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 (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 Apps (Gls)
1983–1992 Nissan Motors 140 (52)
1992–1994 Urawa Reds 25 (2)
1994–1996 Kashiwa Reysol 72 (7)
Total 237 (61)
International career
1979 Japan U-20 2 (0)
1981–1986 Japan 29 (3)
Managerial career
2001–2003 Montedio Yamagata
2004–2006 Kyoto Purple Sanga
2007–2008 Tochigi SC
2013–2016 Giravanz Kitakyushu
Medal record
Nissan Motors
Winner Japan Soccer League 1988/89
Winner Japan Soccer League 1989/90
Runner-up Japan Soccer League 1983
Runner-up Japan Soccer League 1984
Runner-up Japan Soccer League 1990/91
Runner-up Japan Soccer League 1991/92
Winner JSL Cup 1988
Winner JSL Cup 1989
Winner JSL Cup 1990
Runner-up JSL Cup 1983
Runner-up JSL Cup 1985
Runner-up JSL Cup 1986
Winner Emperor's Cup 1983
Winner Emperor's Cup 1985
Winner Emperor's Cup 1988
Winner Emperor's Cup 1989
Winner Emperor's Cup 1991
Runner-up Emperor's Cup 1990
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

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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

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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

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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

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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
1983 Nissan Motors JSL Division 1 18 7 5 5 4 2 27 14
1984 17 8 4 2 0 0 21 10
1985/86 22 8 5 6 1 0 28 14
1986/87 22 11 4 1 1 0 27 12
1987/88 13 3 3 1 1 0 17 4
1988/89 22 9 5 2 5 1 32 12
1989/90 11 2 5 1 4 1 20 4
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 25 2 1 0 13 1 39 3
Total 237 61 39 23 47 13 323 97

National team statistics

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[1]

Japan national team
Year Apps Goals
1981 9 0
1982 3 0
1983 1 0
1984 5 1
1985 9 2
1986 2 0
Total 29 3

Managerial statistics

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Team From To Record
G W D L Win %
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

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