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George Yonashiro
is a former Japanese Brazilian (Nisei) football player and manager. In January 1985, he obtained his Japanese citizenship, and played for Japan national team. Club career Yonashiro was born in São Paulo, Brazil on November 28, 1950. He joined Japan Soccer League Division 2 club Yomiuri in 1972. The club was promoted to Division 1 in 1978. In 1979, the club won first title JSL Cup. The club won the league champions in 1983, 1984. The club also won 1984 Emperor's Cup and 1985 JSL Cup. He retired in 1986. He played 239 games and scored 93 goals in the league. He was selected Best Eleven 5 times. National team career In January 1985, Yonashiro was approved for naturalisation as a Japanese citizen by the Ministry of Justice. In October, when he was 34 years old, he was selected to the Japan national team for the 1986 World Cup qualification. At this competition, on October 26, he debuted against South Korea. He played 2 games for Japan in 1985. Coaching career After retiremen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
São Paulo
São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for 'Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the GaWC as an alpha global city, São Paulo is the most populous city proper in the Americas, the Western Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere, as well as the world's 4th largest city proper by population. Additionally, São Paulo is the largest Portuguese-speaking city in the world. It exerts strong international influences in commerce, finance, arts and entertainment. The city's name honors the Apostle, Saint Paul of Tarsus. The city's metropolitan area, the Greater São Paulo, ranks as the most populous in Brazil and the 12th most populous on Earth. The process of conurbation between the metropolitan areas around the Greater São Paulo (Campinas, Santos, Jundiaí, Sorocaba and São José dos Campos) created the São Paulo Macrometr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emperor's Cup
, commonly known as or also Japan FA Cup is a Japanese football competition. It has the longest tradition of any football match in Japan, dating back to 1921, before the formation of the J.League, Japan Football League and their predecessor, Japan Soccer League. Before World War II, teams could qualify not only from Japan proper but also from Empire of Japan's former-colonies such as Korea, Taiwan, and sometimes Manchukuo. The winning club qualifies for the AFC Champions League and the Japanese Super Cup. The women's equivalent to this tournament is the Empress's Cup. Ventforet Kofu is the current winners, having won its first title in the 2022 final. Overview As it is a competition to decide the "best soccer club in Japan", the cup is now open to every member club of the Japan Football Association, from J1 and J2 (J.League Divisions 1 and 2) down to teams from J3 (J3 League), JFL, regional leagues, and top college and high school teams from around the country. The Empero ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1987 Asian Club Championship
The 1987 Asian Club Championship was the 7th edition of the annual Asian club football competition hosted by Asian Football Confederation. Several Asian clubs started the qualifying round in Fall of 1987. Yomiuri FC (Japan) became the second Japanese club to win the Asian Championship. Qualifying round Group 1 ''All matches were played in Kuwait.'' Group 2 ''All matches were played in Dhaka, Bangladesh.'' Group 3 ''All matches were played in Malé, Maldives.'' Group 4 ''All matches were played in Bandung, Indonesia.'' Group 5 ''All matches were played in Dalian, China PR.'' Group 6 ''All matches were played home & away.'' Group stage Group A ''All matches were played in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.'' Group B ''All matches were played in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.'' Final The final was scratched and Yomiuri FC were awarded the championship as Al-Hilal were unable to field a team due to nine of their starting players being chosen for the Saudi national team's prep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1987 Emperor's Cup
