My Take
Ryuho Kikuchi is the kind of defender you only truly appreciate when he's not there — a 188 cm center-back from Iwate prefecture who made the long journey south to Osaka University of Health and Sport Sciences to build himself into a professional. There's something quietly compelling about a kid from a small town in the cold north of Tohoku grinding through college training and eventually making it onto a professional pitch, and Kikuchi strikes me as exactly that kind of story: unglamorous, methodical, earned. He's not the guy who's going to light up highlight reels with a bicycle kick, but a big, composed center-back who wins his aerial duels and holds the defensive line is genuinely worth his weight in gold. Born in 1996, he's in the prime years of a defender's career, and I find myself rooting for the quiet ones who do the work nobody tweets about.
Overview
Ryuho Kikuchi is a Japanese professional soccer player born on December 9, 1996, in Iwate-machi, Iwate Prefecture. Standing 188 cm tall, he plays as a defender and is known for his physicality in aerial duels. He studied at Osaka University of Health and Sport Sciences before beginning his professional career.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Ryuho Kikuchi
- Name (Japanese)
- 菊池流帆
- Reading
- きくち りゅうほ
- Born
- December 9, 1996 (age 29)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Sagittarius / Rat (子)
- Origin
- Iwate-machi, Iwate Prefecture, Japan
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 188cm
- Agency
- Private
- Active years
- Unknown
- Occupation
- Soccer Player
2. Background
- University
- Osaka University of Health and Sport Sciences
- Debut
- Unknown
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.