Raiju Obuchi (大渕 来珠, Obuchi Raiju; born 21 July 2003) is a Japanese footballer currently playing as a midfielder for…Raiju Obuchi (大渕 来珠, Obuchi Raiju; born 21 July 2003) is a Japanese footballer currently playing as a midfielder for Tegevajaro Miyazaki on loan from V-Varen Nagasaki.
Shoki Nagano (長野 星輝, Nagano Shoki; born 22 May 2002) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as an attacking…Shoki Nagano (長野 星輝, Nagano Shoki; born 22 May 2002) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for J3 League club FC Osaka.
Ryōtarō Araki (荒木 遼太郎, Araki Ryōtarō; born 29 January 2002) is a Japanese footballer who plays as an attacking…Ryōtarō Araki (荒木 遼太郎, Araki Ryōtarō; born 29 January 2002) is a Japanese footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder and as a forward for Belgian Pro League club Sint-Truiden.
Shō Fukuda (福田 翔生, Fukuda Shō; born 23 March 2001) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a forward for…Shō Fukuda (福田 翔生, Fukuda Shō; born 23 March 2001) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Danish Superliga club Brøndby. His elder brother Yuya is also a professional footballer currently playing for J1 League side Gamba Osaka.
Takumi Nakamura (中村 拓海, Nakamura Takumi; born 16 March 2001) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a defender for J1…Takumi Nakamura (中村 拓海, Nakamura Takumi; born 16 March 2001) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a defender for J1 League club Cerezo Osaka.
Kaito Abe (阿部 海大, Abe Kaito; born September 18, 1999 in Kitsuki, Ōita) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays…Kaito Abe (阿部 海大, Abe Kaito; born September 18, 1999 in Kitsuki, Ōita) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a defender for J2 League club Sagan Tosu.
Yuya Fukuda (福田 湧矢, Fukuda Yūya; born 4 April 1999) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a winger for J1 League club…Yuya Fukuda (福田 湧矢, Fukuda Yūya; born 4 April 1999) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a winger for J1 League club Tokyo Verdy. His younger brother Sho is also a professional footballer currently playing for J1 League side Shonan Bellmare.
Ryoga Sato (佐藤 凌我, Satō Ryōga; born 20 February 1999) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a forward for…Ryoga Sato (佐藤 凌我, Satō Ryōga; born 20 February 1999) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a forward for J1 League club Fagiano Okayama, on loan from Júbilo Iwata.
Yoshiyuki Koga (born 28 August 1998) is a Japanese rugby sevens player. He competed for Japan at the 2024 Summer…Yoshiyuki Koga (born 28 August 1998) is a Japanese rugby sevens player. He competed for Japan at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.
Kotaro Fujikawa (藤川 虎太朗, Fujikawa Kotaro; born July 24, 1998) is a Japanese football player who currently plays for…Kotaro Fujikawa (藤川 虎太朗, Fujikawa Kotaro; born July 24, 1998) is a Japanese football player who currently plays for Nagano Parceiro.
Itsuki Oda (小田 逸稀, Oda Itsuki; born July 16, 1998) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a full back for…Itsuki Oda (小田 逸稀, Oda Itsuki; born July 16, 1998) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a full back for J2 League club Oita Trinita.
Leo Takae (髙江 麗央, Takae Leo; born june 27, 1998) is a Japanese football player who currently plays for Yokohama FC in…Leo Takae (髙江 麗央, Takae Leo; born june 27, 1998) is a Japanese football player who currently plays for Yokohama FC in the J1 League.
Yuya Kuwasaki (鍬先 祐弥, Kuwasaki Yuya; born 15 May 1998) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a midfielder for J1 League…Yuya Kuwasaki (鍬先 祐弥, Kuwasaki Yuya; born 15 May 1998) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a midfielder for J1 League club Vissel Kobe.
Seiya Maikuma (毎熊 晟矢, Maikuma Seiya; born 16 October 1997) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a…Seiya Maikuma (毎熊 晟矢, Maikuma Seiya; born 16 October 1997) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Eredivisie club AZ.
