is a Japanese professional

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who plays as a

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for club

Yokohama F. Marinos is a Japanese professional football club based in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, part of the Greater Tokyo Area. The club competes in the J1 League, which is the top tier of football in the country. Having won the J-League title four times an ...

Career

Kamijima started his professional career as a specially designated player for

Kashiwa Reysol is a Japanese professional football club based in Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, part of the Greater Tokyo Area. The club plays in the J1 League, which is the top tier of football in the country. Their home stadium is Sankyo Frontier Kashiwa Stadium ...

, from

Chuo University , commonly referred to as or , is a private flagship research university in Tokyo, Japan. Founded in 1885 as Igirisu Hōritsu Gakkō (the English Law School), Chuo is one of the oldest and most prestigious institutions in the country. The univer ...

in the

2018 J1 League The 2018 J1 League, also known as the for sponsorship reasons, was the 26th season of J1 League, the top Japanese professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1993. Kawasaki Frontale were the defending champi ...

season. He joined the team fully from the 2019 season. At the end of his first full season at Kashiwa where he made 14 appearances across all competitions, Kamijima joined

Avispa Fukuoka is a Japanese professional football club, currently competing in the J1 League. The team is located in Hakata, Fukuoka. "Avispa" means " wasp" in Spanish. They were originally called Fujieda Blux and based in Fujieda, Shizuoka before moving ...

on loan for the 2020 season. He went on to make 41 appearances and he scored his first professional goal in a 1–0 league victory over

Tokushima Vortis is a Japanese professional football club, currently playing in the J2 League. The team is located in Tokushima, Tokushima Prefecture. Their home stadium is Naruto Otsuka Sports Park Pocari Sweat Stadium, in Naruto, Tokushima. The name, "Vorti ...

. Kamijima returned to Kashiwa where he played for two more seasons in the J1 League, making a further 57 appearances for the club. On 14 December 2022, it was announced Kamijima would be moving to J1 League champions

for the 2023 season.

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* * 1997 births Living people Japanese footballers Association football defenders Chuo University alumni J1 League players J2 League players Kashiwa Reysol players Avispa Fukuoka players Yokohama F. Marinos players {{Japan-footy-defender-1990s-stub