# Hide Higashikawa
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{{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](/source/Japan)
| height =
| currentclub = [Tampines Rovers](/source/Tampines_Rovers)
| clubnumber = 25
| position = [Striker](/source/Forward_(association_football))
| collegeyears1 =
| college1 =
| collegecaps1 =
| collegegoals1 =
| collegeyears2 =
| college2 =
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| collegegoals2 =
| years1 = 2025
| clubs1 = [Tochigi City](/source/Tochigi_City_FC)
| caps1 = 10
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2025โ
| clubs2 = [BG Tampines Rovers](/source/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](/source/Forward_(association_football)) for [Singapore Premier League](/source/Singapore_Premier_League) club [BG Tampines Rovers](/source/Tampines_Rovers_FC)[{{cite instagram |ๅๆธ| title=๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ป๐ป๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ | ๐ช๐ฒ๐น๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ, ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ฎ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ธ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ ๐ฆ | user=tampinesrovers | author=[ใฟใณใใในใปใญใผใใผในFC](/source/%E3%82%BF%E3%83%B3%E3%83%94%E3%83%8D%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9FC) | postid=DLZ0mKkBudO | date=2025-06-27 | accessdate=2025-06-27}}]
==Club career==
=== Tochigi City ===
Hide graduated from [Kokushikan University](/source/Kokushikan_University), before joining [Tochigi City](/source/Tochigi_City_FC), which played in the [J3 League](/source/J3_League) in 2025.[{{cite press release|title=ๆฑๅท็ถ้ธๆ ๅฝๅฃซ่ๅคงๅญฆใใๅ ๅ
ฅใฎใ็ฅใใ|url=https://tochigi-city.com/new/2024/12/16/2025new3/|publisher=ๆ ๆจใทใใฃFC|date=2024-12-16|accessdate=2025-03-08}}]
On 15 February 2025, Hide made his J.League debut in the J3 League opening match against [SC Sagamihara](/source/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](/source/Tampines_Rovers_FC) on a one-year loan deal.[{{cite pressrelease | title=ใTOPใๆฑๅท็ถ้ธๆ ใฟใณใใในใปใญใผใใผในFCใธ ๆ้ไปใ็งป็ฑใฎใ็ฅใใ | url=https://tochigi-city.com/new/2025/06/27/20250627001/ | publisher=[ๆ ๆจใทใใฃFC](/source/%E6%A0%83%E6%9C%A8%E3%82%B7%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3FC) | date=2025-06-27 | accessdate=2025-06-27}}] He became one of the new Japanese contingent after new chairman Shungo Sakamoto take over.[{{cite pressrelease |title=2025/26 SPL Club Guide: BG Tampines Rovers | url=https://spl.sg/news/2025-26-spl-club-guide-bg-tampines-rovers/ }}]
On his debut for the club in the 2025 Singapore Community Shield, he scored his first professional goal in a 4โ1 win over [Lion City Sailors.](/source/Lion_City_Sailors_FC)On 23 October 2025, Hide scored a goal just 15 seconds into the match against Korean club [Pohang Steelers](/source/Pohang_Steelers) in the third match of Group H of the [AFC Champions League Two](/source/AFC_Champions_League_Two) becoming the fastest goal in the tournament history.[{{Cite web|title=23ๆญณๆฅๆฌไบบใใใพใๆฑบใใใฎใใ ๆฐๅคฉๅฐใง9ๆฆ6็บโฆ้ๅฝๅ้ใธใฎโ้ๅง15็งๅผพโ ใไฝๅบฆใ่ฆใกใใใ|url=https://www.football-zone.net/archives/613910|date=2025-10-25|access-date=2025-10-25|language=ja}}] He scored his first career hat-trick in a 3โ2 win over Thailand club [BG Pathum United](/source/BG_Pathum_United_F.C.) in the [2025โ26 ASEAN Club Championship](/source/2025%E2%80%9326_ASEAN_Club_Championship) on 3 December 2025. Hide the scored four goals in single match during a league game against [Young Lions](/source/Young_Lions_FC) on 16 January 2026 in a 7โ1 thrashing win. Following an impressive debut season where he scored 19 goals in 20 league games, Hide was duly named the [2025-26 SPL](/source/2025%E2%80%9326_Singapore_Premier_League) 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](/source/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.[{{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}}]
== Personal life ==
Hide's father is former professional footballer [Yoshinori Higashikawa](/source/Yoshinori_Higashikawa), who is currently coaching the [Zweigen Kanazawa](/source/Zweigen_Kanazawa) under-18 side.[{{cite web |title=่ฆชๅญ๏ผชใชใผใฌใผ่ช็ ๆฑๅท็ถ้ธๆใ๏ผช๏ผๆ ๆจใทใใฃใธ ็ณๅท็ๅบ่บซใงๅ ใธใฅใใญใงใใฌใผใใ็ถใปๆๅ
ธใใๆฟๅฑ |url=https://www.hokkoku.co.jp/articles/-/1659309}}][{{cite web |title=Forward Higashikawa transfers to Tampines Rovers FC on a temporary basis |url=https://www.jleague.jp/news/article/31295/}}]
==Career statistics==
===Club===
{{updated|25 Aug 2025}}[{{cite web |title=Stats Hide Higashikawa |url=https://sg.soccerway.com/players/higashikawa-hide/fPdOdbsJ/}}]
{| 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](/source/Tochigi_City_FC)
|[2025](/source/2025_J3_League)
|[J3 League](/source/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](/source/Tampines_Rovers)
|[2025โ26](/source/2025%E2%80%9326_Singapore_Premier_League)
|[Singapore Premier League](/source/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](/source/Singapore_Premier_League) Player of the Year: [2025โ26](/source/2025%E2%80%9326_Singapore_Premier_League)
* [Singapore Premier League](/source/Singapore_Premier_League) Team of the Year: [2025โ26](/source/2025%E2%80%9326_Singapore_Premier_League)
== Notes ==
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==References==
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Higashikawa, Hide}}
Category:2002 births
Category:Living people
Category:Football people from Kanagawa Prefecture
Category:Japanese men's footballers
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:Tochigi City FC players
Category:Tampines Rovers FC players
Category:J3 League players
Category:Singapore Premier League players
Category:Japanese expatriate men's footballers
Category:Japanese expatriate sportspeople in Singapore
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Singapore
Category:21st-century Japanese sportsmen
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