was a Japanese football player. He played for Japan's national team. His brother is journalist and former footballer

Hiroshi Kagawa is Japanese former football player and journalist. His brother Taro Kagawa was also footballer. Playing career Hiroshi Kagawa was born in Kobe in 1924. After graduating from Kobe University of Commerce, he played for Osaka SC. He and his te ...

Club career

Kagawa was born in

Kobe Kobe ( , ; officially , ) is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture Japan. With a population around 1.5 million, Kobe is Japan's seventh-largest city and the third-largest port city after Tokyo and Yokohama. It is located in Kansai region, w ...

on August 9, 1922. After graduating from Kobe University of Economics, he joined Tanabe Pharmaceutical in 1948. He also played for

Osaka SC is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the third most populous city in Japan, following Special wards of Tokyo and Yokohama. With a population of 2 ...

. At Osaka SC, he won the 2nd place at

Emperor's Cup , commonly known as or also Japan FA Cup is a Japanese football competition. It has the longest tradition of any football match in Japan, dating back to 1921, before the formation of the J.League, Japan Football League and their predecessor, ...

3 times (

1951 Events January * January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950). * January 9 – The Government of the Uni ...

1952 Events January–February * January 26 – Cairo Fire, Black Saturday in Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses. * February 6 ** Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh ...

and 1953).

National team career

In March 1951, Kagawa was selected to the Japan national team for Japan's first game after

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, at the

1951 Asian Games The 1951 Asian Games ( hi, 1951 एशियाई खेल; Marathi: १९५१ आशियाई खेळ), officially known as the First Asian Games, was a multi-sport event celebrated in New Delhi, India from 4 to 11 March 1951. The Game ...

. At this competition, on March 7, he debuted against

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. He also played at the

1954 Asian Games The 1954 Asian Games ( fil, Palarong Asyano 1954), officially known as the Second Asian Games – Manila 1954 was a multi-sport event held in Manila, Philippines, from May 1 to 9, 1954. A total of 970 athletes from 19 Asian National Olympic Commi ...

. He played 5 games for Japan until 1954.Japan National Football Team Database
/ref> Kagawa died on March 6, 1990, at the age of 67. In 2006, he was selected to the

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National team statistics

Honours

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Bronze medal:

References

External links

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Japan National Football Team Database
at

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1922 births 1990 deaths Kobe University alumni Association football people from Hyōgo Prefecture Japanese men's footballers Japan men's international footballers Tanabe Mitsubishi Pharma SC players Asian Games medalists in football Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan Footballers at the 1951 Asian Games Medalists at the 1951 Asian Games Footballers at the 1954 Asian Games Men's association football forwards {{Japan-footy-forward-stub