{{Short description|Japanese footballer}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Hide Higashikawa | image = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|2002|7|13|df=y}} | birth_place = Kanagawa, Japan | height = | currentclub = Tampines Rovers | clubnumber = 25 | position = Striker | collegeyears1 = | college1 = | collegecaps1 = | collegegoals1 = | collegeyears2 = | college2 = | collegecaps2 = | collegegoals2 = | years1 = 2025 | clubs1 = Tochigi City | caps1 = 10 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2025– | clubs2 = BG Tampines Rovers | caps2 = 20 | goals2 = 19 | club-update = 25 Aug 2025 }}
'''Hide Higashikawa''' (born July 13, 2002) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a striker for Singapore Premier League club BG Tampines Rovers<ref>{{cite instagram |和書| title=<nowiki>𝗢𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 | 𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲, 𝗛𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗸𝗮𝘄𝗮 🦌</nowiki> | user=tampinesrovers | author=タンピネス・ローバースFC | postid=DLZ0mKkBudO | date=2025-06-27 | accessdate=2025-06-27}}</ref>
==Club career==
=== Tochigi City === Hide graduated from Kokushikan University, before joining Tochigi City, which played in the J3 League in 2025.<ref>{{cite press release|title=東川続選手 国士舘大学より加入のお知らせ|url=https://tochigi-city.com/new/2024/12/16/2025new3/|publisher=栃木シティFC|date=2024-12-16|accessdate=2025-03-08}}</ref>
On 15 February 2025, Hide made his J.League debut in the J3 League opening match against SC Sagamihara . He played in nine J3 League matches in the first half of the 2025 season.
=== Tampines Rovers === On 27 June 2025, Hide joined Singapore club Tampines Rovers on a one-year loan deal.<ref>{{cite pressrelease | title=【TOP】東川続選手 タンピネス・ローバースFCへ 期限付き移籍のお知らせ | url=https://tochigi-city.com/new/2025/06/27/20250627001/ | publisher=栃木シティFC | date=2025-06-27 | accessdate=2025-06-27}}</ref> He became one of the new Japanese contingent after new chairman Shungo Sakamoto take over.<ref>{{cite pressrelease |title=2025/26 SPL Club Guide: BG Tampines Rovers | url=https://spl.sg/news/2025-26-spl-club-guide-bg-tampines-rovers/ }}</ref>
On his debut for the club in the 2025 Singapore Community Shield, he scored his first professional goal in a 4–1 win over Lion City Sailors.On 23 October 2025, Hide scored a goal just 15 seconds into the match against Korean club Pohang Steelers in the third match of Group H of the AFC Champions League Two becoming the fastest goal in the tournament history.<ref>{{Cite web|title=23歳日本人が「また決めたのか」 新天地で9戦6発…韓国名門への“開始15秒弾” 「何度も見ちゃう」|url=https://www.football-zone.net/archives/613910|date=2025-10-25|access-date=2025-10-25|language=ja}}</ref> He scored his first career hat-trick in a 3–2 win over Thailand club BG Pathum United in the 2025–26 ASEAN Club Championship on 3 December 2025. Hide the scored four goals in single match during a league game against Young Lions on 16 January 2026 in a 7–1 thrashing win. Following an impressive debut season where he scored 19 goals in 20 league games, Hide was duly named the 2025-26 SPL Player of the Year. He also scored six goals in nine games on the continental stage, helping the stags reach the quarter-finals of the AFC Champions League Two. Following the conclusion of the season, Hide was announced as a permanent signing for the stags, joining on a 2-year contract.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2026-05-23 |title=Hide Higashikawa crowned Player of the Year at Singapore Premier League Awards Night |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/football/hide-higashikawa-crowned-player-of-the-year-at-singapore-premier-league-awards-night |access-date=2026-06-02 |work=The Straits Times |language=en |issn=0585-3923}}</ref>
== Personal life == Hide's father is former professional footballer Yoshinori Higashikawa, who is currently coaching the Zweigen Kanazawa under-18 side.<ref>{{cite web |title=親子Ｊリーガー誕生 東川続選手がＪ３栃木シティへ 石川県出身で初 ジュビロでプレーした父・昌典さん激励 |url=https://www.hokkoku.co.jp/articles/-/1659309}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Forward Higashikawa transfers to Tampines Rovers FC on a temporary basis |url=https://www.jleague.jp/news/article/31295/}}</ref>
==Career statistics== ===Club=== {{updated|25 Aug 2025}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Stats Hide Higashikawa |url=https://sg.soccerway.com/players/higashikawa-hide/fPdOdbsJ/}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|FA Cup !colspan="2"|League Cup !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals |- |rowspan="2" valign="center"|Tochigi City |2025 |J3 League |9||0||1||0||0||0||0||0||10||0 |- !colspan="2"| Total !9!!0!!1!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!10!!0 |- |rowspan="2" valign="center"|Tampines Rovers |2025–26 |Singapore Premier League |20||19||3||1||- ||-||9 ||6||38||26 |- !colspan="2"| Total !20!!19!!3!!1!!1!!0!!9!!9!!38!!26 |- ! colspan=3 | Career total !29!!19!!4!!1!!1!!0!!9!!9!!48!!26 |}
== Honours ==
=== Club ===
==== Tampines Rovers ====
* Singapore Community Shield: 2025
=== Individual === * Singapore Premier League Player of the Year: 2025–26 * Singapore Premier League Team of the Year: 2025–26
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