is a Japanese professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club Celtic and the Japan national team.

Early life

Hatate was born in Suzuka,

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and played youth football for FC Yokkaichi before studying at Shizuoka Gakuen High School and later, the

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. While studying at the Juntendo University, it was announced that Hatate would sign for

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side

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in 2020, when he graduates. He joined Frontale in 2018 as a designated special player and was approved to continue as a designated player in 2019.

University

Rated as one of the country's most promising university prospects, Hatate was called up to the Japanese University Team to play at the

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, where he scored three goals, helping Japan to win the title for the sixth time. He also featured at the 2018 AFC U-23 Championship, however he did not score in this competition. Hatate helped Japan to the

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title in July 2019, scoring two goals, including one against Brazil in the final.

Club career

Hatate made his debut at the end of the

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season, coming on as a substitute for Hiroyuki Abe in a 2–1 win over

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. The following season, he would go on to establish himself in the Kawasaki Frontale team. Due to his versatility, he was utilised mostly as a left wing-back, but also played as an attacking midfielder, and on both wings. He finished the season with six goals in 38 appearances in all competitions, as Frontale went on to win the

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Celtic

On 31 December 2021, Hatate was announced to have signed a four-and-a-half year deal with

club Celtic for a fee believed to be in the region of £1.4 million. On 17 January 2022, he made his debut in a 2–0 win against Hibernian and was awarded man of the match. On 2 February, Hatate recorded two goals and one assist in a 3–0

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win against Rangers. Hatate would go on to help Celtic win the 2021–22 Scottish Premiership league title that year. In the following season, Hatate made his

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debut against

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. Although Celtic lost the match 3–0, Hatate was praised highly by fans and media outlets alike for his performance against ''Los Blancos.'' On 24 December 2022, due to the unavailability of

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and an injury to Anthony Ralston - Hatate started as a

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in their Scottish Premiership home fixture against

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, where Hatate would go on to score a brace in a 4–1 home win for Celtic. Hatate was given another man of the match award for this showing, with his ability to be versatile in a number of positions being highlighted by Celtic manager Ange Postecoglou.

International career

In 2019, he gained international recognition for his performances at the

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, where he scored two goals to help Japan to the final, where they were eventually defeated on penalties by Brazil. Hatate missed Japan's final penalty, handing the title to Brazil. Having represented Japan at youth level, Hatate was called up to the Japan U24 team for the

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. On 29 March 2022, Hatate made his debut for Japan against

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in a World Cup Qualifier. Despite his form at Celtic during the 2022-23 season, Hatate was not included in the Japan squad for the

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. This came as a surprise to many supporters and media outlets at the time, where Japan manager Hajime Moriyasu justified his decision by saying: "We selected players who will be on the same wavelength as a team, who will be able to move and link up together, who through their organisation will be able to make use of their individual strengths".

Other work

Hatate has written articles for Japanese website ''From the Athlete,'' where he reflects on his footballing career so far. His first piece was published shortly after his debut for Celtic, where he spoke about his development at Kawasaki Frontale and his time with Japan under-23s at the 2020 Summer Olympics in

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Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Kawasaki Frontale *

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Celtic *

: 2021–22 Individual * J.League Best XI:

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hatate, Reo 1997 births Living people Association football people from Mie Prefecture Juntendo University alumni Japanese footballers Japanese expatriate footballers Japan youth international footballers Association football defenders Association football midfielders Association football forwards Association football utility players J1 League players Scottish Professional Football League players Kawasaki Frontale players Celtic F.C. players Japanese expatriate sportspeople in Scotland Expatriate footballers in Scotland Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Footballers at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games medalists in football Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Universiade medalists in football Universiade gold medalists for Japan Medalists at the 2019 Summer Universiade Footballers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers of Japan