[Niigata University of Health and Welfare] Men's Soccer Team Player Haruto Tatsukawa Unofficial Offer to Join Kyoto Sanga F.C. for 2028/29 Season

We are pleased to announce that Haruto Tatsukawa (2nd-year student, Department of Health and Sports), a player of the Niigata University of Health and Welfare men's soccer team under the NSG Group, has informally agreed to join Kyoto Sanga F.C. starting from the 2028/29 season (January 2029).

Profile of Player Haruto Tatsukawa

[Position] MF
[Date of Birth] February 20, 2007 (19 years old)
[Height/Weight] 183cm / 70kg
[Place of Birth] Shiga Prefecture
[Career History]
Kyoto Sanga F.C. U-15 -> Kyoto Sanga F.C. U-18
-> Niigata University of Health and Welfare
[Characteristics]
An attacking midfielder with a soft touch on the ball and abundant ideas, capable of creating decisive opportunities in front of the goal.

[Comment]
"I am Haruto Tatsukawa from Niigata University of Health and Welfare. I have decided to join Kyoto Sanga F.C. from the 2028/2029 season.

I am extremely happy to be able to start my career as a professional soccer player at the club that nurtured me for eight years, from the 5th grade of elementary school to the 3rd year of high school.

Without forgetting my gratitude to everyone who has supported me, including my family, I want to fight with all my might for Kyoto Sanga F.C. Thank you for your support."

[Niigata University of Health and Welfare] https://www.nuhw.ac.jp/
It is a comprehensive medical university with 6 faculties and 16 departments—one of the few in the country where you can study nursing, medicine, rehabilitation, nutrition, sports, welfare, and medical IT. By maximizing the advantages of this comprehensive medical university, students at our university can practically learn the "team medical care" required in medical fields. In addition, we have built a systematic qualification acquisition support system and an employment support system across the university, realizing a top-class national examination passing rate and high employment results nationwide. Furthermore, taking advantage of the unique environment of having sports-related departments, we are deploying learning that fuses sports with fields like "medicine," "rehabilitation," and "nutrition."