Teruaki Kurobe

Teruaki Kurobe (黒部 光昭) is a former Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team.

Club career
Kurobe was born in Anan on March 6, 1978. After graduating from Fukuoka University, he joined the Kyoto Purple Sanga in 2000. The club was relegated to the J2 League in 2000 and many main players left the club. In 2001, he played as a regular player after a generational change. In 2002, he played center forward, as one of the three top forwards with wings, along with Daisuke Matsui and Park Ji-sung, and the club won the Emperor's Cup, which was their first major title. He moved to Cerezo Osaka in 2005. After that, he played for the Urawa Reds in 2006 and the JEF United Chiba in 2007, but he was not put into play as often. In 2008, he moved to the J2 League club Avispa Fukuoka and he played more often. He moved to Kataller Toyama in 2010 and he played until 2013. In 2014, he moved to Thailand and played for the TTM Customs. He retired at the end of the 2014 season.

National team career
On March 28, 2003, Kurobe debuted for the Japan national team against Uruguay. He played in four games for Japan until 2004.