Japanese Football

As Maeda and Hatate prepare to leave, the Japanese era glows in its twilight. What a legacy they leave behind. 🌸 @JapaneseFbl @CelticFCJPN #CelticFC 🍀 bhoysincontext.com/2026/05/24/the…

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🔙 Japan’s captain is back. Wataru Endo has returned to team training ahead of Liverpool’s final match of the season.

🇧🇪✨ Ayumu Yokoyama ends the season with his FIRST goal for Genk's senior side. Doubles the lead, after Junya Ito had opened the scoring. Second consecutive start following a successful stint with the second team. The breakthrough is here.

🇩🇪🔁 Two Bundesliga interested in Shunsuke Mito. GLADBACH (already have Machino, and signing Uno), MAINZ (already have Sano and Kawasaki. The German top flight is stacking up on Japanese talent this summer. 🗞️ BILD

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿📈 Yu Hirakawa with the cross. Ollie McBurnie with the finish. Hull are heading back to the Premier League. Crazy scenes.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 A Daizen Maeda goal is inevitable at this point. He’s given Celtic the lead in the Scottish Cup final, scoring for the SEVENTH match running. Incredible.

🇩🇪 Bayern open to selling Hiroki Ito. Asking price: ~€20m. Two metatarsal fractures wrecked his Bavarian stint. Time for a fresh start?

🇩🇪✍️ OFFICIAL: Mio Backhaus signs for SC Freiburg. Fresh off finishing runners-up in the Europa League on Wednesday, Freiburg’s first move of the summer is the Japanese-German keeper. Links up with Yuito Suzuki 🇯🇵 📸 @scfreiburg

🇯🇵🏆 Japan U-17 = Asian Cup winners. Held on for a 3-2 win over China after that three-goal half-hour. Maki Kitahara seals the Golden Boot with 6. U-23s won earlier this year. Senior side winning it next year? 👀

🇯🇵🏆 The U-17s are flying. Three goals before the break in the Asian Cup final, Satomi, Saito and Kitahara all on the scoresheet. 45 minutes from joining the U-23s as Asian champions.

🇧🇪⚡️ Shion Shinkawa FINALLY makes his first STVV start tonight. Joined from Sagan Tosu in January. Played in the fourth tier with the reserves 6 goals and an assist. Three senior cameos along the way. But now he gets a chance from the off.

@leon_acm This is his burner account.

@JapaneseFbl Are you Moriyasu, the way you forgot about Morita

🇯🇵🔁 So many potential moves for Japanese players already in Europe this summer 👀 🇩🇪 Satoshi Tanaka (Fortuna) 🇩🇪 Joel Fujita (St Pauli) 🇧🇪 Ryotaro Ito (STVV) 🇧🇪 Keisuke Goto (STVV/ Anderlecht) 🇮🇹 Zion Suzuki (Parma) 🇳🇱 Takehiro Tomiyasu (Ajax) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Daichi Kamada (Crystal Palace) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Daizen Maeda (Celtic) 🇳🇱 Kodai Sano (NEC) 🇫🇷 Keito Nakamura (Reims) 🇳🇱 Ayase Ueda (Feyenoord)

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@JapaneseFbl Bro they said no to a 13m deal why would they accept 8m

🇩🇪💰 STVV set to bank €8m from Rihito Yamamoto's move to SC Freiburg. A €7m profit on what they paid Gamba Osaka back in 24/25. 🗞️ Niuewsblad

@leon_acm Tokyo

@JapaneseFbl where does the friendly take place?

🇯🇵🔙 Maya Yoshida RETURNS to the Japan squad. The LA Galaxy defender comes in for Daichi Kamada (Palace's Conference League final) for the Iceland friendly ONLY.

🇧🇪➡️🇩🇪 The STVV exodus begins. Rihito Yamamoto is the first out, agreed permanent move to SC Freiburg. He'll link up with Yuito Suzuki at the Europa-Park Stadion. A 10 G/A season earns him the Bundesliga step up. 🗞️ @sachatavolieri

🇩🇪🔁 Freiburg closing in on Mio Backhaus. Personal terms agreed. A five-year deal until 2031 ready to sign. Werder Bremen's price: roughly €17m. The Japanese-German had interest from elsewhere but is keen on Freiburg. 🗞️ @Plettigoal / @SkySportDE