is a former Japanese football player. He played for the Japan national team.

Biography
Oguro was born in Toyonaka on May 4, 1980. He joined J1 League club Gamba Osaka from their youth team in 1999. In 2001, he was loaned out to Consadole Sapporo in 1 season. He became a regular player at Gamba in 2003. The club won the champions in the 2005 J1 League. In January 2006, he moved to French Ligue 2 club Grenoble. In August 2006, he moved to Italian Serie A club Torino and played in 2 seasons. In summer 2008, he returned to Japan and joined Tokyo Verdy. In 2010, he played for Yokohama FC and FC Tokyo. In 2011, he moved to Yokohama F. Marinos. In 2013, he moved to Chinese Super League club Hangzhou Greentown. Toward the end of his career, he played for J2 League club Kyoto Sanga FC, Montedio Yamagata and Tochigi SC. He retired end of the 2019 season.

On January 29, 2005, Oguro debuted for the Japan national team against Kazakhstan. He was selected the Japan for 2005 Confederations Cup. He played all 3 matches as substitute forward and scored 2 goals. He also played 4 matches and scored 2 goals at 2006 World Cup qualification. In 2006, he was selected the Japan for 2006 World Cup and played in all 3 matches as substitute forward. He played 22 games and scored 5 goals for Japan until 2008.

Statistics

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|1999||rowspan="2"|Gamba Osaka||rowspan="2"|J1 League||11||0||0||0||2||0||13||0
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|2000||7||1||1||0||2||0||10||1
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|2001||Consadole Sapporo||J1 League||4||0||0||0||2||0||6||0
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|2002||rowspan="4"|Gamba Osaka||rowspan="4"|J1 League||6||1||0||0||2||1||8||2
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|2003||26||10||2||0||5||3||33||13
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|2004||30||20||2||6||7||4||39||30
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|2005||31||16||2||2||4||0||37||18

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|2005/06||rowspan="2"|Grenoble||rowspan="2"|Ligue 2||17||5||0||0||0||0||17||5
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|2006/07||2||1||0||0||1||0||3||1

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|2006/07||rowspan="2"|Torino||rowspan="2"|Serie A||7||0||0||0||colspan="2"|-||7||0
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|2007/08||3||0||1||0||colspan="2"|-||4||0

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|2008||rowspan="2"|Tokyo Verdy||J1 League||14||2||0||0||0||0||14||2
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|2009||J2 League||39||21||0||0||colspan="2"|-||39||21
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|2010||Yokohama FC||J2 League||16||12||0||0||colspan="2"|-||16||12
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|2010||FC Tokyo||J1 League||22||7||2||0||2||0||26||7
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|2011||rowspan="3"|Yokohama F. Marinos||rowspan="3"|J1 League||28||10||3||4||5||3||36||17
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|2012||25||2||1||0||3||1||29||3
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|2013||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0

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|2013||Hangzhou Greentown||Super League||24||3||2||3||colspan="2"|-||26||6

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|2014||rowspan="2"|Kyoto Sanga FC||rowspan="2"|J2 League||42||26||2||1||colspan="2"|-||44||27
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|2015||40||16||3||0||colspan="2"|-||43||16
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|2016||Montedio Yamagata||J2 League||26||9||1||1||colspan="2"|-||27||10
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|2017||Kyoto Sanga FC||J2 League||28||6||1||0||colspan="2"|-||29||6
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|2018||rowspan="2"|Tochigi SC||rowspan="2"|J2 League||40||12||0||0||colspan="2"|-||40||12
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|2019||29||6||0||0||colspan="2"|-||29||6
464||177||20||14||34||12||518||203
19||6||0||0||1||0||20||6
10||0||1||0||colspan="2"|-||11||0
24||3||2||3||colspan="2"|-||26||6
517||186||23||17||35||12||575||215
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|2005||15||5
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|2006||6||0
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|2007||0||0
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|2008||1||0
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!Total||22||5
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References

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1980 births
Living people
Footballers from Osaka Prefecture
Japan international footballers
J1 League players
J2 League players
Gamba Osaka players
Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo players
Tokyo Verdy players
Yokohama FC players
FC Tokyo players
Yokohama F. Marinos players
Kyoto Sanga FC players
Montedio Yamagata players
Tochigi SC players
2006 FIFA World Cup players
2005 FIFA Confederations Cup players