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Kazuyoshi Miura

Kazuyoshi Miura

Kazuyoshi Miura, often known simply as Kazu, is a Japanese football (soccer) striker. He has played for the Japanese national team and was the first Japanese recipient of the Asian Player of the Year award in 1993, an award presented annually by the Asian Football Confederation. He is currently with Yokohama FC in the J. League Division 2. Kazu, whose rise to fame in Japan coincided with the launch of the J. League in 1993, was arguably Japan's first superstar in football.

 
 
Yasuhito Endō

Yasuhito Endō

Yasuhito Endō is a Japanese footballer from Kagoshima City in Kagoshima Prefecture. Short and stocky, the versatile midfielder usually operates as a defensive midfielder, and currently plays for the J. League team Gamba Osaka. Since 2002, Endō has been a member of the Japanese national football team, and has been selected for Japan's 2006 World Cup squad.

 
 
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Atsushi Yanagisawa

Atsushi Yanagisawa is a Japanese football player. Currently he is a striker for Kyoto Sanga F.C. in the top division of the J-League. Yanagisawa was born in Kosugi-machi, Toyama-ken, Japan. He formerly played for Sampdoria and Messina in Italian Serie A. He played in 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship, 2000 Olympic football tournament, 2000 AFC Asian Cup, 2002 FIFA World Cup, 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup and 2006 FIFA World Cup.

 
 
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Daisuke Matsui

Daisuke Matsui (松井 大輔, Matsui Daisuke, born May 11, 1981 in Yamashina-ku, Kyoto) is a Japanese footballer who plays for Grenoble Foot 38 in the French Ligue 1.

 
 
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Ryuzo Morioka

Ryuzo Morioka is a former Japanese football defender. He was capped 38 times for the Japanese national team between 1999 and 2003. He played one game at the 2002 FIFA World Cup. He was also a part of the Japanese 2000 Summer Olympics squad.

 
 
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Yutaka Akita

Yutaka Akita is a Japanese former football player who was on the Japanese national football team at the 1998 Football World Cup in France and the 2002 Football World Cup in South Korea/Japan. Akita is a strong and physical centre-back, who is also arguably one of the best headers of the ball within the J-League.