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is a Japanese
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player who plays as a
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for club FC Tokyo and the Japan national team.


Club career


FC Tokyo

Considered one of the best prospects in FC Tokyo's youth ranks, he first joined the first-team squad from the 2011 J.League Division 2 season. He didn't manage to amass much playing time in the squad, so Hashimoto was loaned to Roasso Kumamoto for the 2013 and 2014 seasons.


Rostov

On 9 July 2020,
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club
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announced that they had reached an agreement with FC Tokyo for Hashimoto's transfer, and he would move pending a medical. The Japanese footballer signed a 4-year contract with Rostov after arriving in Russia and completing the medical exam. On 23 August 2020, he scored his first goal for Rostov to secure a 1–0 away victory over FC Ufa. In their next game 3 days later he once again scored the only goal of the game to beat FC Ural Yekaterinburg 1–0. On 19 February 2021, Rostov removed Hashimoto from their official squad as registered with the league. That was expected to be temporary, as Russian clubs are only allowed to have 8 foreign players registered at the same time, and Hashimoto was injured at the time. He was returned to the squad list on 24 February after the loan of David Toshevski freed up a foreign player spot.


Loan to Vissel Kobe

On 27 March 2022, Hashimoto returned to Japan and signed for
Vissel Kobe is a Japanese professional football club based in Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture. The club plays in the J1 League, which is the top tier of football in the country. They are currently the J1 League champions. The club's home stadium is Noevir Stad ...
firstly on a three-month transfer from Russia's FC Rostov after a FIFA ruling temporarily freezing the contracts of foreign players signed with Russian clubs and allowing them to go elsewhere. On 1 July 2022, his contract was officially extended for an undisclosed period.


Huesca

On 18 July 2022, Hashimoto signed with
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in Spain. On 3 September 2023, Hashimoto returned to Huesca on a permanent basis and signed a two-year contract.


Eibar

On 29 August 2024, Hashimoto signed a one-year deal with Eibar also in the Spanish
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.


Return to FC Tokyo

On 9 January 2025, Eibar announce official transfer of Hashimoto to J1 club FC Tokyo for 2025 season.


International career

Hashimoto made his debut for the
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on 26 March 2019 in a friendly against Bolivia, as a starter.


Career statistics


Club

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Reserves performance

Last Updated: 25 February 2019


International goals


Honours


International

* EAFF Championship:
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Individual

* J.League Best XI:
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References


External links

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Profile at FC Tokyo
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hashimoto, Kento 1993 births Living people Association football people from Tokyo Japanese men's footballers Japan men's international footballers J1 League players J2 League players J3 League players 21st-century Japanese sportsmen Segunda División players FC Tokyo players FC Tokyo U-23 players Roasso Kumamoto players FC Rostov players Vissel Kobe players SD Huesca footballers SD Eibar footballers J.League U-22 Selection players Russian Premier League players Men's association football midfielders Japanese expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Russia Japanese expatriate sportspeople in Russia Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Japanese expatriate sportspeople in Spain People from Itabashi