is a Japanese professional ice hockey

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currently playing for the

Oji Eagles Red Eagles Hokkaido (レッドイーグルス北海道) are a professional ice hockey team based in Tomakomai city on Hokkaidō, Japan. They are members of the Asia League Ice Hockey. History The club was founded as the Oji Eagles in 1925. They h ...

of the Asia League. He began his professional career in 2003-2004, at the American

ECHL The ECHL (formerly the East Coast Hockey League) is a mid-level professional ice hockey league based in Shrewsbury, New Jersey, with teams scattered across the United States and Canada. It is a tier below the American Hockey League (AHL). The E ...

, playing for the

Peoria Rivermen Peoria Rivermen is the name of four minor league hockey clubs: *Peoria Rivermen (IHL), named as such 1984–1996, formerly the Peoria Prancers 1982–1984 *Peoria Rivermen (ECHL), 1996–2005 *Peoria Rivermen (AHL), 2005–2013 *Peoria Rivermen (SP ...

Charlotte Checkers The Charlotte Checkers are a minor-league professional ice hockey team based in Charlotte, North Carolina. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference in the American Hockey League (AHL), and are the top minor league affi ...

and

Augusta Lynx The Augusta Lynx were a minor-league professional ice hockey team based in Augusta, Georgia. The Lynx played their home games at the James Brown Arena. The Lynx, who played in the ECHL, had affiliations with the Tampa Bay Lightning of the NHL ...

; later he played for the Kokudo/Seibu Prince Rabbits between 2004 and 2009; for the

Nippon Paper Cranes The were an Asia League Ice Hockey team based in Kushiro City in Hokkaidō, Japan. History The club was founded as Jūjō Paper Kushiro Ice Hockey Club in 1949. They adopted the new name Nippon Paper Cranes in 1993 when Jūjō Paper and Sany� ...

from 2009 to 2014; and since 2014, the (Oji Eagles. He also has played for the Japan national team since 2000 (Japan U20 and Senior).

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1981 births Living people Japanese ice hockey centres People from Kushiro, Hokkaido Augusta Lynx players Charlotte Checkers (1993–2010) players Kokudo Keikaku players Nippon Paper Cranes players Oji Eagles players Peoria Rivermen (ECHL) players Seibu Prince Rabbits players Sportspeople from Hokkaido Asian Games gold medalists for Japan Medalists at the 2003 Asian Winter Games Medalists at the 2007 Asian Winter Games Ice hockey players at the 2003 Asian Winter Games Ice hockey players at the 2007 Asian Winter Games Asian Games medalists in ice hockey {{Japan-icehockey-bio-stub