Koichi Hashiratani

Koichi Hashiratani (柱谷 幸一, Hashiratani Koichi, born 1 March 1961) is a former Japanese football player and manager. He played for Japan national team. His younger brother Tetsuji Hashiratani is also a former footballer.

Koichi Hashiratani
柱谷 幸一
Personal information
Full name Koichi Hashiratani
Date of birth (1961-03-01) 1 March 1961
Place of birth Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1976–1978 Kyoto Commercial High School
1979–1982 Kokushikan University
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1983–1992 Nissan Motors 140 (52)
1992–1994 Urawa Reds 25 (2)
1994–1996 Kashiwa Reysol 72 (7)
Total 237 (61)
National team
1979 Japan U-20 2 (0)
1981–1986 Japan 29 (3)
Teams managed
2001–2003 Montedio Yamagata
2004–2006 Kyoto Purple Sanga
2007–2008 Tochigi SC
2013–2016 Giravanz Kitakyushu
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Hashiratani was born in Kyoto on 1 March 1961. After graduating from Kokushikan University, he started his senior career with Nissan Motors since 1983 and played with Nissan for 9 seasons until transferred to Urawa Reds in 1992, right before J1 League's inauguration. He experienced another transfer to Kashiwa Reysol, then playing in Japan Football League in June 1994. Kashiwa was promoted to J.League as of the end of 1994 season, and he also made his return to the top flight. After 2 1/2 seasons playing with Kashiwa, he retired as a player.

National team career

In August 1979, when Hashiratani was a Kokushikan University student, he was selected Japan U-20 national team for 1979 World Youth Championship. On 8 February 1981, he debuted for Japan national team against Malaysia. In 1982, he was selected Japan for 1982 Asian Games. He also played at 1984 Summer Olympics qualification and 1986 World Cup qualification. In September 1986, he was selected Japan for 1986 Asian Games. This Game was his last game for Japan. He played 29 games and scored 3 goals for Japan until 1986.[1]

Coaching career

After obtaining J.League's S-grade coach license in 1999, Hashiratani started his coaching career with Montedio Yamagata, where he managed for 3 years from 2001 season to 2003 season. After 6 months of absence, he was named as a manager of Kyoto Purple Sanga in June 2004 when Kyoto was playing in the 2nd division, then contributed to Kyoto's promotion back to the top flight after the 2005 season. However, due to the poor performances and turnouts of the club, he was dismissed on 3 October about 2 months before the end of 2006 season.

He was named as a manager of Tochigi SC playing in Japan Football League in 2007. After two seasons, he made Tochigi eligible to be promoted to J2 League as the club finished 2nd in 2008 season, but was dismissed because he was unable to reach the consent with top managements about his pay, as well as recruiting of new players.

He was named as a General Manager of Urawa in December 2009, but was dismissed due to Urawa's poor performance in 2011 season.

After spending one season as a commentator in 2012, he was named manager of Giravanz Kitakyushu, which had a J2 License. The team was promoted to the J1 League in 2017, when a new stadium was to be completed.

Club statistics

Club performance League Cup League Cup Total
Season Club League AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Japan League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup Total
1983Nissan MotorsJSL Division 1187187
1984178178
1985/86228228
1986/8722112211
1987/88133133
1988/89229229
1989/9011241153
1990/91504292
1991/9210420124
1992Urawa RedsJ1 League-44861210
19931821030222
199470000070
1994Kashiwa ReysolFootball League1610010171
1995J1 League31421-335
199625210131393
Total 2376185351028076

National team statistics

[1]

Japan national team
YearAppsGoals
198190
198230
198310
198451
198592
198620
Total293

Managerial statistics

[2]

Team From To Record
GWDLWin %
Montedio Yamagata 2001 2003 132 48 33 51 036.36
Kyoto Purple Sanga 2004 2006 96 48 18 30 050.00
Giravanz Kitakyushu 2013 2016 168 57 40 71 033.93
Total 396 153 91 152 038.64

References

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