is a former

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player and manager. He played for Japan national team. His younger brother

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Club career

Hashiratani was born in

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on 1 March 1961. After graduating from

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, he started his senior career with

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since

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and played with Nissan for 9 seasons until transferred to

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in 1992, right before

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's inauguration. He experienced another transfer to

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, then playing in

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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

In August 1979, when Hashiratani was a

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

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. In 1982, he was selected Japan for

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. He also played at 1984 Summer Olympics qualification and

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. In September 1986, he was selected Japan for

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. This Game was his last game for Japan. He played 29 games and scored 3 goals for Japan until 1986.Japan National Football Team Database
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Coaching career

After obtaining J.League's S-grade coach license in 1999, Hashiratani started his coaching career with

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, where he managed for 3 years from 2001 season to 2003 season. After 6 months of absence, he was named as a manager of

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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

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playing in

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. After two seasons, he made Tochigi eligible to be promoted to

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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

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, which had a J2 License. The team was promoted to the

in 2017, when a new stadium was to be completed.

Club statistics

National team statistics

Managerial statistics

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References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hashiratani, Koichi 1961 births Living people Kokushikan University alumni Japanese men's footballers Japan men's youth international footballers Japan men's international footballers Japan Soccer League players J1 League players Japan Football League (1992–1998) players 20th-century Japanese sportsmen Yokohama F. Marinos players Urawa Red Diamonds players Kashiwa Reysol players Japanese football managers J1 League managers J2 League managers Montedio Yamagata managers Kyoto Sanga FC managers Tochigi SC managers Giravanz Kitakyushu managers Footballers at the 1982 Asian Games Footballers at the 1986 Asian Games Men's association football forwards Asian Games footballers for Japan Association football people from Kyoto