changed to 1, Takaoka handed over the starting lineup for the opening of the league to Obi, but was selected as the starting lineup in the [J. League Cup](/source/J._League_Cup) group stage match against [Vegalta Sendai](/source/Vegalta_Sendai). [*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]The game won 1-0, marking his first victory and first shutout since joining. After that, he mainly participated in cup matches, but when he was selected as the starting lineup in the league match against Shonan Bellmare in Section 7, he took the position from Obi and played an active role as a regular.

The 2022 season is the only team to participate in all games in the league match. He showed a performance in which he conceded 35 goals, the lowest tie in the league and contributed to the team's fifth league championship in three years. [*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]He was selected in the Best Eleven. It was the first time in 29 years since [Shigetatsu Matsunaga](/source/Shigetatsu_Matsunaga) (currently Yokohama F. Marinos Goalkeeper coach) was established in 1993 that a Goalkeeper belonging to Yokohama F. Marinos was selected as the best eleven.[8]

### Vancouver Whitecaps FC

On 18 February 2023, Takaoka officially announced his transfer to a [Major League Soccer](/source/Major_League_Soccer) club [Vancouver Whitecaps FC](/source/Vancouver_Whitecaps_FC) ahead of the 2023 season.[9] two seasons later, he was selected along with three of his teammates to be part of the 26-man roster for the [2025 MLS All-Star Game](/source/2025_MLS_All-Star_Game), set for July 23rd, as a result of his club’s recent success.[10][11]

## Career statistics

- *As of 6 December 2025*[12]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Continental Other Total Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Yokohama FC 2014 J2 League 0 0 0 0 — — — 0 0 2015 0 0 0 0 — — — 0 0 2016 0 0 1 0 — — — 1 0 2017 41 0 0 0 — — — 41 0 2018 0 0 0 0 — — — 0 0 Total 41 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 42 0 Sagan Tosu (loan) 2018 J1 League 0 0 0 0 3 0 — — 3 0 Sagan Tosu 2019 J1 League 24 0 2 0 6 0 — — 32 0 2020 16 0 0 0 1 0 — — 17 0 Total 40 0 2 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 49 0 Yokohama F. Marinos 2020 J1 League 4 0 0 0 1 0 1[c] 0 — 6 0 2021 33 0 1 0 4 0 — — 38 0 2022 34 0 0 0 7 0 7[c] 0 — 48 0 Total 71 0 1 0 12 0 8 0 0 0 92 0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2023 Major League Soccer 33 0 3 0 — 2[d] 0 4[e] 0 42 0 2024 33 0 0 0 — 2[d] 0 4[e] 0 39 0 2025 34 0 0 0 — 7[d] 0 5[e] 0 46 0 Total 100 0 3 0 0 0 11 0 13 0 127 0 Career total 252 0 7 0 22 0 19 0 13 0 313 0

1. **[^](#cite_ref-13)** Includes [Emperor's Cup](/source/Emperor's_Cup), [Canadian Championship](/source/Canadian_Championship)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-14)** Includes [J.League Cup](/source/J.League_Cup)

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-ACL_15-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-ACL_15-1) Appearance(s) in [AFC Champions League](/source/AFC_Champions_League)

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-CCC_16-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-CCC_16-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-CCC_16-2) Appearances in [CONCACAF Champions League](/source/CONCACAF_Champions_League)

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-PO_17-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-PO_17-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-PO_17-2) Appearances in [MLS Cup playoffs](/source/MLS_Cup_playoffs)

## Honours

**Yokohama F. Marinos**

- [J1 League](/source/J1_League): [2022](/source/2022_J1_League)[13]

**Vancouver Whitecaps**

- [Canadian Championship](/source/Canadian_Championship): [2023](/source/2023_Canadian_Championship),[2024](/source/2024_Canadian_Championship),[2025](/source/2025_Canadian_Championship)[14]

**Individual**

- [MLS All-Star](/source/Major_League_Soccer_All-Star_Game): [2025](/source/2025_MLS_All-Star_Game)

- [J.League Best XI](/source/J.League_Best_XI): 2022[13]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [横浜FCユースGK高丘陽平選手トップチーム登録のお知らせ](http://www.yokohamafc.com/news/2013/05/10/fcgk/) 横浜FC オフィシャルサイト、2013年5月10日

