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Shiro Kikuhara
菊原 志郎
Personal information
Full name Shiro Kikuhara
Date of birth (1969-07-07) July 7, 1969 (age 55)
Place of birth Kanagawa, Japan
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 5+12 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Youth career
Yomiuri
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1985–1996 Verdy Kawasaki 95 (13)
1994–1995 Urawa Reds (loan) 9 (0)
Total 104 (13)
National team
1990 Japan 5 (0)
Honours
Verdy Kawasaki
Winner Japan Soccer League 1986/87
Winner Japan Soccer League 1990/91
Winner Japan Soccer League 1991/92
Runner-up Japan Soccer League 1989/90
Winner J1 League 1993
Winner JSL Cup 1985
Winner JSL Cup 1991
Winner J.League Cup 1992
Winner J.League Cup 1993
Runner-up J.League Cup 1996
Winner Emperor's Cup 1986
Winner Emperor's Cup 1987
Winner Emperor's Cup 1996
Runner-up Emperor's Cup 1991
Runner-up Emperor's Cup 1992
  • Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Shiro Kikuhara (菊原 志郎, Kikuhara Shiro, born July 7, 1969) is a former Japanese football player. He played for Japan national team.

Club career

Kikuhara was born in Kanagawa Prefecture on July 7, 1969. He joined the Yomiuri (later Verdy Kawasaki) youth team in 1985. In February 1986, he debuted in the Japan Soccer League when he was 16 years old. The club won the league championship three times, the JSL Cup twice, and the Emperor's Cup twice. In Asia, the club also won the 1987 Asian Club Championship. In 1992, the Japan Soccer League was dissolved and the new league J1 League was formed. The club won the 1993 J.League and the 1992 and 1993 J.League Cups. However, he gradually played less often. So he moved to the Urawa Reds in 1994. He returned to Verdy Kawasaki in 1996 and retired at the end of the season.

National team career

On July 29, 1990, Kikuhara debuted for Japan national team against China. He also played at 1990 Asian Games. He played 5 games for Japan in 1990.

Club statistics

Club performance League Cup League Cup Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Japan League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup Total
1985/86 Yomiuri JSL Division 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1986/87 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0
1987/88 8 3 1 0 0 0 9 3
1988/89 18 3 2 0 3 1 23 4
1989/90 21 3 4 1 4 1 29 5
1990/91 19 3 2 0 2 0 23 3
1991/92 16 1 2 0 4 0 22 1
1992 Verdy Kawasaki J1 League - 2 0 8 1 10 1
1993 6 0 2 0 6 0 14 0
1994 Urawa Reds J1 League 8 0 3 0 0 0 11 0
1995 1 0 0 0 - 1 0
1996 Verdy Kawasaki J1 League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 104 13 19 1 28 3 151 17

National team statistics

Japan national team
Year Apps Goals
1990 5 0
Total 5 0

See also

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