{{Short description|Japanese footballer (born 1990)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Keigo Higashi | fullname = Keigo Higashi | image = Keigo Higashi.jpg | image_size = 280px | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1990|7|20}} | birth_place = [[Kitakyūshū]], [[Fukuoka Prefecture|Fukuoka]], Japan | height = {{height|m=1.78}} | currentclub = [[FC Tokyo]] | clubnumber = 10 | position = [[Midfielder (association football)#Attacking midfielder|Attacking midfielder]] | youthyears1 = 2003–2005 | youthclubs1 = Wakamatsu Junior High School | youthyears2 = 2006–2008 | youthclubs2 = [[Oita Trinita]] | years1 = 2009–2010 | clubs1 = [[Oita Trinita]] | caps1 = 52 | goals1 = 8 | years2 = 2011–2012 | clubs2 = [[Omiya Ardija]] | caps2 = 53 | goals2 = 9 | years3 = 2013– | clubs3 = [[FC Tokyo]] | caps3 = 325 | goals3 = 18 | nationalyears1 = 2010–2012 | nationalteam1 = [[Japan under-23 national football team|Japan U23]] | nationalcaps1 = 31 | nationalgoals1 = 5 |medaltemplates= {{Medal|Country|{{Fb|JPN}}}} {{Medal|Competition|[[Asian Games]]}} {{Medal|G|[[2010 Asian Games|2010 Guangzhou]]|[[Football at the 2010 Asian Games – Men|Team]]}} | club-update = 16 September 2025 | nationalteam-update = 10 August 2012 }}
{{nihongo|'''Keigo Higashi'''|東 慶悟|Higashi Keigo|born 20 July 1990}} is a [[Japanese people|Japanese]] [[association football|football]] player currently playing for [[F.C. Tokyo]].<ref>{{cite web|website=[[The Guardian]] |title=Stats Centre: Keigo Higashi Facts |url=http://guardian.touch-line.com/StatsCentre.asp?Lang=0&CTID=63&CPID=152&pStr=Player&PLID=213748&TEID=3705 |access-date=28 January 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011071325/http://guardian.touch-line.com/StatsCentre.asp?Lang=0&CTID=63&CPID=152&pStr=Player&PLID=213748&TEID=3705 |archive-date=11 October 2012 }}</ref>
==National team career== In July 2012, Higashi was selected to the [[Japan national under-23 football team|Japan U23 team]] for [[Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|2012 Summer Olympics]]. At this tournament, he wore the number 10 shirt for Japan and played all 6 matches. The team finished fourth.
==Club statistics== {{Updated|match played 8 December 2024}}.<ref>Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, [https://www.amazon.co.jp/J1-J3%E9%81%B8%E6%89%8B%E5%90%8D%E9%91%91%E3%83%8F%E3%83%B3%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E7%89%88-2018-NSK-MOOK/dp/4905411521 "J1&J2&J3選手名鑑ハンディ版 2018 (NSK MOOK)"], 7 February 2018, Japan, {{ISBN|978-4905411529}} (p. 108 out of 289)</ref><ref>Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, [https://www.amazon.co.jp/2017-J1-J3%E9%81%B8%E6%89%8B%E5%90%8D%E9%91%91-NSK-MOOK/dp/4905411424/ref=pd_sim_14_1/356-9491148-0114816?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=BA8BN4Y0F97GNWKQM78H "2017 J1&J2&J3選手名鑑 (NSK MOOK)"], 8 February 2017, Japan, {{ISBN|978-4905411420}} (p. 76 out of 289)</ref><ref>[https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe146860/keigo-higashi/club-matches/ Keigo Higashi > Club matches] worldfootball.net</ref><ref>[https://int.soccerway.com/players/keigo-higashi/74467/ Japan - Keigo Higashi - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway]</ref> {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Cup<sup>[[#notes gs1|1]]</sup> !colspan="2"|League Cup<sup>[[#notes gs2|2]]</sup> !colspan="2"|Asia<sup>[[#notes gs3|3]]</sup> !colspan="2"|Other<sup>[[#notes gs4|4]]</sup> !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals |- |rowspan="3"|[[Oita Trinita]] |[[2009 J. League Division 1|2009]] |rowspan="2"|[[J1 League]] |23||2||2||1||3||0||colspan="2"|—||1||1||29||4 |- |[[2010 J. League Division 2|2010]] |29||6||2||1||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||31||7 |- !colspan="2"|Total !52||8||4||2||3||0||colspan="2"|—||1||1||60||11 |- |rowspan="3"|[[Omiya Ardija]] |[[2011 J. League Division 1|2011]] |rowspan="2"|J1 League |27||8||1||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||29||8 |- |[[2012 J. League Division 1|2012]] |26||1||3||2||3||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||32||3 |- !colspan="2"|Total !53||9||4||2||4||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||61||11 |- |rowspan="13"|[[FC Tokyo]] |[[2013 J. League Division 1|2013]] |rowspan="12"|J1 League |32||2||5||0||6||1||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||43||3 |- |[[2014 J. League Division 1|2014]] |23||1||0||0||5||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||28||1 |- |[[2015 J1 League|2015]] |21||2||8||1||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||29||3 |- |[[2016 J1 League|2016]] |28||2||1||0||4||1||7||1||colspan="2"|—||29||3 |- |[[2017 J1 League|2017]] |30||1||0||0||4||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||34||1 |- |[[2018 J1 League|2018]] |34||4||3||1||2||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||39||5 |- |[[2019 J1 League|2019]] |34||1||0||0||5||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||39||1 |- |[[2020 J1 League|2020]] |7||0||colspan="2"|—||1||0||6||0||colspan="2"|—||14||0 |- |[[2021 J1 League|2021]] |35||0||1||0||9||1||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||45||1 |- |[[2022 J1 League|2022]] |24||0||2||0||5||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||31||0 |- |[[2023 J1 League|2023]] |30||1||3||0||7||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||40||1 |- |[[2024 J1 League|2024]] |14||1||2||1||2||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||18||2 |- !colspan="2"|Total !312||15||25||3||50||3||13||1||colspan="2"|—||400||22 |- !colspan="3"|Career total !418||31||35||7||57||3||13||1||1||1||523||43 |} <div id="notes gs1"></div><sup>1</sup><small>Includes [[Emperor's Cup]].</small> <div id="notes gs2"></div><sup>2</sup><small>Includes [[J. League Cup]].</small> <div id="notes gs3"></div><sup>3</sup><small>Includes [[AFC Champions League]].</small> <div id="notes gs4"></div><sup>3</sup><small>Includes [[Suruga Bank Championship]].</small>
==National team statistics== {{updated|23 June 2011}} {{col-start}}{{col-break|width=30%}} {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; text-align: center" |- ! National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals |- | rowspan="4"|'''[[Japan national under-23 football team|Japan U23]]''' |- |2010||6||1 |- |2011||6||1 |- ! colspan=1|Total!!12||2 |- |}
{{col-break|width=70%}} {| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="font-size:90%" |- !colspan="7"|'''International appearances and goals''' |- ! # !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Result !! Goal !! Competition |- !colspan="7"|'''2010''' |- style="background:#cfc;" | || 8 November || [[Tianhe Stadium]], [[Guangzhou]] || {{flagicon|CHN}} [[China national under-23 football team|China U21]] ||align="center"| 3–0 ||align="center"| 0 || [[Football at the 2010 Asian Games|2010 Asian Games]] / [[Japan national under-23 football team|Japan U21]] |- |- style="background:#cfc;" | || 10 November || [[Huadu Stadium]], [[Guangzhou]] || {{flagicon|MAS}} [[Malaysia national under-23 football team|Malaysia U23]] ||align="center"| 2–0 ||align="center"| 0 || [[Football at the 2010 Asian Games|2010 Asian Games]] / [[Japan national under-23 football team|Japan U21]] |- |- style="background:#cfc;" | || 16 November || [[Huangpu Sports Center]], [[Guangzhou]] || {{flagicon|IND}} [[India national under-23 football team|India U21]] ||align="center"| 5–0 ||align="center"| 0 || [[Football at the 2010 Asian Games|2010 Asian Games]] / [[Japan national under-23 football team|Japan U21]] |- |- style="background:#cfc;" | || 19 November || [[Huangpu Sports Center]], [[Guangzhou]] || {{flagicon|THA}} [[Thailand national under-23 football team|Thailand U23]] ||align="center"| 1–0 ||align="center"| 1 || [[Football at the 2010 Asian Games|2010 Asian Games]] / [[Japan national under-23 football team|Japan U21]] |- |- style="background:#cfc;" | || 23 November || [[Yuexiushan Stadium]], [[Guangzhou]] || {{flagicon|IRN}} [[Iran national under-23 football team|Iran U23]] ||align="center"| 2–1 ||align="center"| 0 || [[Football at the 2010 Asian Games|2010 Asian Games]] / [[Japan national under-23 football team|Japan U21]] |- |- style="background:#cfc;" | || 25 November || [[Tianhe Stadium]], [[Guangzhou]] || {{flagicon|UAE}} [[United