Mike Havenaar

Havenaar began his career with the Consadole Sapporo U-15 side, where his father played and later worked as goalkeeper coach.

[8] Havenaar made his first start for Vitesse on 4 February 2012 and provided an assist to Nicky Hofs first goal of the season, securing a 1–0 win NAC Breda.

[9] Havenaar scored his second goal for his new club in another losing effort, this time a 4–1 loss to title contenders FC Twente.

[10] Havenaar continued to impress for Vitesse, slotting the ball home after a cutting pass from Alexander Büttner to complete a 2–0 victory over De Graafschap on 4 March.

On 11 August 2015, Dutch Eredivisie side ADO Den Haag announced that they had signed Mike Havenaar as a striker.

[13] On 3 July 2017, ADO Den Haag officially announced that Havenaar would be leaving the club[14] to move back to Japan and join J1 league side Vissel Kobe.

[17] In 2007, Havenaar was picked to join the Japan U-20 squad to compete 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Canada and played one match against Nigeria U-20.

[18] He made his debut for Japan on 2 September 2011 as a 70th-minute substitute against North Korea in a 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier match,[19] striking the post.

He was brought up bilingual, speaking Japanese and his parents' native Dutch and learned fluent English at the Yokohama International School.

Havenaar playing for Ventforet Kofu in 2010