Kenta Tokushige (徳重 健太, Tokushige Kenta, born March 9, 1984) is a Japanese football player who plays for Ehime FC.[1]

Kenta Tokushige
徳重 健太
Personal information
Full name Kenta Tokushige
Date of birth (1984-03-09) March 9, 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth Kagoshima, Kagoshima, Japan
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 1+12 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Ehime FC
Number 1
Youth career
1999–2001 Kunimi High School
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2005 Urawa Reds 0 (0)
2004Cerezo Osaka (loan) 1 (0)
2005–2017 Vissel Kobe 138 (0)
2018–2021 V-Varen Nagasaki 90 (0)
2022– Ehime FC 40 (0)
International career
2001 Japan U-17 3 (0)
Medal record
Urawa Reds
Runner-up J1 League 2004
Runner-up J1 League 2005
Winner J.League Cup 2003
Runner-up J.League Cup 2002
Runner-up J.League Cup 2004
Winner Emperor's Cup 2005
Representing  Japan
AFC U-19 Championship
Silver medal – second place 2002 Qatar
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 September 2023

Club career

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Tokushige was born in Kagoshima on March 9, 1984. After graduating from high school, he joined J1 League club Urawa Reds in 2002. However, he was behind Norihiro Yamagishi and Ryota Tsuzuki in selection.

In October 2004, he was loaned to Cerezo Osaka. He debuted against Shimizu S-Pulse on November 23.[2][3] This was his only game for the club. Although he returned to Reds in 2005, he still struggled for minutes and didn't play once.

In August 2005, he moved to Vissel Kobe. Although he played several matches every season, he could not play many matches behind Kota Ogi and Tatsuya Enomoto. From summer 2010, he became a regular goalkeeper under new manager Masahiro Wada.[4] and he played all 34 matches in 2011 season. However Vissel was relegated to J2 League at the end of 2012 season. In 2013, although he lost his position behind new player Kaito Yamamoto, he became a regular goalkeeper in June again and Vissel was promoted to J1 in a year. However he could not play many matches behind Yamamoto and Kim Seung-gyu from 2014.

In 2018, he moved to newly promoted J1 League club V-Varen Nagasaki.[5] Although he played as a regular goalkeeper, V-Varen were relegated to J2 at the end of the 2018 season.

National team career

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In September 2001, Tokushige was selected for the Japan U-17 national team for the 2001 U-17 World Championship. He played in all 3 matches.

Career statistics

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As of end of 2018 season[6][7][8]
Club performance League Cup League Cup Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Japan League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup Total
2002 Urawa Reds J1 League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 Cerezo Osaka J1 League 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Total 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2005 Urawa Reds J1 League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 Vissel Kobe J1 League 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2006 J2 League 3 0 1 0 - 4 0
2007 J1 League 5 0 2 0 4 0 11 0
2008 9 0 2 0 0 0 11 0
2009 0 0 3 0 4 0 7 0
2010 13 0 2 0 2 0 17 0
2011 34 0 0 0 2 0 36 0
2012 31 0 1 0 3 0 35 0
2013 J2 League 24 0 0 0 - 24 0
2014 J1 League 7 0 1 0 1 0 9 0
2015 5 0 3 0 2 0 10 0
2016 0 0 2 0 6 0 8 0
2017 3 0 2 0 3 0 8 0
Total 138 0 19 0 27 0 184 0
2018 V-Varen Nagasaki J1 League 28 0 1 0 2 0 31 0
2019 J2 League
Total 28 0 1 0 2 0 31 0
Career total 167 0 20 0 29 0 216 0

References

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  1. ^ Kenta Tokushige at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)  
  2. ^ Kenta Tokushige at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)  
  3. ^ J.League
  4. ^ J.League
  5. ^ V-Varen Nagasaki(in Japanese)
  6. ^ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "J1&J2&J3選手名鑑ハンディ版 2018 (NSK MOOK)", 7 February 2018, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411529 (p. 140 out of 289)
  7. ^ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "2017 J1&J2&J3選手名鑑 (NSK MOOK)", 8 February 2017, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411420 (p. 60 out of 289)
  8. ^ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "2016J1&J2&J3選手名鑑", 10 February 2016, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411338 (p. 102 out of 289)
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