Arab Emirates national under-23 football team|United Arab Emirates U23]] ||align="center"| 1–0 ||align="center"| 0 || [[Football at the 2010 Asian Games|2010 Asian Games]] / [[Japan national under-23 football team|Japan U21]] |- !colspan="7"|'''2011''' |- style="background:#cfc;" | || 9 February || [[Mohammed Al-Hamad Stadium]], [[Hawalli, Kuwait|Hawalli]] || {{fb|KUW}} ||align="center"| 0–3 ||align="center"| 0 || [[Exhibition game|Friendly]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.jfa.or.jp/national_team/topics/2011/28.html|title=Ｕ－22日本代表 中東遠征 国際親善試合（vsクウェート代表）試合結果、監督・選手コメント|date=10 February 2011|access-date=22 April 2011|work=[[Japan Football Association]]|language=ja}}</ref> / [[Japan national under-23 football team|Japan U22]] |- |- style="background:#cfc;" | || 26 March || [[Pakhtakor Markaziy Stadium]], [[Tashkent]] || {{flagicon|UZB}} [[Uzbekistan national under-23 football team|Uzbekistan U22]] ||align="center"| 0–1 ||align="center"| 0 || [[Exhibition game|Friendly]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.jfa.or.jp/national_team/topics/2011/95.html|title=国際親善試合 U-22日本代表 vs. U-22ウズベキスタン代表 第1戦 試合結果|date=26 March 2011|access-date=1 May 2011|work=[[Japan Football Association]]|language=ja}}</ref> / [[Japan national under-23 football team|Japan U22]] |- |- style="background:#cfc;" | || 29 March || [[JAR Stadium]], [[Tashkent]] || {{flagicon|UZB}} [[Uzbekistan national under-23 football team|Uzbekistan U22]] ||align="center"| 2–1 ||align="center"| 1 || [[Exhibition game|Friendly]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.jfa.or.jp/national_team/topics/2011/109.html|title=国際親善試合 U-22日本代表 vs. U-22ウズベキスタン代表 第2戦 試合結果|date=29 March 2011|access-date=1 May 2011|work=[[Japan Football Association]]|language=ja}}</ref> / [[Japan national under-23 football team|Japan U22]] |- |- style="background:#cfc;" | || 1 June || [[Niigata Stadium]], [[Niigata (city)|Niigata]] || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Australia men's national under-23 soccer team|Australia U22]] ||align="center"| 3–1 ||align="center"| 0 || [[Exhibition game|Friendly]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.jfa.or.jp/national_team/2011/20110601u22_fm/match_page/m1.html|title=U-22日本代表 国際親善試合 2011_06_01 オーストラリア|date=1 June 2011|access-date=1 June 2011|work=[[Japan Football Association]]|language=ja}}</ref> / [[Japan national under-23 football team|Japan U22]] |- |- style="background:#cfc;" | || 19 June || [[Toyota Stadium (Japan)|Toyota Stadium]], [[Toyota, Aichi|Toyota]] || {{flagicon|KUW}} [[Kuwait national under-23 football team|Kuwait U22]] ||align="center"| 3–1 ||align="center"| 0 || [[Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's Asian Qualifiers Preliminary Round 2|2012 Summer Olympics qualification]] / [[Japan national under-23 football team|Japan U22]] |- |- style="background:#cfc;" | || 23 June || [[Mohammed Al-Hamad Stadium]], [[Hawalli, Kuwait|Hawalli]] || {{flagicon|KUW}} [[Kuwait national under-23 football team|Kuwait U22]] ||align="center"| 1–2 ||align="center"| 0 || [[Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's Asian Qualifiers Preliminary Round 2|2012 Summer Olympics qualification]] / [[Japan national under-23 football team|Japan U22]] |- |} {{col-end}}
==Honours==
===Japan=== *[[Asian Games]] : [[Football at the 2010 Asian Games|2010]]
===Club=== '''FC Tokyo''' *[[J.League Cup]] : [[2020 J.League Cup|2020]]
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{FIFA player|356261}} *{{J.League player|8948}} *[http://www.ardija.co.jp/player/top/2011/8.html Profile at Omiya Ardija] {{in lang|ja}} *[http://www.fctokyo.co.jp/151788/ Profile at FC Tokyo] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160830141235/http://www.fctokyo.co.jp/151788 |date=30 August 2016 }} *[http://soccer.yahoo.co.jp/jleague/players/detail/900048 Keigo Higashi] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627202124/http://soccer.yahoo.co.jp/jleague/players/detail/900048 |date=27 June 2018 }} – [[Yahoo! Japan]] sports {{in lang|ja}}
{{FC Tokyo squad}} {{Japan men's football squad 2012 Summer Olympics}}
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