Statistics of Emperor's Cup in the 1987 season. Overview It was contested by 32 teams, and Yomiuri won the championship. Results 1st Round * Yomiuri 5–0 Doshisha University * NTT Shikoku 0–2 Seino Transportation *Honda 2–0 Fujitsu *Niigata Eleven 0–9 Fujita Industries *Nissan Motors 3–1 Cosmo Oil *Hitachi 1–0 Yamaha Motors *TDK 1–10 Tokai University *Hakodate Mazda 1–7 Furukawa Electric *Mitsubishi Motors 1–0 NTT Kanto *Sapporo University 0–3Toshiba * Sumitomo Metals 5–0 Kyoto Sangyo University *Osaka University of Commerce 1–1 (PK 4–5) Yanmar Diesel *Mazda 3–0 JATCO *Kawasaki Steel Mizushima 1–5 Toyota Motors * Yawata Steel 0–2 Matsushita Electric *Fukuoka University 0–2 Nippon Kokan 2nd Round * Yomiuri 3–0 Seino Transportation *Honda 0–0 (PK 8–7) Fujita Industries *Nissan Motors 4–0 Hitachi *Tokai University 0–5 Furukawa Electric *Mitsubishi Motors 0–1 Toshiba * Sumitomo Metals 3–1 Yanmar Diesel *Mazda 3–1 Toyota Motors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1986 Emperor's Cup
Statistics of Emperor's Cup in the 1986 season. Overview It was contested by 32 teams, and Yomiuri won the championship. Results 1st Round *Furukawa Electric (withdrew) – Hyōgo Teachers *Teijin 0–1 Osaka Gas * Yomiuri 3–1 Fukuoka University * Yawata Steel 1–1 (PK 8–7) Hitachi *Nissan Motors 3–0 Kawasaki Steel Mizushima * NTT Kansai 0–4 Mazda *Seino Transportation SC 3–2 Tanabe Pharmaceuticals *Kochi University 0–3 Fujita Industries *Honda 3–0 Kofu *All Nippon Airways 3–1 Fujieda City Hall S.C. *Matsushita Electric 1–1 (PK 3–1) Toyota Motors *Toshiba 0–1 Yamaha Motors *Mitsubishi Motors 4–2 Sapporo University *Waseda University 0–1 Yanmar Diesel *Kokushikan University 0–0 (PK 5–3) Akita City Hall * F.C. Ueda Gentian 1–7 Nippon Kokan 2nd Round * Hyōgo Teachers 1–1 (PK 3–2) Osaka Gas * Yomiuri 2–1 Yawata Steel *Nissan Motors 2–0 Mazda *Seino Transportation SC 0–2 Fujita Industries *Honda 5–1 All Nippon Airways *Matsushit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1986–87 Japan Soccer League
Statistics of Japan Soccer League for the 1986–87 season. First Division Despite moving to Kashiwa, Chiba and a soccer-specific stadium of their own, Hitachi did not adjust well and were relegated in bottom place, the first drop for the former champions. Matsushita, despite having more victories than relegation rivals Yamaha, had more losses as well and thus joined Hitachi. Second Division Sumitomo returned to the top flight at the first time of asking, followed by Toyota Motors, who had been struggling since their 1977 relegation and came close to dropping out of the League. TDK and the Kyoto Police Dept. team went back to the regional divisions; TDK would not return to the second tier until 2021. First stage East West Second stage Promotion Group Relegation Group =East= =West= =9th-16th Place Playoff= ReferencesJapan - List of final tables (RSSSF) {{DEFAULTSORT:1986-87 Japan Soccer League Japan Soccer League seasons 1987 in Japanese football 1986 in Jap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Korea National Football Team
The South Korea national football team (; recognized as Korea Republic by FIFA) represents South Korea in men's international football and is governed by the Korea Football Association. South Korea has emerged as a major football power in Asia since the 1980s, having participated in ten consecutive and eleven overall FIFA World Cup tournaments, the most for any Asian country. Despite initially going through five World Cup tournaments without winning a match, South Korea became the first (and so far only) Asian team to reach the semi-finals when they co-hosted the 2002 tournament with Japan. South Korea also won two AFC Asian Cup titles, and finished as runners-up on four occasions. Furthermore, the team won three gold medals and three silver medals at the senior Asian Games. The team is commonly nicknamed the "Reds" by both fans and the media due to the color of their primary kit. The national team's supporting group is officially referred to as the Red Devils. History Ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1986 FIFA World Cup Qualification (AFC)
Listed below are the dates and results for the 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the Asian zone ( AFC). For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article ''1986 FIFA World Cup qualification''. A total of 28 AFC teams entered the competition. However, Chinese Taipei were assigned to the Oceanian zone instead. The Asian zone was allocated 2 places (out of 24) in the final tournament. Asia's automatic qualifying berths were taken by Iraq and Korea Republic. Tournament Structure The 27 teams were divided into 2 zones, based on geographical considerations. Zone A had 13 teams (teams from West Asia) and Zone B had 14 teams (teams from East Asia). There would be three rounds of play in each zone: *First Round: The teams were divided into 4 groups of 3 or 4 teams each. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would advance to the Second Round. *Second Round: The 4 teams in each zone were paired up to play knockout matches on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yomiuri Shimbun
