is a Japanese professional ice hockey

defenceman Defence or defense (in American English) in ice hockey is a player position that is primarily responsible for preventing the opposing team from Goal (ice hockey), scoring. They are often referred to as defencemen, D, D-men or blueliners (the la ...

currently playing for the

Nippon Paper Cranes The were an Asia League Ice Hockey team based in Kushiro City in Hokkaidō, Japan. History The club was founded as Jūjō Paper Kushiro Ice Hockey Club in 1949. They adopted the new name Nippon Paper Cranes in 1993 when Jūjō Paper and Sany� ...

in the Asia League. Yanadori has played for the

since 2009. He previously played at amateur level for the Komazawa Tomakomai team and for

Meiji University , abbreviated as Meiji (明治) or Meidai (明大'')'', is a private research university located in Chiyoda City, the heart of Tokyo, Japan. Established in 1881 as Meiji Law School (明治法律学校, ''Meiji Hōritsu Gakkō'') by three Meiji-er ...

. He has also played in the senior Japan national team since 2006.

External links

Shinya Yanadori profile at Elite Prospects

1986 births People from Kushiro Japanese ice hockey defencemen Living people Ice hockey people from Hokkaido Asian Games gold medalists for Japan Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Medalists at the 2007 Asian Winter Games Medalists at the 2011 Asian Winter Games Ice hockey players at the 2007 Asian Winter Games Ice hockey players at the 2011 Asian Winter Games Asian Games medalists in ice hockey {{Japan-icehockey-bio-stub