Kenta Tokushige

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
Place of birth Kagoshima, Kagoshima, Japan
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 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)
2004 → Cerezo 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-upJ1 League2004
Runner-upJ1 League2005
WinnerJ.League Cup2003
Runner-upJ.League Cup2002
Runner-upJ.League Cup2004
WinnerEmperor's Cup2005
Representing  Japan
AFC U-19 Championship
Silver medal – second place2002 Qatar
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 September 2023

Club career

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

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
As of end of 2018 season[6][7][8]
Club performance League Cup League Cup Total
Season Club League AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Japan League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup Total
2002Urawa RedsJ1 League00000000
200300000000
200400000000
Total00000000
2004Cerezo OsakaJ1 League10000010
Total10000010
2005Urawa RedsJ1 League00000000
Total00000000
2005Vissel KobeJ1 League40000040
2006J2 League3010-40
2007J1 League502040110
2008902000110
200900304070
20101302020170
20113400020360
20123101030350
2013J2 League24000-240
2014J1 League70101090
2015503020100
201600206080
201730203080
Total13801902701840
2018V-Varen NagasakiJ1 League2801020310
2019J2 League
Total2801020310
Career total 16702002902160

References
  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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