Noriaki Tsutsui

Tsutsui was born in Yokohama on August 15, 1976. He joined his local club Yokohama Marinos from youth team in 1995. However he could not play at all in the match until 1996. In 1997, he moved to Japan Football League club Otsuka Pharmaceutical (later Tokushima Vortis). He played as regular player in 2 seasons. In 1999, he moved to newly was promoted to J2 League club, Albirex Niigata. He played many matches as defensive midfielder. In 2000, he moved to Otsuka Pharmaceutical again and he played as regular player. The club won the champions for 2 years in a row (2003-2004) and was promoted to J2 from 2005. Although he played many matches in 2005, he could hardly play in the match from 2006 and retired end of 2007 season.