Japan: Five players to watch (FIFA Group E Team Members)

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Takumi Minamino

Position: Forward

Born: 16 January 1995 (age 27 years), Izumisano, Osaka, Japan

Nationality: Japanese

Height: 1.75 m

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/takumi18minamino_official/

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The Samurai Blue No10 shirt holds an extraordinary spot in Japanese football, with Shunsuke Nakamura and Shinji Kagawa among the previous stars that wore it and illuminated football grounds all over the planet. Takumi Minamino currently sports the well-known pullover and shoulders the going with assumptions for being the group’s go-to man.

Minamino made a lot of titles in Japan when he moved to Liverpool for the 2019/20 season, and despite the fact that he couldn’t make certain about a standard beginning spot, he had an impact in Liverpool’s charge to a first association title in quite a while. He was likewise a key donor last season as the Reds went tantalizingly near winning every one of the four significant prizes.

As per Anfield Watch, Minamino scored on normal clockwork in all contests last season. This strike rate made him the most deadly of all Head Association players who played over 1,000 minutes during the season, in front of any semblance of Mohamed Salah and Cristiano Ronaldo.

Minamino moved to French Ligue 1 club Monaco recently looking for more customary playing time, yet has so far neglected to make as quite a bit of an effect as had been expected. All things being equal, he actually has the opportunity – and capacity – to recover his best structure before the World Cup starts off in two months.

Minamino has been a pillar of Samurai Blue since lead trainer Hajime Moriyasu assumed control in 2018. He created a shining execution in Japan’s 3-0 triumph over Iran in the semi-last of the AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019, contributing help and winning a punishment.

Minamino’s quality was apparent when he scored in seven successive qualifying games for the 2022 World Cup. His capacity to make scoring possibilities and release shots when wrapped up behind the strikers will guarantee that he is a vital pinion in the Samurai still up in the air to advance to the knockout stage in Qatar.

Daichi Kamada

Position: Attacking midfielder

Born: 5 August 1996 (age 26 years), Ehime, Japan

Height: 1.84 m

Nationality: Japanese

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kamadadaichi/

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Daichi Kamada tasted football magnificence last season when his Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt won its first European prize in quite a while by winning the UEFA Europa Association, however the going after midfielder’s way to the top has not forever been smooth.

As a middle school understudy, Kamada went through the young foundation of J.League stalwart Gamba Osaka. Notwithstanding, wounds and wild contest against any semblance of focal midfielder Yosuke Ideguchi hampered his advancement. At the point when he arrived at secondary school, the club let him go, however determined by this misfortune, Kamada thrived while playing for Higashiyama Secondary School. Kamada’s capacities dazzled J.League club Sagan Tosu, which marked him for the 2015 season.

Kamada’s splendid exhibitions in the J.League finished in a transition to the Bundesliga, where he keeps on performing reliably well.

Made ready and with brilliant vision, Kamada is adroit at controlling the game and utilizing the players around him. He can track down the rear of the net himself, and was instrumental in Japan’s going after shows during friendlies against Brazil and Paraguay in June.

Despite the fact that Kamada seldom shows his feelings, his energy for football and obligation to winning runs profound. He even conceded he sobbed with euphoria in the wake of winning the Europa Association. With his capacity to deliver quality exhibitions on the huge stage, Japanese fans will trust he can convey the Samurai Blue higher than ever in Qatar.

Takefusa Kubo

Position: Attacking midfielder

Born: 4 June 2001 (age 21 years), Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan

Height: 1.73 m

Nationality: Japanese

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/takefusa.kubo/

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Kubo has been viewed as one of Japan’s extraordinary expectations since his days as a Barcelona youth player, scoring and making objectives close by Ansu Fati. Presently, at 21, this skilled adolescent is at last set to transform the greatest stage in football.

Kubo, who made his J.League debut at 16 years old, got back to Spain at 18, albeit not to his old club Barcelona, but rather to their chief opponents Genuine Madrid. Albeit never allowed the opportunity to wear the well known white shirt in an authority match, he gained consistent headway in a progression of credit spells with other Spanish first class clubs.

It is, notwithstanding, since marking for all time for Genuine Sociedad that Kubo has taken the main jump in his profession, wowing fans in Spain and Japan with his noteworthy exhibitions.

He likewise showed his cutthroat soul on the enormous stage finally summer’s Tokyo Olympics, where he was a critical individual from Japan’s U-23 hopefuls. Kubo scored in three sequential gathering stage matches to satisfy his charging as the hosts’ headliner and has since proceeded with his fine advancement with the senior public group, scoring his most memorable objective against Ghana in June.

Takehiro Tomiyasu

Position: Defender

Born: 5 November 1998 (age 24 years), Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan

Nationality: Japanese

Height: 1.88 m

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tomiyasu.t/

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Presently in his second year at Stockpile, protector Takehiro Tomiyasu has demonstrated he can invalidate the best strikers in the Chief Association. Subsequent to moving to Europe when he was only 19, Tomiyasu has gone from one solidarity to another during his stretches with Belgian club Sint-Truiden, Italian side Bologna and presently the Heavy armament specialists in Britain.

Basically sent as a right-back at Munititions stockpile, Tomiyasu all the more frequently plays as a middle back for the Samurai Blue. He demonstrated his game on that of Argentinian cautious midfielder Javier Mascherano, with whom he shares a magnificent capacity to peruse the game. Notwithstanding his conspicuous cautious abilities, Tomiyasu is dependable while developing from the back and his exact passes can rapidly transform safeguard into assault.

The 1.88-meter Tomiyasu’s most memorable brandishing love was not football. Impacted by his two more established sisters, his heart was determined to turn into a swimmer. Notwithstanding, a jaw injury ruined that arrangement. Tomiyasu attempted football all things considered and has not thought back since.

Tomiyasu has formed into a vital participant for Japan and carries steadiness to the two closures of the pitch. His considerable mix with tremendously experienced chief Maya Yoshida will be extreme for any adversary to break.

Kaoru Mitoma

Position: Midfielder/forward

Born: 20 May 1997 (age 25 years), Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan

Height: 1.78 m

Nationality: Japanese

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In the wake of expenditure keep going season borrowed at Association SG in Belgium, Kaoru Mitoma got his most memorable taste of Chief Association football when he made his presentation for Brighton and Hove Albion in August. Mitoma’s velvety spilling abilities, particularly down the left flank, routinely wowed fans during his time in Belgium.

Mitoma overwhelmed the J.League from his most memorable season, and he likewise has not been overawed since taking the leap toward Europe. Notwithstanding getting restricted open doors such a long ways at Brighton, his mazy runs have procured him a developing following among the Seagulls’ steadfast.

Mitoma likewise has had an effect while playing for Japan. He came on as a last part substitute in a World Cup Asian qualifier against Australia and broke the 0-0 halt with an extremely valuable objective in the 89th moment, prior to fixing the 2-0 triumph a couple of moments later with a gave following a sharp run from the left wing that left a few safeguards afterward. This success booked Japan’s spot in Qatar.

At college, Mitoma composed his graduation theory on spilling abilities. His exploration included joining a little camcorder to his head to record his developments while spilling, and those of protectors, and afterward looking at which ones empowered him to slip past rivals effectively.

Players, for example, Mitoma, who have what it takes to separately tear open a game, have been rare in Japan. He will without a doubt be a significant weapon in the Samurai Blue’s stockpile during the piece to advance past the “gathering of death.”

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