After spending his youth career with both Júbilo Iwata and Momoyama Gakuin University, Kitagawa joined V-Varen Nagasaki of the J.
[1] He made his professional debut for the club on 10 October 2015 against Ehime.
He came on as a 67th-minute substitute for Hiroshi Azuma and earned a yellow card just three minutes in as V-Varen Nagasaki drew the match 0–0.
[2] Kitagawa then scored his first professional goal for V-Varen Nagasaki on 1 November against Omiya Ardija.
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