Okazaki interviews, comments and pictures from the Japanese media

[Russell sprout]

That missed timed jump on Saturday when he scored was class,and when he scored,he looked like 1 of the players who stank of b.o who would eat sweets at half time and love Pokemon

Edited 23 November 2015 by Russell sprout

[Andy King Power]

Didn't know the best place to put this but:

http://www.lcfc.com/news/article/fan-makes-12000-mile-trip-to-meet-footballing-hero-okazaki-2826860.aspx?utm_content=bufferbf2cd&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

 

 

 

“We couldn’t watch Leicester matches on TV last season, but now Okazaki is at the Club, we can watch every match on TV. There’s not only Okazaki, but Jamie Vardy and Claudio Ranieri are popular in Japan.”

 

 

“Vardy is also famous in Japan because of his goalscoring. Drinkwater is well-known too because of his unique family name. Now, he is recognised not only by his name, but also his skills in Japan.”

 

I am mildly curious how Vardy and his record is taken over in Japan.

Edited 2 December 2015 by Andy King Power

[ozleicester]

OK - Rooney's got 50, but does Shinji have 45 or 46?

 

English wikipedia has him on 45, Japanese wikipedia puts him on 46.

 

I presumed the Japanese site was probably being a little generous with some dubious own goal, but, well - what do you reckon? It's v. Azerbaijan, 2012.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4m0J91_EdDA

 

 

Anyone know who makes these decisions at international level?

 

 

thats Okazakis goal for me, was going in and just took a deflection

[ScouseFox]

lmao drinkwater

[DennisNedry]

lmao drinkwater

 

Kinell Scouse made me crack up at work.

[lgfualol]

Vardy popular in Japan? Well I'll be.

[Julian Joachim Jr Shabadoo]

Vardy popular in Japan? Well I'll be.

He's turning the Japanese I think he's turning the Japanese, I really think so

[xoban]

Could anyone analyze any difference on which the best or worst game between this season and last one?

[Tuna]

Could anyone analyze any difference on which the best or worst game between this season and last one?

[kushiro]

Finally some decent Okazaki coverage in the media here. Unless he scores he barely gets a mention. The phrase that's been cropping up all day is:

 

'o-ba-heddo kikku'.   (オーバーヘッド　キック）

 

That's what they call it here.

 

Here's a few Shinji comments from the evening paper:

 

"I've always aimed for that kind of play (the overhead kick) - today it came off".

 

"(I knew it had gone in because) I heard the cheers of the crowd".

 

"I think I'm going to play that back about 50 times!"

 

Commenting on the cold that he'd had since yesterday but kept secret because he was so keen to play:

"It was getting really tough. (Half-joking): I was thinking 'Please take me off!"

 

Hopefully the sports papers wil have a few good spreads tomorrow. I'll put some up here if they do.

Edited 15 March 2016 by kushiro

[Wolfox]

Love the posts - thank you

I'm going to replay it 100 times

Shinji was awesome tonight!

[kushiro]

I'm going to replay it 100 times

 

 

Can I add a few noughts and sing "I'd walk a million miles, for one of your smiles"?

 

[erlee]

Wow it's been 4 games for us and they're talking about him moving on already?

yeah? where to? 

FC Tokyo?

[Chester Dontlie]

Finally some decent Okazaki coverage in the media here. Unless he scores he barely gets a mention. The phrase that's been cropping up all day is:

 

'o-ba-heddo kikku'.   (オーバーヘッド　キック）

 

That's what they call it here.

 

Here's a few Shinji comments from the evening paper:

 

"I've always aimed for that kind of play (the overhead kick) - today it came off".

 

"(I knew it had gone in because) I heard the cheers of the crowd".

 

"I think I'm going to play that back about 50 times!"

 

Commenting on the cold that he'd had since yesterday but kept secret because he was so keen to play:

"It was getting really tough. (Half-joking): I was thinking 'Please take me off!"

 

Hopefully the sports papers wil have a few good spreads tomorrow. I'll put some up here if they do.

 

I was slightly worried he seemed unusually tired second half. I thought he's starting to feel the season in his bones (probably does, as well the others, except maybe Kanterminator). He chased and gave his 100% first half but then probably the illness caught up with him.

[kushiro]

There's a feature in one of the Japanese sports papers this morning saying that since the Premier League started, no team that has been five points clear with eight games remaining has not gone on to win the title. They're overlooking the fact that Man U were actually eight clear with only five remaining in 2011/12 - and they blew it.

 

Lots of great Okazaki coverage though ...pics coming up...

[kushiro]

The headline here reads 'Overhead Victory Shot':

 

 

[Webbo]

The headline here reads 'Overhead Victory Shot':

 

 

Who does their proof reading? Terrible spelling.

[kushiro]

This one has the same headline, and a nice panel across the top showing Leicester's league position in the last 10 seasons:

 

 

[Carl the Llama]

This one has the same headline, and a nice panel across the top showing Leicester's league position in the last 10 seasons:

 

 

What is this, a newspaper for ants?

[Facecloth]

There's a feature in one of the Japanese sports papers this morning saying that since the Premier League started, no team that has been five points clear with eight games remaining has not gone on to win the title. They're overlooking the fact that Man U were actually eight clear with only five remaining in 2011/12 - and they blew it.

 

Lots of great Okazaki coverage though ...pics coming up...

But they were only 3 clear with 8 to play, so technically the stats still true.

[kushiro]

Best thing in the Japanese press after the Newcastle game - detailed explanations of awful puns in UK tabloid headlines like 'SHINSATIONAL' and 'SHIN THE BAG'.   

[benn]

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[Arriba Los Zorros]

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wtf so racist with the karate kicks and he looks more like Inler or Tom Cruise. 

[Julian Joachim Jr Shabadoo]

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That's Okazaki down to a tee

[AKCJ]