{"id":7955,"date":"2023-02-17T14:03:51","date_gmt":"2023-02-17T14:03:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.twentyfirstgroup.com\/?p=7955"},"modified":"2023-02-21T14:54:47","modified_gmt":"2023-02-21T14:54:47","slug":"japan-an-undervalued-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.twentyfirstgroup.com\/japan-an-undervalued-market\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan &#8211; An Undervalued Market"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"flex_column av_one_fifth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_three_fifth  avia-builder-el-first  \" style='border-radius:0px; '><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_three_fifth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding   avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_one_fifth  el_before_av_one_fifth  \" style='border-radius:0px; '><div  style='padding-bottom:10px; ' class='av-special-heading av-special-heading-h2  blockquote modern-quote  avia-builder-el-2  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  thought-leadership-heading '><div class ='av-subheading av-subheading_above  ' style='font-size:15px;'><p>Thought Leadership<\/p>\n<\/div><h2 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Japan &#8211; An Undervalued Market<\/h2><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border' ><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_fifth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding   avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_three_fifth  el_before_av_one_fifth  \" style='border-radius:0px; '><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_fifth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_one_fifth  el_before_av_three_fifth  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock  av_inherit_color '  style='color:#80808a; '  itemprop=\"text\" ><h4><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\"><\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 7<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">MIN READ<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock thought-leadership-author '   itemprop=\"text\" ><h3><strong>By Ben Marlow<\/strong><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>February 17, 2023<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<div  style='height:5px' class='hr hr-invisible   avia-builder-el-7  el_after_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-last '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div><\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_three_fifth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding   avia-builder-el-8  el_after_av_one_fifth  el_before_av_one_fifth  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><p><div  class='avia-image-container  av-styling-    avia-builder-el-9  el_before_av_hr  avia-builder-el-first  avia-align-center '  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"  ><div class='avia-image-container-inner'><div class='avia-image-overlay-wrap'><img decoding=\"async\" class='wp-image-7957 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-7957 avia_image' src=\"https:\/\/www.twentyfirstgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GettyImages-1240604775-1.jpg\" alt='' title='cinch Premiership - Dundee United  FC v Celtic FC' height=\"645\" width=\"1024\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.twentyfirstgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GettyImages-1240604775-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.twentyfirstgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GettyImages-1240604775-1-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.twentyfirstgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GettyImages-1240604775-1-768x484.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.twentyfirstgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GettyImages-1240604775-1-705x444.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<div  style='height:5px' class='hr hr-invisible   avia-builder-el-10  el_after_av_image  avia-builder-el-last '><span class='hr-inner ' ><span class='hr-inner-style'><\/span><\/span><\/div><\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_fifth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding   avia-builder-el-11  el_after_av_three_fifth  el_before_av_one_fifth  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_fifth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-12  el_after_av_one_fifth  el_before_av_three_fifth  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock thought-leadership-share '   itemprop=\"text\" ><h3>Thought Leadership<\/h3>\n<p>Inspired by what you&#8217;re reading? 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The J League is Asia\u2019s strongest league and is highly regarded in the region, but to European clubs it remains of limited interest as a market for scouting and recruiting new talent. Few players have made the journey west to European leagues from the Land of the Rising Sun.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_fifth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding   avia-builder-el-19  el_after_av_three_fifth  el_before_av_one_fifth  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_fifth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-20  el_after_av_one_fifth  el_before_av_three_fifth  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_three_fifth  flex_column_div   avia-builder-el-21  el_after_av_one_fifth  el_before_av_one_fifth  column-top-margin\" style='padding:10px 30px 10px 30px ; border-radius:0px; '><div  class='avia-image-container  av-styling-    avia-builder-el-22  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  avia-align-center '  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"  ><div class='avia-image-container-inner'><div class='avia-image-overlay-wrap'><img decoding=\"async\" class='wp-image-7972 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-7972 avia_image' src=\"https:\/\/www.twentyfirstgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Bar-Graph-Designs-1-Recovered-15.png\" alt='' title='Bar Graph Designs (1) [Recovered]-15' height=\"674\" width=\"1352\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.twentyfirstgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Bar-Graph-Designs-1-Recovered-15.png 1352w, https:\/\/www.twentyfirstgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Bar-Graph-Designs-1-Recovered-15-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/www.twentyfirstgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Bar-Graph-Designs-1-Recovered-15-1030x513.png 1030w, https:\/\/www.twentyfirstgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Bar-Graph-Designs-1-Recovered-15-768x383.png 768w, https:\/\/www.twentyfirstgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Bar-Graph-Designs-1-Recovered-15-705x351.png 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1352px) 100vw, 1352px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"flex_column av_one_fifth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding   avia-builder-el-23  el_after_av_three_fifth  el_before_av_one_fifth  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><\/div><\/p>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_fifth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-24  el_after_av_one_fifth  el_before_av_three_fifth  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_three_fifth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding   avia-builder-el-25  el_after_av_one_fifth  el_before_av_one_fifth  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock thought-leadership-main-content '  style='font-size:20px; '  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While there are challenges to consider when buying players from Japan &#8211; culture and language among them &#8211; our models show that talent is not one. The quality of football in Japan is comparable to many of Europe\u2019s most prestigious leagues, the implication being that J League players are good enough to play in Europe alongside some of the world\u2019s best. