Kento Hashimoto (橋本 拳人, Hashimoto Kento; born August 16, 1993) is a Japanese football player who plays as a defensive midfielder for J1 League club FC Tokyo and the Japan national team.
Considered one of the best prospects in FC Tokyo's youth ranks, he first joined the first-team squad from the 2011 J.League Division 2 season.[1] He didn't manage to amass much playing time in the squad, so Hashimoto was loaned to Roasso Kumamoto for the 2013 and 2014 seasons.[2]
On 9 July 2020, Russian Premier League club FC Rostov announced that they had reached an agreement with FC Tokyo for Hashimoto's transfer, and he would move pending a medical. The Japanese footballer signed a 4-year contract with Rostov after arriving in Russia and completing the medical exam.[3] On 23 August 2020, he scored his first goal for Rostov to secure a 1–0 away victory over FC Ufa.[4] In their next game 3 days later he once again scored the only goal of the game to beat FC Ural Yekaterinburg 1–0.[5]
On 19 February 2021, Rostov removed Hashimoto from their official squad as registered with the league. That was expected to be temporary, as Russian clubs are only allowed to have 8 foreign players registered at the same time, and Hashimoto was injured at the time.[6] He was returned to the squad list on 24 February after the loan of David Toshevski freed up a foreign player spot.[7]
On 27 March 2022, Hashimoto returned to Japan and signed for Vissel Kobe firstly on a three-month transfer from Russia's FC Rostov after a FIFA ruling temporarily freezing the contracts of foreign players signed with Russian clubs and allowing them to go elsewhere.[8] On 1 July 2022, his contract was officially extended for an undisclosed period.[9]
On 18 July 2022, Hashimoto signed with Huesca in Spain.[10] On 3 September 2023, Hashimoto returned to Huesca on a permanent basis and signed a two-year contract.[11]
On 29 August 2024, Hashimoto signed a one-year deal with Eibar also in the Spanish Segunda División.[12]
On 9 January 2025, Eibar announce official transfer of Hashimoto to J1 club FC Tokyo for 2025 season.[13]
Hashimoto made his debut for the Japan national football team on 26 March 2019 in a friendly against Bolivia, as a starter.[14]
| Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Club | Season | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Japan | League | Emperor's Cup | J.League Cup | AFC | Total | |||||||
| Roasso Kumamoto | 2013 | J.League Div 2 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 22 | 0 | ||
| 2014 | 39 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 40 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 60 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 62 | 0 | ||||
| FC Tokyo | 2015 | J1 League | 13 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | – | 19 | 2 | |
| 2016 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 39 | 4 | ||
| 2017 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | – | 32 | 6 | |||
| 2018 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | – | 32 | 2 | |||
| 2019 | 34 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | 38 | 4 | |||
| 2020 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 132 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 166 | 18 | ||
| Russia | League | Russian Cup | Europe | Total | ||||||||
| FC Rostov | 2020–21 | RPL | 19 | 6 | – | – | 1 | 0 | 20 | 6 | ||
| 2021–22 | 10 | 2 | – | – | – | 10 | 2 | |||||
| Total | 29 | 8 | – | – | 1 | 0 | 30 | 8 | ||||
| Japan | League | Emperor's Cup | J.League Cup | AFC | Total | |||||||
| Vissel Kobe | 2022 | J1 League | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | |
| Spain | League | Copa del Rey | Europe | Total | ||||||||
| SD Huesca | 2022–23 | Segunda División | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 33 | 0 | ||
| 2023–24 | 31 | 2 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 33 | 2 | ||||
| SD Eibar | 2024–25 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 8 | 0 | |||
| Japan | League | Emperor's Cup | J.League Cup | AFC | Total | |||||||
| FC Tokyo | 2025 | J1 League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Career Total | 301 | 25 | 13 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 341 | 28 | ||
Last Updated: 25 February 2019
| Club performance | League | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Japan | League | Total | ||||
| 2015 | J.League U-22 Selection | J3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2017 | FC Tokyo U-23 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | ||
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 June 2021 | Panasonic Stadium Suita, Suita, Japan |  Tajikistan |
3–1 | 4–1 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
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