Kato was born on January 22, 1953. After graduating from Kwansei Gakuin University, he joined Japan Soccer League club Mitsubishi Motors in 1976. In 1978, the club won all three major title in Japan; Japan Soccer League, JSL Cup and Emperor's Cup. The club also won 1980 Emperor's Cup, 1981 JSL Cup and 1982 Japan Soccer League. He retired in 1983. He played 61 games and scored 7 goals in the league.
On August 23, 1979, Kato debuted for the Japan national team against North Korea.
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61||7
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Yukitaka Omi
Omi was born in Tokyo Metropolis on December 15, 1952. He joined Yomiuri in 1971. The club was promoted to new division Japan Soccer League Division 2 in 1972 and Division 1 in 1978. In 1979, the club won their first major title, JSL Cup. The club won the league champions in 1983 and 1984. The club also won 1984 Emperor's Cup and 1985 JSL Cup. He retired in 1986.
On May 23, 1978, Omi debuted for the Japan national team against Thailand. In 1980, he was selected Japan for 1980 Summer Olympics qualification. He played 6 games for Japan until 1980.
After retirement, Omi started coaching career at Yomiuri (later "Tokyo Verdy"). In July 2001, he became a manager as Yasutaro Matsuki successor. However, he was sacked in April 2002. In April 2005, he signed with Arte Takasaki and managed the club in 1 season.
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244||31||23||0||30||2||297||33
!Total||6||0
Ikuo Takahara
Takahara was born on October 14, 1957. After graduating from Ueda Higashi High School, he joined Japan Soccer League club Mitsubishi Motors in 1976. In 1978, the club won all three major title in Japan; Japan Soccer League, JSL Cup and Emperor's Cup. The club also won 1980 Emperor's Cup and 1981 JSL Cup. He retired in 1981. He played 64 games and scored 15 goals in the league.
In March 1980, Takahara was selected the Japan national team for 1980 Summer Olympics qualification. At this qualification, on March 22, he debuted and scored a goal against South Korea. He played 4 games and scored 2 goals for Japan in 1980.
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64||15
!Total||4||2
Hiroyuki Sakashita
Sakashita was born in Miura on May 6, 1959. After graduating from University of Tsukuba, he joined Japan Soccer League club Fujita Industries in 1982. He played as regular player at the club. However, the club was relegated to Division 2 in 1990. He moved to Yomiuri in 1990 and retired in 1991. He played 161 games and scored 5 goals in the league.
In December 1980, when Sakashita was a University of Tsukuba student, he was selected the Japan national team for 1982 World Cup qualification. At this qualification, on December 28, he debuted against Macau.
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161||5
!Total||1||0
Yoshio Kato
Kato was born in Saitama on August 1, 1957. After graduating from Osaka University of Commerce, he joined Japan Soccer League club Furukawa Electric (later "JEF United Ichihara") in 1980. The club won the league champions in 1985/86. The club also won 1982 and 1986 JSL Cup. However, he could not play in the game much, as he was the team's reserve goalkeeper behind Choei Sato. Kato became a regular goalkeeper in later 1980s. He retired in 1993. He played 87 games in the league.
On June 9, 1980, Kato debuted for the Japan national team against Hong Kong. He played 8 games for Japan until 1981.
After retirement, Kato started coaching career at JEF United Ichihara from 1994. In 2000s, he became a goalkeeper coach for U-17 and U-20 Japan national team. In 2006, he became a goalkeeper coach for Japan national team. He coached Japan until 2010 World Cup under manager Ivica Osim and Takeshi Okada.
87||0||0||0||17||0||104||0
87||0||0||0||17||0||104||0
!Total||8||0
Yasuhito Suzuki
Suzuki was born in Osaka Prefecture on December 19, 1959. After graduating from Settsu High School, he joined his local club Yanmar Diesel in 1978. However, he could not play in the game much, as he was the team's reserve goalkeeper behind Kazumi Tsubota. The club won the Japan Soccer League champions in 1980. He retired in 1982. He played 8 games in the league.
