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{{Infobox ice hockey player
| name = Shuhei Kuji
| image =
| team = Free Agent
| former_teams = [[Oji Eagles]]<br>[[Eisbären Berlin]]
| league =
| position = [[Forward (ice hockey)|Forward]]
| shoots = Right
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 7
| weight_lb = 172
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1987|4|27}}
| birth_place = [[Tomakomai, Hokkaidō|Tomakomai]], Japan
| ntl_team = Japan
| draft =
| career_start = 2010
| career_end =
}}
{{MedalTableTop|name = }}
{{MedalSport | Men's [[ice hockey]]}}
{{MedalCountry | {{JPN}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Asian Games]]}}
{{ MedalSilver | [[2011 Asian Winter Games|2011 Astana-Almaty]]|}}
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{{Nihongo|'''Shuhei Kuji'''|久慈修平|Kuji Shūhei|born April 27, 1987}} is a Japanese professional [[ice hockey]] [[Forward (ice hockey)|forward]] who is currently an [[unrestricted free agent]] who most recently played for the [[Eisbären Berlin]] of the [[Deutsche Eishockey Liga]] (DEL).

==Playing career==
Kuji attended and previously played at university level for the [[Waseda University]]. He made his professional debut in the [[Asia League Ice Hockey]] with the [[Oji Eagles]] in 2010.<ref>{{Citeweb| url = http://www.ojipaper.co.jp/hockey/team/member.html | title = Oji Eagle's Kuji player profile | publisher = ''[[Oji Eagles]]'' | date = 2012-03-04 | accessdate = 2012-03-04 | language = Japanese}}</ref> After five seasons with the Eagles, having recorded a dominant season in 2014–15 with 61 points in just 39 games, Kuji opted to test himself in Europe through securing a try-out contract with top level German club, [[Eisbären Berlin]] on July 15, 2015.<ref>{{citeweb| url = http://www.bild.de/regional/berlin/japaner-shuhei-kuji-zum-probetraining-bei-41803400.bild.html | title = Japanese player Shuhei Kuji to trial with Polar Bears | publisher = ''bild.de'' | language = German | date = 2015-07-15 | accessdate = 2015-07-15}}</ref>

Kuji enjoyed a successful pre-season in Germany and on September 9, 2015, it was announced that Kuji had secured a one-year contract to remain for the season with [[Eisbären Berlin]].<ref>{{citeweb| url = https://twitter.com/Eisbaeren_B/status/641587156566306816 | title = Welcome to team Kuji! | publisher = ''[[Twitter]]'' | author = ''[[Eisbären Berlin]]'' | date = 2015-09-09 | accessdate = 2015-09-09}}</ref> He had two assists and no goals in 37 [[Deutsche Eishockey Liga|DEL]] games over the 2015–16 season. Kuji scored his only goal for the Eisbären squad in one of his four appearances in the [[Champions Hockey League]]. He did not have his contract renewed after the conclusion of the season.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.eisbaeren.de/news/detail/sechs-eisbaeren-spieler-verlassen-berlin|title=Eisbären Berlin :: Sechs Eisbären-Spieler verlassen Berlin|last=Berlin|first=Eisbären|website=www.eisbaeren.de|access-date=2016-04-04}}</ref>

He has also played and is a current member in the [[Japan men's national ice hockey team|Japan national team]] from 2009.

==References==
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==External links==
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[[Category:1987 births]]
[[Category:People from Tomakomai, Hokkaido]]
[[Category:Eisbären Berlin players]]
[[Category:Japanese ice hockey players]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Hokkaido]]
[[Category:Asian Games silver medalists for Japan]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2011 Asian Winter Games]]
[[Category:Ice hockey players at the 2017 Asian Winter Games]]

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