Not-so-famous Japanese Players Abroad [R]

http://hochi.yomiuri.co.jp/soccer/jleague/news/20120608-OHT1T00242.htm

Koya Kazama seems to be out of VfL Osnabrück.

Strangely I never saw him on any team sheets or on their site, except for the club looking for Japanese-speaking interpreters.

Anybody have more info on him??

He signed with Celaya again (He may have been there on loan and now it was extended or he was purchased by Celaya)

https://twitter.com/#!/yuuuuuto23

http://www.todayonline.com/Sports/E...-top-goalkeeper-in-town#.T96PNhPyIhc.facebook

Japan's top goalkeeper in town

04:45 AM Jun 18, 2012

Japan's No 1 goalkeeper Eiji Kawashima (centre) was in Singapore yesterday as the star player for the Universal Football Jam held at the Jalan Besar Stadium. The event pits able and non-able bodied athletes against each other for an hour's kick-about. The Football Association of Singapore's Cerebral Palsy team took part this year. Among the S-League professionals who contributed to the event were Aleksandar Duric (Tampines Rovers), Kenji Arai (Home United), Takaya Kawanabe (Tanjong Pagar) and Taisuke Akiyoshi, formerly of Albirex Niigata (S) and SAFFC who now plays for Slavia Sofia in Bulgaria. The Singapore event was organised by the Global Football Academy, founded by Japanese footballers Aki Nakamura and Tai Saito.

Yosuke Saito has moved from Gulbene to top Latvia team FK Ventspils.
They will play Norwegian's Molde FK on the 17th of July for the 2nd qualifying round of the champions league.
No chance to get to the group stage of course but maybe to the third round?

Did anyone know anything about Naoki Otsuka?
He is 23 years old and joined austrian-side Wacker Innsbruck yesterday.

http://fc-wacker-innsbruck.at/home/news/herren-ii-frauen-ii/1606-kaderveraenderungen-bei-herren-ii
apparently he's not even in the first team lol
No clue on who he may be though

yeah, I know. I just spotted him and thought maybe someone know something about him. but it isn't that important...

Interesting, I live fairly close to Innsbruck so I could go watch him once or twice this year. If he makes the team, of course...

Japanese Players In Thai Premier League!!

Bangkok Glass Football Club : Hironori Saruta MF , MF Kunihiko Takizawa

BEC Tero Sasana Football Club: MF Takenori Hayashi

Buriram United: DF Shinnosuke Honda

Chonburi Football Club: MF Kazuto Kushida

Osotspa M-150 Saraburi Football Club : DF Hiromichi Katano, DF Hiroyuki Yamamoto

Pattaya United Football Club: DF Keisuke Ogawa , FW Ryuki Kozawa

TOT Sport Club: MF Takahiro Kawamura

Wuachon United Football Club: DF Daiki Higuchi

Maybe Naoki Otsuka could be this guy? From Gamba Jr. -> Keio Uni.:

http://web.gekisaka.jp/?u=/index.fc...jp&guid=ON&twi=11741&key=Xxp0myW8

stunning, it's the same birthday. i've never expected that he played at a well-kown uni.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=or6n639LlgQ

Seto scored in a test match. Nice goal.

Kosuke Kimura scored on his home debut for Portland minutes after conceding a penalty. Beckham with 2 beauties this game as well. Kimura's goal at 7:00.

For additional information.. Heres the Japanese players in MLS this season.

• Jun Marques Davidson - Vancouver
• Kosuke Kimura – Colorado, Portland
• Terukazu Tanaka - Salt Lake
• Kohei Yamada - Colorado - ( Released in 2012)

Y.Saito's Ventspils lost 3-0 to Molde and will get out of the CL qualifiers unless a miracle happens. He played the full match though

http://www.todayonline.com/Sports/EDC120719-0000066/Early-success-for-Low

This article is about Mongolian top tier side Khoromkhon FC.. Note in the picture theres a caption talking about a JAPANESE footballer name Yudai Ikeda
Wonder if anyone got any information on this player?
Besides him theres a Yosuke Minami (36 yr old ) playing for Erchim in Mongolia too.

Anyone heard of this player

Nicollas Katayama from Flamengo !

http://www.forwinnersports.com/ver_jogador.php?codJogador=10

I think he's on the "U-22" side of Flamengo.

Ryoma Nishimura, the 19-year old CB from Albirex Niigata currently on loan with Brazilian side Grêmio Mauaense, can be loaned to a Portuguese side in a few days (his agent is talking with 1st and 2nd division clubs).

Former Albirex player Yohei Iwamura signing for Paraguay Primera Division club Independiente.

Toshikazu Irie moving from Latvia's FB Gulbene to Poland's 2nd division club GKS Bogdanka Leczna. More on that from our man in Poland later .

Just discovered that Wacken Innsbruck's Naoki Otsuka scored a few days ago in a league match. For now he's playing in the 2nd team though, in the 3rd division. http://it.soccerway.com/matches/201...lliga/fc-hard/fc-wacker-innsbruck-ii/1305413/
Let's hope he gets added to the first squad later.

Another goal scored in a 6-4 win on 8/15.

http://hochi.yomiuri.co.jp/soccer/world/news/20120820-OHT1T00237.htm

17 yo Japan U19 player Kosuke Kinoshita from Yokohama C-Jnr Youth will sign for ManCity when he turns 18 in October.