is a former

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ese

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player.

Playing career

Hashimoto was born on January 13, 1969. In 1984, when he was 15 years old, he moved to Brazil and joined XV Novembro-Jaú. In the early 1990s, he played for

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and

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. In July 1995, he returned to Japan and he joined the newly promoted

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club Kashiwa Reysol and played in one season. In 1997, he joined the Japan Football League club

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. However, the club was disbanded at the end of the 1997 season due to financial strain. From 1999, he played for the Brazilian clubs Juazeiro, Paraná, Santa Cruz, and

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. He retired at the end of the 2003 season.

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1969 births Living people Japanese men's footballers Japanese expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Brazil Sport Club Corinthians Paulista players J1 League players Japan Football League (1992–1998) players Kashiwa Reysol players Fukushima FC players Men's association football midfielders {{Japan-footy-midfielder-1960s-stub