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Dan Orlowitz @aishiterutokyo.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Anyway it's #JLeague Kit SZN! These were organized roughly geographically and I can only post four per skeet so let's gooooo: Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo (J2) Vanraure Hachinohe (J2) Vegalta Sendai (J2) Blaublitz Akita (J2) (1/15)

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Dan Orlowitz @aishiterutokyo.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

One week until the #JLeague 100 Year Vision League (also known as the HYVL or the Chaos Energy J.League Cup) kicks off! The league has announced that four opening-weekend matches will be streamed on the international YouTube channel, available outside Japan & territories with broadcasting deals.

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Japanese Football @jpnfbl.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

🇩🇪🅰️ Hiroki Ito (26) finally returned to the pitch, coming on as an 83rd-minute substitute. Just moments after entering the match, he assisted FC Bayern’s sixth goal of the afternoon.

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Japanese Football @jpnfbl.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

🏆 QUARTER FINAL TIME: 🇯🇵 Japan U-17 vs Austria U17 🇦🇹 The young Samurai Blue are 90 minutes away from making history, a first-ever U-17 World Cup semi-final is on the line.

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Japanese Football @jpnfbl.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

FT: 🇯🇵 Japan 3-0 Bolivia 🇧🇴 ⚽ D. Kamada ⚽ S. Machino ⚽ K. Nakamura Moriyasu's side end the year with back to back wins and clean sheets.

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Japanese Football @jpnfbl.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

🇯🇵 Haruya Fujii could be on his way back to Nagoya #Grampus. The now 24-year-old left for Kortrijk in January 2024, but injuries have limited him to just 36 appearances. Now his former club have submitted an offer to bring him home, per @ImarVanden (on X).

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Japanese Football @jpnfbl.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Two goal contributions for Kanya Fujimoto in Birmingham City U21’s 5–1 win over West Brom. Forced a save that led to the first and set up Betteka for the third. A productive afternoon in Kanya’s first pre-season outing. 📸 @BCFCAcademy / #bcfc

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Japanese Football @jpnfbl.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

🇳🇱 Shiogai’s superb pre-season ended in style with a goal and an assist against Blackburn Rovers. A blessing for NEC that his move to RB Salzburg fell through, 7 goals already in pre-season, he’s shaping up for a fantastic campaign. 📸 @necnijmegen

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Japanese Football @jpnfbl.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

🇩🇰🥳 Match winner on his first appearance at #Brøndby Stadion! Sho Fukuda vs HB Torshavn ( @SofascoreINT ): ⏱ 67 minutes 🥅 1 goal 🧠 1 chance created 🕺 1 successful dribble 📈 32/33 passes (97%) ⚔️ 5/7 ground duels won

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Japanese Football @jpnfbl.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

🇳🇱👀 Ajax have their sights set on Ko Itakura following Jorrel Hato’s departure. The Japanese international is reportedly eager to join the Dutch giants, and Ajax hope to lure him away from Gladbach for just €8–9M. 🗞️ @telegraaf.nl / 📸 @borussia.bsky.social

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Dan Orlowitz @aishiterutokyo.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

The #JLeague announces that tonight's friendly, won 3-1 by Liverpool over Yokohama FM, has set a new record for attendance at a league-organized match with a crowd of 67,032. Rest of top 5 are Bayern-Man City, Frontale-PSG, the first leg of the 2004 Suntory Championship & YFM-FCT in 2019.

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Japanese Football @jpnfbl.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

🇫🇷 Young Southampton forward Rento Takaoka (高岡伶颯) has been in France, training with Valenciennes’ reserves ahead of a potential loan move. Takaoka joined the Saints after turning 18 earlier this year. 🗞️@justsaints.bsky.social

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Japanese Football @jpnfbl.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

🇧🇪 Koki Saito is back in training with SK Lommel (@hbvl). The 23-year-old still has two years left on his contract but hasn’t featured for #Lommel since the 2021/22 season, spending the last three seasons on loan in the Eredivisie at #Sparta Rotterdam and Championship at #QPR.

