is a Japanese international rugby union player who plays as a flanker. He currently plays for the Toshiba Brave Lupus in Japan's domestic Top League.
Club career
Yamamoto has played all of his senior club rugby in Japan with the Toshiba Brave Lupus who he joined in 2015.
International
Yatabe made his senior international debut in a match against South Korea on April 30, 2016 and featured in 3 more tests against Asian opposition in the spring of 2016 before making a substitute appearance against in Toyota during the 2016 mid-year rugby union internationals series.