After graduating from Shimizu Higashi High School, he joined J1 League club Júbilo Iwata in 1998.
However he could hardly play in the match behind Tomoaki Ogami and Arno van Zwam until early 2002.
In September 2003, van Zwam left the club and Yamamoto became a regular goalkeeper again.
In 2011, he moved to Regional Leagues club SC Sagamihara.
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