No particular "State of the Union" speech, this year, at least in the beginning. I just want to wish everyone an happy new year 2024 and get started with our annual thread. Of course this year's target are the Olympic Games, but before talking about them... we need to get rid of our Korea DPR arch-nemesis! The clash will happen quite soon, so let's prepare for it. Meanwhile, we can enjoy a lot of Japanese club football, both domestically and abroad. It will be another thrilling Nadeshiko year here on BigSoccer: let's go!
Tomorrow's games: High School Championship quarterfinal Fujieda Junshin vs Kamimura Gakuen AICJ vs Ohsaka Gakugei Jyumonji vs Gyosei International Yanagigaura vs Shutoku U18 Championship 1st round
Boys tournament A remarkable display of solidarity at the All Japan High School Soccer Tournament. Supporters of Ishikawa Prefecture's Seiryo HS couldn't reach Chiba for today's game b/c of the earthquake, so players of Nihon University Fujisawa HS stepped up to form an impromptu cheering group. https://t.co/FBEHqwIBSe— Dan Orlowitz (@aishiterutokyo) January 2, 2024 Rivals of Ishikawa club (Funabashi City?) borrowed their own cheering aids for Seiryo HS' "volunteers" from Fujisawa HS 市立船橋サッカー部が石川県にエールを送りました。きょうの選手権3回戦で星稜（石川県代表）と対戦します。後援会が中心になり、野球部・女子バスケットボール部などの協力を得て、メガホン約350個を用意。応援団が会場入りできない星稜の関係者に貸し出す予定です。#高校サッカー pic.twitter.com/BFdFvykhkh— 藤野隆晃 (@fujino_asahi) January 2, 2024
Today's result: High School Championship quarterfinal AiCJ 0-2 Ohsaka Gakugei Yanagigaura 1-1 (PK 5-3) Shutoku Fujieda Junshin 1-0 Kamimura Gakuen Jumonji 3-1 Gyosei International U18 Championship 1st round winners Menina, Hioki Seagulls, Inac, Ohita, Nojima, Fukuyama Rosas, Ehime, Cerezo
Tomorrow's games: U18 Championship quarterfinal Menina vs Hioki Seagulls Inac vs Ohita Trinita Nojima vs Fukuyama Rosas Ehime vs Cerezo
Nadeshiko League - player movement, update 1, up to 3/1/24. Viama and OSA Rhea haven't posted anything to date and Nittaidai and JFA aren't included here. Ehime and Orca have new managers. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Division 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ★ Orca Kamogawa FC ★ Retire Akemi Noda - Manager Yamada Ami #15 Okuno Eru #25 Fukuzumi Sora #27 Kaneshige Sari #20 Out Yamahata Aya #4 - Urashima Risa #7 - Hannah Diaz #10 - Suzuki Haruhi #11 - Nippon Television Tokyo Verdy Beleza Seshiru Akatsuki #16 gk - Fuchigami Nonoka #17 - Asahi Intec Loveledge Nagoya Kodama Kirara #18 - AS Harima Albion Hayase Sara #22 - Bunnys Gunma FC White Star Ichikawa Mei #24 - VONDS Ichihara FC Ladies In Karashima Keiju - Manager Kimura Mio - Orca Kamogawa BU Terao Sena - Nippon Sport Science University SMG Yokohama Asano Ayaka - Teikyo Heisei University Urabe Mizuki - Waseda University Hayashi Rion - Shugakukan High School Gato Yukino - University of Tsukuba Ikeguchi Kyoko - Kanagawa University ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ★ Asahi Intec Loveledge Nagoya ★ Retire Ichikawa Miki #14 Kuroyanagi Mihiro #26 Out Saito Kurumi #2 - Sturt Lions Football Club (Australia) Yamada Niina #10 - Sturt Lions Football Club (Australia) Yamamoto Sayuri #13 - Yokozawa Mai #15 - Mita Isayo - #16gk - Shimizu Akane #17 - Kamiya China #18 - Nippon Television Tokyo Verdy Beleza Okakura Umika #22 - Diosa Izumo Kawajiri Mayu #23 - Baldral Urayasu Las Chulas (futsal) Kawai Hanae #24 - Yamato Sylphid In Natsume Ayumi - Waseda University Niki Manami - Otemon Gakuin University Fuchigami Nonoka - Orca Kamogawa FC Nagata Akiko - Aichi Toho University Ueda Mako - Chukyo University Tsunoda Nanako - Nagoya University of Economics Shimura Misaki - FC Fujizakura Yamanashi ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ★ Iga FC Kunoichi Mie ★ Retire Mori Hitomi #10 Miyasako Tamami #13 Takeshima Kanako #20 Out Harada Yuina #14 - Diavorosso Hiroshima Nakagaki Niia #24 - Fukuoka J Anclas Kobayashi Ayana #25 - Fukuoka J Anclas In Masuda Rena - Speranza Osaka ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ★ Sfida Setagaya FC ★ Retire Watanabe Mizuki #5 Nakayama Satsuki #7 Mimoto Sayaka #8 Nagasaki Akane #11 Out Otake Mayu #10 - Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara Kuratomi Yuka #13 - Kishi Seimi #21gk - Murakami Mao #22 - Fukuoka J Anclas In Nakamura Yushika - Chifure AS Elfen Saitama Horie Mitsuki - Back from retirement Aoki Nanoha - Sfida Setagaya FC Youth Kikuchi Anri - Sfida Setagaya FC Youth Hashiba Sakura - Sfida Setagaya FC Youth Yamauchi Natsumi - INAC Tokyo Leoncina Kaneko Mayu - Nippon Sport Science University SMG Yokohama Fujiwara Airi - Nihon University Watanabe Nana - Teikyo Heisei University ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ★ NHK Spring Yokohama FC Seagulls ★ Retire Kumakura Ayaka #20 Yoshihara Minami #31gk Out Katayama Yuna #9 - Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara Tomita Minami #13 - Watanabe Rina #19 - Club Ferro Carril Oeste (Argentina) Kawazoe Yuzu #22 - In Arai Junna - Bunnys Gunma FC White Star Yano Risa - Osaka University of Physical Education Oka Momoka - Meiji International Medical University Muraoka Yuri - Toyo University Tamura Kanon - Nippon Sport Science University SMG Yokohama Kada Nana - Kanagawa University Yoshida Yuina - Kanagawa University Matsui Rio - Kanagawa University Ginoza Rea - Osaka Gakugei High School ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ★ AS Harima Albion ★ Retire Takeda Yuki #8 Out Sugita Mei #2 - Uchida Misuzu #9 - Changnyeon WFC (South Korea) Takahashi Fuko #13 - Katsurama Fumina #17 - Changnyeon WFC (South Korea) Nagasawa Yume #29 - Speranza Osaka Nishizaki Houka #32 - Bunnys Gunma FC White Star Yamamoto Mayu #35 - ??? (Sweden) In Watanabe Yu - Shobi Gakuen University Yoshioka Kokoro - Teikyo Heisei University Takeda Moe - Naruto Uzushio High School Kodama Kirara - Orca Kamogawa FC Hiratsuka Maki - Ehime FC Ladies Shiino Ayaka - Bunnies Gunma FC White Star Kogure Chiaki - Bunnies Gunma FC White Star Kawasaki Saya - Bunnies Gunma FC White Star ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ★ Bunnys Gunma FC White Star ★ Retire Asari Iku #17 Out Kogure Chiaki #1 - AS Harima Albion Arai Junna #3 - NHK Spring Yokohama FC Seagulls Kawasaki Saya #10 - AS Harima Albion Shiino Ayaka #18 - AS Harima Albion Nakahara Ai #19 - Nankatsu SC WINGS Maruo Rina #21 - Diosa Izumo FC In ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ★ Ehime FC Ladies ★ Retire Tokunaga Takanobu - Manager Out Saki Matsunaga #2 - Uemura Ayaka #3 - Okayama Yunogo Belle Sakamoto Michika #6 - Hiratsuka Maki #14 - AS Harima Albion Takeda Natsumi #22 - Kawai Mimi #32 - In Mochizuki Takashi - Manager Matsumura Nami - Otemon Gakuin University Matano Reina - Meiji International Medical University Hyodo Kira - Musashioka Junior College Matsuoka Yuku - Yanagigaura High School Kuroiwa Sawa - Kamimura Gakuen High School ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ★ Speranza Osaka ★ Retire Hamada Haruka #10 - Top team coach Yamato Sylphid Out Ito Kaede #1gk - Yamato Sylphid Miyaji Asuka #4 - Okayama Yunogo Belle Furudera Mika #11 - Tsukuba FC Ladies Oguma Momoka #14 - Fukuoka J Anclas Asaide Yuko #18 - Okayama Yunogo Belle Masuda Rena #23 - Iga FC Kunoichi Mie In Nagasawa Yume - AS Harima Albion ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ★ Shizuoka SSU Bonita ★ Retire Hasegawa Aika #29 Out Morita Kazuka #17 - Robina City (Australia) In Shirai Miku - Yamato Sylphid Moriya Kana - Okayama Yunogo Belle Ichikawa Himari - Kochi Gakuen High School Iwazaki Kokoro - Fukui High School / Fukui Institute of Technology Yamada Reia - Kamimura Gakuen High School ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ★ Via Materasu Miyazaki ★ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Division 2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ★ Yamato Sylphid ★ Retire Sue Yukiko #7 Yamane Yui #14 Shimoyamada Shiho #35 Out Shirai Miku #2 - Shizuoka SSU Bonita Fujiwara Mizuki #3 - Renofa Yamaguchi FC Ladies Yamamoto Nao #6 - Hasegawa Ai #13 - Morimoto Sayaka #19 - FC Machida Zelvia Ladies Genseki Kiyoka #20 - Murayama Aya #22 - Veertien Mie Ladies Noda Haruna #32 - Nebu Momoko #34 - Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara Kitakata Sae #38 - In Kurosawa Kotone - Jumonji Gakuen Women's University Noguchi Juri - Toyo University Ito Kaede - Speranza Osaka Kawai Hanae - Asahi Intec Loveledge Nagoya Aihara Yui - Shonan Bellmare U18 Girls Sasaki Yume - Shonan Bellmare U18 Girls Kitada Kotori - Tezukayama Gakuin University ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ★ Okayama Yunogo Belle ★ Retire Out Yonemoto Minori #4 - Toriumi Yuka #9 - Shirokura Ayumi #20 - VONDS Ichihara Ladies Matsuda Nozomi #23 - Cheng Siyu - #31gk - Moriya Kana #37 - Shizuoka SSU Bonita In Yamagami Hitomi - Creighton University (USA) Fukuda Hina - Tezukayama Gakuin University Kamasaka Kei - Sendai University Uemura Ayaka - Ehime FC Ladies Miyaji Asuka - Speranza Osaka Asaide Yuko - Speranza Osaka ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ★ Fukuoka J Anclas ★ Retire Asayama Miho #1gk Oka Misako #10 Out Wada Ria #2 - Diavorosso Hiroshima Suda Ayaka #7 - Veertien Mie Ladies Fujisaki Mana #13 - Veertien Mie Ladies In Matsumoto Momoka - AIC Seagull Hiroshima Ladies-AICJ High School Fukui Maho - Orca Kamogawa BU Tamashiro Takinise - Orca Kamogawa BU / International Budo University Noguchi Hikari - Orca Kamogawa BU / International Budo University Murakami Mao - Sfida Setagaya FC Oguma Momoka - Speranza Osaka Kobayashi Kina - Iga FC Kunoichi Mie Nakagaki Aoi - Iga FC Kunoichi Mie ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ★ Veertien Mie Ladies ★ Retire Yamaguchi Saya #8 Suzuki Asae #28 Out Miyamoto Yuka #5 - Oshida Aya #11 - Furuta Nao #12gk - Ebisuya Ami #23 - Namiki Kanon #29 - Nomura Aya #31gk - Morito Rin #32 - In Doi Sakura - FC Imabari Ladies Fukuyama Yoshiho - FC BASARA Koga Ladies Fujisaki Mana - Fukuoka J Anclas Suda Ayaka - Fukuoka J Anclas Matsumoto Hinaha - Musashioka Junior College CIENCIA Kitakubo Kana - Nankatsu SC WINGS Otaki Mayu - Lucre MYFC Hirano Suzuka - Himeji Dokkyo University Tajiri Rio - Nagoya University of Economics Fukui Rion - Nagoya University of Economics Tanaka Marino - Mukogawa Women's University Tajiri Saki - FC Fujizakura Yamanashi Murayama Aya - Yamato Sylphid ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ★ Kibi International University Charme Okayama Takahashi ★ Retire Out Yamashita Yume #24 - FC Imabari Ladies In ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ★ FC Fujizakura Yamanashi ★ Retire Out Shimura Misaki #12gk - Asahi Intec Loveledge Nagoya Nagaki Mariko #15 - Nankatsu SC WINGS Tokuda Yuuka #17 - FC Imabari Ladies Tajiri Saki #21 - Veertien Mie Ladies In ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ★ Tsukuba FC Ladies ★ Retire Kishikawa Rina #14 Out In Furudera Mika - Speranza Osaka ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ★ Diavorosso Hiroshima ★ Retire Naito Yuka #7 Kohanawa Moe #10 Out Miyazaki Yurika #2 - Tanabe Ichigo #3 - Ohata Emiri #13 - Ito Koyuki #14 - In Harada Yuna - Iga FC Kunoichi Mie Kisu Mihiro - VONDS Ichihara FC Ladies Wada Ria - Fukuoka J Anclas ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Division 2 New Teams ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ★ SEISA OSA Rhea Shonan ★ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ★ FC Imabari Ladies ★ Retire Osaki Rika #2 Out Doi Sakura #3 - Veertien Mie Ladies Ogawa Manami #4 - Renofa Yamaguchi Ladies In Suzuki Junna - Beillevaire Nishinomiya Hamaguchi Chinatsu - Nippon Sport Science University SMG Yokohama Yamashita Yume - Kibi International University Charme Okayama Takahashi Tokuda Yuuka - FC Fujizakura Yamanashi Tanaka Moe - Shobi Gakuen University Nakayama Yuka - Shobi