After graduating from Matsunaga High School, he joined J1 League side Sanfrecce Hiroshima in 1993.

After 11 year's long service at Sanfrecce Hiroshima, he moved to Cerezo Osaka in 2004, then Tokyo Verdy (2005–2006).

National team manager Philippe Troussier gave him his first full international cap on April 25 in a friendly against Spain in Córdoba.

[1] After the retirement, Uemura started coaching career at J2 League club Roasso Kumamoto in 2009.

In 2013, he moved to J2 club Kamatamare Sanuki and served as coach under manager Makoto Kitano.

[2] [1] Update; December 31, 2018[3] This biographical article related to Japanese association football is a stub.