is a former

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player.

Playing career

Gokyu was born in Tsu on June 11, 1983. After graduating from high school, he joined

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club

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in 2002. Although he could not play at all in the match, Cerezo was promoted to

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end of 2002 season. Although he debuted in September 2003 and played several matches as forward, he could not play many matches until 2004. In 2005, he moved to newly was promoted to J2 club,

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. Although he played many matches, he could only score 1 goal. In 2006, he moved to

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(JFL) club Sagawa Express Osaka (later ''Sagawa Express'', ''Sagawa Shiga''). He became a regular forward and scored many goals. He also became a top scorer with 30 goals in 2007 season. In 2008, he moved to J2 club

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. However he could not play many matches. In August 2009, he moved to JFL club

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and played many matches. In 2010, he re-joined Sagawa Shiga for the first time in 3 years. He played as regular forward and became a top scorer with 27 goals in 2010 season. However his opportunity to play decreased from 2011 and the club was disbanded end of 2012 season. In 2013, he moved to JFL club

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and played many matches as regular forward. In 2014, he moved to Regional Leagues club

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. The club was promoted to JFL from 2015. He retired end of 2015 season.

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* 1983 births Living people Association football people from Mie Prefecture Sportspeople from Tsu, Mie Japanese men's footballers J1 League players J2 League players Japan Football League players Cerezo Osaka players Thespa Gunma players Sagawa Shiga FC players Yokohama FC players FC Machida Zelvia players SC Sagamihara players FC Osaka players Men's association football forwards 21st-century Japanese sportsmen {{Japan-footy-forward-1980s-stub