is a former Japanese football player and manager. He played for Japan national team. His younger brother Tetsuji Hashiratani is also a former footballer.
Club career Hashiratani was born in Kyoto on 1 March 1961. After graduating from Kokushikan University, he started his senior career with Nissan Motors since 1983 and played with Nissan for 9 seasons until transferred to Urawa Reds in 1992, right before J1 League's inauguration. He experienced another transfer to Kashiwa Reysol, then playing in Japan Football League in June 1994. Kashiwa was promoted to J.League as of the end of 1994 season, and he also made his return to the top flight. After 2 1/2 seasons playing with Kashiwa, he retired as a player.
National team career In August 1979, when Hashiratani was a Kokushikan University student, he was selected Japan U-20 national team for 1979 World Youth Championship. On 8 February 1981, he debuted for Japan national team against Malaysia. In 1982, he was selected Japan for 1982 Asian Games. He also played at 1984 Summer Olympics qualification and 1986 World Cup qualification. In September 1986, he was selected Japan for 1986 Asian Games. This Game was his last game for Japan. He played 29 games and scored 3 goals for Japan until 1986.Japan National Football Team Database
Coaching career After obtaining J.League's S-grade coach license in 1999, Hashiratani started his coaching career with Montedio Yamagata, where he managed for 3 years from 2001 season to 2003 season. After 6 months of absence, he was named as a manager of Kyoto Purple Sanga in June 2004 when Kyoto was playing in the 2nd division, then contributed to Kyoto's promotion back to the top flight after the 2005 season. However, due to the poor performances and turnouts of the club, he was dismissed on 3 October about 2 months before the end of 2006 season.
He was named as a manager of Tochigi SC playing in Japan Football League in 2007. After two seasons, he made Tochigi eligible to be promoted to J2 League as the club finished 2nd in 2008 season, but was dismissed because he was unable to reach the consent with top managements about his pay, as well as recruiting of new players.
He was named as a General Manager of Urawa in December 2009, but was dismissed due to Urawa's poor performance in 2011 season.
After spending one season as a commentator in 2012, he was named manager of Giravanz Kitakyushu, which had a J2 License. The team was aiming to be promoted to the J1 League in 2017, when a new stadium was to be completed, however, the team was ranked bottom in 2016 J2 League thus relegated to the 2017 J3 League, then Hashiratani resigned, instead.
Club statistics Club performance League Cup League Cup Total Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps GoalsJapan League Emperor's Cup J.League Cup Total1983Nissan MotorsJSL Division 1187554227141984178420021101985/86228561028141986/872211411027121987/8813331101741988/89229525132121989/9011251412041990/915042921991/92104201241992Urawa RedsJ1 League-44861210199318210302221994700000701994Kashiwa ReysolFootball League16100101711995J1 League31421-335199625210131393Total237613923471332397
National team statistics
Japan national teamYearAppsGoals198190198230198310198451198592198620Total293
Managerial statistics J.League Data Site TeamFromToRecordGWDLWin %Montedio Yamagata20012003Kyoto Purple Sanga20042006Giravanz Kitakyushu20132016Total
References
External links
Japan National Football Team Database