Tadaaki Hirakawa

Tadaaki Hirakawa
平川忠亮
Personal information
Full name	Tadaaki Hirakawa
Date of birth	1 May 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth	Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Defender, Midfielder
Team information
Current team	FC Ryukyu (manager)
Youth career
1995–1997	Shimizu Commercial High School
College career
Years	Team
1998–2001	University of Tsukuba
Senior career*
Years	Team
2002–2018	Urawa Red Diamonds
Total
Managerial career
2025–	FC Ryukyu
Medal record
Urawa Red Diamonds
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Tadaaki Hirakawa (平川忠亮, Hirakawa Tadaaki, born 1 May 1979) is a former Japanese footballer. He is the current manager of J3 League club FC Ryukyu. ^[1]

Playing career

Hirakawa was born in Shizuoka on 1 May 1979. After graduating from University of Tsukuba, he joined J1 League club Urawa Reds in 2002. Although he is originally a right side player, he became a regular in the line-up as a left side midfielder from July. The Urawa Reds won the 2003 J.League Cup for the first time in the club history.

In 2004, the Urawa Reds signed Alessandro Santos and Hirakawa lost his place in the team. So, Hirakawa played many positions, including three positions in defence, and as a right side midfielder in the 2004 season.^{[citation needed]} However, his opportunity to play decreased following the summer of 2004.

In 2006, he became a regular in the line-up as a right side midfielder and the Urawa Reds won the J1 League for the first time in the club's history. In 2007, he failed to displace Nobuhisa Yamada, so he became a left side midfielder again, leading to the Urawa Reds winning the 2007 AFC Champions League.

In 2008, he played many matches as a right and left side midfielder. Although he could not play many matches in 2009 because of injury, he played regularly as a right and left side back in 2010. From 2012, he played many matches as a right side midfielder.^{[citation needed]}

He then lost his place to young player Takahiro Sekine from 2015. He retired at the end of the 2018 season.^[2]

Manager career

Hirakawa took over manager duties for FC Ryukyu, who play in the J3 Legue competition, from the 2025 season.

Club statistics

^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

Club	Season	League		Emperor's Cup		J.League Cup		AFC		Other^*		Total
Club	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Urawa Red Diamonds	2002	22	0	0	0	7	0	-		-		29	0
	2003	30	1	1	0	9	0	-		-		40	1
	2004	22	1	4	0	9	0	-		2	0	37	1
	2005	26	2	0	0	10	0	-		-		36	2
	2006	28	1	4	0	8	1	-		-		40	2
	2007	19	0	0	0	1	0	10	0	2	0	32	0
	2008	31	1	2	0	2	0	4	0	-		39	1
	2009	11	0	1	0	2	0	-		-		14	0
	2010	26	0	3	0	3	0	-		-		32	0
	2011	24	1	3	0	2	0	-		-		29	1
	2012	31	1	3	0	1	0	-		-		35	1
	2013	27	0	0	0	5	0	5	0	-		37	0
	2014	25	1	0	0	4	0	-		-		29	1
	2015	8	0	1	0	2	0	4	0	2	0	17	0
	2016	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
	2017	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
	2018	3	0	0	0	0	0	-		-		3	0
Career total		336	9	23	0	67	1	24	0	6	0	456	10