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player.

Playing career

Takemoto was born in

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on October 3, 1973. After graduating from high school, he joined

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club NKK in 1993. Although he played many matches, the club was disbanded end of 1993 season. In 1994, he moved to JFL club Fujieda Blux (later ''Fukuoka Blux'', ''Avispa Fukuoka''). In 1995, he played as regular player and scored 14 goals. The club also won the champions and was promoted to

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from 1996. However he could hardly play in the match in 1996 and he moved to JFL club

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in August 1996. In 1997, although he returned to Avispa, he could not play many matches and moved to JFL club

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. Although he played many matches, the club was disbanded end of 1997 season due to financial strain. In 1998, he moved to JFL club

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. In 1999, he moved to newly was promoted to

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club, Sagan Tosu. In 1999, he played as regular player and scored 16 goals and became a top scorer in the club.J.League
/ref> However he could not play at all in the match for injuries in 2000. From 2001, he played many matches and retired end of 2002 season.

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* 1973 births Living people Association football people from Kanagawa Prefecture Japanese men's footballers J1 League players J2 League players Japan Football League (1992–1998) players NKK SC players Avispa Fukuoka players FC Tokyo players Fukushima FC players Mito HollyHock players Sagan Tosu players Men's association football forwards {{Japan-footy-forward-1970s-stub