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player who plays as a Forward and currently play for club,

Tochigi City FC Tochigi City Football Club (栃木シティフットボールクラブ, ''Tochigi Shiti Futtobōrukurabu''), commonly known as Tochigi City (栃木シティ, ''Tochigi Shiti Efushi'') is a Japanese football club based in Tochigi City, Tochigi P ...

, on loan from

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Early life

Ken was born in Shibuya. He played youth football with Yokohama F. Marinos and Kawasaki Frontale.

Career

Ken started his career with Kawasaki Frontale. He stayed with them for a few years before joining Thespa. His time at Thespa was successful in the 2009 season, scoring 23 goals in 43 games in the league. He joined Vissel Kobe shortly after. On 30 June 2012, Tokura scored a long-distance goal from outside the penalty box and celebrated his goal with a "

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-style" celebration, which resembles the celebration after Balotelli's second goal against Germany in Euro 2012 Semi Final. He was then given a yellow card by the referee. Ken joined Consadole Sapporo a few years later. He joined Cerezo a few years later. He made his debut for Cerezo against Vissel Kobe, coming on in the 65th minute for Kota Mizunuma. He scored his first goal for the club against

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, scoring in the 35th minute. Ken joined V-Varen Nagasaki after Cerezo. He made his debut for V-Varen against

Zweigen Kanazawa Zweigen Kanazawa (ツエーゲン金沢, ''Tsuēgen Kanazawa'') is a Japanese football club based in Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture. They currently play in the J3 League, Japan's third tier of professional league football after ...

, coming on in the 67th minute for

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. He scored his first goal for V-Varen in the 87th minute against

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. In 2024, Tokura joined to J3 club,

. On 13 December 2024, Tokura joined to newly promoted J3 club,

on loan from 2025 season.

Career statistics

Club

.Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社
"2017 J1&J2&J3選手名鑑 (NSK MOOK)"
8 February 2017, Japan, (p. 129 out of 289)

Notes

References

External links

Profile at Consadole Sapporo

Profile at Tochigi City FC
* * 1986 births Living people Association football people from Tokyo Japanese men's footballers J1 League players J2 League players category:J3 League players Kawasaki Frontale players Thespa Gunma players Vissel Kobe players Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo players Cerezo Osaka players V-Varen Nagasaki players Iwate Grulla Morioka players Tochigi City FC players Men's association football forwards People from Shibuya 21st-century Japanese sportsmen {{Japan-footy-forward-1980s-stub