Kuriyama was born in Tokyo and started playing football at a very young age. In his childhood, he played for a youth team named FC Proud[3][4] while playing for Sundai Gakuen High School. Up until 2022, he also played college football for the team of Shizuoka Sangyo University.[5] While he was playing, he was diagnosed with cataracts and had to get surgery to remove them.[6]
Club career
APF Club
With help from the non-profit organization Reale World, Kuriyama was able to play abroad in 2021 during his last year of college,[7] where he signed for Nepal's APF Club.[8][9] In doing so, he became the first-ever foreign player to play for a Departmental team in the Nepal Super League.[10] At the end of the season, he won the Golden Glove Award at the Aaha! Gold Cup in 2022 after making a vital penalty save during the shootout that handed AFP the title.[11] He signed on for another season from 2022 to 2023.[12]
Thimphu City
In 2023, he moved from Nepal to nearby Bhutan where he played for league heavyweights Thimphu City FC of the Bhutan Premier League.[13][3] At the season's end, though Thimphu didn't win the league,[14][15] Kuriyama won the Golden Glove Award for Best Goalkeeper.[16] He left the team at the end of the season to pursue a career elsewhere.
Manila Digger
Kuriyama moved to the Philippines in early 2024 to play for Manila Digger, a club that was joining the Philippines Football League for the 2024 season.[2][17] Kuriyama made his debut on the opening matchday at Digger narrowly scraped through against Philippine Army, 3–2.[18] He would go on to be the club's starting keeper that season, appearing more than 11 appearances during the brief season.[19][20][21]