Yoshiaki Kikuchi

Yoshiaki Kikuchi

Personal information
Date of birth	(1995-07-22) 22 July 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth	Miyazaki, Japan
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	JIPPO
Number	41
Youth career
0000–2013	Nissho Gakuen HS
2014–2017	Ryutsu Keizai University
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2014–2015	RKD Ryugasaki	1	(0)
2018–2019	Hennef 05	25	(4)
2019–2021	Leixões	1	(0)
2020	→ Bragança (loan)	6	(3)
2020	→ Estrela (loan)	1	(0)
2021	→ Castro Daire (loan)	6	(1)
2022	IF Gnistan	27	(4)
2023–	JIPPO	52	(20)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 October 2024

Yoshiaki Kikuchi (菊池 禎晃, Kikuchi Yoshiaki, born 22 July 1995) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Finnish club JIPPO in Ykkösliiga.

Career

On 30 March 2023, Kikuchi joined JIPPO in the Finnish third-tier Kakkonen.^[1][2]

Honours

JIPPO

• Kakkonen Promotion play-offs: 2023

Individual

• Ykkösliiga Player of the Month: May 2024^[3]

Career statistics

As of 26 October 2024^[4][5][6]

Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
RKD Ryugasaki	2015	Japan Football League	1	0	0	0	–		0	0	1	0
Hennef 05	2018–19	Mittelrheinliga	25	4	0	0	2[a]	3	4[b]	1	31	8
Leixões	2019–20	LigaPro	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Bragança (loan)	2019–20	Campeonato de Portugal	6	3	0	0	–		0	0	6	3
Estrela (loan)	2020–21	Campeonato de Portugal	1	0	0	0	–		0	0	1	0
Castro Daire (loan)	2020–21	Campeonato de Portugal	6	1	–		–		–		6	1
Gnistan	2022	Ykkönen	27	4	1	0	–		–		28	4
JIPPO	2023	Kakkonen	25	9	1	0	–		–		26	9
	2024	Ykkösliiga	27	11	1	0	–		4	2	32	13
	Total		52	20	2	0	0	0	4	2	58	22
Career total			119	32	3	0	2	3	4	2	128	37

Notes

1. Appearances in the Mittelrheinpokal
2. Appearances in the Kreispokal Sieg

References

1. "Yoshiaki Kikuchi vahvistaa JIPPO-miehistöä – "Haluan olla mukana hyökkäysten päättämisessä"" [Yoshiaki Kikuchi strengthens the JIPPO crew - "I want to be involved in finishing the attacks"] (in Finnish). JIPPO. 30 March 2023. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
2. Yoshiaki Kikuchi, 29, tuli Japanista pelaamaan joukkueeseen, jonka piti olla huono, Yle
3. JIPPO:n Yoshiaki Kikuchi Ykkösliigan toukokuun pelaaja, Finnish FA
4. Yoshiaki Kikuchi at Soccerway. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
5. Yoshiaki Kikuchi at ForaDeJogo (archived)
6. "Statistics" (in German). FuPa. Retrieved 17 January 2019.