Takashi Kasahara
笠原 隆
Personal information
Full name Takashi Kasahara
Date of birth (1918-03-26)26 March 1918
Place of birth Empire of Japan
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Keio University
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Keio BRB
International career
1940 Japan 1 (0)
Medal record
Keio University
Winner Emperor's Cup 1937
Keio BRB
Winner Emperor's Cup 1939
Winner Emperor's Cup 1940
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Takashi Kasahara (笠原 隆, Kasahara Takashi, born 26 March 1918) was a Japanese football player. He played for the Japan national team.

Club career

Kasahara was born on 26 March 1918. He played for Keio University. He won the 1937 Emperor's Cup. He also played for Keio BRB, which consisted of his fellow alumni players and graduates of Keio University. He won the 1939 and 1940 Emperor's Cups at the club with Yukio Tsuda, Hirokazu Ninomiya, and Saburo Shinosaki. The 1940 Emperor's Cup was the last Emperor's Cup before the war; the Emperor's Cup was suspended during World War II, from 1941 to 1945.

National team career

On 16 June 1940, when Kasahara was a Keio University student, he debuted for Japan national team against Philippines and Japan won the match.[1] This match was the first match since 1936 Summer Olympics and the only match in the 1940s in Japan's International A Match due to World War II.

National team statistics

[1]

Japan national team
Year Apps Goals
1940 1 0
Total 1 0

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