Hayato Inamura, born on 6 May 2002 (age 24), is a Japanese central defender with FC Tokyo, where he wears the number four shirt. His current market value is around £383,000, according to Transfermarkt.
His Celtic connection came early in the wider shape of his career. Inamura joined Celtic from Albirex Niigata in July 2025 for around £250,000, a modest enough move by modern standards and one that sat between more substantial spells elsewhere. He left Celtic in July 2026 for FC Tokyo.
Albirex Niigata remains the club most closely tied to his development. Across two seasons there, he made 28 league appearances and scored once, with his best league return coming in 2025, when he played 16 times and got that goal. That spell carries more weight in his career than the brief Celtic stop.
After Celtic, Inamura moved on to FC Tokyo, while his broader career has continued to be shaped by the grounding he had at Albirex. In 2026-27, he has made 18 appearances for FC Tokyo across all competitions, including eight in the J1 League and 10 in the J1 100 Year Vision League.
Inamura’s career so far is that of a developing Japanese centre-back whose main body of work has come at Albirex Niigata, with Celtic a short but notable part of the route before FC Tokyo.
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