Masato Morishige

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Masato Morishige
森重 真人

Morishige with FC Tokyo in 2016
Personal information
Full name	Masato Morishige[1]
Date of birth	(1987-05-21) 21 May 1987 (age 38)
Place of birth	Asakita-ku, Hiroshima, Japan
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Team information
Current team	FC Tokyo
Number	3
Youth career
2000–2002	Sanfrecce Hiroshima
2003–2005	Hiroshima Minami High School
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2006–2009	Oita Trinita	73	(5)
2010–	FC Tokyo	469	(37)
International career‡
2007	Japan U-20	3	(0)
2008	Japan U-23	3	(0)
2013–2017	Japan	41	(2)
Medal record Oita Trinita Winner J.League Cup 2008 FC Tokyo Winner Emperor's Cup 2011 Representing  Japan AFC U-19 Championship 2006 India
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 September 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 December 2018, 15:20 (UTC)

Biography

Morishige was born in Hiroshima on May 21, 1987. After graduating from Hiroshima Minami High School, he joined J1 League club Oita Trinita in 2006. Although he original position was defensive midfielder, he played many matches as center back from 2007. Oita won the champions in the 2008 J.League Cup with young players, Shusaku Nishikawa, Hiroshi Kiyotake and Mu Kanazaki. However Oita was relegated to J2 League end of the 2009 season and Oita released their main players including Morishige due to their financial problems. In 2010, Morishige moved to FC Tokyo. Although he played many matches as center back, Tokyo was relegated to J2 end of the 2010 season. In 2011, Tokyo won the champions and was returned to J1 in a year. Tokyo also won the champions in the 2011 Emperor's Cup.

In 2007, Morishige was selected the Japan U-20 national team for 2007 U-20 World Cup and played 3 matches as midfielder. In 2008, also played at 2008 Summer Olympics. At this tournament, he played 3 matches as defender. In July 2013, he was selected the Japan national team for 2013 East Asian Cup. At this tournament, he debuted against China on July 21. After the debut, he played many matches as center back with Maya Yoshida. He played at 2014 World Cup and 2015 Asian Cup. He played 41 games and scored 2 goals for Japan until 2017.

Career statistics

Club

As of the start for 2025 season.^[2][3]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Emperor's Cup		J. League Cup		ACL		Other[a]		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Oita Trinita	2006	J.League Div 1	2	0	0	0	0	0	–		–		2	0
	2007		20	1	2	1	3	0					25	2
	2008		28	3	0	0	7	1					35	4
	2009		23	1	0	0	2	0			1	0	26	1
	Total		73	5	2	1	12	1	–		1	0	88	7
FC Tokyo	2010	J.League Div 1	30	3	5	0	8	1	–		1	0	44	4
	2011	J.League Div 2	37	6	6	3	–						43	9
	2012	J.League Div 1	33	2	1	0	4	0	7	0	1	0	46	2
	2013		33	1	2	0	5	0	–				43	1
	2014		33	1	2	1	3	0					39	1
	2015	J1 League	32	7	1	0	4	0					41	7
	2016		32	4	1	0	0	0	8	2	0	0	41	6
	2017		17	1	0	0	4	1	–		–		21	2
	2018		30	2	3	0	0	0					33	2
	2019		34	2	0	0	4	0					38	2
	2020		28	1	–		3	0	7	0			38	1
	2021		35	4			6	0	–				41	4
	2022		28	2	2	0	3	0					33	2
	2023		29	0	–		5	1					34	1
	2024		23	0	2	1	3	1					28	2
	2025		0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0
	Total		454	36	25	5	52	2	22	2	2	0	555	45
Career total			572	41	27	6	64	3	22	2	3	0	643	52

1. Includes Pan-Pacific Championship, Suruga Bank Championship and Japanese Super Cup.

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[4]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Japan	2013	6	0
	2014	11	1
	2015	12	1
	2016	10	0
	2017	2	0
Total		41	2

Scores and results list Japan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Morishige goal.

List of international goals scored by Masato Morishige

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	5 April 2014	Tokyo, Japan	New Zealand	3–0	4–2	Friendly
2	8 September 2015	Tehran, Iran	Afghanistan	2–0	6–0	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Oita Trinita

• J.League Cup: 2008

FC Tokyo

• Suruga Bank Championship: 2010
• J2 League: 2011
• Emperor's Cup: 2011
• J.League Cup: 2020

Japan

• EAFF East Asian Cup: 2013, 2015

Individual

• J. League Best Eleven: 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019