Career
He is a flexible player, able to play in his natural role as defender, defensive midfielder, and plays for Süper Lig side Bursaspor. Hosogai was amongst the most promising players of Urawa Red Diamonds. Having helped the Red Diamonds to the AFC Champions League in 2007, he played for Urawa at the 2007 Fédération internationale de football association Club World Cup.
On 23 December 2010, he left Japan and transferred to the German club Bayer 04 Leverkusen, who promptly loaned him out to Football Club Augsburg.
On 9 September 2011, he scored his first Bundesliga goal against Leverkusen. Playing for the newly promoted Bavarian club, Hosogai helped avoiding relegation before returning to Bayer Leverkusen for the 2012-2013 season.
Hosogai has represented Japan at numerous youth levels. He scored his first goal for the senior national team on 25 January 2011 in the 2011 AFC Asian Cup semi-final match against South of Korea.
