is a former Japanese football player. He was born in

Lima Lima ( ; ), originally founded as Ciudad de Los Reyes (City of The Kings) is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín Rivers, in the desert zone of the central coastal part of ...

and became a naturalised Japanese citizen in 1994.

Playing career

Uehara was born in

Peru , image_flag = Flag of Peru.svg , image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg , other_symbol = Great Seal of the State , other_symbol_type = National seal , national_motto = "Firm and Happy f ...

on July 21, 1969. He is

Japanese Peruvians Japanese Peruvians ( es, peruano-japonés or ''nipo-peruano''; ja, 日系ペルー人, ''Nikkei Perūjin'') are Peruvian citizens of Japanese origin or ancestry. Peru has the second largest ethnic Japanese population in South America after ...

(

Sansei is a Japanese and North American English term used in parts of the world such as South America and North America to specify the children of children born to ethnic Japanese in a new country of residence. The '' nisei'' are considered the second ...

), have roots in

Okinawa is a prefecture of Japan. Okinawa Prefecture is the southernmost and westernmost prefecture of Japan, has a population of 1,457,162 (as of 2 February 2020) and a geographic area of 2,281 km2 (880 sq mi). Naha is the capital and largest city ...

. He played for Deportivo AELU and Sporting Cristal in Peru until 1992. He moved to Japan in June 1992 and joined

Urawa Reds , colloquially Urawa Reds (浦和レッズ), also known as Mitsubishi Urawa Football Club from April 1992 to January 1996, is a professional football club in the city of Saitama, part of the Greater Tokyo Area in Japan. The club plays in the J ...

. Although he played many matches in 1992, his opportunity to play decreased due to restrictions on foreign players from 1993. In May 1994, he acquired Japanese nationality. However he could hardly play in the match for injury, he moved to

Japan Football League The also known as simply the JFL is the 4th tier of the Japanese association football league system, positioned beneath the three divisions of the J.League. The league features fully professional teams that hold J.League associate membership a ...

club

Tosu Futures was a Japanese football club that played in the former Japan Football League between 1994 and 1996. History PJM Futures was founded in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka in 1987 as the team of PJM Japan, a company based on Paul J. Meyer's U.S. academy Succ ...

in 1996. He retired end of 1996 season.

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* 1969 births Living people Peruvian footballers Japanese footballers J1 League players Japan Football League (1992–1998) players Sporting Cristal footballers Urawa Red Diamonds players Sagan Tosu players Association football midfielders Footballers from Lima Peruvian people of Okinawan descent Peruvian emigrants to Japan Naturalized citizens of Japan {{Japan-footy-midfielder-1960s-stub