Last week I visited Urawa Reds’ training ground in Saitama to interview defender Tomoaki Makino.
He was keen to talk his future ambitions, J.League referees and the Olympics and you can read the full article here.
Last week I visited Urawa Reds’ training ground in Saitama to interview defender Tomoaki Makino.
He was keen to talk his future ambitions, J.League referees and the Olympics and you can read the full article here.
This week Japan U23s made sure of their participation at the London Olympics by defeating Bahrain 2-0 at Tokyo National Stadium.
Ahead of the game I sat down with the side’s captain Kazuya Yamamura, and after the victory got some reaction from head coach Takashi Sekizuka, goalkeeper Shuichi Gonda and goalscorers Takahiro Ogihara and Hiroshi Kiyotake.
Last week I visited Yokohama F. Marinos training ground and interviewed their young striker Yuji Ono.
Despite being just 18 he has his head very much screwed on and has high hopes for this season and beyond.