Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ryoo Togashi | ||
Date of birth | 4 April 1997 | ||
Place of birth | Japan | ||
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
Tokyo Verdy | |||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2016–2019 | Toin University of Yokohama | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2020–2023 | Briobecca Urayasu | 38 | (5) |
2023 | Dynamic Herb Cebu | ||
2024 | Southern | 10 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 June 2024 |
Ryoo Togashi (冨樫 凌央, Togashi Ryō, born 4 April 1997) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder.[1]
Togashi played youth football for J.League side Tokyo Verdy.[2][3] After graduating high school in 2016, he played for the college football team of Toin University of Yokohama,[4][5] also playing for the club of the same name then-based in the Kanagawa Prefecture First Division.[6] The club subsequently won the First Division and were promoted to the Kanto League Division 2, and were subsequently promoted to Division 1 in 2018.
After graduating in 2020, Togashi joined Briobecca Urayasu of the Kantō Soccer League.[7][8][9][1][10] In 2022, the club reached the finals of the Shakaijin Cup and won on penalties against BTOP Hokkaido, with Togashi coming on in the 68th minute.[11] They were subsequently promoted to the Japan Football League. Togashi played 4 games in that league for the club before his departure was announced.[12][13]
On 15 August 2023, it was announced that Togashi would be one of the foreign reinforcements for Philippines Football League side Dynamic Herb Cebu in preparation for their campaigns in the Copa Paulino Alcantara and the 2023–24 AFC Cup.[14][15][16] He made his debut in the club's starting XI in a 2–0 win over the University of the Philippines in the club's opening matchday in the cup.
On 15 January 2024, Togashi joined Hong Kong Premier League club Southern.
Togashi was born in Japan. His father, Koichi Togashi, was himself a former football player and manager of J.League club Tokyo Verdy, where Togashi played his youth football.[2]