Yu Kobayashi
Current team: Kawasaki Frontale
Playing position: Forward
Nationality: Japan
Date of birth: 23 September, 1987 (38 years)
Place of birth: Machida, Japan
Weight: 163.1 lb
Height: 5 ft 9 in
Preferred foot: Right
Market value: €53k
Playing position: Forward
Nationality: Japan
Date of birth: 23 September, 1987 (38 years)
Place of birth: Machida, Japan
Weight: 163.1 lb
Height: 5 ft 9 in
Preferred foot: Right
Market value: €53k
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Where to Watch Yu Kobayashi
TV and streaming coverage by competition
Yu Kobayashi plays as a forward for Kawasaki Frontale and represents Japan internationally. The competitions and their broadcast coverage in the United States are listed below.
Fox Sports
Available on: FOX Network, Fox Soccer Plus, Fox Sports 1, Fox Sports 2, FOX 4K, FOX One, FOX Sports App, Foxsports.com, Tubi
NBC Sports
YouTube
Fox Sports, NBC Sports, Futbol de Primera Radio, SiriusXM FC, TyC Sports Internacional USA
Statistics
Yu Kobayashi Statistics
Domestic Leagues
| Season | Team | Competition | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Kawasaki Frontale | J1 League | 27 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2025 | Kawasaki Frontale | J1 League | 342 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2024 | Kawasaki Frontale | J1 League | 521 | 24 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2023 | Kawasaki Frontale | J1 League | 522 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | |||
| 2022 | Kawasaki Frontale | J1 League | 1187 | 28 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2021 | Kawasaki Frontale | J1 League | 1195 | 33 | 20 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2020 | Kawasaki Frontale | J1 League | 1319 | 27 | 17 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2019 | Kawasaki Frontale | J1 League | 2045 | 30 | 22 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2018 | Kawasaki Frontale | J1 League | 2206 | 27 | 24 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2017 | Kawasaki Frontale | J1 League | 2950 | 34 | 33 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2016 | Kawasaki Frontale | J1 League | 32 | 15 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
| 2015 | Kawasaki Frontale | J1 League | 18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2014 | Kawasaki Frontale | J-League | 30 | 12 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| 2013 | Kawasaki Frontale | J-League | 19 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2012 | Kawasaki Frontale | J-League | 12 | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| 2011 | Kawasaki Frontale | J-League | 23 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
Domestic Cups
| Season | Team | Competition | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Kawasaki Frontale | J. League Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2025 | Kawasaki Frontale | Emperor's Cup | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2024 | Kawasaki Frontale | J. League Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2024 | Kawasaki Frontale | Emperor's Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2023 | Kawasaki Frontale | Emperor's Cup | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2023 | Kawasaki Frontale | J. League Cup | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2022 | Kawasaki Frontale | J. League Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2022 | Kawasaki Frontale | Emperor's Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2022 | Kawasaki Frontale | Super Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2021 | Kawasaki Frontale | J. League Cup | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2021 | Kawasaki Frontale | Emperor's Cup | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2021 | Kawasaki Frontale | Super Cup | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2020 | Kawasaki Frontale | Emperor's Cup | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2020 | Kawasaki Frontale | J. League Cup | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2019 | Kawasaki Frontale | Emperor's Cup | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2019 | Kawasaki Frontale | J. League Cup | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2019 | Kawasaki Frontale | Super Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2018 | Kawasaki Frontale | Emperor's Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2018 | Kawasaki Frontale | Super Cup | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2017 | Kawasaki Frontale | Emperor's Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2017 | Kawasaki Frontale | J. League Cup | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2016 | Kawasaki Frontale | Emperor's Cup | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2013 | Kawasaki Frontale | Nabisco Cup | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2012 | Kawasaki Frontale | Emperor's Cup | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2012 | Kawasaki Frontale | Nabisco Cup | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
International Cups
| Season | Team | Competition | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | Kawasaki Frontale | AFC Champions League Elite | 289 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 2023/24 | Kawasaki Frontale | AFC Champions League Elite | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2022 | Kawasaki Frontale | AFC Champions League Elite | 296 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2021 | Kawasaki Frontale | AFC Champions League Elite | 144 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2019 | Kawasaki Frontale | AFC Champions League Elite | 450 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2018 | Kawasaki Frontale | AFC Champions League Elite | 301 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2017 | Kawasaki Frontale | AFC Champions League Elite | 712 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2014 | Kawasaki Frontale | AFC Champions League Elite | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
National Team
| Season | Team | Competition | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Japan | Friendly | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2018 | Japan | FIFA World Cup | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2017 | Japan | East Asian Championship | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2016 | Japan | Kirin Cup (Japan) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 2014 | Japan | Friendly | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Trophies
Yu Kobayashi Trophies
| Competition | Position | Titles | Seasons |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan - Emperor Cup | Winner | 2 | 2023, 2020/2021, |
| Japan - Emperor Cup | 2nd Place | 1 | 2016/2017, |
| Japan - J1 League | Winner | 4 | 2021, 2020, 2018, 2017, |
| Japan - J1 League | 2nd Place | 1 | 2022, |
| Japan - J-League Cup | Winner | 1 | 2019, |
| Japan - J-League Cup | 2nd Place | 1 | 2017, |
| Japan - Super Cup | Winner | 3 | 2024, 2021, 2019, |
| Japan - Super Cup | 2nd Place | 2 | 2022, 2018, |
| World - Kirin Cup | 2nd Place | 1 | 2016, |
| Asia - EAFF E-1 Football Championship | 2nd Place | 1 | 2016/2017, |
| Asia - AFC Champions League Elite | 2nd Place | 1 | 2024/2025, |
Sidelined
Yu Kobayashi Injuries
| Type | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Shoulder Injury | 20.04.2025 | Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Language: MIME-Version: 1.0 PO-Revision-Date: 2024-10-29 07:54:35+0000 Plural-Forms: nplurals=1; plural=0; Project-Id-Version: LSTV Desktop X-Generator: TranslateBuddy |
| Shoulder Injury | 12.04.2025 | 14.04.2025 |
| Shoulder Injury | 08.02.2025 | 07.04.2025 |
