Not-so-famous Japanese Players Abroad \ Japanese players in minor leagues

Actually he's japanese-brazilian

 

AKA Ryuki Kamekura. He's on loan from Porto and came out of the Tokyo Verdy academy.

His dad made a bit of money off the sale of Hulk to Porto through some third-party ownership scheme. Connect the dots...

Is Renatinho (ex-Frontale) getting much playing time for Portimonense?

 

Weird he also has 2 greek surnames

 

Theodoros Ryuki Kamekura Panagopoulos. Apparently his dad (also known as Theo) has Greek heritage.

What was reported on the interwebz is that Theo's dad (with his boss: http://www.slideshare.net/guest681662/juan-figer) basically held Hulk's ownership rights through a club in Uruguay named Rentistas. He also was behind the transfers of Magno Alves and Emerson to the Middle East.

 

13/12/22
Farense 2 - 1 Portimonense

10' 1 - 0 Andre Gabriel Matias

45' 2 - 0 Akinfenwa Ibukun

64' 2 - 1 Mu Kanazaki

 

Some of the players who played in the game..

Player Club (Playing or Last Played for)
Takaya Kawanabe Mladost Podgorica (Montenegrin First League)
Norikazu Murakami Alemannia Aachen (German Regionalliga West (IV))
Akihiro Nakamura Tampines Rovers FC (Singapore S-League)
Masato Fukui FK Sutjeska Nikšić (Montenegrin First League)
Issey Nakajima-Farran Alki Larnaca (Cypriot First Division)
Izumi Arata Pune F.C. (India I-League)
Masahiro Fukasawa Bontang F.C. (Indonesian Premier League)
Takahito Soma Vissel Kobe (Japan J-League Division 2)
Naoya Shibamura Buxoro FK (Uzbek League)
Kenji Arai Home United (Singapore S-League)
Ryuta Hayashi FC Gifu SECOND team (Japan J. League Division 2)
Masahiro Shuji Eunos Crescent (Singapore NFL Division 1)
Shimpei Sakurada Warriors FC (Singapore S-League)
Musashi Okuyama Albirex Niigata Singapore (Singapore S-League)
Takeru Arai Albirex Niigata Singapore (Singapore S-League)
Takahito Ota Bangkok Christian College FC (Thailand Division 2 League)
Yoshito Matsushita Grulla Morioka (Japan Tohoku League Division 1)
Shunsuke Nakatake Eunos Crescent (Singapore NFL Division 1)

 

Atomu Tanaka taking a trial at Energie Cottbus.

 

Lechia Gdańsk on the first training after the winter break. Also present were two Japanese - Tsubasa NISHI and Minori SATO, who is on trial there.

video: http://www.lechiagdansk.tv/film/Dwoch-Japonczykow-na-pierwszym-treningu-Lechii

more pictures here: http://www.lechia.pl/index.php?typ=galeria&id=401

 

Minori SATO is currently on trial at WKS Slasku Wroclaw (Ekstraklasa, Poland).
Recently Sato was on trial at Lechia Gdansk. His transfer collapsed due to ownership changes in Gdansk club.

 

http://www.dolce-sport.ro/fotbal/fo...at-un-jucator-japonez-vezi-reactia-lui-28911/

The young midfielder Yoki Kumada moves to Romania, at Gaz Metan Medias. A short speach by him.

The new Takayuki Seto . He said he met once with Seto.

 

Yes, for the last place in Latvia...

 

Seems like Tajima is still there after all. He's currently playing for Maritimo C and has made 6 appearances and scored 1 goal.

http://www.foradejogo.net/player.php?player=199006070007

 

Just want to share. There are one japanese player in Malaysia Premier League this season. Shataro Hattori but no information regarding this player

 

Yup there is.. http://www.thestar.com.my/Sport/Football/2014/01/17/DRB-Hicom-ready-to-sting/

Shataro Hattori is from relegated Thai Premier League club Pattaya United

 

Positive comments on Mitsuru Maruoka from BVB winter training camp


"Mitsuru has participated equally in our training. He is an agile, strong-running midfielder, I would imagine on the 8 spot. He has a very accurate passing game," says Wagner.

http://www.ruhrnachrichten.de/sport...Maruoka-und-Flores-nach-Belek;art2108,2237407



An extra praise for the Japanese player Mitsuru Maruoka ". He was an invigorating element in our game, and made a good impression. He’s a hard runner who had no problems," Wagner said.

http://www.ruhrnachrichten.de/sport...-treffen-beim-2-0-gegen-Essen;art2108,2246755

 

Are there any indications to whether he would be in the senior, U23, or the U19 squad?

 

All signs right now indicate that he will feature with our U23 squad in the 3.Liga for now. He played well as a starter and earned good praise in the recent winter friendly against RW Essen.

He’s still really young so I think it’s the right place for him right now. If he continues to impress, then it shouldn't be long till we see him.

 

Hi guys, sorry if this is slightly off topic but I wasn't really sure where to post.

I run a football blog and am putting together a section dedicated to the 2014 World Cup. Can anyone recommend any English speaking Japan fan sites? I'm looking for help with the Japanese national team contribution.

Cheers

 

Maruoka trained with Dortmund's first team today.

 

And he made his debut with BVB II (U-23) in the 3. Liga.

 

Still struggling to get a fan site on board - is there anyone on the forum that fancies getting involved?