Masashi Nakayama is a Japanese football manager and former player who is the head coach of Júbilo Iwata. He played as a forward in his playing career. Born in Shizuoka, Nakayama attended Fujieda Higashi High School and University of Tsukuba before he joined Yamaha Motors of the Japan Soccer League, a precursor to the J1 League, which consisted of company sponsored teams. He retired in December 2012 at age 45 after playing 3 seasons for Consadole Sapporo, then he came back almost three years later with Azul Claro Numazu in Japan Football League, the club has been promoted to the J3 League since 2017. He also attends by the nickname Gon Nakayama.
Kosuke Yamamoto is a Japanese footballer who plays for Júbilo Iwata. Mainly a central midfielder, he can also play as a winger position.
Osaka Evessa is a professional basketball team playing in the B.League, the top-tier professional basketball league of Japan. The team is operated by the Human Group Sports Entertainment Company. The team is named after Ebisu. In July 2015 it was announced that the team will compete in the first division of the new Japan Professional Basketball League, which will commence from October 2016.
Yuichi Maruyama is a Japanese football player.
Shogo Akiyama is a Japanese professional baseball outfielder for the Cincinnati Reds of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played for the Saitama Seibu Lions of the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).
This is a list of J.League designated special players, picked by J.League clubs from universities and high schools all over Japan.
The Yokohama B-Corsairs are a Japanese professional basketball team. Following the team's establishment in 2010, they participated in the Eastern Conference of the bj league for five seasons and in 2013 became the first team based in the Kanto region of Japan to win the league's championship. From September 2016 the team will compete in the first division of the new professional basketball league.
Masayuki Okuyama is a Japanese footballer who plays for Machida Zelvia.
Naoyuki Yamada is a Japanese football player. He plays for Blaublitz Akita.
Takuya Nakayama is a Japanese professional basketball player who plays for the Akita Northern Happinets of the B.League in Japan. He wears #17 because his mother, Yuko was born on the 17th day of the month. On April 22, 2017, Nakayama made the longest shot of the B.League at first quarter buzzer beater. On December 30. 2017, he hit the another longest shot of the league at the third quarter buzzer beater.
Kenta Tateyama is a Japanese former professional basketball player who last played for the Saitama Broncos of the B3 League in Japan. He was referred as a genius by Akita's former head coach Kazuo Nakamura.
Tomofumi Fujiyama is a Japanese football player. He plays for Blaublitz Akita.
The 2018 Nagoya Grampus season was Nagoya Grampus' first season back in the J1 League following their relegation at the end of the 2016 season, their 25th J1 League season and 35th overall in the Japanese top flight. They also took part in the Emperor's Cup and the J. League Cup.
Yuji Funayama is a Japanese professional basketball player who plays for Rizing Zephyr Fukuoka of the B.League in Japan. He was selected by the Tokyo Cinq Reves with the 12th overall pick in the 2015 bj League draft.
Kenji Yamada is a Japanese former professional basketball player who last played for the Hiroshima Dragonflies of the B.League in Japan. He was selected by the Yokohama B-Corsairs with the first overall pick in the 2011 bj League draft.
Edward Yamamoto is a Philippine-born Japanese professional basketball player for the Nagasaki Velca in Japan. He moved to Yonago, Tottori, Japan at the age of seven. He was selected by the Shimane Susanoo Magic with the 14th overall pick in the 2010 bj League draft. He also plays for the 3storm Hiroshima.Exe.
Takahiro Shimoyama, nicknamed Hiro or Poyo, is a Japanese professional basketball player who plays for the Iwate Big Bulls of the B.League in Japan. He played college basketball for the Kanto Gakuin University.
Avi Koki Schafer is a Japanese professional basketball player for SeaHorses Mikawa of the B.League. He played college basketball for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. Schafer has been a member of the Japan national basketball team.
Prestige International Aranmare Yamagata is a women's volleyball team based in Sakata, Yamagata, Japan. It plays in V.League Division 2. The club was founded in 2015, and the owner of the team is Shinichi Tamagami of the Prestige International.Prestige also runs basketball and handball teams in Akita and Toyama. Their home arena is Kokutai Gymnasium in Sakata.
Taichi Fukuyama is a Japanese volleyball player. He currently plays for Japan national team and JTEKT Stings in V.League Division 1. He used to be the captain of volleyball club which belonged to Waseda University and Japanese national team in 2017 Eastern Asian Men's Volleyball Championship.
