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

Sorry if already posted, anyway it looks like former Gainare Masato Fukui has settled himself in Skënderbeu Korçë now, and they are currently at the top of Albania's first division.

 

http://www.soccer-king.jp/news/world/esp/20161011/502641.html

Honda seems to be deepening his Spain relationships huh

in short, on the 29th of october there's a giant trial for 18-19 yrs old. Those who succeed will go to "study" in Spain with a "former Atletico Madrid coach"
@naopon near the end I see that it talks about a 1yr contract with a club for one season... but which one ? lol

 

oh okay, I misunderstood that the coach was in Spain, thanks. You're right, re-reading it says that he will actually do the selection too.
Btw:
スペインのクラブチームと契約し、1シーズンプレーする権利を授与。

 

I just found out that there are 3 japanese players in Eerste Divisie actually.
The first is Sai.
The second is Naoyuki Yamazaki, a former Azul Claro midfielder. He was on trial at Telstar and made it. He's a regular now apparently. (congrats)
The last is a player in VVV which I had no idea who he was. Name's Rintaro Tashima...
... and he's the son of the JFA's president, lolz. I'll leave it at that

Special note: who remembers Stefano Lilipaly? I don't know what went wrong in Japan but he's actually having two excellent seasons back home.

 

Today there's an interview exactly with Yamazaki. Interesting article, so i'll sum it up. He's been the MVP twice already.

He actually earned his first pro contract at 25y with this move!
He recalls that he started getting into a slump near the end of his university career (Tokyo Gakugei University). He started off strong but basically only got penny minutes between september and november (this is 2014) .
He was in FC Tokyo U18 before moving to Uni btw.
So, after having a rough 4th and last university year, he couldn't get a pro contract. So he went with Azul Claro Numazu, with an amateur contract, while also working as a teacher in school. Got injured, and skipped 3 months. When he came back, he couldn't win a starting position anymore, and not even play.
So, he was released at the end of 2014.
On the 15th of January (2015) he flew to Finland. He posted a video to get attention
However he had no confidence and not a good condition so he did not pass his trial (doesn't say the club but it was HJK).
Came back in Japan and received some offers from amateur clubs, however he thought about quitting as he felt it was pointless this way. Around the end of June, he joined HBO Tokyo, a club that doesn't even have a Wiki apparently. We are in the 7th division I think, Tokyo's Metropolitan league, under the regional leagues.
However, this is mostly because it seems to be a club that supports japanese who want to play overseas (obviously, in lower divisions). He worked in a hotel in the meanwhile.
Fast forward to 2016, he gets an opportunity to trial at Miami United (National Premier Soccer League, 4th div. in USA).
Seems that it was difficult to get the work permit, so he couldn't sign. However, he says that he felt his condition recovered. He also had started working with a physio after he left Numazu.
In may, he returns to Japan. In june, he gets a trial in Telstar... and the rest is known

 

Not that playing in Uzbekistan was common...

 

So it seems.

 

https://www.hallandsposten.se/sport/hbk/hbk-s-japan-jag-vill-bli-som-ljungberg-1.4110385

apparently he already trained one week at the club last year.
Newly promoted side