Japanese Football

Anyway it's #JLeague Kit SZN!

These were organized roughly geographically and I can only post four per skeet so let's gooooo:

Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo (J2)
Vanraure Hachinohe (J2)
Vegalta Sendai (J2)
Blaublitz Akita (J2)

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One week until the #JLeague 100 Year Vision League (also known as the HYVL or the Chaos Energy J.League Cup) kicks off!

The league has announced that four opening-weekend matches will be streamed on the international YouTube channel, available outside Japan & territories with broadcasting deals.

天皇杯決勝で空席目立ち「寂しい数字」　3万1414人…宮本会長「検証する必要がある」 天皇杯第105回全国サッカー選手権大会の決勝が11月22日に国立競技場で行われ、FC町田ゼルビアが3-1でヴィッセル神戸に勝利して初優勝を果たした。この試合では観客数3万1414人と空席が目立つ一線となり、試合後には日本サッカー協会（JFA）の宮本恒靖会長が「寂しい数字」と現状を見つめた。前半立ち上がりの6分、町田が左

Japan Football Association President Tsuneyasu Miyamoto called the announced attendance of 31,414 at today's Emperor's Cup final a "sad number" and said there were multiple factors involved, citing a need for thorough review.

🇩🇪🅰️ Hiroki Ito (26) finally returned to the pitch, coming on as an 83rd-minute substitute.

Just moments after entering the match, he assisted FC Bayern’s sixth goal of the afternoon.

FT: 🇯🇵 Japan 0–1 Austria 🇦🇹

Japan’s U-17 World Cup run ends in the quarter finals, an early second-half goal proved the difference.

🏆 QUARTER FINAL TIME: 🇯🇵 Japan U-17 vs Austria U17 🇦🇹

The young Samurai Blue are 90 minutes away from making history, a first-ever U-17 World Cup semi-final is on the line.

FT: 🇯🇵 Japan 3-0 Bolivia 🇧🇴

⚽ D. Kamada
⚽ S. Machino
⚽ K. Nakamura

Moriyasu's side end the year with back to back wins and clean sheets.

🇯🇵 Haruya Fujii could be on his way back to Nagoya #Grampus.

The now 24-year-old left for Kortrijk in January 2024, but injuries have limited him to just 36 appearances. Now his former club have submitted an offer to bring him home, per @ImarVanden (on X).

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Two goal contributions for Kanya Fujimoto in Birmingham City U21’s 5–1 win over West Brom.

Forced a save that led to the first and set up Betteka for the third. A productive afternoon in Kanya’s first pre-season outing.

📸 @BCFCAcademy / #bcfc

🇳🇱 Shiogai’s superb pre-season ended in style with a goal and an assist against Blackburn Rovers.

A blessing for NEC that his move to RB Salzburg fell through, 7 goals already in pre-season, he’s shaping up for a fantastic campaign.

📸 @necnijmegen

What did you make of Fukuda's performance today?

🇩🇰🥳 Match winner on his first appearance at #Brøndby Stadion!

Sho Fukuda vs HB Torshavn (
@SofascoreINT
):

⏱ 67 minutes
🥅 1 goal
🧠 1 chance created
🕺 1 successful dribble
📈 32/33 passes (97%)
⚔️ 5/7 ground duels won

🇳🇱👀 Ajax have their sights set on Ko Itakura following Jorrel Hato’s departure.

The Japanese international is reportedly eager to join the Dutch giants, and Ajax hope to lure him away from Gladbach for just €8–9M.

🗞️ @telegraaf.nl / 📸 @borussia.bsky.social

The #JLeague announces that tonight's friendly, won 3-1 by Liverpool over Yokohama FM, has set a new record for attendance at a league-organized match with a crowd of 67,032.

Rest of top 5 are Bayern-Man City, Frontale-PSG, the first leg of the 2004 Suntory Championship & YFM-FCT in 2019.

