Yoshikazu Kashino

Yoshikazu Kashino
Date of birth	June 26, 1983
place of birth	Tomakomai , Japan
size	175 cm
Weight	75 kg
position	striker
number	# 23
Career stations
2006-2009	Seibu Prince Rabbits
since 2009	Tohoku Free Blades

Yoshikazu Kashino ( Japanese 樫 野 善 一 , Kashino Yoshikazu ; born June 26, 1983 in Tomakomai , Hokkaidō ) is a Japanese ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Tohoku Free Blades in the Asia League Ice Hockey since 2009 .

Career

Yoshikazu Kashino began his career as a ice hockey player with the Seibu Prince Rabbits from the Asia League Ice Hockey , for which he made his professional ice hockey debut in the 2006/07 season. The attacker scored two goals in 25 games and provided an assist. Both in this season and in the 2008/09 season he failed with the Rabbits in the playoff final at the Nippon Paper Cranes . After the team had to be dissolved due to financial problems, the Japanese signed for the 2009/10 season with the newcomer Tohoku Free Blades . In the 2010/11 season, which ended prematurely due to the Tōhoku earthquake , he and his team won the championship title of the Asia League Ice Hockey for the first time.

Achievements and Awards

• 2007 runner-up in the Asia League Ice Hockey with the Seibu Prince Rabbits
• 2009 runner-up in the Asia League Ice Hockey with the Seibu Prince Rabbits
• 2011 Asia League Ice Hockey Champion with the Tohoku Free Blades

Asia League statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Regular season	6th	171	27	43	70	102
Playoffs	4th	13	1	2	3	0

(Status: end of the 2011/12 season)

Web links

• Yoshikazu Kashino at eliteprospects.com (English)