| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 2 April 2005 | ||
| Place of birth | Tokyo, Japan | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Vissel Kobe | ||
| Number | 33 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| FC Waragoma | |||
| –2021 | Tokyo Verdy | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021–2024 | Tokyo Verdy | 6 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | → YSCC Yokohama (loan) | 34 | (1) |
| 2025– | Vissel Kobe | 1 | (0) |
| 2025 | → Roasso Kumamoto (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2020 | Japan U16 | 1 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 10 August 2026 | |||
Rikuto Hashimoto (橋本 陸斗, Hashimoto Rikuto) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a midfielder for J2 League club Roasso Kumamoto on loan from J1 League club, Vissel Kobe.
Rikuto Hashimoto was born in Tokyo, Japan. His mother is Japanese and his father is Bangladeshi. He is also eligible to represent Bangladesh from his Bangladeshi parental side.
He began playing football at approximately four years of age, when his mother took him to a futsal school. He considered a professional career during his second year of junior high school.
Hashimoto began playing football with FC Waragoma before joining Tokyo Verdy's youth system, progressing through the club's junior, junior youth and youth teams.
Hashimoto made his professional debut for Tokyo Verdy against Ehime on 28 February 2021, coming on as a substitute in the 79th minute. He became the third-youngest player in J.League history to make his debut, at the age of 15 years and 10 months.
On 6 January 2025, Hashimoto announced his official transfer to J1 champions club, Vissel Kobe for the 2025 season. He made his debut for the club on 18 February 2025 in an AFC Champions League Elite match against Shanghai Shenhua.
In July 2025, Hashimoto joined Roasso Kumamoto on a development-type loan for the remainder of the season. He returned to Vissel Kobe in December 2025.
In 2026, he captained Vissel Kobe's under-21 team in the inaugural 2026–27 U-21 J.League competition.
Hashimoto represented Japan at the under-16 level in 2020. He appeared in the 2020 SBS Cup Dream Youth Soccer tournament, starting in Japan U-16's semifinal match against Shimizu S-Pulse Youth on 21 September 2020. He was substituted in the 53rd minute as Japan lost 3–1.
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Japan | League | Emperor's Cup | J. League Cup | Other | Total | |||||||
| Tokyo Verdy | 2021 | J2 League | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 4 | 0 | ||||
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| YSCC Yokohama (loan) | 2023 | J3 League | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 7 | 0 | ||
| 2024 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 28 | 1 | |||
| Total | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | ||
| Vissel Kobe | 2025 | J1 League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 40 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 1 | ||
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