Kyosuke Tagawa (田川 亨介, Tagawa Kyōsuke, born 11 February 1999) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a forward or a winger for Scottish Premiership club Heart of Midlothian.[3][4]
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kyosuke Tagawa[1] | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 11 February 1999 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Kagoshima,[2] Japan | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward, Winger | |||||||||||||
| Team information | ||||||||||||||
Current team | Heart of Midlothian | |||||||||||||
| Number | 30 | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| Ardito FC | ||||||||||||||
| Unzen Ardito FC | ||||||||||||||
| –2017 | Sagan Tosu | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Sagan Tosu | 47 | (6) | |||||||||||
| 2019–2023 | FC Tokyo | 62 | (8) | |||||||||||
| 2019 | FC Tokyo U-23 | 6 | (2) | |||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | → Santa Clara (loan) | 39 | (7) | |||||||||||
| 2023– | Heart of Midlothian | 14 | (2) | |||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||
| 2016 | Japan U17 | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2017 | Japan U18 | 2 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2018 | Japan U19 | 4 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 2017–2019 | Japan U20 | 6 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 2018 | Japan U21 | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 2018–2020 | Japan U23 | 6 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 2019– | Japan | 2 | (1) | |||||||||||
Medal record
| ||||||||||||||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 May 2024(UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:42, 29 March 2021 (UTC) | ||||||||||||||
Club career
Tagawa progressed through the youth ranks of Sagan Tosu, and made his debut on 5 March against Kawasaki Frontale, when he replaced Takamitsu Tomiyama in a 1-1 draw.[5][6]
In the summer of 2023, he signed for Scottish team Heart of Midlothian, scoring his first goal for the club against Partick Thistle in the League Cup on 20 August 2023.[7]
International career
In May 2017, Tagawa was elected Japan U-20 national team for 2017 U-20 World Cup. At this tournament, he played 2 matches.
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Sagan Tosu | 2017 | J1 League | 24 | 4 | 2[a] | 2 | 4[b] | 0 | – | – | 30 | 6 | ||
| 2018 | J1 League | 23 | 2 | 2[a] | 0 | 4[b] | 0 | – | – | 29 | 2 | |||
| Total | 47 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 8 | ||
| FC Tokyo U-23 | 2019 | J3 League | 6 | 2 | – | – | – | – | 6 | 2 | ||||
| FC Tokyo | 2019 | J1 League | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | – | – | 17 | 2 | ||
| 2020 | J1 League | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4[c] | 0 | – | 25 | 2 | ||
| 2021 | J1 League | 30 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | – | – | 37 | 6 | |||
| Total | 62 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 0 | – | 79 | 10 | |||
| Santa Clara (loan) | 2021–22 | Primeira Liga | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 12 | 5 | ||
| 2022–23 | Primeira Liga | 27 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 31 | 2 | |||
| Total | 39 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 43 | 7 | ||||
| Heart of Midlothian | 2023–24 | Scottish Premiership | 14 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | – | 21 | 3 | |
| Career total | 230 | 33 | 10 | 2 | 35 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 298 | 40 | ||
International
- As of matches played 14 December 2019[10]
| Japan national team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2019 | 2 | 1 |
| Total | 2 | 1 |
- Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first.
| No | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 10 December 2019 | Busan Gudeok Stadium, Busan, South Korea |  Hong Kong | 2–0 | 5–0 | 2019 EAFF E-1 Football Championship |
References
External links
- Kyosuke Tagawa – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Kyosuke Tagawa at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
- Profile at Sagan Tosu
- Kyosuke Tagawa at Soccerway
