Masanori Tokita

Masanori Tokita

Personal information
Full name	Masanori Tokita
Date of birth	June 24, 1925
Place of birth	Kobe, Japan
Date of death	March 5, 2004 (aged 78)
Place of death	Hyogo, Japan
Playing position	Forward
Youth career
1944–1949	Kwansei Gakuin University
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1950–1959	Tanabe Pharmaceutical
National team
1951–1959	Japan	12	(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Masanori Tokita (鴇田 正憲 Tokita Masanori, June 24, 1925 – March 5, 2004) was a Japanese football player.

Biography

Masanori Tokita was born in Kobe on June 24, 1925. He was part of the Japan national team for the 1956 Summer Olympics football competition in Melbourne. He died of esophageal cancer in Hyogo on March 5, 2004.

National team statistics

Japan national team
Year	Apps	Goals
1951	3	1
1952	0	0
1953	0	0
1954	3	1
1955	1	0
1956	2	0
1957	0	0
1958	0	0
1959	3	0
Total	12	2

References

External links

• National Football Teams
• Japan National Football Team Database
• Japan Football Association official site(Japanese)