Takumi Shimohira
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| Full name | Takumi Shimohira[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | October 6, 1988[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Minoh, Osaka, Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Left back | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | JEF United Chiba | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 49 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2001–2006 | Gamba Osaka Youth | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2011 | Gamba Osaka | 72 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Omiya Ardija | 64 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2018 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 82 | (4) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | → JEF United Chiba (loan) | 14 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | JEF United Chiba | 45 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2024 | Nankatsu SC | 63 | (4) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 15:05, 16 June 2025 (UTC) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Takumi Shimohira (下平 匠, Shimohira Takumi; born October 6, 1988, in Minoh, Osaka) is a Japanese former football player.[2]
On 12 January 2012, Shimohara was announced at Omiya Ardija on a permanent transfer.[3] 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.[4]
On 8 January 2014, Shimohara joined Yokohama F. Marinos on a permanent transfer.[5] During the 2015 season, Shimohara played in every single match.[6] On 26 April 2017, Shimohara returned to playing football against Albirex Niigata after a 10-month injury layoff.[7] On 21 October 2017, he played as a right-back, which was an unfamiliar position to him.[8]
On 8 August 2018, Shimohara was announced at JEF United Chiba on a four-month loan.[9]
On 21 December 2018, Shimohara was announced at JEF United Chiba on a permanent transfer.[10] On 14 January 2021, the club announced that his contract would expire at the end of the 2020 season.[11]
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 Yōichi Takahashi, creator of the Captain Tsubasa manga series.[12] During his first season with Nankatsu SC, he was named in the Best XI for the 2021 Kanto League Division 2.[13]
On 5 November 2024, Shimohara announced his retirement from football.[14]
Outside football
On 14 December 2023, Shimohara announced that he had passed the Information Technology Engineer Examination to become an engineer.[15]
Club career stats
Updated to 2 December 2018.[16][17][18][19]
| Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||||
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| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Japan | League | Emperor's Cup | League Cup | AFC | Other1 | Total | ||||||||
| 2007 | Gamba Osaka | J1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2008 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 0 | ||
| 2009 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | 36 | 1 | |||
| 2010 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | - | 14 | 1 | |||
| 2011 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | - | 27 | 1 | |||
| Total | 72 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 110 | 3 | ||
| 2012 | Omiya Ardija | J1 | 34 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | - | 41 | 0 | ||
| 2013 | 30 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | - | 36 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 64 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | - | - | 77 | 1 | ||||
| 2014 | Yokohama F. Marinos | J1 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 2 |
| 2015 | 34 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 38 | 1 | ||||
| 2016 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 16 | 1 | ||||
| 2017 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | - | 13 | 0 | ||||
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - | - | 5 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 82 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 106 | 4 | ||
| 2018 | JEF United Chiba | J2 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 14 | 2 | |||
| Total | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 14 | 2 | |||||
| Career total | 232 | 8 | 25 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 307 | 10 | ||
1Includes Japanese Super Cup, Pan-Pacific Championship, Suruga Bank Championship and FIFA Club World Cup.