is a Japanese

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player who plays for

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club SD Huesca on loan from Russian club Rostov and the Japan national team as a defensive midfielder.

Club career

Tokyo

Considered one of the best prospects in

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's youth ranks, he first joined the first-team squad from the 2011 J.League Division 2 season. He didn't manage to amass much playing time in the squad, so Hashimoto was loaned to Roasso Kumamoto for the 2013 and 2014 seasons.

Rostov

On 9 July 2020, Russian Premier League club FC Rostov announced that they had reached an agreement with

for Hashimoto's transfer, and he would move pending a medical. The Japanese footballer signed a 4-year contract with Rostov after arriving in Russia and completing the medical exam. On 23 August 2020, he scored his first goal for Rostov to secure a 1–0 away victory over FC Ufa. In their next game 3 days later he once again scored the only goal of the game to beat FC Ural Yekaterinburg 1–0. On 19 February 2021, Rostov removed Hashimoto from their official squad as registered with the league. That was expected to be temporary, as Russian clubs are only allowed to have 8 foreign players registered at the same time, and Hashimoto was injured at the time. He was returned to the squad list on 24 February after the loan of

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freed up a foreign player spot.

Loan to Vissel Kobe

On 27 March 2022, Hashimoto returned to Japan and signed for Vissel Kobe firstly on a three-month transfer from Russia's FC Rostov after a FIFA ruling temporarily freezing the contracts of foreign players signed with Russian clubs and allowing them to go elsewhere. On 1 July 2022, his contract was officially extended for an undisclosed period.

Loan to Huesca

On 18 July 2022, Hashimoto signed with Huesca in Spain.

International

He made his debut for the

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on 26 March 2019 in a friendly against Bolivia, as a starter.

Career statistics

Club

''Updated to 25 November 2022''.

Reserves performance

Last Updated: 25 February 2019

International goals

Honours

Individual

* J.League Best XI:

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References

External links

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Profile at FC Tokyo
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hashimoto, Kento 1993 births Living people Association football people from Tokyo Japanese footballers Japan international footballers J1 League players J2 League players J3 League players FC Tokyo players FC Tokyo U-23 players Roasso Kumamoto players FC Rostov players Vissel Kobe players SD Huesca footballers J.League U-22 Selection players Russian Premier League players Association football midfielders Japanese expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Russia Japanese expatriate sportspeople in Russia Expatriate footballers in Spain Japanese expatriate sportspeople in Spain