THERE is a longstanding link between German football and Japan. The tap was first turned on by Yasuhiko Okudero, a midfielder who moved from Japan to FC Koln in the 1970s. Since then, a string of players have made the switch from Japan to the Bundesliga.
In May 2019, Bundesliga acknowledged this transfer of knowledge. The league posted a three-minute video. The video finished with the names of all the players who had swapped Japan for Germany to continue their football career. This trend has continued in the last three years or so. So, it wasn’t a surprise when Japan announced their 26-man roster for the World Cup. Eight of the 26 were playing their club football in Germany seven in the top tier and the other in the second tier). To put that into some sort of perspective, only six came from the J League Japan’s top-tier).
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