is a Japanese former

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player.

Career

On 12 January 2012, Shimohara was announced at Omiya Ardija on a permanent transfer. On 21 April 2012, before the match against Urawa Reds, Shimohara was spat on by a Urawa supporter, which angered his teammates and motivated them. Urawa went on to lose the match 2-0. On 8 January 2014, Shimohara joined Yokohama F. Marinos on a permanent transfer. During the 2015 season, Shimohara played in every single match. On 26 April 2017, Shimohara returned to playing football against

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after a 10 month injury layoff. On 21 October 2017, he played as a right-back, which was an unfamiliar position to him. On 8 August 2018, Shimohara was announced at

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on a four month loan. On 21 December 2018, Shimohara was announced at JEF United Chiba on a permanent transfer. On 14 January 2021, the club announced that his contract would expire at the end of the 2020 season. On 24 February 2021, Shimohara was announced at Nankatsu SC on a permanent transfer. He was excited to join the club, as the club's chairman is

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, creator of the

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manga series. During his first season with Nankatsu SC, he was named in the Best XI for the 2021 Kanto League Division 2. On 5 November 2024, Shimohara announced his retirement from football.

Outside football

On 14 December 2023, Shimohara announced that he had passed the Information Technology Engineer Examination to become an engineer.

Club career stats

''Updated to 2 December 2018''.Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社
"J1&J2&J3選手名鑑 2014 (NSK MOOK)"
14 February 2014, Japan, (p. 23 out of 290)

¹Includes

Japanese Super Cup The , the for sponsorship reasons, is an annual one-match association football competition in Japan organised by J.League and the Japan Football Association. This competition serves as the season opener and is played between the reigning J1 Leag ...

Pan-Pacific Championship The Pan-Pacific Football Championship was an inter-confederation football (soccer), football tournament between teams from A-League (Australia and New Zealand), Chinese Super League (People's Republic of China, China), J. League (Japan), K-League ...

Suruga Bank Championship The J.League Cup / Copa Sudamericana Championship was an annual intercontinental football match held in Japan, contested by the reigning champions of the J.League Cup and the Copa Sudamericana. The tournament was previously officially called the ...

and

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Team honours

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– 2008 *

Emperor's Cup , commonly known as or Japan FA Cup, and rebranded as The JFA Emperor's Cup from 2024 onwards, is a Japanese annual football competition. It has the longest tradition of any football tournament in Japan, dating back to 1921, before the formatio ...

– 2008, 2009

References

External links

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Profile at Yokohama F. Marinos
{{DEFAULTSORT:Shimohira, Takumi 1988 births Living people Association football people from Osaka Prefecture People from Minoh, Osaka Japanese men's footballers J1 League players Gamba Osaka players RB Omiya Ardija players Yokohama F. Marinos players JEF United Chiba players Men's association football defenders 21st-century Japanese sportsmen