 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pana September 6, 1981, apo Yamaguchi akanga ane makore 15 okukura, iye akatanga nokuda kwechikwata chenyika cheJapan kurwisana neEngland. Akanga ari nhengo yeJapan ye 1991 World Cup. Akatambawo pa 1986, 1991, 1993 AFC Championship uye 1990 Asian Games. Akatamba mitambo makumi maviri nemapfumbamwe uye akarova chibodzwa chimwe cheJapan kusvika muna 1993. 