is a Japanese professional

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who currently plays as an attacking-midfielder or central-midfielder for

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club

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Club career

Zweigen Kanazawa

Ryoya got promoted to the senior squad of

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ahead of the

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season.

Japan Soccer College

In 2019, Ryoya was loaned to fifth tier league club,

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Albirex Niigata (S)

In early February 2020, Ryoya moved to Singapore to sign with

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ahead of the

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season. On 29 February 2020, he scored his first goal for the club in his debut against

. Ryoya would then help the club to win the 2020 league title in his debut season. After making 33 appearances and scoring 14 goals in his two years stay at club, Ryoya would then signed a pre-contract agreement for

side

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on 27 October 2021.

Balestier Khalsa

On 1 January 2022, Ryoya was registered as a Balestier Khalsa player. He scored his first goal for the club against

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on 12 March 2022. Ryoya would then scored his first senior hat-trick against

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in a 5–3 home win on 2 October 2022. On 10 March 2023, Ryoya scored a 90+10' min goal to turn the game from a 3–1 defeat to a 4–3 win which he grab a hat-trick against DPMM. He would go on to have his breakout season scoring 23 league goals in 24 appearances which he became the runners-up in the league goalscoring ranking 2 goals short away

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25 goals.

Career statistics

Club

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Honours

Club

Albirex Niigata Singapore *

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Individual

Team of the Year:

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* 1999 births Living people Sportspeople from Kanazawa, Ishikawa Association football people from Ishikawa Prefecture Japanese men's footballers Japanese expatriate men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Singapore Premier League players Zweigen Kanazawa players Japan Soccer College players Albirex Niigata Singapore FC players Balestier Khalsa FC players Japanese expatriate sportspeople in Singapore Expatriate men's footballers in Singapore {{Japan-footy-midfielder-1990s-stub