is a former

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ese

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player.

Playing career

Nakaharai was born in

Shizuoka Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu. Shizuoka Prefecture has a population of 3,555,818 and has a geographic area of . Shizuoka Prefecture borders Kanagawa Prefecture to the east, Yamanashi Pref ...

on May 22, 1977. After graduating from Shimizu Higashi High School, he joined newly was promoted to

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club,

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in 1996. He became a regular player in 1997 and played many matches for a long time. However the club results were bad every season and was relegated to

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from 2002. In 2001, he moved to

Kyoto Purple Sanga is a Japanese professional football club based in Kyoto. The club plays in the J1 League, the top tier of football in the country. Its name "Sanga" comes from the Sanskrit word ''sangha'', a term meaning "group" or "club" and often used to deno ...

(later ''Kyoto Sanga FC''). He played as regular player from first season and the club won the champions

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. However the club results were bad after that, he also played in J2. Although he served as captain in 2005 and 2006, his opportunity to play decreased in 2007. In 2008, he moved to

for the first time in 7 years. He retired end of 2009 season.J.League
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* 1977 births Living people Association football people from Shizuoka Prefecture Japanese men's footballers J1 League players J2 League players Avispa Fukuoka players Kyoto Sanga FC players Men's association football midfielders 20th-century Japanese sportsmen {{Japan-footy-midfielder-1970s-stub