is a former
Japan
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ese
football
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player.
Playing career
Tokura was born in
Kanagawa Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Kanagawa Prefecture is the second-most populous prefecture of Japan at 9,221,129 (1 April 2022) and third-densest at . Its geographic area of makes it fifth-smallest. Kana ...
on May 31, 1971. After graduating from
Aoyama Gakuin University, he joined
Verdy Kawasaki in 1994. He played many matches as left side back from first season. The club also won the champions
1994 J1 League and
1994 J.League Cup
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. However his opportunity to play decreased in 1996. In 1997, he moved to
Japan Football League
The also known as simply the JFL is the 4th tier of the Japanese association football league system, positioned beneath the three divisions of the J.League. The league features fully professional teams that hold J.League associate membership am ...
club
Kawasaki Frontale and he played many matches. In 1998, he moved to
Gamba Osaka. However he could hardly play in the match. In 1999, he moved to
Kyoto Purple Sanga
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and he played as regular player as left side back. In July, he returned to Verdy Kawasaki. However he could hardly play in the match and left the club end of 1999 season. After 1 season blank, he joined
J2 League
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club
Shonan Bellmare
is a Japanese professional football club based in Hiratsuka, in the west of Kanagawa 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 Hiratsuka ...
and played in 1 season. He retired end of 2001 season.
Club statistics
References
External links
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sports.geocities.jp
1971 births
Living people
Aoyama Gakuin University alumni
Association football people from Kanagawa Prefecture
Japanese men's footballers
J1 League players
J2 League players
Japan Football League (1992–1998) players
Tokyo Verdy players
Kawasaki Frontale players
Gamba Osaka players
Kyoto Sanga FC players
Shonan Bellmare players
Men's association football defenders
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