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Playing career

Kitamura was born in

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on May 27, 1982. After graduating from high school, he joined the newly promoted

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club,

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in 2001. He played many matches as forward and offensive midfielder during the first season. Although the club results were bad every season until 2005, Yokohama FC won the championship in the 2006 season and was promoted to the

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. However he left the club at the end of the 2006 season without playing J1. In 2007, he moved to the J2 club

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. He became a regular player as a forward. Montedio won second place in

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and was promoted to J1. Although he played as a regular player every season, he could hardly play in the match and Montedio finished in last place in 2011. In 2012, Montedio was relegated to J2 and he also could hardly play in the match. In 2013, he moved to his local club Veertien Kuwana in the Prefectural Leagues. He retired at the end of the 2013 season.

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* 1982 births Living people Association football people from Mie Prefecture Japanese men's footballers J1 League players J2 League players Yokohama FC players Montedio Yamagata players Veertien Mie players Men's association football forwards 21st-century Japanese sportsmen {{Japan-footy-forward-1980s-stub