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Japanese Football @jpnfbl.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

🇩🇪 Daisuke Yokota has joined Hannover 96 on loan with an option to buy! The 25-year-old spent last season in the 2. Bundesliga with Kaiserslautern. now he links up with fellow Japanese player Hayate Matsuda at Hannover. 📸 @Hannover96

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Dan Orlowitz @aishiterutokyo.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

「目標も準備も検証も曖昧なCWC。４年とその未来に向けクラブと株主は道筋を示せ。」 "Our Club World Cup campaign lacked clear objectives, preparation and introspection. The club and shareholders need to show us the path they have in mind for four years from now and beyond." #urawareds #jleague

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⚽️ Ryo 🇯🇵 @rbyryo.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

🆕 Shogun Soccer Scouting 🇯🇵⚽️🔍! 1⃣3⃣: KOTA TAKAI | #高井幸大 ! LINK 🔗: www.shogunsoccer.com/p/shogun-soc... - Physically imposing 💪 but some issues with speed & turning agility ↪️ - Very good ball progression through passes & carries ✅ #Spurs #THFC #COYS #JLeague

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Shogun Soccer Scouting #13: Kota Takai

Big prospect but can he make the big leap to the Premier League?

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Japanese Football @jpnfbl.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

🇯🇵 Kashima Antlers slipped up today, and Kashiwa Reysol pounced. Their win over Shimizu S-Pulse moves them level on points with Antlers at the top of the J1 table. 📸 @REYSOL_Official • #reysol

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Japanese Football @jpnfbl.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

🇯🇵 Busy week for Japanese transfers in Europe: 🇩🇰 Uchino > Brøndby ✅ 🇸🇪 Shima > Hammarby ✅ 🇧🇪 Yokohama > Genk ✅ 🇧🇪 Nozawa > Antwerp ✅ 🇩🇪 Ikari > Hannover 96 ✅ 🇩🇰 Fukuda > Brøndby ✅ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Takai > Spurs ⏳ 🇩🇪 Machida > Hoffenheim ⏳ 🇨🇿 Hashioka > Slavia ⏳

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Japanese Football @jpnfbl.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

🇯🇵🇺🇸 History made! Yohei Takaoka becomes the first-ever Japanese-born player to be named in the MLS All-Star squad.

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Japanese Football @jpnfbl.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tottenham Hotspur have agreed a £5m fee with Kawasaki Frontale for Japan international Kota Takai, per @sponichisoccer. It’ll be the largest transfer fee ever received for a Japanese player from the J League.

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Japanese Football @jpnfbl.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

🅰️ Sota Nakamura’s run continues. That’s 4 games in a row with an assist, 6 total this season in J1. Only Lucas Fernandes has more. 📸 @sanfrecce_SFC • #sanfrecce

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Japanese Football @jpnfbl.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

♦️ Ryoma Watanabe fired in from close range to give Urawa Reds a dream start against Inter Milan. Takuro Kaneko displayed some superb dribbling down the right to create the goal.

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Japanese Football @jpnfbl.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

♦️🏟️ Urawa Reds and Inter Milan aren’t total strangers, they met once before, all the way back in 2004. Inter were on a pre-season tour of Japan, and nearly 58,000 fans watched Urawa pull off a 1-0 win. The only goal was slotted home from the spot by Brazilian forward Emerson 🇧🇷

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Japanese Football @jpnfbl.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿➡️ Kyogo Furuhashi is attracting interest from several European clubs, with Birmingham City reportedly among them. The Blues return to the Championship this season and will be aiming for promotion back to the Premier League. 🗞️ sponichisoccer

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Japanese Football @jpnfbl.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

❓ Ayumu #Seko has left Grasshoppers following the expiration of his contract. At just 25 and already a Japan international, where do you think he’s headed next? 📸 GC Zürich

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Japanese Football @jpnfbl.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

📉 Somehow, it’s getting even worse for Marinos, both Anderson Lopes and Yan Matheus are now being linked with moves away. They're in trouble.

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⚽️ Ryo 🇯🇵 @rbyryo.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Really great to see Ao Tanaka's awesome performances for Leeds United this season. I remember talking with the Yorkshire Evening Post when his transfer was confirmed last summer but even I didn't imagine he'd be this good! 🌟

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Japanese Football @jpnfbl.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

🏆🇯🇵 Ao Tanaka (Championship) and Tomoki Iwata (League One) have both been nominated for the @PFA Players’ Player of the Year awards. 📸 #LUFC & #BCFC

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Japanese Football @jpnfbl.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

♦️ Disappointing from Urawa, those second and third goals were poor to concede. Things were starting to look promising.

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Sounder at Heart @sounderatheart.com · 12/06/2025

Club World Cup Preview: Urawa Red Diamonds Get to know one of Japan’s most popular teams. 🖊️ @aishiterutokyo.bsky.social www.sounderatheart.com/2025/06/club...

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Club World Cup Preview: Urawa Red Diamonds

Get to know one of Japan’s most popular teams.

