🍀 Hayato Inamura lines up in a Celtic shirt for the first time, making his unofficial debut vs Cork City in the Cork Super Cup!

🍀👏 Great to see Hayato Inamura making a strong first impression on Celtic fans in his debut vs Cork City. Celtic won the 45 minutes he played 1-0 and went on to clinch the match 2-1 overall. 📸 via Daily Record Sport

🇩🇪✍️ Sota Kawasaki has joined Mainz 05 on loan from Kyoto Sanga, with the Bundesliga side holding an option to make the move permanent. 📸 京都サンガF.C.【公式】

🇩🇰✍️ Shonan Bellmare defender Junnosuke Suzuki has completed his move to FC Copenhagen, signing a 5-year deal with the Danish champions that runs until the summer of 2030. 📸 F.C. København

🇯🇵🇩🇰 Shonan to Superligaen. Bellmare have now lost two key players to Denmark’s top flight this window, Sho Fukuda to Brøndby and Junnosuke Suzuki to FC Copenhagen. 📸 Brøndby IF F.C. København

🟦🇧🇪 KRC Genk have announced that Kenshin Yasuda will remain with the club for another season on loan, now with an option to buy included in the deal. Ayumu Yokoyama and Yumeki Yoshinaga are also at the club 🇯🇵 🗞️ KRC Genk via 🇯🇵 J.League France 🇫🇷

🇩🇰🇯🇵 Just four Japanese players have played in the Danish Superliga, per Transfermarkt: 1️⃣ Yuito Suzuki (Brøndby) 2️⃣ Masaki Murata (Vejle) 3️⃣ Suguru Hashimoto (Vejle) 4️⃣ Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (Nordsjælland) That number will rise to seven this season, with Sho Fukuda, Junnosuke

🇫🇷 Good news for Lyon, they’ll remain in Ligue 1 next season. That means Stade de Reims will play Ligue 2 football next season. Let the transfer rumours begin for Ito, Nakamura, and Sekine

Earlier this week I was a guest on "The Korean Football Podcast 🇰🇷⚽️" to talk about the Japan National Team 🇯🇵⚽️ at the #EAFF2025 Cup! Lots of #JLeague players on the squad that many might not know as much so hopefully a good listen for those curious! 👇⬇️

➡️🇫🇷 Newly promoted Ligue 1 side FC Metz have submitted a loan offer for Daisuke Yokota. However, Gent are currently only open to a permanent transfer, and Yokota himself is only interested in a top-flight move. 🗞️ Sacha Tavolieri

🇦🇪✍️ Former Fortuna Düsseldorf defender Takashi Uchino has left 23/24 UAE Pro League champions Al-Wasl on loan, joining newly promoted Dibba Al-Fujairah for the upcoming season. 📸 Dibba FC

🇯🇵 Two former Cerezo Osaka players, Tatsuhiro Sakamoto and Takumi Minamino, are set to face off in a pre-season friendly next week! Coventry take on AS Monaco at St. George’s Park, hopefully there’s a livestream.