Masato Kudo Obituary

Masato Kudo was a Japanese football player.

On September 23, 2010, Kudo was selected for the Japan Under-21 squad for the 2010 Asian Games held in Guangzhou, China.

On May 23, 2013, Kudo was called up to Japan’s senior team for the first time before an international exhibition game against Bulgaria.

The striker made 14 appearances for the Roar in the 2020-21 A-League Men season, scoring one goal.

Kudo started at Kashiwa Reysol and also had stints at Sanfrece Hiroshima and Renofa Yamaguchi, while he most recently played for the third-tier outfit, Tegevajaro Miyazaki.

Masato Kudo died on October 21, 2022. He was 32 years old. Kudo was in intensive care after brain surgery in Japan this week but died on Friday.