Education
He was educated at and played for Shimizu Higashi High School.
大榎 克己
He was educated at and played for Shimizu Higashi High School.
He was a right-footed midfielder. He is currently a football coach. He continued his study and football at Waseda University.
After graduating from the university in 1988, he joined Japan Soccer League side Yamaha F.C. (current Jubilo Iwata).
When Japan"s first-ever professional league J. League started, Shimizu South-Pulse was founded in his local city. He joined the club in 1992 and re-united with his high school teammates Hasegawa and Horiike.
He made more than 250 league appearances for Shimizu and retired after the 2002 season. He was capped 5 times for the Japanese national team between 1989 and 1990.
His first international appearance came on May 5, 1989 in a friendly against of Korea in Seoul.
He worked as a coach at Shimizu South-Pulse in 2003 and he was the manager of Waseda University A.F.C. between 2004-2007. Under his guidance, Waseda was promoted from the Tokyo Prefectural University League to the Kanto League Division 2 in 2004, and then to Division 1 in 2005. The club finished runners-up in the national intercollegiate championship in 2006.
He acquired the South-Class coaching license that is a prerequisite to manage a J. League club in 2007.
He is currently the manager of Shimizu South-Pulse team