is a Japanese former

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player.

Playing career

Kurihara was born in

Chiba Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Chiba Prefecture has a population of 6,278,060 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of . Chiba Prefecture borders Ibaraki Prefecture to the north, Saitama Prefecture to the ...

on July 29, 1977. He joined his local club,

JEF United Ichihara , full name and also known as , is a Japanese professional football club that plays in the J2 League. On 1 February 2005, the club changed its name from ''JEF United Ichihara'' to the current name after Chiba city had joined Ichihara, Chiba as ...

youth team in 1996. He played many matches as left side back and left side midfielder. The club also won second place in the 1998 J.League Cup. He retired at the end of the 1999 season.

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* 1977 births Living people Association football people from Chiba Prefecture Japanese men's footballers J1 League players JEF United Chiba players Men's association football defenders {{Japan-footy-defender-1970s-stub