Kyogo Furuhashi

Kyogo Furuhashi is my idea of a thinking man's striker. From Nara, by way of Chuo University, he's clawed his way to Birmingham City and the Japan national team without the luxury of size, just 170 cm. What I love is his intelligence: he doesn't win by bullying defenders but by reading the half-second gap and ghosting in behind. That kind of off-ball cleverness is criminally underrated by casual fans yet adored by anyone who watches closely. He's the unglamorous number nine who quietly wrecks scorelines, and I'll happily keep cheering every scrappy goal.

Name (English)

Kyogo Furuhashi

Name (Japanese)

古橋亨梧

Reading

ふるはし きょうご

Born

January 20, 1995 (age 31)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Boar

Origin

Nara Prefecture, Japan

Height

170 cm

Occupation

association football player

University

Chuo University

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• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ky%C5%8Dgo%20Furuhashi
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8F%A4%E6%A9%8B%E4%BA%A8%E6%A2%A7
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28690600

Tags

• Nara Prefecture
• association football player

Last updated

2026-06-17

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