Football (soccer)

According to the news report in Japan, some club of Bundesliga are considering the contract of Hajime Hosogai in this summer. Hosogai is 30-year-old and play in Bursaspor of Super Lig, Turkey. He became a professional player in Urawa RedDiamonds of J-League on 2005, and he has been played to Defender. In December 2010, he contracted with Bayer Leverkusen of Bundesliga. …

There was the Matchday 3 of J.League division 1 in July 13. Usually, The match held in Saturday, but it  is also carried out several times in weekday, Wednesday. This time, we introduce the match that took place in Shonan BMW Stadium Hiratsuka. This stadium is home town of Shonan bellmare. In this day, There was the match of …

On July 10, Portugal beat hosts France in the Euro 2016 final. Portugal became the champion at first time in the World Cup and the European Championship. But if Japan participated in the Euro 2016, how was the result of them? This is a make-believe story. ■Episode.1   Japan participate urgent in the Euro 2016! On June 1, UEFA called …

According to the news report in Japan, Panathinaikos F.C. of Superleague Greece are considering the contract of Eiji Kawashima in this summer. Kawashima is 33-year-old and play in Dundee United FC of Scottish Premiership now. he became a professional player in Omiya Ardija of J-League on 2001, and he has been played to Goalkeeper. He transfered to Nagoya Grampus Eight in 2004, but …

Takuma Asano, playing in Sanfrecce Hiroshima of J-League, scheduled that transfer to FC Augsburg of Bundesliga. But now he consider that transfer to “Gunners” Arsenal FC of Premier League. Arsenal prepared 5 million euros for transfer fee of Asano, and approached the contract to Sanfrecce. But he played in only 5 matches of Japan national team from 2015, so he did not …

Makoto Hasebe who belong to Eintracht Frankfurt of Bundesliga, contract a marriage with Japanese model, Arisa Sato. They have been dating for 4 years, and marry in July. Hasebe is 32-year-old, and play in Frankfurt from 2014. he became a professional player in Urawa RedDiamonds of J-League on 2002. he has been played as the Midfielder.. In 2008, …

Tokyo Verdy 1969 of J2 League announced that Takahiro Futagawa of Gamba Osaka transfer to Verdy, on June 28. This is a time-limited transfers, until January 31, 2017. His jersey number is 32, he will join practice from June 30. Futagawa is 36 years old, he became a professional player in Gamba on 1999. he has …

On June 23, Britain voted to quit the European Union. This result affected that transfer to the Premier League. Are there any impact for transfers of Japanese players? The Player of EU member country do not need the working visa for play in Premier League. Japan is not the EU member country, so it is hard to …

Japan Football Association announced the three overage players to play in the Rio Olympic’s team. In the former Olympic, Players such as Shinji Ono and Maya Yoshida that played in Europe, has been selected to overage player. But this time, 3 players to play in J-League has been selected. Let’s introduce the 3 players. ■Hiroki Fujiharu（Gamba Osaka) Hiroki …