Kohei Morita

Six-foot-two as a soccer player — that's not just tall, that's a physical statement. Kohei Morita grew up in Nagoya, made his way to Komazawa University in Tokyo, and kept grinding away at football the whole time, which tells me more about his character than any highlight reel could. Nagoya isn't exactly a city that produces flash-and-dash types; it produces people who work. I'll be honest, I haven't studied every match he ever played, but there's something I respect about the quiet lifers in sport — the ones who don't dominate the tabloids, who just show up, use every centimeter of their frame, and let the game be their answer. That kind of career tends to age well in people's memory.

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Kohei Morita is a Japanese former soccer player born on July 13, 1976, in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture. Standing at 189 cm, he is notably tall for a soccer player. He attended Komazawa University, where he continued his playing career. He turned professional with Urawa Reds in 1999, played for clubs including Sanfrecce Hiroshima and Ventforet Kofu, switched from forward to defender and later back again, retired after the 2017 season with Thespakusatsu Gunma, and opened a ramen shop in Saitama in 2023.

Name (English)

Kohei Morita

Name (Japanese)

盛田剛平

Reading

もりた こうへい

Born

July 13, 1976 (age 50)

Origin

Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan

Height

189cm

Occupation

Soccer player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Dragon

University

Komazawa University

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/moriken.rarmen/
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%9B%9B%E7%94%B0%E5%89%9B%E5%B9%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q763851

Tags

• From Aichi Prefecture
• Soccer player

Last updated

November 2, 2026

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