Yoshio Kikugawa

Yoshio Kikugawa
菊川凱夫
	Kikugawa in 1971
Personal information
Date of birth	September 12, 1944
Place of birth	Fujieda, Shizuoka, Empire of Japan
Date of death	December 2, 2022 (aged 78)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
	Fujieda Higashi High School
1964–1967	Meiji University
Senior career*
Years	Team
1968–1974	Mitsubishi Motors
Total
International career
1969–1971	Japan
Managerial career
1982–1994	Chuo Bohan
1999	Avispa Fukuoka
Medal record
Mitsubishi Motors
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Yoshio Kikugawa (菊川凱夫, Kikugawa Yoshio, September 12, 1944 – December 2, 2022) was a Japanese football player and manager. He played for the Japan national team.

Club career

Kikugawa was born in Fujieda on September 12, 1944. After graduating from Meiji University, he joined the Mitsubishi Motors in 1968. The club won the league championships in 1969 and 1973. The club won the 1971 and 1973 Emperor's Cups. He retired in 1974. He played 94 games and scored 2 goals in the league. He was selected as one of the Best Eleven in 1969.

International career

In October 1969, he was selected for the Japan national team for the 1970 World Cup qualification. At the qualification on October 12, he debuted against South Korea. He also played at the 1970 Asian Games. He played 16 games for Japan until 1971.^[1]

Coaching career

After retirement in 1982, Kikugawa signed with a new club, the Chuo Bohan (later Avispa Fukuoka), based in his local league in Fujieda and became a manager. In 1991, he got the club promoted to the Japan Soccer League Division 2. He resigned in 1994. In 1999, he succeeded Takaji Mori as manager for one season.