Kenyu Sugimoto

Kenyu Sugimoto
杉本健勇
Personal information
Full name	Kenyu Sugimoto
Date of birth	18 November 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth	Ikuno-ku, Osaka, Japan
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Omiya Ardija
Number	23
Youth career
2001–2005	FC Ruy Ramos Vejitto
2005–2010	Cerezo Osaka
Senior career*
Years	Team
2010–2014	Cerezo Osaka
2012	→ Tokyo Verdy (loan)
2015	Kawasaki Frontale
2016–2018	Cerezo Osaka
2019–2022	Urawa Red Diamonds
2021	→ Yokohama F. Marinos (loan)
2022	→ Júbilo Iwata (loan)
2023	Júbilo Iwata
2024–	Omiya Ardija (loan)
International career
2007–2009	Japan U17
2011–2012	Japan U23
2017–2018	Japan
Medal record
Cerezo Osaka
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 August 2024 @ 17:04(AEST)

Kenyu Sugimoto (杉本健勇, Sugimoto Ken'yū, born 18 November 1992) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a striker for J2 League club Omiya Ardija, on loan from Júbilo Iwata.

National team career

In October 2009, Sugimoto was elected Japan U-17 national team for 2009 U-17 World Cup. He played all 3 matches and scored a goal against Brazil in the first match. In October 2102, he was elected Japan U-23 national team for 2012 Summer Olympics. He played 4 matches and Japan won the 4th place.

In September 2017, Sugimoto was elected Japan national team for 2018 World Cup qualification. At this qualification, on 5 September, he debuted against Saudi Arabia.^[1]

As of match played on 11 March 2023.^[2]^[3]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			Cup		League Cup		Continental		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Cerezo Osaka	2011	J1 League	15	2	4	1	—		1	0	—		20	3
	2012		12	1	4	4	—		—		—		16	5
	2013		30	3	3	4	6	0	—		—		39	7
	2014		32	5	4	1	2	0	7	0	—		45	6
	Total		89	11	15	10	8	0	8	0	0	0	120	21
Tokyo Verdy (loan)	2012	J2 League	18	5	0	0	—		—		—		18	5
Kawasaki Frontale	2015	J1 League	24	6	2	1	6	1	—		—		32	8
Cerezo Osaka	2016	J2 League	43	14	3	6	—		—		—		46	20
	2017	J1 League	34	22	1	0	1	1	—		—		36	23
	2018	J1 League	30	5	2	0	0	0	4	1	1	0	37	6
	Total		107	41	6	6	1	1	4	1	1	0	119	49
Urawa Red Diamonds	2019	J1 League	21	2	3	0	2	0	7	1	1	0	34	3
	2020		33	2	—		2	0	—		—		35	2
	2021		16	2	1	0	7	2	—		—		24	2
	Total		70	4	4	0	11	2	7	1	1	0	93	7
Yokohama F. Marinos (loan)	2021	J1 League	11	3	0	0	0	0	—		—		11	3
Júbilo Iwata (loan)	2022	J1 League	30	1	1	0	4	0	—		—		35	1
Júbilo Iwata	2023	J2 League	4	0	0	0	1	0	—		—		5	0
Career totals			353	73	28	21	27	4	19	2	2	0	433	94

As of 7 May 2015

Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first.^[4]

No	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	10 October 2017	International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama, Japan	Haiti	2–0	3–3	2017 Kirin Challenge Cup

Cerezo Osaka

Individual

^ "杉本健勇 (Kenyu Sugimoto)" (in Japanese). Japan National Football Team Database. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
^ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "J1&J2&J3選手名鑑ハンディ版 2018 (NSK MOOK)", 7 February 2018, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411529 (p. 28 out of 289)
^ Kenyu Sugimoto at Soccerway. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
^ "Sugimoto, Kenyu". National Football Teams. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
^ "Ｊ３受賞選手：明治安田Ｊ３リーグアウォーズ：Ｊリーグ.jp". Ｊリーグ.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 21 December 2024.

Kenyu Sugimoto – FIFA competition record (archived)
Kenyu Sugimoto at National-Football-Teams.com
Kenyu Sugimoto at Soccerway
Kenyu Sugimoto at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
Kenyu Sugimoto at Cerezo Osaka official site (in Japanese)
Profile at Cerezo Osaka
Kenyu Sugimoto Archived 2 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine at Yahoo! Japan sports (in Japanese)

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