Akira is pictured above during Japan's 1-1 draw with England in
the friendly match at
the City of Manchester stadium on 1st June 2004.
ENGLAND 1-1 JAPAN (1:0) (01.06.04 - City of Manchester Stadium)
England: David James, Gary Neville (86 Phil Neville), Ashley Cole, John Terry (88 Ledley King),
Sol Campbell, Frank Lampard (82 Nicky Butt), David Beckham (82 Joe Cole),
Steven Gerrard (82 Owen Hargreaves), Paul Scholes (77 Kieron Dyer), Michael Owen (77 Darius Vassell),
Wayne Rooney (Emile Heskey 77)
Japan: Seigo Narazaki, Keisuke Tsuboi, Tsuneyasu Miyamoto, Yuji Nakazawa,
Junichi Inamoto (85 Takashi Fukunishi), Shinji Ono, Akira Kaji, Shunsuke Nakamura, Alessandro Santos,
Tatsuhiko Kubo (60 Takayuki Suzuki), Keiji Tamada (60 Atsushi Yanagisawa)
1:0 Michael Owen (22), 1:1 Shinji Ono (53).
Kaji was a member of the Japan U-20 national team for the 1999 World Youth
Championship finals where the team finished runners-up.
CLUB CAREER:
1998–1999 Cerezo Osaka 24 (0)
2000–2001 Oita Trinita 75 (3)
2002–2005 FC Tokyo 89 (1)
2006–2014 Gamba Osaka 225 (2)
2014 Chivas USA 15 (0)
2015–2017 Fagiano Okayama 86 (1)
Total 514 Games (7) goals