Shintaro Harada

Shintaro Harada is one of those quietly intriguing figures — born in Sayama, Saitama in 1980, he went from Yokohama F. Marinos to a long second career in the American USL. Sayama sits out in western Saitama, solid soccer territory, so I can totally picture a kid growing up with a ball at his feet out there. My honest read is that he's the type who put in the work without chasing the spotlight: four straight USL Best XI selections, a place in Crystal Palace's training squad, and later jobs in the front offices of FC Tokyo and Omiya. There's something genuinely respectable about that arc.

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Shintaro Harada is a Japanese former soccer player born on November 8, 1980, in Sayama City, Saitama Prefecture. He stands 176 cm tall. A midfielder and defender, he joined Yokohama F. Marinos in 1999, later played for Omiya Ardija and Tokushima Vortis, and then spent years in the American USL, becoming the first Japanese player to make 100 appearances in its top division; he retired in 2017 and moved into club front offices.

Name (English)

Shintaro Harada

Name (Japanese)

原田慎太郎

Reading

はらだ しんたろう

Born

November 8, 1980 (age 45)

Origin

Sayama City, Saitama Prefecture, Japan

Height

176cm

Occupation

Soccer player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Monkey

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8E%9F%E7%94%B0%E6%85%8E%E5%A4%AA%E9%83%8E%20(%E3%82%B5%E3%83%83%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC%E9%81%B8%E6%89%8B)
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1389837

Tags

• From Saitama Prefecture
• Soccer player

Last updated

October 18, 2026

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