Hijiri Katō
Japanese footballer
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Hijiri Katō (加藤 聖, Katō Hijiri; born 16 September 2001) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a left-back for J2 League club RB Omiya Ardija.
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Katō playing for Japan U-19 in 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | 16 September 2001 | ||
| Place of birth | Hyogo, Japan | ||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | RB Omiya Ardija | ||
| Number | 3 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Vissel Kobe | |||
| –2013 | Kanokodai FC | ||
| 2014–2019 | JFA Academy Fukushima | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020–2023 | V-Varen Nagasaki | 61 | (3) |
| 2023–2024 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 13 | (1) |
| 2025 | Fagiano Okayama | 25 | (0) |
| 2026– | RB Omiya Ardija | 8 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019 | Japan U-18 | ||
| 2019 | Japan U-19 | 2 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21:07, 30 March 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 27 March 2021, 17:04 (UTC) | |||
Career
On 4 September 2019, it was announced that Katō would join V-Varen Nagasaki from 2020 season, along with Asahi Uenaka, a fellow student at JFA Academy Fukushima.[1]
On 27 March 2021, in Katō's second year of playing, he made his professional debut by appearing as a substitute in the match against Omiya Ardija in Matchweek 5 of J2. On 25 August of the same year, he scored his first professional goal in the 24th round of J2 against Zweigen Kanazawa.[2]
On 7 July 2023, Katō officially announced his permanent transfer to Yokohama F. Marinos for the mid-2023 season.[3]
On 8 January 2025, Katō officially announced his transfer to the J1 promoted club Fagiano Okayama for 2025 season.[4] He made his debut in a 2–0 league win over Kyoto Sanga and went on to make 26 appearances across all competitions.[5]
After just one season with Fagiano Okayama, in December 2025 Katō joined J2 League club RB Omiya Ardija.[6]
Career statistics
Club
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Continental | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| V-Varen Nagasaki | 2021 | J2 League | 21 | 2 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 24 | 2 | ||
| 2022 | J2 League | 35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 35 | 1 | |||
| 2023 | J2 League | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 5 | 0 | |||
| Total | 61 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 3 | ||
| Yokohama F. Marinos | 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2[c] | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2024 | J1 League | 13 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4[c] | 0 | 22 | 1 | |
| Total | 13 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 25 | 1 | ||
| Fagiano Okayama | 2025 | J1 League | 25 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | – | 26 | 0 | ||
| RB Omiya Ardija | 2026 | J2/J3 (100) | 8 | 0 | – | – | – | 8 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 107 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 123 | 4 | ||
- Includes Emperors Cup
- Includes J.League Cup
- Appearances in AFC Champions League Elite
