is a

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former

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Early life

Satoshi was born in Tokyo. He played youth football for Yokogawa Musashino. He went to the Tokyo University of Agriculture.

Career

Tokiwa is a product of

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's youth academy. At under-18 level, Tokiwa scored 15 goals in the 2005 J Youth Cup; the domestic league for under-18 youth players in Japan. Upon graduating from

Tokyo University of Agriculture The , abbreviated as Nodai (農大, ''nōdai'') or Tokyo nodai (東京農大, ''Tōkyō nōdai''), is a private university of agriculture in Japan. Tokyo University of Agriculture is a Japanese private university headquartered at 1-1-1 Sakurag ...

, Tokiwa joined

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in 2010. He made his J. League debut on 4 April 2010 against

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, and scored his first goal in a 2–1 victory against

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on 1 September. On 13 December 2012, Tokiwa completed a permanent move to

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Career statistics

''Updated to 23 February 2016''.

References

External links

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1987 births Living people Tokyo University of Agriculture alumni Association football people from Tokyo Japanese men's footballers J2 League players Mito HollyHock players Giravanz Kitakyushu players Tokyo Verdy players Roasso Kumamoto players Thespa Gunma players Men's association football forwards 21st-century Japanese sportsmen {{Japan-footy-forward-1980s-stub