Kento Nakamura (中村 健人, Nakamura Kento; born 1 September 1997) is a Japanese footballer currently playing as a…Kento Nakamura (中村 健人, Nakamura Kento; born 1 September 1997) is a Japanese footballer currently playing as a midfielder for Reilac Shiga FC.
Kaito Miyake (三宅 海斗, Miyake Kaito; born 27 August 1997) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a midfielder for…Kaito Miyake (三宅 海斗, Miyake Kaito; born 27 August 1997) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a midfielder for Kagoshima United.
Asahi Masuyama (増山 朝陽, Masuyama Asahi; born January 29, 1997 in Fukuoka) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a…Asahi Masuyama (増山 朝陽, Masuyama Asahi; born January 29, 1997 in Fukuoka) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a midfielder for J1 League club V-Varen Nagasaki, on loan from FC Machida Zelvia.
Kensei Nakashima (中島 賢星, Nakashima Kensei, born 23 September 1996 in Saga, Japan) is a Japanese football player who…Kensei Nakashima (中島 賢星, Nakashima Kensei, born 23 September 1996 in Saga, Japan) is a Japanese football player who plays as a midfielder for Renofa Yamaguchi FC.
Yuta Kumamoto (熊本雄太, Kumamoto Yuta; born July 18, 1995) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a defender for J2 League…Yuta Kumamoto (熊本雄太, Kumamoto Yuta; born July 18, 1995) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a defender for J2 League club Montedio Yamagata.
Koki Kido (木戸 皓貴, Kido Koki; born June 28, 1995) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a forward for…Koki Kido (木戸 皓貴, Kido Koki; born June 28, 1995) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Veertien Mie.
Yudai Mori (森 雄大, born August 19, 1994, in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture) is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for…Yudai Mori (森 雄大, born August 19, 1994, in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture) is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.
Hiroki Mawatari (馬渡 洋樹, Mawatari Hiroki; born August 16, 1994) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for…Hiroki Mawatari (馬渡 洋樹, Mawatari Hiroki; born August 16, 1994) is a Japanese footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for J1 League club Tokyo Verdy.
Takahiro Kimura (木村貴大, Kimura takahiro; born 5 December 1993) is a Japanese rugby union player who plays as a…Takahiro Kimura (木村貴大, Kimura takahiro; born 5 December 1993) is a Japanese rugby union player who plays as a Scrum-half. He currently plays for Sunwolves in Super Rugby.
Yoshikazu Fujita (藤田 慶和, born 8 September 1993 in Kyoto) is a Japanese international rugby union player. After…Yoshikazu Fujita (藤田 慶和, born 8 September 1993 in Kyoto) is a Japanese international rugby union player. After impressing the coaches with his form playing for the Japan sevens team, Fujita was selected for the Japan national rugby union team and became the youngest ever player to play for Japan when he took the field against the UAE in May 2012 at the age of 18 years and 210 days in his hometown of Fukuoka. On his debut as Japan youngest ever player he scored 6 tries. However soon after his debut later that month he suffered a serious injury where he tore the ligaments in his left knee and was ruled out of action for 10 months. He returned to play in the Pacific Rugby Cup for Junior Japan in March 2013, and then returned to the Japan national team after an injury to Hirotoki Onozawa and scored tries on his return in all three of the matches he played in the Asian 5 Nations. After scoring his 11th try for Japan against Wales in June 2013, Fujita broke the record of George North for most tries scored as a teenager in international rugby.
Kengo Kitagawa (北川 賢吾, Kitagawa Kengo; born 27 Aug 1992) is a Japanese rugby union player who plays as a Prop. He…Kengo Kitagawa (北川 賢吾, Kitagawa Kengo; born 27 Aug 1992) is a Japanese rugby union player who plays as a Prop. He currently plays for Kubota Spears in Japan's domestic Top League.
