Evidently an American-born (New York) '93 playing striker for top-division club Yokohama F. Marinos, according to a Google translation of his roster page and some database sites. http://www.f-marinos.com/news/detail/2015-08-05/160000/183052 http://www.f-marinos.com/club/player The club's Instragram indicates that he made his J-League debut last month against Tokyo. https://instagram.com/p/70G-XlhLxC/ Seems to be a college student. https://instagram.com/p/6BfNgahL5x/ Go Marinos!
What looks like his (private) Instagram page says: Cayman Togashi USA×JPN/22age/soccer/hiyoshi/yokohama https://instagram.com/cayman0810/
A few factoids: http://www.sponichi.co.jp/soccer/news/2015/09/20/kiji/K20150920011167390.html http://www.targma.jp/yokohama-ex/posts/4761/ Togashi scored a 88th minute winner in his J-League debut, with a header from a Shunsuke Nakamura corner. Togashi was born to a Japanese father and American mother. He was named after the Cayman Islands, which his parents visited for their honeymoon. Despite his heritage, he failed his university English course. Currently a senior at Kanto Gakuin University in Yokohama, and was recently registered by Marinos under a "special designated player" rule which allows J-League clubs to register amateur players while maintaining their eligibility for high school/college/youth academy competitions. Togashi graduated from Marinos' "junior youth" (U-15) academy, but failed to matriculate to the U-18 squad and went on to HS and college soccer. Togashi was reportedly not a high profile pro prospect, nor did he have a standing offer to go pro after graduation. His college team practices at facilities operated by Marinos, who occasionally recruit several students to make up the numbers for their senior team's training sessions. Manager Erick Mombaerts was impressed by Togashi to the point of registering him for league matches. The Japanese Jordan Morris?
Transfermarkt implies that Togashi was on loan from the university to the Marinos; the loan ended last year, at which point he may have moved to the pro team permanently. At least, that's how I'm reading this link: http://www.transfermarkt.com/cayman-togashi/profil/spieler/386091 Looks like he has played sparingly: http://www.transfermarkt.com/cayman-togashi/leistungsdaten/spieler/386091/plus/0?saison=2014
Yeah, he is now a full Marinos squad member. The Japan FA has a system for registering amateurs concurrently to J-League squads so that are eligible for both their youth/HS/college club and the pro outfit. No pesky NCAA rules to worry about.
Togashi has been called up to a 3-day Japan U23 camp. He's off to a hot start in his rookie season, so he may have an outside shot at sneaking into the Rio squad.
Togashi scored for the Japan U23s in a home friendly against Ghana's "Local Black Stars" (a B-squad selected from the Ghana PL). Goal is at ~0:58.
Japan, by the way, made it to Brazil, where they are grouped with Sweden, Nigeria, and our play-off nemesis Colombia.
Togashi was called up for the Toulon U23 tournament. They will play Paraguay, Portugal, Guinea and England in their group later this month.
Snip: Cayman was born to an American mother and a Japanese father in New York in 1993. The family moved to Japan when he was four, settling in Yokohama. His parents honeymooned in the Cayman Islands. Their son’s name is a permanent memento of that happy holiday. http://daswunderkind.net/japan-cinderella-boy-cayman-togashi/
#ICYMI Cayman Togashi, some of you may not have heard of him, scored his first goal for Japanese J2 League team Machida Zelvia (00:30 mark in the video) in their win over Avispa Fukuoka. #JLeague #YanksAbroad https://t.co/uaE6Gx47qT via @YouTube— Yanks Abroad (@YanksAbroad) April 14, 2019