Kō Itakura

I've got a real soft spot for the quiet, brainy center-backs, and Kō Itakura is exactly that guy for me. He's the Yokohama kid who grew into a 186cm wall, and what I love is that he defends with his head before his legs. You won't catch him flinging himself into a crowd-pleasing slide tackle every five minutes. Instead he just stands in the right spot, reads where the pass is going, and snuffs out the danger before it even becomes danger. Battling big physical strikers over in Europe and anchoring Japan's back line, he never looks rattled. There's something very Aquarius about him, cool and understated but iron underneath. I'm a chatty type myself, so maybe that's why I admire a man who builds trust this calmly. Total respect.

Kō Itakura is a Japanese professional soccer player born on January 27, 1997, in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture. Standing 186 cm tall, he is known as a central defender who competes at the international level with the Japan national team. He maintains an official website and active social media presence under the handle kouitakura.

Name (English)

Kō Itakura

Name (Japanese)

板倉滉

Reading

いたくら こう

Born

January 27, 1997 (age 29)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Ox (丑)

Origin

Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

Height

186 cm

Occupation

Soccer player

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttps://koitakura.jp/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/kouitakura/
• Xhttps://x.com/kougogo1270
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%BF%E5%80%89%E6%BB%89

Tags

• From Kanagawa Prefecture
• Soccer player

Last updated

2026-06-02

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