Gakuen University ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ★ Diosa Izumo FC ★ Retire Nagatake Ai #1gk Kaneshige Risa #15 Out Shimamura Kimiko #3 - Kojima Chiaki #19 - Omasa Nao #20 - In Okakura Umika - Asahi Intec Loveledge Nagoya Tsuneishi Ayumi - Tezukayama Gakuin University Ota Akari - Meiji International Medical University Hara Minori - Tottori Prefecture Johoku High School KawamuraYumi - Meiji International Medical University Nomura Sae - Veertien Mie Ladies Iwashita Kirara - Tokyo International University Maruo Rina - Bunnys Gunma FC White Star ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I'll have to take time to digest this impressive and invaluable post (hank you very much for your work, @Elstree ). The only thing I'm going to say right now is that, of all of the many retiring players the one I am more sad about is Hitomi Mori. She has been a very relevant FW in the history of Nadeshiko League (now Division 1, once, before WE League had been born, Nadeshiko League 2); and she was very pretty to boot!
Tomorrow's games (2): University Championship semifinal Yamanashi Gakuin vs Toyo 11:00 Teikyo Heisei vs Waseda 14:00
I really didn't expect that. If they stay in Nadeshiko league, they might be a good add to any team but I suspect a move in a We League team (Jef?) Btw, tremendous work here @Elstree
Hopeful players from this high school tournament: Mitomi Ririka (Kamimura) - Chifure Hayama Miku (Jumonji) - Regina Nasuno Hinata (Shutoku) - Albi Shimoyoshi Yui (Fujieda Junshin) - Albi
Today's result: University Championship semifinal Yamanashi Gakuen 3-1 Toyo Teikyo Heisei 0-1 Waseda Yamanashi's high press destroyed Toyo's possession football. Tochitani Miu (Yamanashi - Chifure) has a superb long feed. Waseda's only goal was generated by Menina combination (Goto's headding from Ohyama's FK). U18 Championship quarterfinal Menina 11-0 Hioki Seagulls Inac 4-0 Ohita Trinita Nojima 9-0 Fukuyama Rosas Ehime Mikan 1-1 (PK 4-5 ) Cerezo
Tomorrow's games: High School Championship semifinal Jumonji vs Yanagigaura 11:00 Fujieda Junshin vs Ohsaka Gakugei 14:00
I believe Urashima Risa was Orcas top goal scorer by mid season but had a minor injury or something a few games before the summer break that kept her out or used as a sub most of the second half of the season. Started only 2 or 3 games towards the end. At 29 years old it's good to see she wants to continue playing. When compiling this list, which is half way complete, some of the players retiring are only 20 or 21 years old . I hope she finds a good team.
I'm sad too about Mori, being an Iga fan. There's still a lot still to come for this list. If my memory is correct, there's a lot of contracts that run until the end of January, both Nadeshiko League and WE League. We could still see a few going either way there. There's also a lot of destinations of players to be completed once they've been decided. There could be several names translated incorrectly in this list but if the translator done as it was meant to....You might like the name similarity of Otake Mayu and Otaki Mayu
Stayed up for this one. I expected a close game but was pleasantly surprised. Yamanashi got their work done in the first half then seemed to relax a bit in the second allowing Toyo to play a bit more. Revenge for last years final?
We’ve signed a Japanese midfielder with a Kentucky connection 🤝Welcome to #RacingLou, @yuuka_kurosaki!— Racing Louisville FC (@RacingLouFC) January 4, 2024
Remina Chiba leaving JEF Chiba for a transfer abroad. Her new club is already set, just not revealed. 【千葉玲海菜選手が海外クラブへ移籍について】#千葉玲海菜 選手が海外クラブへ移籍をすることになりました1月7日（日）第7節 マイナビ仙台レディース戦の終了後にセレモニーを行う予定です皆さま是非ご来場ください詳細はこちらhttps://t.co/kwW3m9wJqc#jefunited #ジェフ千葉レディース pic.twitter.com/pnvNt9jfpw— ジェフ千葉レディース【公式X】 (@jefchiba_ladies) January 5, 2024
Today's result: High School Championship semifinal Fujieda Junshin 1-0 Ohsaka Gakugei Jumonji 2-0 Yanagigaura