Ryoya Ogawa

Ryoya Ogawa
小川 諒也
Ogawa in 2016
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-11-24) 24 November 1996
Place of birth Tokyo, Japan
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position Left-back
Team information
Current team
Kashima Antlers
Number 7
Youth career
Colega SC
–2011 Forza '02
2012–2014 RKU Kashiwa High School
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2024 FC Tokyo 133 (4)
2015 → J.League U-22 Selection (loan) 1 (0)
2016–2019 FC Tokyo U-23 52 (1)
2022–2023 → Vitória Guimarães (loan) 6 (0)
2022–2023 → Vitória Guimarães B (loan) 3 (0)
2023–2024 → Sint-Truiden (loan) 7 (1)
2024–2025 Sint-Truiden 35 (2)
2025– Kashima Antlers 27 (0)
International career‡
2021– Japan 5 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 9 August 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 15 June 2021

Ryoya Ogawa (小川 諒也, Ogawa Ryōya; born 24 November 1996) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a left-back for J1 League club Kashima Antlers.

Club career

Ogawa joined FC Tokyo in 2016 and made his league debut against Vegalta Sendai on 6 March 2016.[1]

In June 2023, Ogawa signed for Belgian Pro League club Sint-Truiden on a season-long loan deal with the option to make the move permanent.[2]

At the end of the 2024–25 Belgian league season, Ogawa returned to Japan, transferring to J1 League club Kashima Antlers for the remainder of their 2025 season.[3]

International career

Ogawa made his debut for Japan national team on 25 March 2021 in a friendly against South Korea.[4]

Career statistics

Club

As of 21 June 2025[5][6]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
J.League U-22 Selection 2015 J3 League 10–––10
FC Tokyo U-23 2016 J3 League 140–––140
2017 261–––261
2018 110–––110
2019 10–––10
Total 521000000521
FC Tokyo 2016 J1 League 180202040260
2017 501071–131
2018 1501040–200
2019 2212030–271
2020 280–3070380
2021 3010030–331
2022 1522021–193
Total 1334802421101766
Vitória Guimarães (loan) 2022–23[7] Primeira Liga 60001040110
Sint-Truiden (loan) 2023–24[7] Belgian Pro League 7110––81
Sint-Truiden 2024–25 Belgian Pro League 35220––372
Kashima Antlers 2025 J1 League 150310000181
2026 J1 100 Year Vision League 110––00110
2026–27 J1 League 1000000010
Total 270310000301
Career total 261814125215031511

Honours

FC Tokyo

Kashima Antlers

References

  1. ↑ Ryoya Ogawa at Soccerway
  2. ↑ "L'international japonais Ogawa est un Canari" [Japan international Ogawa is a Canary]. stvv.com (in French). 26 June 2023. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  3. ↑ "小川 諒也選手 完全移籍加入のお知らせ | 鹿島アントラーズ オフィシャルサイト". 鹿島アントラーズ オフィシャルサイト | KASHIMA ANTLERS (in Japanese). Retrieved 23 June 2025.
  4. ↑ "Japan v South Korea game report". ESPN. 25 March 2021.
  5. ↑ Nippon Sports Kikaku Publishing inc./日本スポーツ企画出版社, "2016J1&J2&J3選手名鑑", 10 February 2016, Japan, ISBN 978-4905411338 (p. 271 out of 289)
  6. ↑ "Summary - Ryoya Ogawa - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
  7. 1 2 "Ryoya Ogawa » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
  8. ↑ "明治安田J1リーグの順位表". J. League (in Japanese). Retrieved 6 December 2025.