Shunsuke Nunomaki (布巻峻介, Nunomaki Shunsuke; born 13 July 1992) is a Japanese international rugby union player who plays…Shunsuke Nunomaki (布巻峻介, Nunomaki Shunsuke; born 13 July 1992) is a Japanese international rugby union player who plays as a flanker. He currently plays for the Sunwolves in Super Rugby and the Panasonic Wild Knights in Japan's domestic Top League.
Tatsuya Tanaka (田中 達也, born June 9, 1992) is a Japanese football retired footballer and football coach for Toko Customs…Tatsuya Tanaka (田中 達也, born June 9, 1992) is a Japanese football retired footballer and football coach for Toko Customs United in Thai League 3. His regular playing positions are as a wide midfielder or a wing-back. Tanaka has previously played for Roasso Kumamoto, FC Gifu, Gamba Osaka, Oita Trinita, Urawa Reds, and Avispa Fukuoka.
Shinnosuke Kakinaga (垣永 真之介, Kakinaga Shinnosuke; born 19 December 1991) is a Japanese professional rugby union player…Shinnosuke Kakinaga (垣永 真之介, Kakinaga Shinnosuke; born 19 December 1991) is a Japanese professional rugby union player who plays as a prop for Japan Rugby League One club Tokyo Sungoliath and the Japan national team.
Takahiro Ogawa (小川 高廣, Ogawa Takahiro; born 18 March 1991) is a Japanese international rugby union player who plays as…Takahiro Ogawa (小川 高廣, Ogawa Takahiro; born 18 March 1991) is a Japanese international rugby union player who plays as a scrum-half. He currently plays for the Toshiba Brave Lupus in Japan's domestic Top League.
Shota Inoue (井上 翔太, Inoue Shōta; born 24 April 1989 in Ehime) is a Japanese football player currently playing for FC…Shota Inoue (井上 翔太, Inoue Shōta; born 24 April 1989 in Ehime) is a Japanese football player currently playing for FC TIAMO Hirakata.
Ryuhei Arita (有田 隆平, Arita Ryūhei; born 21 March 1989 in Fukuoka) is a Japanese rugby union player. He plays as a…Ryuhei Arita (有田 隆平, Arita Ryūhei; born 21 March 1989 in Fukuoka) is a Japanese rugby union player. He plays as a hooker. In his home country he plays for the Coca-Cola Red Sparks whom he joined in 2011. He was also named in the first ever Sunwolves squad which competes in Super Rugby from the 2016 season. Arita is a Japanese international who debuted against Kazakhstan in 2012, but did not make the squad for the 2015 Rugby World Cup.
Masaaki Ideguchi (井手口 正昭, Ideguchi Masaaki; born 10 April 1988) is a Japanese footballer who plays for Chanthabouly in…Masaaki Ideguchi (井手口 正昭, Ideguchi Masaaki; born 10 April 1988) is a Japanese footballer who plays for Chanthabouly in Lao League 1.
Yūto Nagatomo (長友 佑都, Nagatomo Yūto; born 12 September 1986) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a full…Yūto Nagatomo (長友 佑都, Nagatomo Yūto; born 12 September 1986) is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a full back for J1 League club FC Tokyo. A Meiji University graduate, Nagatomo started his professional career with FC Tokyo in 2007, quickly establishing himself as a first choice both within the team and the Japan national team. He would go on to play in Europe for over a decade, first joining Cesena in 2010, and then enjoying stints with Inter Milan (where he made over 200 appearances over 7 years), Galatasaray and Olympique Marseille. He would then return to boyhood club FC Tokyo in September 2021. During his club career, Nagatomo has won a J.League Cup in 2009 (with Tokyo), a Coppa Italia in 2011 (with Inter), two back-to-back Turkish titles in 2018 and 2019, a Turkish Cup and a Turkish Super Cup in 2019. He also won an individual award as AFC's Asian International Player of the Year in 2013. Having made 146 appearances, Nagatomo is Japan's second-most capped player of all time. Having won his first cap for the Samurai Blue in 2008, the full-back has represented Japan at one edition of the Olympic Games (in 2008), five consecutive World Cups (in 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022 and 2026), three consecutive Asian Cups (in 2011, 2015 and 2019) and one Confederations Cup (in 2013). He was part of the squad that won the Asian Cup in 2011 and the one that finished as runners-up in the same competition in 2019.
