SOCCER PLAYER

Naoto Arai

1996 - Today

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Naoto Arai (新井 直人, Arai Naoto; born 7 October 1996) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a right-back for J1 League club Sanfrecce Hiroshima. Arai has spent most of his career playing in the J1 League and the J2 League, mainly for Albirex Niigata. He has also spent time at Cerezo Osaka, Tokushima Vortis and Sanfreece Hiroshima. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Naoto Arai is the 22,535th most popular soccer player (down from 20,159th in 2024), the 6,167th most popular biography from Japan (down from 5,466th in 2019) and the 3,678th most popular Japanese Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Naoto Arai ranks 22,535 out of 21,273. Before him are Yusuke Kawagishi, Tom Trybull, Jay Emmanuel-Thomas, Kenji Yamada, Leroy Lita, and Robert Murić. After him are Kohei Uchida, Francesco Cassata, Yutaka Tanoue, Takahisa Kitahara, Yatsunori Shimaya, and Santiago Cáseres.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1996, Naoto Arai ranks 1,133. Before him are Raevyn Rogers, Hikaru Nakahara, Michael, Pep Biel, Keita Yamashita, and Robert Murić. After him are Mizuki Hayashi, Felix Auböck, Dylan Larkin, Nikhat Zareen, Ahmet Önder, and Shun Yoshida.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Naoto Arai ranks 6,180 out of 6,245. Before him are Atsuki Wada (1993), Hikaru Nakahara (1996), Keita Yamashita (1996), Shuhei Fukai (1993), Yusuke Kawagishi (1992), and Kenji Yamada (1989). After him are Kohei Uchida (1993), Yutaka Tanoue (1986), Takahisa Kitahara (1990), Yatsunori Shimaya (1989), Mizuki Hayashi (1996), and Sachiro Toshima (1995).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Japan

Among soccer players born in Japan, Naoto Arai ranks 3,691. Before him are Atsuki Wada (1993), Hikaru Nakahara (1996), Keita Yamashita (1996), Shuhei Fukai (1993), Yusuke Kawagishi (1992), and Kenji Yamada (1989). After him are Kohei Uchida (1993), Yutaka Tanoue (1986), Takahisa Kitahara (1990), Yatsunori Shimaya (1989), Mizuki Hayashi (1996), and Sachiro Toshima (1995).

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