Noboru Kohara

Noboru Kohara
小原 昇

Personal information
Full name	Noboru Kohara
Date of birth	(1983-07-22) July 22, 1983
Place of birth	Tondabayashi, Osaka, Japan
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
1999–2001	Kyoto Purple Sanga
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2002–2007	Kyoto Sanga FC	18	(2)
2007	Tochigi SC	10	(2)
Total		28	(4)
Medal record Kyoto Sanga FC Winner Emperor's Cup 2002
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Noboru Kohara (小原 昇, Kohara Noboru, born July 22, 1983) is a former Japanese football player.

Playing career

Kohara was born in Tondabayashi on July 22, 1983. He joined the J1 League club Kyoto Purple Sanga (later Kyoto Sanga FC) from the youth team in 2002. On October 12, he debuted as a substitute forward against the Urawa Reds. However, he did not play in another match until 2003. Sanga was relegated to the J2 League at the end of the 2003 season and repeated its promotion to J1 and relegation to J2 after that. He played several matches in every season from 2004 onward. In July 2007, he moved to the Japan Football League club Tochigi SC and played many matches. He retired at the end of the 2007 season.

Club statistics

Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Japan			League		Emperor's Cup		J.League Cup		Total
2002	Kyoto Purple Sanga	J1 League	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2003			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2004		J2 League	2	0	0	0	-		2	0
2005			6	2	0	0	-		6	2
2006		J1 League	6	0	1	0	2	0	9	0
2007	Kyoto Sanga FC	J2 League	3	0	0	0	-		3	0
2007	Tochigi SC	Football League	10	2	1	0	-		11	2
Career total			28	4	2	0	2	0	32	4

External links

• Noboru Kohara at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)