Shinji Kagawa
In the summer of 2004, Furuhashi signed his first full-professional contract with J1 League team Cerezo Osaka. He scored on his Cerezo debut, a 4–3 win over FC Tokyo. He had an instant impact and quickly became a regular at Nagai Park. During his time there he formed notable strike partnerships with Hiroaki Morishima, Akinori Nishizawa, Shinji Kagawa and Rui Komatsu. Furuhashi moved to Montedio Yamagata in January 2009, after scoring 44 goals in 146 appearances for Cerezo.