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Kikugawa was born in Fujieda on September 12, 1944. After graduating from Meiji University, he joined the
Mitsubishi Motors
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and 1973 Emperor's Cups. He retired in 1974. He played 94 games and scored 2 goals in the league. He was selected as one of the Best Eleven in 1969.
South Korea
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. He also played at the 1970 Asian Games. He played 16 games for Japan until 1971.Japan National Football Team Database /ref>
Coaching career
After retirement in 1982, Kikugawa signed with a new club, the Chuo Bohan (later ''Avispa Fukuoka''), based in his local league in Fujieda and became a manager. In 1991, he got the club promoted to the
Japan Soccer League
, or JSL, was the top flight association football league in Japan between 1965 and 1992, and was the precursor to the current professional league, the J.League. JSL was the second national league of a team sport in Japan after the professional ...
Division 2. He resigned in 1994. In 1999, he succeeded
Takaji Mori
was a Japanese football player and manager. He played for Japan national team.
Club career
Mori was born in Fukuyama on November 24, 1943. He played for Waseda University. He won 1963 and 1966 Emperor's Cup at university. After graduating f ...
as manager for one season.
Personal life and death
Kikugawa died from pneumonia on December 2, 2022, at the age of 78.
Japan Soccer League
, or JSL, was the top flight association football league in Japan between 1965 and 1992, and was the precursor to the current professional league, the J.League. JSL was the second national league of a team sport in Japan after the professional ...