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Japanese Football @jpnfbl.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

🇨🇿🏆 Czech champions Slavia Prague are eyeing Luton Town full-back Daiki Hashioka as reinforcement and competition for David Douděra. 🗞️ iSport

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Japanese Football @jpnfbl.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

🇯🇵❌ Marinos’ season goes from bad to worse, they were knocked out of the Emperor’s Cup by JFL side ReinMeer Aomori. Goalkeeper Riku Hirosue opened the scoring. 📸 ReinMeer Aomori

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Japanese Football @jpnfbl.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

🇺🇸⚔️ Sota Kitano and Takumu Kawamura are in RB Salzburg’s squad for the Club World Cup next week. Excluding Urawa, they’re the only Japanese players set to feature in the tournament.

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Byzantine @greenbyzantine.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Don’t let #FMarinos’ loss to #Rainmeer distract you that YFM is also facing relegation. Did I mention the Yokohama F Marinos are in a lot of trouble now?

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Dan Orlowitz @aishiterutokyo.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

With all these one-year-to-go 2026 World Cup stories coming out, just want to put it out there that I’m happy to come onto podcasts, radio, YouTube etc to talk about where Japan stands, seeing as so few of these stories seem interested in making in more than a cursory reference to Asian teams.

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Japanese Football @jpnfbl.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

🇦🇹❌ Kento Shiogai’s (塩貝健人) transfer to RB Salzburg will not take place due to an injury found in the medical. The Austrian Bundesliga side wanted him to play at the Club World Cup next week. 🗞️ via NEC Nijmegen

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Japanese Football @jpnfbl.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

🇯🇵🆕 More debuts today. Junnosuke Suzuki and Shunsuke Mito the latest players to make their first Samurai Blue appearances. 📸 JFA

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Japanese Football @jpnfbl.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

🇦🇹✍️ Sota Kitano (北野颯太) has officially joined RB Salzburg! Best of luck to him, hopefully we’ll see him at the Club World Cup next week. 📸 RB Salzburg

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Japanese Football @jpnfbl.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

🇯🇵📈 Mito Hollyhock capitalise on Omiya Ardija dropping points and move level with them. After finishing 15th last season, Mito are now unbeaten in 10 (including 6 consecutive wins), and sit just 3 points off top spot in J2. 📸 Mito Hollyhock

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Japanese Football @jpnfbl.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

🇹🇷 Turkish giants Fenerbahçe have reportedly had a €10M bid rejected for Daizen Maeda. Celtic are holding out for €25M for the Japanese forward, who had a standout season, 33 goals and 12 assists across all competitions. 🗞️ FFTV, Sözcü & NTV SPOR via @TheParkheadF on X

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Japanese Football @jpnfbl.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

🇯🇵 A J.League U-20 side made very easy work of Málaga U-20 🇪🇸 with a 19–0 victory. Gaku Nawata was on fire, bagging 4 goals, including a hat-trick in the opening SIX minutes. Vegalta Sendai’s, Takumi Yasuno also scored 4. 📸 Koki Nagahama / @gekisaka

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Japanese Football @jpnfbl.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

🫎 Kashima #Antlers’ keeper Tomoki Hayakawa has been aid this season, he’s prevented the most goals in the J.League (4.5) and kept the joint-most clean sheets (9).

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Japanese Football @jpnfbl.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

🇯🇵 Hochi are reporting that Moriyasu will call up five of Oniki’s Kashima #Antlers squad for the upcoming EAFF E-1 Championship: Kimito Nono, Tomoki Hayakawa, Ryotaro Araki, Naomichi Ueda, and Kyosuke Tagawa. 🗞️ @hochi_football 📸 via Tomoki Hayakawa on IG

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Japanese Football @jpnfbl.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

🇯🇵 Congratulations to Kota Tawaratsumida, Yu Hirakawa, and Hiroki Sekine, all three made their Samurai Blue debuts against Australia! 👏 📸 via Goal Japan

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Japanese Football @jpnfbl.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

♦️ Urawa Reds have signed Hiiro Komori ahead of the Club World Cup. He’ll be hoping to put a tough spell behind him and hit the ground running. 📸 Urawa Reds

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Japanese Football @jpnfbl.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

♦️ #UrawaReds came from behind to beat Yokohama FC in their final match before heading off to the Club World Cup. After a miserable start, they’ve turned things around and now sit 3rd in the J.League. How do you think they’ll fare against River Plate 🇦🇷, Inter 🇮🇹 and Monterrey 🇲🇽?

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Japanese Football @jpnfbl.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

🇯🇵 In his farewell appearance for Cerezo Osaka, Sota Kitano (北野颯太) signed off with two assists in a 4-2 win over Shimizu S-Pulse. He leaves the club with 4 goals and 4 assists this season, more than his previous three seasons combined. 👏

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