Brian Japp is a retired American soccer defender who played professionally in the USISL A-League and American Professional Soccer League.In 1983, Japp graduated from North Miami Senior High School. In 2013, the school inducted him into its Hall of Fame. Japp attended the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, playing on the men’s soccer team from 1983 to 1985. Greensboro won the 1983 and 1985 NCAA Division III Men's Soccer Championship.