In August 1979, Suzuki was selected the Japan U-20 national team for 1979 World Youth Championship and he played in 3 games. In December 1980, he was selected the Japan national team for 1982 World Cup qualification. At this qualification, on December 22, he debuted against Singapore. He played 4 games for Japan in 1980.
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8||0
!Total||4||0
Toyokazu Fukuda
Toyokazu Fukuda (born 26 December 1958) is a former Japanese football player.
Nobutaka Suzuki
Nobutaka Suzuki (born 12 September 1983) is a Japanese football player. He plays for Shonan Bellmare.
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54||1||1||0||55||1
90||1||1||0||91||1
Genki Haraguchi
Haraguchi was born in Kumagaya on May 9, 1991. He joined J1 League club Urawa Reds from their youth team in 2008. He played many matches from 2009. He played 167 matches and scored 33 goals until 2014. In June 2014, he moved to German Bundesliga club Hertha. He played many matches until the 2016/17 season. However he lost his position in the 2017/18 season. In January 2018, he moved to 2. Bundesliga club Fortuna Düsseldorf. In June 2018, he moved to Bundesliga club Hannover. The club was relegated to 2. Bundesliga end of the 2018/19 season.
On October 7, 2011, Haraguchi debuted for the Japan national team against Vietnam. He played many matches as left midfielder under manager Vahid Halilhodžić from summer 2015. In 2018, he was selected Japan under manager Akira Nishino for 2018 World Cup. He played 3 matches as right midfielder and scored a goal against Belgium at the round of 16 match. He also participated 2019 Asian Cup. He played all 7 matches and scored 2 goals, Japan won the 2nd place.
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331||44||16||4||28||3||8||2||383||53
!Total||57||11
Ryo Kanazawa
Ryo Kanazawa (born 19 October 1988) is a Japanese football player. He plays for JEF United Ichihara Chiba.
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3||0||1||0||1||0||5||0
Seiko Yamanaka
Seiko Yamanaka (born 22 January 1989) is a Japanese football player. He plays for Fagiano Okayama.
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0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0
Alceu
Alceu (born 7 May 1984) is a Brazilian football player. He plays for Kashiwa Reysol.
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28||1||1||1||2||1||31||3
96||2||1||1||2||1||99||4
Kota Morimura
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49||5||1||0||0||0||50||5
Nobuyuki Abe (footballer)
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17||0||0||0||0||0||17||0
Kei Uemura
Kei Uemura (born 24 September 1981) is a Japanese football player. He plays for Shonan Bellmare.
17||0||3||0||20||0
17||0||3||0||20||0
Takumi Shimohira
Takumi Shimohira (born 6 October 1988) is a Japanese football player. He plays for Gamba Osaka.
45||0||6||1||4||0||12||0||67||1
45||0||6||1||4||0||12||0||67||1
Shu Kurata
Kurata was born in Takatsuki on November 26, 1988. He joined J1 League club Gamba Osaka from their youth team in 2007. Although he did not play many matches, Gamba won the champions in the 2008 AFC Champions League. In 2010, he moved to J2 League club JEF United Chiba on loan and became a regular player. In 2011, he moved to J1 club Cerezo Osaka. In 2012, he returned to Gamba Osaka. However Gamba was relegated to J2 end of the 2012 season. In 2013, Gamba won the champions and returned to J1 in a year. In 2014, Gamba won all three major title in Japan; J1 League, J.League Cup and Emperor's Cup.
In July 2019, Kurata was selected the Japan national team for 2015 East Asian Cup. At this tournament, he debuted against South Korea on August 5. He played 9 games and scored 2 goals for Japan until 2017.
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367||69||37||5||45||5||32||4||481||83
!Total||9||2
Kenta Hoshihara
Kenta Hoshihara (born 1 May 1988) is a Japanese football player. He plays for Gamba Osaka.
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0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0
Kim Tae-Yeon
Kim Tae-Yeon (born 27 June 1988) is a South Korean professional athlete. He is best known as an association football player.
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