The (lit. ''Reading-selling Newspaper'' or ''Selling by Reading Newspaper'') is a Japanese newspaper published in Tokyo, Osaka, Fukuoka, and other major Japanese cities. It is one of the five major newspapers in Japan; the other four are the ''Asahi Shimbun'', the ''Chunichi Shimbun (Tokyo Shimbun)'' the ''Mainichi Shimbun'', and the '' Nihon Keizai Shimbun''. It is headquartered in Otemachi, Chiyoda, Tokyo.' It is a newspaper that represents Tokyo and generally has a conservative orientation. It is one of Japan's leading newspapers, along with the Osaka-based liberal (Third way) Asahi Shimbun and the Nagoya-based Social democratic Chunichi Shimbun. It is published by regional bureaus, all of them subsidiaries of The Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings, Japan's largest media conglomerate by revenue and the second largest media conglomerate by size behind Sony,The Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings is the largest media conglomerate by revenue in Japan, while Sony is Japan's largest media con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Justice (Japan)
The is one of the cabinet level ministries of the Japanese government. It is responsible for the judicial system, correctional services, and household, property and corporate registrations,Immigration control. It also serves as the government's legal representatives. At the top of the ministry is the Minister of Justice, a member of the Cabinet, who is chosen by the Prime Minister from among members of the National Diet. History The Ministry of Justice was established in 1871 as the . It acquired its present name under the post-war Constitution of Japan in 1952. Its responsibilities include administration of Japan's judicial system and the penal system. It represents the Japanese government in litigation, and is also responsible for maintaining the official registers of households, resident aliens, real estate and corporations. Structure The MOJ has jurisdiction over the National Bar Examination Commission, the Public Security Examination Commission, and the Public Securi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Association Football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is to score more goals than the opposition by moving the ball beyond the goal line into a rectangular framed goal defended by the opposing side. Traditionally, the game has been played over two 45 minute halves, for a total match time of 90 minutes. With an estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries, it is considered the world's most popular sport. The game of association football is played in accordance with the Laws of the Game, a set of rules that has been in effect since 1863 with the International Football Association Board (IFAB) maintaining them since 1886. The game is played with a football that is in circumference. The two teams compete to get the ball into the other team's goal (between the posts and under t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nisei
is a Japanese-language term used in countries in North America and South America to specify the ethnically Japanese children born in the new country to Japanese-born immigrants (who are called ). The are considered the second generation, and the grandchildren of the Japanese-born immigrants are called , or third generation. ( are Japanese for "one, two, three"; ''see'' Japanese numerals.) History Although the earliest organized group of Japanese emigrants left Japan centuries ago, and a later group settled in Mexico in 1897,Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA)"Japan-Mexico Relations" retrieved 2011-05-17 the four largest populations of Japanese immigrants and their descendants live in Brazil, Canada, Peru, and the United States. American ''Nisei'' Some US ''Nisei'' were born after the end of World War II during the baby boom. Most ''Nisei'', however, who were living in the western United States during World War II, were forcibly interned with their parents (' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
