Kisho Yano

Football player infobox
playername = Kisho Yano


fullname = Kisho Yano
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1984|4|5
cityofbirth = Hamamatsu
countryofbirth = Japan
height = height|ft=6|in=1
currentclub = Albirex Niigata
position = Striker
youthyears = 2000–2002
2002
2002–2003
youthclubs = Hamana H.S.
Júbilo Iwata
Kashiwa Reysol
years = 2003–2006
2006–
clubs = Kashiwa Reysol
Albirex Niigata
caps(goals) = 039 00(4)
088 0(17)
nationalyears = 2002
2007-
nationalteam = Japan U-20
Japan
nationalcaps(goals) = 005 00(2)
012 00(1)
pcupdate = 16:30, 28 August 2008 (UTC)
ntupdate = 16:30, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

nihongo|Kisho Yano|矢野 貴章|Yano Kishō|born April 5, 1984 in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture is a Japanese footballer who plays as a striker for Albirex Niigata.　

Yano was chosen as one of the Designated Players for Development by J. League and JFA in 2002 when he was a student of Hamana High School. Because of this status, Yano was able to register as a Júbilo Iwata player while he was still eligible to play for his high school club. However, he did not play any official match for Iwata.

After graduating from his high school, he joined J. League side Kashiwa Reysol. In 2006, He was transferred to Niigata where he quickly established himself as a first-choice forward.

He represented Japan at several underage levels and he was a member of the Japan team for the 2001 FIFA U-17 World Championship finals where he scored one goal. He was capped as a full international when he was sent on the pitch as a substitute on March 24, 2007 in a friendly against Peru. He was a member of the Japan team for the 2007 AFC Asian Cup finals and played 2 games as a substitute.

Yano scored his first international goal on September 11, 2007 in a friendly against Switzerland at Klagenfurt, Austria; he scored the winner in a 4-3 outcome.