Ken Tokura
{{short description|Japanese footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Ken Tokura
都倉 賢
| image =
| fullname = Ken Tokura
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1986|6|16}}
| birth_place = Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
| height = {{height|m=1.87|precision=0}}
| currentclub = Tochigi City FC (on loan from Iwate Grulla Morioka)
| clubnumber = 9
| position = Forward
| youthyears1 = 1999–2001
| youthclubs1 = Yokohama F. Marinos
| youthyears2 = 2002–2004
| youthclubs2 = Kawasaki Frontale
| years1 = 2005–2008
| clubs1 = Kawasaki Frontale
| caps1 = 6
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2008–2009
| clubs2 = Thespa Kusatsu
| caps2 = 57
| goals2 = 26
| years3 = 2010–2013
| clubs3 = Vissel Kobe
| caps3 = 81
| goals3 = 14
| years4 = 2014–2018
| clubs4 = Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo{{efn|Consadole Sapporo change name to Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo from 2016 season}}
| caps4 = 171
| goals4 = 67
| years5 = 2019–2020
| clubs5 = Cerezo Osaka
| caps5 = 25
| goals5 = 2
| clubs6 = V-Varen Nagasaki
| years6 = 2021–2023
| caps6 = 85
| goals6 = 11
| years7 = 2024–
| caps7 = 24
| goals7 = 2
| clubs7 = Iwate Grulla Morioka
| years8 = 2025–
| caps8 = 1
| goals8 = 0
| clubs8 = → Tochigi City FC (loan)
| medaltemplates = {{Medal|Team|Kawasaki Frontale}}
{{Medal|RU|J.League Cup|2007}}
{{Medal|Team|Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo}}
{{Medal|RU|J.League Cup|2019}}
| club-update = 15 February 2025, 14:00 (UTC)
}}
{{nihongo|Ken Tokura|都倉 賢|Tokura Ken|born 16 June 1986 in Shibuya, Tokyo}} is a Japanese football player who plays as a Forward and currently play for {{Japanese football updater|TochigiC}} club, Tochigi City FC, on loan from Iwate Grulla Morioka.{{cite web|publisher=Guardian.co.uk |title=Stats Centre: Ken Tokura Facts |url=http://guardian.touch-line.com/StatsCentre.asp?CTID=63&CPID=152&TEID=6777&PLID=189975&pStr=Player |accessdate=2009-12-10 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120928040429/http://guardian.touch-line.com/StatsCentre.asp?CTID=63&CPID=152&TEID=6777&PLID=189975&pStr=Player |archivedate=28 September 2012 }}
Early life
Ken was born in Shibuya. He played youth football with Yokohama F. Marinos and Kawasaki Frontale.
Career
Ken started his career with Kawasaki Frontale. He stayed with them for a few years before joining Thespa. His time at Thespa was successful in the 2009 season, scoring 23 goals in 43 games in the league. He joined Vissel Kobe shortly after. On 30 June 2012, Tokura scored a long-distance goal from outside the penalty box and celebrated his goal with a "Mario Balotelli-style" celebration, which resembles the celebration after Balotelli's second goal against Germany in Euro 2012 Semi Final. He was then given a yellow card by the referee.{{cite news|url=http://www.foxsports.com.au/football/mario-balotellis-post-goal-celebration-becomes-a-global-hit-imitated-in-japan-by-ken-tokura/story-e6frf423-1226416407218 |title=Mario Balotelli's post-goal celebration becomes a global hit, imitated in Japan by Ken Tokura |work=Fox Sports |date=4 July 2012 |accessdate=29 August 2014}}
Ken joined Consadole Sapporo a few years later.
He joined Cerezo a few years later. He made his debut for Cerezo against Vissel Kobe, coming on in the 65th minute for Kota Mizunuma.{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2019/02/22/japan/j1-league/cerezo-osaka/vissel-kobe/2972889/|title = Cerezo Ozaka vs Vissel Kobe - 22nd February 2019|website=int.soccerway.com}} He scored his first goal for the club against Vegalta Sendai, scoring in the 35th minute.{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2019/03/30/japan/j1-league/vegalta-sendai/cerezo-osaka/2972926/|title = Vegalta Sendai vs Cerezo Osaka - 30 March 2019|website=int.soccerway.com}}
Ken joined V-Varen Nagasaki after Cerezo. He made his debut for V-Varen against Zweigen Kanazawa, coming on in the 67th minute for Cayman Togashi.{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2021/02/27/japan/j2-league/v-nagasaki-hualian/zwiegen-kanazawa/3443194/|title = V-Varen Nagasaki vs Zweigen Kanazawa - 27 February 2021|website=int.soccerway.com}} He scored his first goal for V-Varen in the 87th minute against Renofa Yamaguchi.{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2021/05/29/japan/j2-league/v-nagasaki-hualian/renofa-yamaguchi/3449835/|title = V-Varen Nagasaki vs Renofa Yamaguchi - 29 May 2021|website=int.soccerway.com}}
In 2024, Tokura joined to J3 club, Iwate Grulla Morioka.
