Koichi Hashiratani

Koichi Hashiratani
Personal information
Full name	Koichi Hashiratani
Date of birth	March 1, 1961 (age 63)
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
1983–1992	Nissan Motors
1992–1994	Urawa Reds
1994–1996	Kashiwa Reysol
Total
National team
1979	Japan U-20
1981–1986	Japan
Teams managed
2001–2003	Montedio Yamagata
2004–2006	Kyoto Purple Sanga
2007–2008	Tochigi SC
2013–2016	Giravanz Kitakyushu
Honours
Nissan Motors
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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

Biography

Hashiratani was born in Kyoto on March 1, 1961. After graduating from Kokushikan University, he started his senior career with Japan Soccer League club Nissan Motors since 1983 and played with Nissan Motors 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 J1 League as of the end of 1994 season, and he also made his return to the top flight. He retired as a player end of 1996 season.

In August 1979, when Hashiratani was a Kokushikan University student, he was selected the Japan U-20 national team for 1979 World Youth Championship. On February 8, 1981, he debuted for the 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.

Hashiratani started his coaching career with Montedio Yamagata, where he managed for 3 years from 2001 to 2003. After 6 months of absence, he was named as a manager of Kyoto Purple Sanga in June 2004 when Kyoto was playing in J2 League, 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 in 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 Reds 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 and managed until 2016 season.

Statistics

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Club statistics			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
1983	Nissan Motors	JSL Division 1	18	7					18	7
1984			17	8					17	8
1985/86			22	8			1	0	23	8
1986/87			22	11			1	0	23	11
1987/88			13	3			1	0	14	3
1988/89			22	9			5	1	27	10
1989/90			11	2			4	1	15	3
1990/91			5	0			4	2	9	2
1991/92			10	4			2	0	12	4
1992	Urawa Reds	J1 League	-		4	4	8	6	12	10
1993			18	2	1	0	3	0	22	2
1994			7	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
1994	Kashiwa Reysol	Football League	16	1	0	0	1	0	17	1
1995		J1 League	31	4	2	1	-		33	5
1996		J1 League	25	2	1	0	13	1	39	3
Country	Japan		237	61	8	5	43	11	288	77
Total			237	61	8	5	43	11	288	77