Tomoki Ikemoto (池元 友樹, Ikemoto Tomoki; born 27 March 1985 in Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka) was a Japanese footballer who played…Tomoki Ikemoto (池元 友樹, Ikemoto Tomoki; born 27 March 1985 in Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka) was a Japanese footballer who played for Giravanz Kitakyushu before his retirement at the end of the 2020 season.
Keisuke Kimoto (木本 敬介, Kimoto Keisuke; born August 23, 1984 in Hita, Ōita) is a former Japanese football player, who…Keisuke Kimoto (木本 敬介, Kimoto Keisuke; born August 23, 1984 in Hita, Ōita) is a former Japanese football player, who played for all of his career with Kataller Toyama.
Keiji Uezono (上園 啓史, Uezono Keiji; born June 30, 1984) is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher. He played in…Keiji Uezono (上園 啓史, Uezono Keiji; born June 30, 1984) is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Hanshin Tigers and Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles from 2007 to 2015.
Yuki Yoshimura (吉村 裕基, Yoshimura Yūki; born June 14, 1984) is a Japanese former professional baseball player. He played…Yuki Yoshimura (吉村 裕基, Yoshimura Yūki; born June 14, 1984) is a Japanese former professional baseball player. He played for the Yokohama/Yokohama DeNA BayStars, and Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) from 2003 to 2018. On April 17, 2019, Yoshimura signed with Twins Oosterhout of the Honkbal Hoofdklasse. He hit .270 with two home runs in 32 games in the Netherlands.
Yu Eto (衛藤 裕, Eto Yū; born 17 October 1983 in Ōnojō, Fukuoka) is a former Japanese footballer who last played for…Yu Eto (衛藤 裕, Eto Yū; born 17 October 1983 in Ōnojō, Fukuoka) is a former Japanese footballer who last played for Kataller Toyama.
Tatsunori Yamagata (山形 辰徳, Yamagata Tatsunori; born October 4, 1983) is a former Japanese football player. His elder…Tatsunori Yamagata (山形 辰徳, Yamagata Tatsunori; born October 4, 1983) is a former Japanese football player. His elder brother Kyohei Yamagata is also a former footballer.
Yoshihiro Ito (伊藤 義弘, Ito Yoshihiro; June 2, 1982 – October 6, 2025) was a Japanese professional baseball pitcher. He…Yoshihiro Ito (伊藤 義弘, Ito Yoshihiro; June 2, 1982 – October 6, 2025) was a Japanese professional baseball pitcher. He played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) from 2008 to 2015 for the Chiba Lotte Marines.
Kyohei Yamagata (山形 恭平, Yamagata Kyohei; born September 7, 1981) is a former Japanese football player. His younger…Kyohei Yamagata (山形 恭平, Yamagata Kyohei; born September 7, 1981) is a former Japanese football player. His younger brother Tatsunori Yamagata is also footballer.
Kensuke Tanaka (田中 賢介, born May 20, 1981) is a Japanese former professional baseball second baseman and left fielder.…Kensuke Tanaka (田中 賢介, born May 20, 1981) is a Japanese former professional baseball second baseman and left fielder. He played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters, and in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Francisco Giants.
Shuichi Murata (村田 修一, Murata Shūichi; born December 28, 1980) is a Japanese former professional baseball third…Shuichi Murata (村田 修一, Murata Shūichi; born December 28, 1980) is a Japanese former professional baseball third baseman. He played 15 seasons in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) from 2003 to 2017 for the Yokohama BayStars and Yomiuri Giants. Murata led the Central League in home runs in both 2007 and 2008 and is one of the few pure home run hitters in Japanese professional baseball today. He played in the 2008 Beijing Olympics as well as the 2009 World Baseball Classic as a member of the Japanese national team and hit cleanup for much of the latter tournament.