Hokkaidō is best known in football circles as the birthplace of Shigemitsu Sudo, but the city has produced 102 documented association football players in total. Other notable players include Manami Nakano, Arisa Matsubara, Yusuke Minoguchi and Takuya Kawaguchi. Among them are 95 male and 7 female players. Documented players span more than 103 years, from 1906 to 2009.