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [横浜FCユースMF石井圭太選手・GK高丘陽平選手トップチーム昇格内定お知らせ](http://www.yokohamafc.com/news/2013/11/18/fcmfgk/) 横浜FC オフィシャルサイト、2013年11月18日

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Jリーグ・アンダー22選抜 登録選手決定](http://www.j3league.jp/news/2014/02/24/00000020/) J3リーグ公式サイト、2014年2月24日

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [高丘陽平選手 横浜FCより期限付き移籍加入のお知らせ](https://www.sagan-tosu.net/news/p/2915/) サガン鳥栖 オフィシャルサイト、2018年3月26日

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** [高丘陽平選手 完全移籍加入のお知らせ](http://www.sagan-tosu.net/news/p/3612/) サガン鳥栖 オフィシャルサイト、2019年1月5日

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** [高丘陽平選手 完全移籍加入のお知らせ](https://www.f-marinos.com/news/category=5_id=7350) 横浜F・マリノス オフィシャルサイト、2020年10月23日

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** [異例のGKトレード!! J1鳥栖が横浜MのGK朴一圭をレンタルで獲得へ](https://www.chunichi.co.jp/article/143100) 中日スポーツ 2020年10月25日

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** [横浜FM29年ぶりの快挙 GK高丘陽平が見据えるさらなる高み「もっと突き詰めていきたい」](https://the-ans.jp/column/279754/) THE ANSWER 2022年11月10日

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** [高丘 陽平選手 バンクーバー・ホワイトキャップスFCへ完全移籍のお知らせ](https://www.f-marinos.com/news/team/5158) 2023年2月18日 横浜F・マリノス

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** [\[1\]](https://www.whitecapsfc.com/news/vwfc-four-2025-all-star)25/6/25

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** [\[2\]](https://www.mlssoccer.com/allstar/2025/news/2025-mls-all-star-team-roster)25/6/25

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** ["Japan - Y. Takaoka - Profile with news, career statistics and history"](https://int.soccerway.com/players/yohei-takaoka/322857/). *Soccerway*. Retrieved 15 January 2025.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-ja2022_18-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-ja2022_18-1) ["2022 Jリーグアウォーズ受賞者一覧"](https://www.footballchannel.jp/2022/11/07/post481868/). *Football Channel*. 7 November 2022. Retrieved November 7, 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-19)** ["Three-peat! Vancouver Whitecaps top Toronto FC to win Canadian Championship"](https://www.mlssoccer.com/news/three-peat-vancouver-whitecaps-top-toronto-fc-to-win-canadian-championship). Major League Soccer. September 26, 2024. Retrieved September 26, 2024.

## External links

- [Profile at Yokohama F. Marinos](https://www.f-marinos.com/team/player/player-detail/1)

- [Profile at Yokohama FC](http://www.yokohamafc.com/team/member/26)

- [Profile at Vancouver Whitecaps](https://www.whitecapsfc.com/players/yohei-takaoka/)

- [Yohei Takaoka](https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFIX04/?player_id=11449) at [J.League](/source/J.League) ([archive](https://web.archive.org/web/2/https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFIX04/?player_id=11449)) (in Japanese)

- [Yohei Takaoka](https://int.soccerway.com/players/yohei-takaoka/322857/) at Soccerway

v t e Vancouver Whitecaps FC – current squad 1 Takaoka 2 Laborda 3 Adekugbe 4 Veselinović 6 Priso 7 Sabaly 8 Larraz 11 Sabbi 12 Halbouni 13 Müller 14 Caicedo 15 Schonlau 16 Berhalter 17 Cabrera 18 Ocampo 19 Elloumi 20 Cubas 22 Jackson 24 White 25 Gauld 26 Ngando 27 Bovalina 28 Johnson 29 Gherasimencov 30 Zendejas 32 Boehmer 33 Blackmon 53 O'Neill 59 Badwal 97 Mackenzie Head coach: Sørensen Assistant coach: D'Agostino Assistant coach: Shaw Goalkeeper coach: Dahha

v t e 2022 J.League Team of the Year GK: Takaoka DF: Yamane DF: Iwata DF: Taniguchi DF: Koike MF: Ienaga MF: Wakizaka MF: Mizunuma FW: Marcinho FW: Thiago Santana FW: Élber

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