is a Japanese

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

player, who plays for Fujieda MYFC as a midfielder.

Career

Iwabuchi attended

Meiji University , abbreviated as Meiji (明治) or Meidai (明大'')'', is a private research university located in Chiyoda City, the heart of Tokyo, Japan. Established in 1881 as Meiji Law School (明治法律学校, ''Meiji Hōritsu Gakkō'') by three Meiji-er ...

from 2009 to 2012. With Toyofumi Sakano, he was recognised as one of the best prospects in the country. Born as forward, he developed into a side-midfielder. After university, he signed for

Matsumoto Yamaga or Simply Matsumoto Yamaga FC (松本山雅, ''Matsumoto Yamaga Efu Shī'') is the Japanese football (soccer) club based in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture. The club currently play in the J3 League after relegation from J2 League at the end of the ...

before being loaned first to JFL-side

Renofa Yamaguchi is a Japanese professional Association football, football club based in Yamaguchi (city), Yamaguchi, the capital of Yamaguchi Prefecture. They currently play in the J2 League, the second tier of professional football in Japanese association foot ...

, then to J3

FC Ryūkyū are an Association football club from the Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. In 2022, after spending four years in the J2 League, the club was relegated. They will play on J3 League from the 2023 season. The team derive their name from Ryukyu, the hist ...

. From January 2016, he moved definitely to

SC Sagamihara is a Japanese association football club based in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture. They currently play in the third tier of Japanese football J3 League. History In 2011 they joined Division 2 of the Kanto Regional League after three years of co ...

Club statistics

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"2016J1&J2&J3選手名鑑"
10 February 2016, Japan, (p. 257 out of 289)

Personal life

Iwabuchi has a younger sister, Mana, who is also a professional footballer and has been capped at international level for

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

References

External links

Profile at Fujieda MYFCProfile at SC Sagamihara
* 1990 births Living people Meiji University alumni Association football people from Tokyo Metropolis Japanese footballers J2 League players J3 League players Japan Football League players Matsumoto Yamaga FC players Renofa Yamaguchi FC players FC Ryukyu players SC Sagamihara players Iwate Grulla Morioka players Fujieda MYFC players Men's association football midfielders People from Musashino, Tokyo {{Japan-footy-midfielder-1990s-stub