University of California, Santa Barbara

UC SANTA BARBARA
2024
Appeared in 17 matches making seven starts on defense for the Gauchos…Helped the Gauchos to five shutouts on the season…Found the back of the net for his first goal of the season against Portland (Sept. 22)…Assisted the equalizing goal in the 60th minute against UC Irvine (Nov. 9) to help the Gauchos to their Big West Championship Finals appearance.

2023
Played in all 20 games for the Gauchos, starting 18 of them … Played the second-most minutes of any outfield player on the team, totaling 1483 … Scored his first Division-I goal in Santa Barbara’s 4-2 win over Pacific (Aug. 28) … Made a heroic goal-line clearance to deny Kansas City in the Gauchos’ 3-2 win on Sept. 16.

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EL CAMINO COLLEGE
2022
Played in all 22 games for the Warriors, starting all but one … Helped El Camino keep 12 clean sheets over the course of the season, including a stretch of five consecutive shutouts … Scored four goals and assisted three more, leading all Warrior defenders with 11 total points … Came off the bench and scored a 70th minute equalizer in the draw against Compton (November 1) … Registered his first collegiate assist on September 13 in a 7-0 win over San Diego Mesa College.

2021
Started all 24 games his freshman season, helping the Warriors keep a clean sheet in 11 of them … Scored his first career goal against Cerritos College, finding the net just before halftime for what would prove to be the game-winning goal (November 2).

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HIGH SCHOOL
Played at the U-18 level for J1 League side Sanfrecce Hiroshima.

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PERSONAL
Son of Ichiro and Yuko Utsumi … Has a brother, Kazuki … Majoring in Sociology at UC Santa Barbara.