Urawa Reds supporters will demand nothing less than three points from this weekend's J. League clash with Kashiwa Reysol, but after swapping the comfort of hometown team Sanfrecce Hiroshima for the bear pit of Saitama, defender Ryota Moriwaki wouldn't have it any other way.
Moriwaki made the switch to Reds over the winter after helping Hiroshima win its first J. League title last season, missing only one game and scoring four goals to sign off in style from the club he made his debut with in 2004.
As Moriwaki is currently discovering, however, life at Urawa is an altogether different proposition. The 2006 champions possess a fan base bigger, louder and more demanding than any other in the country, but if drifting into mediocrity is the alternative, Moriwaki is happy to embrace the challenge.