Name: 遠藤 保仁 / Yasuhito Endō
Date of birth: 28 January 1980
Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Kagushima, Japan
Height: 1.78 m
* Current club Gamba Osaka
* Number 7
* Playing position - Central midfielder
* Youth career:
1995–1997 - Kagoshima Jitsugyo High School
*Senior career:
1998 - Yokohama Flügels
1999–2000 - Kyoto Purple Sanga
2001– ... - Gamba Osaka
*National team:
1998–1999 - Japan U-20
1999 - Japan U-23
2002– .... - Japan
Interesting:
* In 2011, he became the first J. League player to be named in the J. League Best Eleven 9 times. In 2009, he was named "Player of the Year" by the Asian Football Confederation.
* On 24 June 2010, Endō scored from a free-kick against Denmark in a 3–1 win as Japan qualified for the second round of the World Cup.
* On 12 October 2010, he became the 4th player to earn 100th full international cap for Japan in a friendly match against South Korea.
* Endō played 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship and Japan finished 2nd place, losing to Spain in the final.
* Since 2002, Endō has been a member of the senior national team, and was selected for Japan's 2006 and 2010 FIFA World Cup squad.