is a former

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ese

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player.

Playing career

Kitahara was born in Ina on May 10, 1976. After graduating from

Tokyo Gakugei University Tokyo Gakugei University (東京学芸大学, ''Tōkyō gakugei daigaku'') is a national university in Koganei, Tokyo. Founded in 1873, it was chartered as a university in 1949. It is also known as ''Gakudai'' (学大) and TGU, for short. In add ...

, he joined the newly promoted

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club,

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in 1999. He played several matches as a substitute midfielder in early 1999. However he did not play at all in late 1999. In 2000, he moved to the newly promoted J2 club,

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. He played several matches as a substitute midfielder in early 2000. However he did not play at all by the middle of 2000. In 2001, he moved to the Prefectural Leagues club Gunma FC Horikoshi. The club was promoted to the

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in 2002 and the

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in 2004. He retired at the end of the 2004 season.

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* 1976 births Living people Tokyo Gakugei University alumni Association football people from Nagano Prefecture Japanese men's footballers J2 League players Japan Football League players Omiya Ardija players Mito HollyHock players Arte Takasaki players Men's association football midfielders {{Japan-footy-midfielder-1970s-stub