Ko Arima

Ko Arima
有馬洪
Personal information
Full name	Ko Arima
Date of birth	August 22, 1917
Place of birth	Empire of Japan
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	Tokyo Imperial University
Senior career*
Years	Team
	Sankyo Pharmaceuticals
International career
1951	Japan
Medal record
University of Tokyo LB
Representing Japan
Asian Games
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ko Arima (有馬洪, Arima Kō, born August 22, 1917) is a Japanese former football player. He played for Japan national team.

Club career

Arima was born on August 22, 1917. After graduating from Tokyo Imperial University (currently University of Tokyo), he played for Sankyo Pharmaceuticals. He also played for University of Tokyo LB, which was composed of his alma mater University of Tokyo players and graduates. At University of Tokyo LB, he won the 1949 Emperor's Cup with Masao Ono and the rest of the team.

National team career

In March 1951, when Arima was 33 years old, he was selected for the Japan national team for Japan's first game after World War II in the 1951 Asian Games. At this competition, on March 7, he first played against Iran. He played three games for Japan in 1951.^[1]