is a former

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ese

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player.

Club career

Hagimura was born in

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on July 31, 1976. After he dropped out of the

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, he joined Kashiwa Reysol in 1997. In his first season, he played as a centre-back and became a regular in the line-up. He won his first championship, when the club won the 1999 J.League Cup. In 2000, he played as a defensive midfielder as well as a centre back. However, his opportunity to play decreased from 2001. He moved to Kyoto Purple Sanga in 2004 and

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in 2005. He was a regular at Albirex and then moved to

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in 2006. In 2008, he appeared six times and retired at the end of the season.

National team career

In April 1995, when Hagimura was a student at the

, he was selected by the Japan U-20 national team for 1995 World Youth Championship. He played one match against

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* * 1976 births Living people University of Tsukuba alumni Association football people from Mie Prefecture Japanese men's footballers Japan men's youth international footballers J1 League players J2 League players Kashiwa Reysol players Kyoto Sanga FC players Albirex Niigata players Tokyo Verdy players Men's association football defenders 20th-century Japanese sportsmen {{Japan-footy-defender-1970s-stub