is a Japanese former

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who played as a

goalkeeper In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or intercepting o ...

. He started his career with

Kashiwa Reysol is a Japanese professional football club based in Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, part of the Greater Tokyo Area. The club plays in the J1 League, which is the top tier of football in the country. Their home stadium is Sankyo Frontier Kashiwa Stadiu ...

and played the majority of his career for the club, before spending two years on loan at

FC Gifu Football Club Gifu, abbreviated as is a Japanese football club based in Gifu, Japan. They play in the J3 League, the third tier of Japanese professional football. They also run a reserve team that play in the Tōkai Adult League Division 2. Hi ...

. He retired in January 2023 after a 16 year professional career and took up a coaching role with

Criacao Shinjuku is a Japanese semi-professional football club based in Shinjuku, Tokyo. They currently play in the Japan Football League, Japanese 4th-tier of football league, since 2021. History The club was founded by the current chairman Kazutomo Maruyama ...

National team career

In July 2007, Kirihata was called up to the Japan U-20 national team for the

2007 U-20 World Cup The 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup was the 16th edition of the FIFA U-20 World Cup (formerly called the FIFA World Youth Championship), hosted by Canada from 30 June to 22 July 2007. Argentina defeated the Czech Republic in the title game by the score ...

but did not play in any of the matches.

Club statistics

¹Includes Japanese Super Cup,

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and

FIFA Club World Cup The FIFA Club World Cup is an international men's association football competition organised by the ''Fédération Internationale de Football Association'' ( FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The competition was first contested in 200 ...

References

External links

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Profile at Kashiwa Reysol
1987 births Living people Association football people from Yamanashi Prefecture Japanese men's footballers Japan men's youth international footballers J1 League players J2 League players J3 League players Kashiwa Reysol players FC Gifu players Men's association football goalkeepers {{Japan-footy-goalkeeper-stub