Striking Needs
Besides Ayase Ueda, Japan lacks a classic striker, a towering option. But this time around, three profiles are lurking to be a possible solution.
Read More Striking NeedsBesides Ayase Ueda, Japan lacks a classic striker, a towering option. But this time around, three profiles are lurking to be a possible solution.
Read More Striking NeedsA bitter exit because of penalties hurts, but this doesn’t have to stop Japanese football from thinking ahead.
Read More What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You SmarterFrom Yasuhito Endo’s true successor to anonymous Spanish second division gigs: the story of Gaku Shibasaki.
Read More The Lost PrinceEAFF E-1 comes at the right time for Moriyasu to evaluate the last adds to the squad for Qatar 2022.
Read More WildcardsAfter a suffering campaign, Japan qualified for the 2022 World Cup. The keeper situation, though, is all but solved.
Read More The Goalie-mmaAfter 2020 and 2021, J. League is at its third step of a tough four years-schedule. Will it have an impact on the players?
Read More The Four-Years MarathonA product Gamba’s youth sector and probably the MVP of these Olympic Games, Kosei Tani is ready to take the next step.
Read More Out of the BlueGroup A in the football tournament of Tokyo 2020 sees Japan challenging France, Mexico and South Africa.
Read More HurdlesThe band is back together to comment the perspectives of the young Samurai Blue in the Olympic Games.
Read More Olympic Vindication: The RoundtableThis is a tale of a missed chance and where those 19 main protagonists are right now. Part 2 concerns midfielders, forwards and the coach himself.
Read More Saudade: Where are they now? (Part 2)