🇫🇷 Young Southampton forward Rento Takaoka (高岡 伶颯) has been in France, training with Valenciennes’ reserves ahead of a potential loan move.

Takaoka joined the Saints after turning 18 earlier this year.

🗞️@justsaints.bsky.social

🇧🇪 Koki Saito is back in training with SK Lommel (@hbvl).

The 23-year-old still has two years left on his contract but hasn’t featured for #Lommel since the 2021/22 season, spending the last three seasons on loan in the Eredivisie at #Sparta Rotterdam and Championship at #QPR.

🇩🇪 Daisuke Yokota has joined Hannover 96 on loan with an option to buy!

The 25-year-old spent last season in the 2. Bundesliga with Kaiserslautern. now he links up with fellow Japanese player Hayate Matsuda at Hannover.

📸 @Hannover96

「目標も準備も検証も曖昧なCWC。４年とその未来に向けクラブと株主は道筋を示せ。」

"Our Club World Cup campaign lacked clear objectives, preparation and introspection. The club and shareholders need to show us the path they have in mind for four years from now and beyond."

#urawareds #jleague

Shogun Soccer Scouting #13: Kota Takai Big prospect but can he make the big leap to the Premier League?

🆕 Shogun Soccer Scouting 🇯🇵⚽️🔍!

1⃣3⃣: KOTA TAKAI | #高井幸大 !

LINK 🔗: www.shogunsoccer.com/p/shogun-soc...

- Physically imposing 💪 but some issues with speed & turning agility ↪️
- Very good ball progression through passes & carries ✅

#Spurs #THFC #COYS #JLeague

Pretty incredible, considering they’re coming off back-to-back 17th-place finishes.

🇯🇵 Kashima Antlers slipped up today, and Kashiwa Reysol pounced.

Their win over Shimizu S-Pulse moves them level on points with Antlers at the top of the J1 table.

📸 @REYSOL_Official • #reysol

🇯🇵 Busy week for Japanese transfers in Europe:

🇩🇰 Uchino > Brøndby ✅
🇸🇪 Shima > Hammarby ✅
🇧🇪 Yokohama > Genk ✅
🇧🇪 Nozawa > Antwerp ✅
🇩🇪 Ikari > Hannover 96 ✅
🇩🇰 Fukuda > Brøndby ✅

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Takai > Spurs ⏳
🇩🇪 Machida > Hoffenheim ⏳
🇨🇿 Hashioka > Slavia ⏳

🇯🇵🇺🇸 History made!

Yohei Takaoka becomes the first-ever Japanese-born player to be named in the MLS All-Star squad.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tottenham Hotspur have agreed a £5m fee with Kawasaki Frontale for Japan international Kota Takai, per @sponichisoccer.

It’ll be the largest transfer fee ever received for a Japanese player from the J League.

🅰️ Sota Nakamura’s run continues.

That’s 4 games in a row with an assist, 6 total this season in J1. Only Lucas Fernandes has more.

📸 @sanfrecce_SFC • #sanfrecce

Heartbreak for Urawa Reds.

♦️ Ryoma Watanabe fired in from close range to give Urawa Reds a dream start against Inter Milan.

Takuro Kaneko displayed some superb dribbling down the right to create the goal.

♦️🏟️ Urawa Reds and Inter Milan aren’t total strangers, they met once before, all the way back in 2004.

Inter were on a pre-season tour of Japan, and nearly 58,000 fans watched Urawa pull off a 1-0 win. The only goal was slotted home from the spot by Brazilian forward Emerson 🇧🇷

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿➡️ Kyogo Furuhashi is attracting interest from several European clubs, with Birmingham City reportedly among them.

The Blues return to the Championship this season and will be aiming for promotion back to the Premier League.

🗞️ sponichisoccer

❓ Ayumu #Seko has left Grasshoppers following the expiration of his contract.

At just 25 and already a Japan international, where do you think he’s headed next?

📸 GC Zürich