Takefusa Kubo, 17, named to Japan's senior national squad for first time
Seventeen-year-old J. League star Takefusa Kubo on Thursday received his first call-up to Japan's senior national squad for next month's friendlies against Trinidad and Tobago and El Salvador. Kubo, an attacking midfielder for FC Tokyo, was one of three uncapped players named to the squad, ...
Yuta Nakayama chases dreams with move to Dutch club PEC Zwolle
Defender Yuta Nakayama said Tuesday he is "excited for a new challenge" at Dutch first-division side PEC Zwolle. At a news conference following his arrival at the club, the former Kashiwa Reysol and Japan under-21 center back said he believed the move to the Netherlands ...
Kashiwa Reysol defender Yuta Nakayama will transfer to Dutch first-division side PEC Zwolle, the J. League club announced Monday. The 21-year-old Nakayama has made 76 appearances in the Japanese first division since his debut in 2015. He won the J. League's Best Young Player award ...
Frustrated Podolski tastes defeat in J. League for first time as Vissel falls to Kashiwa
Kashiwa Reysol brought an abrupt end to German World Cup-winner Lukas Podolski's J. League honeymoon after coming from behind to beat Vissel Kobe 3-1 on Saturday. Podolski, who joined Vissel from Turkish side Galatasaray last month and scored twice on his J. League debut against ...
Frontale prevail against Reysol to keep unbeaten record intact
Kawasaki Frontale preserved their unbeaten start to the season with a 2-1 win at home to 10-man Kashiwa Reysol in the J. League first division on Friday night. Two goals late in the first half from Shogo Taniguchi and last season's J. League Player of ...
