{{short description|Japanese footballer}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Riki Kitawaki | full_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1985|11|22}} | birth_place = Tokyo, Japan | height = 1.77 m | position = Midfielder | currentclub = | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = 2001–2003 | youthclubs1 = Tokyo Verdy | youthyears2 = 2004 | youthclubs2 = Kokushikan University | years1 = 2005–2012 | clubs1 = Tacuary | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = | clubs2 = → 29 de Setiembre (loan) | caps2 = | goals2 = | years3 = 2007 | clubs3 = →Presidente Hayes (loan) | caps3 = | goals3 = | years4 = 2012–2013 | clubs4 = Júbilo Iwata | caps4 = 0 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 2014 | clubs5 = Azul Claro Numazu | caps5 = 3 | goals5 = 1 | totalcaps = | totalgoals = }} {{Nihongo|'''Riki Kitawaki'''|北脇 里規|Kitawaki Riki|born November 22, 1985}} is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a midfielder: He was born to a Japanese father and a Venezuelan mother. At the Asociación Paraguaya de Fútbol, Kitawaki played for Tacuary, 29 de Setiembre and Presidente Hayes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.com.py/deportes/kitawaki-quiere-brillar-en-el-pais-1060604.html|title=Kitawaki quiere brilliar en el país |language=es|access-date=2020-05-19|website=www.abc.com.py|trans-title=Kitawaki wants to shine in the country}}</ref> Between 2005 and 2012, Kitawaki endured sufficiently to perpetuate in the Asociación Paraguaya de Fútbol as one of few non-CONMEBOL players to do this, and holds the longest participation as an AFC footballer in Paraguayan football.
==See also== * List of expatriate footballers in Paraguay * Players and Records in Paraguayan Football
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==External links== *[http://www.j-league.or.jp/data/view.php?c=iwata&t=player&g=j1&y=2012&l=E J. League (#28)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150131052532/http://www.j-league.or.jp/data/view.php?c=iwata&t=player&g=j1&y=2012&l=E |date=2015-01-31 }} *{{BDFA|RICKY-KITAWAKI-66509}} *{{Soccerway|ricky-kitawaki/78706}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kitawaki, Riki}} Category:1985 births Category:Living people Category:Kokushikan University alumni Category:Japanese people of Venezuelan descent Category:21st-century Japanese sportsmen Category:Japanese men's footballers Category:Football people from Tokyo Category:Men's association football midfielders Category:J1 League players Category:Japan Football League players Category:Tacuary footballers Category:Club Presidente Hayes footballers Category:Júbilo Iwata players Category:Azul Claro Numazu players Category:Japanese expatriate men's footballers Category:Japanese expatriate sportspeople in Paraguay Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Paraguay
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