&lt;article class=&#039;single-news-articles&#039;&gt;Cerezo Osaka announce that &lt;strong&gt;Naoto Arai&lt;/strong&gt;, who played for Tokushima Vortis on loan in the 2022 season, leaves the club to join Albirex Niigata on a permanent deal.&lt;/article&gt;&lt;article class=&#039;single-news-articles&#039;&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Comments from Arai&lt;/h2&gt;&#039;My time with Cerezo was only one year, but I would like to thank all the supporters, players and staff. I also had a feeling that I wanted to come back to Cerezo and challenge myself again. I have a lot of regrets and things I have left undone because I have not been able to play in many games. But I decided to leave Cerezo because I wanted to play where I am needed now. There are the players and staff I was able to meet because I came here. I am looking forward to playing against Cerezo next season. I will do my best to show you how I play again. Thank you very much!&#039;&lt;/article&gt;&lt;article class=&#039;single-news-articles&#039;&gt;&lt;h2&gt;Naoto Arai Profile&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;img width=&#039;80%&#039; src=&#039;https://www.cerezo.jp/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Naoto-ARAI_1.jpeg&#039; alt=&#039;&#039; /&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt; ■Date of Birth&lt;br /&gt; October 7, 1996&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; ■Place of Birth&lt;br /&gt; Tokyo&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; ■Height / Weight&lt;br /&gt; 173cm / 73kg&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; ■Position&lt;br /&gt; Defender&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; ■Career&lt;br /&gt; Kitazawa Kickers&lt;br /&gt; FC Shibuya&lt;br /&gt; Jissen Gakuen High School&lt;br /&gt; Niigata University of Management&lt;br /&gt; Albirex Niigata&lt;br /&gt; Cerezo Osaka&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; ■Playing Record&lt;br /&gt; J1: 6 games / 0 goal&lt;br /&gt; J2: 95 games / 3 goals&lt;br /&gt; Emperor&#039;s Cup: 1 game / 0 goal&lt;/article&gt;

Naoto Arai joins Albirex Niigata

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