How tall is Maya Yoshida?

Maya Yoshida's listed height is 189 cm (6'2"). He is taller than about 99% of men in Japan.

Where 189 cm sits among men in Japan

Taller than about 99% of men in Japan born in 1988 (average 171.2 cm).

Yoshida next to his teammates

Kensuke Nagai is 12 cm shorter than Maya Yoshida (177 cm), teammate at Japan men's national football team from 2010 to 2019.

Hotaru Yamaguchi is 16 cm shorter than Maya Yoshida (173 cm), teammate at Japan men's national football team from 2013 to 2022.

Gōtoku Sakai is 13 cm shorter than Maya Yoshida (176 cm), teammate at Japan men's national football team from 2012 to 2022.

About Maya Yoshida

Maya Yoshida is a Japanese professional footballer who captains and plays as a centre-back for the Major League Soccer club LA Galaxy. He was born on 24 August 1988 in Nagasaki and began playing football at Nanling FC in his second year of elementary school. His older brother, Honami, helped start his football career by finding the Nagoya Grampus U-15 team online.

Yoshida spent five years in the Nagoya Grampus youth academy, attended Toyota High School and was promoted to the first team in 2007, signing his first professional contract. He formerly played for the Japan national team, making over 120 appearances, and was in the squads for the FIFA World Cup in 2014, 2018 and 2022. He won the AFC Asian Cup in 2011 and finished as runner-up in 2019.

At a listed 189 cm (6'2"), Yoshida is 12 cm taller than Kensuke Nagai, who is listed at 177 cm (5'10") and was his teammate in the Japan men's national football team from 2010 to 2019. Gōtoku Sakai, listed at 176 cm (5'9"), played there from 2012 to 2022 and is 13 cm shorter.

Frequently asked

How tall is Maya Yoshida in feet and inches? Maya Yoshida is 6'2" tall, which is 189 cm, 74.4 inches or 1.89 m.

How tall is Maya Yoshida compared to Kensuke Nagai? Kensuke Nagai is 12 cm shorter than Maya Yoshida: 177 cm (5'10") vs 189 cm (6'2").

How tall is Maya Yoshida compared to Hotaru Yamaguchi? Hotaru Yamaguchi is 16 cm shorter than Maya Yoshida: 173 cm (5'8") vs 189 cm (6'2").

How tall is Maya Yoshida compared to Gōtoku Sakai? Gōtoku Sakai is 13 cm shorter than Maya Yoshida: 176 cm (5'9") vs 189 cm (6'2").

Is Maya Yoshida tall for men in Japan? At 189 cm he is taller than about 99% of men in Japan born in 1988, whose average height is 171.2 cm.

Sources

• Maya Yoshida on Wikipedia — biography and career.
• Maya Yoshida on Wikidata — nationality and dates; height recorded as 189 cm.

Heights are as publicly listed, rounded to the nearest centimetre; listed heights for public figures are often self-reported. Biographical details adapted from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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