External links
- Kosuke Kinoshita at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kosuke Kinoshita | ||
| Date of birth | 3 October 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | Hamamatsu, Japan | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Shimizu S-Pulse | ||
| Number | 19 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2001–2006 | Dreams SC Tokyo | ||
| 2007–2012 | Yokohama FC | ||
| 2013–2014 | SC Freiburg | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2016 | SC Freiburg II | 50 | (14) |
| 2016–2017 | FC 08 Homburg | 4 | (1) |
| 2017–2018 | Halmstads BK | 56 | (17) |
| 2019 | Sint-Truiden | 2 | (1) |
| 2019–2021 | Stabæk | 41 | (6) |
| 2021 | Urawa Red Diamonds | 2 | (0) |
| 2022 | Mito HollyHock | 38 | (12) |
| 2023 | Kyoto Sanga | 25 | (3) |
| 2024–2025 | Kashiwa Reysol | 52 | (13) |
| 2025–2026 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 39 | (9) |
| 2026– | Shimizu S-Pulse | 1 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 0 August 2026 | |||
Kosuke Kinoshita (木下 康介, Kinoshita Kōsuke; born 3 October 1994) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a forward for Shimizu S-Pulse. He became the first football player from Japan to play in Allsvenskan, the highest league in Sweden.
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Europe | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Freiburg II | 2013–14 | Regionalliga Südwest | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 6 | 1 | |
| 2014–15 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 0 | – | 21 | 7 | |||
| 2015–16 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 0 | – | 23 | 6 | |||
| Total | 50 | 14 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 50 | 14 | ||
| Homburg | 2016–17 | Regionalliga Südwest | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 4 | 1 | |
| Total | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 4 | 1 | ||
| Halmstad | 2017 | Allsvenskan | 23 | 1 | 3 | 2 | – | 26 | 3 | |
| 2018 | Superettan | 29 | 13 | 1 | 0 | – | 30 | 13 | ||
| Total | 52 | 14 | 4 | 2 | - | - | 56 | 16 | ||
| Sint-Truidense | 2018–19 | Belgian First Division A | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | 7 | 2 | |
| Total | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 7 | 2 | ||
| Stabæk | 2019 | Eliteserien | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 9 | 0 | |
| 2020 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | – | 22 | 5 | |||
| 2021 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 10 | 1 | |||
| Total | 41 | 6 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 41 | 6 | ||
| Urawa Red Diamonds | 2021 | J1 League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | |
| Mito Hollyhock | 2022 | J2 League | 35 | 11 | 0 | 0 | – | 35 | 11 | |
| Career total | 191 | 47 | 4 | 2 | - | - | 195 | 49 | ||
Sanfrecce Hiroshima
