Naoya Kikuchi (菊地 直哉, Kikuchi Naoya, born November 24, 1984 in Shimizu, Shizuoka) is a professional Japanese footballer currently playing for Sagan Tosu.
Kikuchi is naturally a central midfielder, but is also able to operate as a central defender and a left back.
Kikuchi played for the Shimizu S-Pulse junior youth team and Shimizu Commercial High School, which has a strong soccer tradition with players such as Shinji Ono among its alumni. After graduating the school, he joined Júbilo Iwata and briefly loaned to Albirex Niigata. In 2002, he was invited to have a try-out at Arsenal F.C. and later went on to have another trial with a Dutch team, Feyenoord.
On June 13, 2007, Kikuchi was arrested in Hamamatsu city for the charge of a statutory rape on a 15-year-old high school student. He was suspended on indictment and released some days later. On June 29, 2007, he was sacked by the club after the scandal. The Japan Football Association imposed one-year suspension on him. After performing voluntary community service for some months, he moved to Germany and joined FC Carl Zeiss Jena.
Looks like another day,
Slipping through my window shade.
Chasing the dark away,
Seeking into my room again.
Are you a sad and lonely thing,
Come to steal my piece of mind.
The only peace I find,
Is pretending your that still laying next to me.
So why, why, why
The suns gotta shine,shine.
Why don't it just stay away?
Why do dreams have to fade,
Into all these shades of blue,
Where I wait for you.
Pray love reaches through,
All these shades, shades of blue.
Where you close your eyes,
Feel me by your side.
I will wait for you,
In all these shades of blue.
Thinking back on my mistakes,
I can't undo all the days that I misused.
I thought you that ya always stay.
Its hard to face the simple truth,
That time brings no relief,
And time is all you need you said,
Had to go clear out your head.
While your trying to decide if you'll come back to me.
Why, why, why
Do we have to cry cry cry?
Tell me why this has to be,
Why don't you give into me?
Baby...all these shades of blue,
Where I wait for you.
Pray love reaches through,
All these shades, shades of blue.
Where you close your eyes,
Feel me by your side.
I will wait for you,
In all these shades of blue........
Why did you have to leave?
Why did you have to set me free?
Why did you have to go?
Why did you have to leave?
Why did you have to set me free?
Why did you have to go?
Baby...all these shades of blue,
Where I wait for you.
Pray love reaches through,
All these shades, shades of blue.
Where you close your eyes,
Feel me by your side.
I will wait for you,
In all these shades of blue........