After graduating from Shizuoka Gakuen High School, he joined J1 League club Kashiwa Reysol in 1998.

He battles with Minami for the position with Motohiro Yoshida from 1999 and Reysol won the 3rd place in 1999 and 2000 J1 League.

In June 1997, when Minami was a Shizuoka Gakuen High School student, he was selected Japan U-20 national team for 1997 World Youth Championship and he played 4 matches.

Minami became one of the few goalkeepers in football history managing to score an own goal against Sanfrecce Hiroshima in a J.

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