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{{short description|Japanese footballer}}
{{Infobox football biography
|name=Kenichi Shimokawa<br/>下川 健一
|image=
|fullname=Kenichi Shimokawa
|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1970|5|14}}
|birth_place=[[Gifu]], Japan
|height={{Height|m=1.88}}
|position=[[Goalkeeper (association football)|Goalkeeper]]
|currentclub=
|youthyears1=1986–1988|youthclubs1=[[Gifu Technical High School]]
|years1=1989–2000|clubs1=[[JEF United Chiba|JEF United Ichihara]]|caps1=276|goals1=0
|years2=2001–2006|clubs2=[[Yokohama F. Marinos]]|caps2=1|goals2=0
|totalcaps=277|totalgoals=0
|nationalyears1=1995–1997|nationalteam1=[[Japan national football team|Japan]]|nationalcaps1=9|nationalgoals1=0
|medaltemplates=
{{Medal|Team|[[JEF United Chiba|JEF United Ichihara]]}}
{{Medal|RU|[[JSL Cup]]|[[1990 JSL Cup|1990]]}}
{{Medal|RU|[[J.League Cup]]|[[1998 J.League Cup|1998]]}}
{{Medal|Team|[[Yokohama F. Marinos]]}}
{{Medal|W|[[J1 League]]|[[2003 J.League Division 1|2003]]}}
{{Medal|W|[[J1 League]]|[[2004 J.League Division 1|2004]]}}
{{Medal|RU|[[J1 League]]|[[2002 J.League Division 1|2002]]}}
{{Medal|W|[[J.League Cup]]|[[2001 J.League Cup|2001]]}}
}}
{{Nihongo|'''Kenichi Shimokawa'''|下川 健一|Shimokawa Kenichi|born May 14, 1970}} is a former [[Japan]]ese [[Association football|football]] player. He played for [[Japan national football team|Japan national team]].

==Club career==
Shimokawa was born in [[Gifu]] on May 14, 1970. After graduating from high school, he joined [[JEF United Chiba|Furukawa Electric]] (later ''JEF United Ichihara'') in 1989. From first season, he played as regular goalkeeper over 10 seasons. In 2000, his opportunity to play decreased behind [[Ryo Kushino]]. He moved to [[Yokohama F. Marinos]] in 2001. However, there were few opportunities to play in the match. His only match in the J1 League at Yokohama F. Marinos is last game in 2003 season. In this match, he played instead [[Tetsuya Enomoto]] was shown a red card in the 15th minute.<ref>[https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFMS02/?match_card_id=7254 J.League]</ref> Marinos won this match and won the J1 League champions in this season. He retired end of 2006 season.

==National team career==
On June 10, 1995, Shimokawa debuted for [[Japan national football team|Japan national team]] against [[Sweden men's national football team|Sweden]]. He played in all match at [[1996 AFC Asian Cup|1996 Asian Cup]]. He played 9 games for Japan until 1997.<ref name="JNFTD">[http://www.jfootball-db.com/en/players/shimokawa_kenichi.html Japan National Football Team Database]</ref>

==Club statistics==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! colspan=3 | Club performance
! colspan=2 | League
! colspan=2 | Cup
! colspan=2 | League Cup
! colspan=2 | Total
|-
! Season
! Club
! League
! Apps !! Goals
! Apps !! Goals
! Apps !! Goals
! Apps !! Goals
|-
! colspan=3 |Japan
! colspan=2 | League
! colspan=2 | [[Emperor's Cup]]
! colspan=2 | [[J.League Cup]]
! colspan=2 | Total
|-
|[[1989–90 Japan Soccer League|1989/90]]||rowspan="3"|[[JEF United Chiba|Furukawa Electric]]||rowspan="3"|[[Japan Soccer League|JSL Division 1]]||20||0||||||0||0||20||0
|-
|[[1990–91 Japan Soccer League|1990/91]]||21||0||||||0||0||21||0
|-
|[[1991–92 Japan Soccer League|1991/92]]||16||0||||||0||0||16||0
|-
|[[1992 JEF United Ichihara season|1992]]||rowspan="9"|[[JEF United Chiba|JEF United Ichihara]]||rowspan="9"|[[J1 League]]||colspan="2"|-||0||0||5||0||5||0
|-
|[[1993 JEF United Ichihara season|1993]]||14||0||3||0||0||0||17||0
|-
|[[1994 JEF United Ichihara season|1994]]||43||0||2||0||2||0||47||0
|-
|[[1995 JEF United Ichihara season|1995]]||44||0||1||0||colspan="2"|-||45||0
|-
|[[1996 JEF United Ichihara season|1996]]||30||0||1||0||14||0||45||0
|-
|[[1997 JEF United Ichihara season|1997]]||15||0||2||0||7||0||24||0
|-
|[[1998 JEF United Ichihara season|1998]]||32||0||0||0||4||0||36||0
|-
|[[1999 JEF United Ichihara season|1999]]||30||0||1||0||0||0||31||0
|-
|[[2000 JEF United Ichihara season|2000]]||13||0||0||0||2||0||15||0
|-
|[[2001 Yokohama F. Marinos season|2001]]||rowspan="6"|[[Yokohama F. Marinos]]||rowspan="6"|[[J1 League]]||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0
|-
|[[2002 Yokohama F. Marinos season|2002]]||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0
|-
|[[2003 Yokohama F. Marinos season|2003]]||1||0||1||0||0||0||2||0
|-
|[[2004 Yokohama F. Marinos season|2004]]||0||0||1||0||0||0||1||0
|-
|[[2005 Yokohama F. Marinos season|2005]]||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0
|-
|[[2006 Yokohama F. Marinos season|2006]]||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0
|-
!colspan=3|Total
!277||0||12||0||34||0||323||0
|}

==National team statistics==
<ref name="JNFTD"/>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! colspan=3 | [[Japan national football team|Japan national team]]
|-
!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|[[1995 Japan national football team|1995]]||1||0
|-
|[[1996 Japan national football team|1996]]||7||0
|-
|[[1997 Japan national football team|1997]]||1||0
|-
!Total||9||0
|}
* [[1996 AFC Asian Cup squads#Japan|1996 Asian Cup]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{NFT player|id=10753}}
* [http://www.jfootball-db.com/en/players/shimokawa_kenichi.html Japan National Football Team Database]
* {{J.League player|38}}

{{1989–90 Japan Soccer League Team of the Year}}
{{Japan squad 1996 AFC Asian Cup}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Shimokawa, Kenichi}}
[[Category:1970 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Association football people from Gifu Prefecture]]
[[Category:Japanese men's footballers]]
[[Category:Japan Soccer League players]]
[[Category:J1 League players]]
[[Category:JEF United Chiba players]]
[[Category:Yokohama F. Marinos players]]
[[Category:Japan men's international footballers]]
[[Category:1996 AFC Asian Cup players]]
[[Category:Footballers at the 1990 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Men's association football goalkeepers]]
[[Category:Asian Games footballers for Japan]]
[[Category:Footballers at the 1994 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Gifu]]


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