| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Yoshihiro Masuko | ||
| Date of birth | 12 July 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Tokyo, Japan | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Grulla Morioka | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2003–2005 | Tokyo Metropolitan Board of Education | ||
| 2006–2009 | Kokushikan University | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010–2011 | Arte Takasaki | 50 | (7) |
| 2012–2014 | Fukushima United FC | 52 | (10) |
| 2015– | Grulla Morioka | 52 | (3) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league onlyand correct as of 23 February 2018 | |||
Yoshihiro Masuko(益子義浩Masuko Yoshihiro, born 12 July 1987 in Tokyo) is a Japanese footballer who plays for Grulla Morioka. [1]
Tokyo, officially Tokyo Metropolis, one of the 47 prefectures of Japan, has served as the Japanese capital since 1869. As of 2014, the Greater Tokyo Area ranked as the most populous metropolitan area in the world. The urban area houses the seat of the Emperor of Japan, of the Japanese government and of the National Diet. Tokyo forms part of the Kantō region on the southeastern side of Japan's main island, Honshu, and includes the Izu Islands and Ogasawara Islands. Tokyo was formerly named Edo when Shōgun Tokugawa Ieyasu made the city his headquarters in 1603. It became the capital after Emperor Meiji moved his seat to the city from Kyoto in 1868; at that time Edo was renamed Tokyo. Tokyo Metropolis formed in 1943 from the merger of the former Tokyo Prefecture and the city of Tokyo. Tokyo is often referred to as a city but is officially known and governed as a "metropolitan prefecture", which differs from and combines elements of a city and a prefecture, a characteristic unique to Tokyo.
Japanese people are a nation and an ethnic group that is native to Japan and makes up 98.5% of the total population of the country. Worldwide, approximately 129 million people are of Japanese descent; of these, approximately 125 million are residents of Japan. People of Japanese ancestry who live outside Japan are referred to as nikkeijin(日系人), the Japanese diaspora. The term ethnic Japanese is often used to refer to Japanese people, as well as to more specific ethnic groups in some contexts, such as Yamato people and Ryukyuan people. Japanese are one of the largest ethnic groups in the world.
