Shigenori Hagimura

Hagimura was born in Mie Prefecture on July 31, 1976. After he dropped out of the University of Tsukuba, he joined Kashiwa Reysol in 1997. In his first season, he played as a centre-back and became a regular in the line-up. He won his first championship, when the club won the 1999 J.League Cup. In 2000, he played as a defensive midfielder as well as a centre back. However, his opportunity to play decreased from 2001. He moved to Kyoto Purple Sanga in 2004 and Albirex Niigata in 2005. He was a regular at Albirex and then moved to Tokyo Verdy in 2006. In 2008, he appeared six times and retired at the end of the season.

In April 1995, when Hagimura was a student at the University of Tsukuba, he was selected by the Japan U-20 national team for 1995 World Youth Championship. He played one match against Chile.