On 13 December 2024, Tokura joined to newly promoted J3 club, Tochigi City FC on loan from 2025 season.{{Cite press release |title=【TOP】都倉賢選手 いわてグルージャ盛岡より期限付き移籍加入のお知らせ|url=https://tochigi-city.com/new/2024/12/13/2025new1/|publisher=栃木シティFC|date=2024-12-13|access-date=2024-12-13 |language=ja}}
Career statistics
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{{updated|the match played 15 February 2025}}.Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, [https://www.amazon.co.jp/J1-J3%E9%81%B8%E6%89%8B%E5%90%8D%E9%91%91%E3%83%8F%E3%83%B3%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E7%89%88-2018-NSK-MOOK/dp/4905411521 "J1&J2&J3選手名鑑ハンディ版 2018 (NSK MOOK)"], 7 February 2018, Japan, {{ISBN|978-4905411529}} (p. 89 out of 289)Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, [https://www.amazon.co.jp/2016J1-J2-J3%E9%81%B8%E6%89%8B%E5%90%8D%E9%91%91-NSK-MOOK/dp/4905411335/ref=pd_cp_14_1?ie=UTF8&refRID=1N6B11BBGDQ32GYF7MWJ "2016J1&J2&J3選手名鑑"], 10 February 2016, Japan, {{ISBN|978-4905411338}} (p. 195 out of 289)Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, [https://www.amazon.co.jp/2017-J1-J3%E9%81%B8%E6%89%8B%E5%90%8D%E9%91%91-NSK-MOOK/dp/4905411424/ref=pd_sim_14_1/356-9491148-0114816?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=BA8BN4Y0F97GNWKQM78H "2017 J1&J2&J3選手名鑑 (NSK MOOK)"], 8 February 2017, Japan, {{ISBN|978-4905411420}} (p. 129 out of 289)
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| colspan=3 | Club performance
! colspan=2 | League ! colspan=2 | Cup ! colspan=2 | League Cup ! colspan=2 | Continental ! colspan=2 | Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League
! Apps | Goals
! Apps | Goals
! Apps | Goals
! Apps | Goals
! Apps | Goals | |||
| colspan=3 | Japan
! colspan=2 | League ! colspan=2 | Emperor's Cup ! colspan=2 | League Cup ! colspan=2 | AFC ! colspan=2 | Total | ||||||||||
| 2005 | rowspan="4"|Kawasaki Frontale | rowspan="4"|J.League Div 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2" | |
| |4 | 0 | |||||||||
| 2006 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" | |||
| |0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 2007 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| rowspan="2"|2008 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2" | |||||||
| |0 | 0 | colspan="2" | ||||||||
| |1 | 0 | |||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Thespa Kusatsu | rowspan="2"|J.League Div 2 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2" | ||||
| |colspan="2" | ||||||||||
| |15 | 3 | |||||||||
| 2009 | 43 | 23 | 2 | 2 | colspan="2" | |||||
| |colspan="2" | ||||||||||
| |45 | 25 | |||||||||
| 2010 | rowspan="4"|Vissel Kobe | rowspan="3"|J.League Div 1 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | colspan="2" | |
| |26 | 5 | |||||||||
| 2011 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2" | |||
| |15 | 2 | |||||||||
| 2012 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | colspan="2" | |||
| |30 | 6 | |||||||||
| 2013 | rowspan="2"|J.League Div 2 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2" | ||||
| |colspan="2" | ||||||||||
| |24 | 2 | |||||||||
| 2014 | rowspan="2"|Consadole Sapporo | 37 | 14 | 1 | 1 | colspan="2" | ||||
| |colspan="2" | ||||||||||
| |38 | 15 | |||||||||
| 2015 | rowspan="2"|J2 League | 34 | 13 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" | ||||
| |colspan="2" | ||||||||||
| |34 | 13 | |||||||||
| 2016 | rowspan="3"|Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo | 40 | 19 | 1 | 1 | colspan="2" | ||||
| |colspan="2" | ||||||||||
| |41 | 20 | |||||||||
| 2017 | rowspan="4"|J1 League | 30 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | colspan="2" | ||
| |35 | 10 | |||||||||
| 2018 | 30 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2" | |||
| |34 | 14 | |||||||||
| 2019 | rowspan="2"|Cerezo Osaka | 11 | 1 | colspan="2" | ||||||
| |1 | 0 | colspan="2" | ||||||||
| |12 | 1 | |||||||||
| 2020 | 14 | 1 | colspan="2" | |||||||
| |2 | 0 | colspan="2" | ||||||||
| |16 | 1 | |||||||||
| 2021 | rowspan="3"|V-Varen Nagasaki | rowspan="3"|J2 League | 37 | 7 | 1 | 0 | colspan="4" | |||
| |38 | 7 | |||||||||
| 2022 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 0 | colspan="4" | |||||
| |28 | 3 | |||||||||
| 2023 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | colspan="4" | |||||
| |23 | 1 | |||||||||
| 2024 | Iwate Grulla Morioka | rowspan="2"|J3 League | 24 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | rowspan="2" colspan="2" | |
| |27 | 2 | |||||||||
| 2025 | Tochigi City FC (loan) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| colspan=3 | Career total
!451||122||15||7||23||2||0||0||489||131 |
Notes
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References
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External links
- [http://www.consadole-sapporo.jp/team/20160211050/ Profile at Consadole Sapporo] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180628185051/https://www.consadole-sapporo.jp/team/20160211050/ |date=28 June 2018 }}
- [https://tochigi-city.com/member/9/ Profile at Tochigi City FC]
- {{J.League player|8092}}
- {{Soccerway|59262}}
{{Tochigi City FC squad}}
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Category:Association football people from Tokyo
Category:Japanese men's footballers
Category:Kawasaki Frontale players
Category:Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo players
Category:V-Varen Nagasaki players
Category:Iwate Grulla Morioka players
Category:Tochigi City FC players
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:21st-century Japanese sportsmen
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