{{no significant coverage (sports)|date=May 2025}} {{short description|Japanese footballer}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2013}} {{Infobox football biography |name=Chikara Fujimoto<br/>藤本 主税 |image=Chikara Fujimoto.jpg |image_size=180 |caption= |fullname=Chikara Fujimoto |birth_date={{Birth date and age|1977|10|31}} |birth_place=Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan |height={{Height|m=1.68}} |position=Midfielder |currentclub= |youthyears1=1984–1989|youthclubs1=Kuwajima Elementary School |youthyears2=1990–1992|youthclubs2=Naruto Daini Junior High School |youthyears3=1993–1995|youthclubs3=Tokushima Ichiritsu High School |years1=1996–1998|clubs1=Avispa Fukuoka|caps1=41|goals1=6 |years2=1999–2002|clubs2=Sanfrecce Hiroshima|caps2=111|goals2=20 |years3=2003|clubs3=Nagoya Grampus Eight|caps3=23|goals3=2 |years4=2004|clubs4=Vissel Kobe|caps4=20|goals4=1 |years5=2005–2011|clubs5=Omiya Ardija|caps5=190|goals5=15 |years6=2012–2014|clubs6=Roasso Kumamoto|caps6=52|goals6=3 |totalcaps=437|totalgoals=47 |nationalyears1=2001|nationalteam1=Japan|nationalcaps1=2|nationalgoals1=0 |manageryears1=2025-2026|managerclubs1=AC Nagano Parceiro |medaltemplates= {{Medal|Team|Sanfrecce Hiroshima}} {{Medal|RU|Emperor's Cup|1999}} }} {{Nihongo|'''Chikara Fujimoto'''|藤本 主税|Fujimoto Chikara|born October 31, 1977}} is a former Japanese football player. He played twice for Japan national team.
==Club career== Fujimoto was born in Ube on October 31, 1977. After graduating from high school, he joined Avispa Fukuoka in 1996. He played many matches in 1998. He moved to Sanfrecce Hiroshima in 1999. The club won second place in the 1999 Emperor's Cup. However the club was relegated to the J2 League in 2002. After that, although he played for Nagoya Grampus Eight in 2003 and Vissel Kobe in 2004, his opportunity to play decreased. In 2005, he moved to Omiya Ardija. He played central player at the club and also served as captain. He moved to Roasso Kumamoto in 2012. He retired at the end of the 2014 season.
==National team career== On July 1, 2001, Fujimoto debuted for Japan national team against Paraguay. He played 2 games for Japan in 2001.<ref name="JNFTD">[http://www.jfootball-db.com/en/players/fujimoto_chikara.html Japan National Football Team Database]</ref>
==Club statistics== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- ! colspan=3 | Club performance ! colspan=2 | League ! colspan=2 | Cup ! colspan=2 | League Cup ! colspan=2 | Total |- ! Season ! Club ! League ! Apps !! Goals ! Apps !! Goals ! Apps !! Goals ! Apps !! Goals |- ! colspan=3 |Japan ! colspan=2 | League ! colspan=2 | Emperor's Cup ! colspan=2 | J.League Cup ! colspan=2 | Total |- |1996||rowspan="3"|Avispa Fukuoka||rowspan="3"|J1 League||10||0||1||0||1||1||12||1 |- |1997||1||0||2||0||0||0||3||0 |- |1998||30||6||1||0||0||0||31||6 |- |1999||rowspan="4"|Sanfrecce Hiroshima||rowspan="4"|J1 League||27||5||5||5||4||2||36||12 |- |2000||27||2||2||1||3||1||32||4 |- |2001||28||9||2||0||5||1||35||10 |- |2002||29||4||0||0||5||2||34||6 |- |2003||Nagoya Grampus Eight||J1 League||23||2||2||0||5||0||30||2 |- |2004||Vissel Kobe||J1 League||20||1||1||1||6||0||27||2 |- |2005||rowspan="7"|Omiya Ardija||rowspan="7"|J1 League||29||4||3||1||8||1||40||6 |- |2006||20||3||2||0||5||0||27||3 |- |2007||31||2||0||0||6||1||37||3 |- |2008||28||3||2||0||2||0||32||3 |- |2009||31||3||1||0||6||0||38||3 |- |2010||25||0||1||0||0||0||26||0 |- |2011||26||0||1||0||1||0||28||0 |- |2012||rowspan=3|Roasso Kumamoto||rowspan=3|J2 League||21||1||2||0||colspan=2|-||23||1 |- |2013||24||2||2||0||colspan=2|-||26||2 |- |2014||7||0||1||0||colspan=2|-||8||0 |- !colspan=3|Total !437||47||31||8||57||9||525||64 |}
==National team statistics== <ref name="JNFTD"/> {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" ! colspan=3 | Japan national team |- !Year!!Apps!!Goals |- |2001||2||0 |- !Total||2||0 |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{NFT player|pid=10764}} *[http://www.jfootball-db.com/en/players/fujimoto_chikara.html Japan National Football Team Database] *{{J.League player|2289}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Fujimoto, Chikara}} Category:1977 births Category:Living people Category:Football people from Yamaguchi Prefecture Category:Japanese men's footballers Category:Japan men's international footballers Category:J1 League players Category:J2 League players Category:Avispa Fukuoka players Category:Sanfrecce Hiroshima players Category:Nagoya Grampus players Category:Vissel Kobe players Category:RB Omiya Ardija players Category:Roasso Kumamoto players Category:Men's association football midfielders Category:20th-century Japanese sportsmen Category:J3 League managers Category:AC Nagano Parceiro managers {{Japan-footy-midfielder-1970s-stub}}