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Playing career

Morikawa was born in Hamamatsu on July 11, 1977. After graduating from Shizuoka Gakuen High School, he joined

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club Kashiwa Reysol in 1996. In 1998, he played many matches as left defender of three backs defense and defensive midfielder. However he could not play at all in the match in 1999. In April 1999, he moved to newly was promoted to

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club, Kawasaki Frontale. He became a regular player as left defender of three backs defense. The club also won the champions in 1999 and was promoted to J1 from 2000. However his opportunity to play decreased in 2000. Although the club won the 2nd place J.League Cup, the club was relegated to J2 in a year. In 2001, he moved to newly was promoted to

club, Consadole Sapporo on loan. In 2002, he returned to Kashiwa Reysol. However he could hardly play in the match. In 2003, he moved to

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. Although the club was relegated to J2 from 2004, he became a regular player from 2004. In 2006, he moved to Japan Football League club

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. Although he played as regular player in 2006, his opportunity to play decreased for injury in 2007 and retired end of 2007 season.

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* 1977 births Living people Japanese men's footballers J1 League players J2 League players Japan Football League players Kashiwa Reysol players Kawasaki Frontale players Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo players Vegalta Sendai players Roasso Kumamoto players Men's association football defenders Association football people from Hamamatsu {{Japan-footy-defender-1970s-stub