Ko Itakura

Kō Itakura
板倉 滉
Itakura with Vegalta Sendai in 2018
Personal information
Full name Kō Itakura
Date of birth (1997-01-27) 27 January 1997
Place of birth Yokohama, Japan
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Centre-back, defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
Borussia Mönchengladbach
Number 3
Youth career
2006–2014 Kawasaki Frontale
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2018 Kawasaki Frontale 7 (0)
2015J. League U-22 (loan) 2 (0)
2018Vegalta Sendai (loan) 24 (3)
2019–2022 Manchester City 0 (0)
2019–2021FC Groningen (loan) 56 (1)
2021–2022Schalke 04 (loan) 31 (4)
2022– Borussia Mönchengladbach 75 (6)
International career
2013 Japan U16 2 (0)
2015–2017 Japan U20 8 (1)
2018–2021 Japan U23 24 (6)
2019– Japan 37 (2)
Medal record
Representing  Japan
Asian Games
2018 Jakarta-PalembangTeam
AFC U-19 Championship
2016 Bahrain
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 May 2025
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 March 2025

Kō Itakura (板倉 滉, Itakura Kō, born 27 January 1997) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as centre-back or defensive midfielder for Bundesliga club Borussia Mönchengladbach and the Japan national team.