Shiro Kikuhara

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

Biography
Kikuhara was born in Kanagawa Prefecture on July 7, 1969. He joined Yomiuri (later Verdy Kawasaki) from youth team in 1985. In February 1986, when he was 16 years old, he debuted in Japan Soccer League. The club won league champions 3 times, JSL Cup 2 times and Emperor's Cup 2 times. In Asia, the club also won 1987 Asian Club Championship. In 1992, Japan Soccer League was folded and founded new league J1 League. The club won 1993 J1 League, 1992 and 1993 J.League Cup. However his opportunity to play decreased. So he moved to Urawa Reds in 1994. He returned to Verdy Kawasaki in 1996 and retired end of the season.

On July 29, 1990, Kikuhara debuted for the Japan national team against China. He also played at 1990 Asian Games. He played 5 games for Japan in 1990.

Statistics

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|1985/86||rowspan=7|Yomiuri||rowspan=7|JSL Division 1||7||0||0||0||0||0||7||0
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|1986/87||0||0||1||0||1||0||2||0
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|1987/88||8||3||1||0||0||0||9||3
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|1988/89||18||3||2||0||3||1||23||4
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|1989/90||21||3||4||1||4||1||29||5
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|1990/91||19||3||2||0||2||0||23||3
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|1991/92||16||1||2||0||4||0||22||1
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|1992||rowspan=2|Verdy Kawasaki||rowspan=2|J1 League||colspan=2|-||2||0||8||1||10||1
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|1993||6||0||2||0||6||0||14||0
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|1994||rowspan=2|Urawa Reds||rowspan=2|J1 League||8||0||3||0||0||0||11||0
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|1995||1||0||0||0||colspan=2|-||1||0
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|1996||Verdy Kawasaki||J1 League||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0
104||13||19||1||28||3||151||17
104||13||19||1||28||3||151||17
|}
Japan National Football Team Database

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|1990||5||0
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!Total||5||0
|}

References

Other websites

Category:1969 births
Category:Living people
Category:Footballers from Kanagawa Prefecture
Category:Japan international footballers
Category:J1 League players
Category:Japan Soccer League players
Category:Tokyo Verdy players
Category:Urawa Red Diamonds players