Recently, AERA, a news information website under the Asahi Shimbun, conducted an interview and research on the current situation of Japanese football, exploring the reasons why Japanese football has not yet appeared as an international superstar. In the eyes of many industry insiders, the diversion of baseball, academics, and the ability of players to innovate are the reasons that restrict the growth of Japanese players.
As we all know, the popularity of baseball in Japan is far greater than that of football, and the status of football in Japan is far less than in Brazil and Italy. So Satoshi Hojo, the former editor-in-chief of football magazine, believes, “In Japan, football is a big competitor called baseball. Children with strong physical fitness and athletic ability will flow to baseball first, so it is difficult for football to find talent.”
In the just-concluded MLB (Major League Baseball) season, Japanese baseball star Shohei Otani, who played for the Los Angeles Angels, performed very well, and he has also become a national idol for Japanese teenagers. “Although the number of football players in Japan has increased after professionalization, it is still not a football power. Football is very popular in Portugal and Argentina, so their country has born superstars like Messi and Ronaldo. If Shohei Otani was born in In Germany or Italy, he may be playing football, and he may become a player like Ronaldo. Similarly, if Messi or Ronaldo was born in Japan, they may be playing baseball.”
In addition to the diversion of baseball, in the opinion of some industry insiders, Japanese teenagers also attach great importance to their studies. “There are no players on Japanese campuses, they are all students. Campus football is promoted by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, but in this system, learning is still the most important, and sports are secondary. You participate in sports as a student in this system. , The future may not necessarily be engaged in football. Even if they stay in the club’s echelon until they graduate from junior high school, many people will enter private high schools as sports specialties in high school and go to college. They worry that they will not be able to become professional athletes and keep accepting them. Education.” Japanese football commentator Sergio Echigo said, “Therefore, with the increasingly fierce competition in world football and the education sector has been in charge of football, Japanese football will not be able to catch up with foreign teams in 100 years. “
As a hybrid of Brazil and Japan, Sergio Echigo later bluntly stated that Japanese players lack creativity, “Players must be creative, especially forwards, but this is not something that can be taught. Pele, Manadona , Neymar played street football when they were young. They used their brains to think and play to cultivate awareness. In Japan, club youth training is taught through classrooms, and players will only play football in the form they have learned. There is no free play and no action. What you think about yourself and the game.” At the same time, he also believes that travelling to Europe is still the fastest way to improve one’s personal level, and that players should be sent to Europe from an early age.
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