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_fifth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding   avia-builder-el-27  el_after_av_three_fifth  el_before_av_one_fifth  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_fifth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-28  el_after_av_one_fifth  el_before_av_three_fifth  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_three_fifth  flex_column_div   avia-builder-el-29  el_after_av_one_fifth  el_before_av_one_fifth  column-top-margin\" style='padding:10px 30px 10px 30px ; border-radius:0px; '><div  class='avia-image-container  av-styling-    avia-builder-el-30  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  avia-align-center '  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"  ><div class='avia-image-container-inner'><div class='avia-image-overlay-wrap'><img decoding=\"async\" class='wp-image-7973 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-7973 avia_image' src=\"https:\/\/www.twentyfirstgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Bar-Graph-Designs-1-Recovered-17.png\" alt='' title='Bar Graph Designs (1) [Recovered]-17' height=\"614\" width=\"1195\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.twentyfirstgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Bar-Graph-Designs-1-Recovered-17.png 1195w, https:\/\/www.twentyfirstgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Bar-Graph-Designs-1-Recovered-17-300x154.png 300w, https:\/\/www.twentyfirstgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Bar-Graph-Designs-1-Recovered-17-1030x529.png 1030w, https:\/\/www.twentyfirstgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Bar-Graph-Designs-1-Recovered-17-768x395.png 768w, https:\/\/www.twentyfirstgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Bar-Graph-Designs-1-Recovered-17-705x362.png 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1195px) 100vw, 1195px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"flex_column av_one_fifth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding   avia-builder-el-31  el_after_av_three_fifth  el_before_av_one_fifth  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><\/div><\/p>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_fifth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-32  el_after_av_one_fifth  el_before_av_three_fifth  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_three_fifth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding   avia-builder-el-33  el_after_av_one_fifth  el_before_av_one_fifth  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock thought-leadership-main-content '  style='font-size:20px; '  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As with any market, inefficiencies exist in the global market for footballing talent and there are opportunities for those clubs who can identify and exploit them. The perception of value in the Japanese player recruitment market among European clubs is one such inefficiency.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are examples of clubs who have been able to take advantage of this, which has generally required someone with both influence in their club and knowledge of the Japanese market. Ange Postecoglu, for example, has brought four players to Celtic from Japan, all of whom have both performed well on the pitch and created the opportunity for significant profit off it.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_fifth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding   avia-builder-el-35  el_after_av_three_fifth  el_before_av_one_fifth  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_fifth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-36  el_after_av_one_fifth  el_before_av_three_fifth  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_three_fifth  flex_column_div   avia-builder-el-37  el_after_av_one_fifth  el_before_av_one_fifth  column-top-margin\" style='padding:10px 30px 10px 30px ; border-radius:0px; '><p><div  class='avia-image-container  av-styling-    avia-builder-el-38  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first  avia-align-center '  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"  ><div class='avia-image-container-inner'><div class='avia-image-overlay-wrap'><img decoding=\"async\" class='wp-image-7961 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-7961 avia_image' src=\"https:\/\/www.twentyfirstgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Graph-3-scaled.jpg\" alt='' title='Graph 3' height=\"1629\" width=\"2560\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.twentyfirstgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Graph-3-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.twentyfirstgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Graph-3-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.twentyfirstgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Graph-3-1030x655.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/www.twentyfirstgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Graph-3-768x489.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.twentyfirstgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Graph-3-1536x977.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.twentyfirstgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Graph-3-2048x1303.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.twentyfirstgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Graph-3-1500x955.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.twentyfirstgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Graph-3-705x449.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">* Daizen Maeda initially moved on loan before completing a move for 1.5m Euros at the end of his loan spell &#8211; value taken at the time of the initial loan.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_fifth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding   avia-builder-el-40  el_after_av_three_fifth  el_before_av_one_fifth  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_fifth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-41  el_after_av_one_fifth  el_before_av_three_fifth  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_three_fifth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding   avia-builder-el-42  el_after_av_one_fifth  el_before_av_one_fifth  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock thought-leadership-main-content '  style='font-size:20px; '  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In aggregate, this means Celtic paid around \u00a39m for \u00a329m worth of talent, a discount of nearly 70% &#8211; good business by any measure.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These players have played a key part in Celtic\u2019s success. Furuhashi is the leading goal scorer in the Scottish Premiership with 19 goals, Maeda is among the top 10 players in the league for assists per 90, and Hatate is is one of the most dangerous passers in the league &#8211; he is in the top 1% for pass accuracy and has completed the third highest number of passes in the final third, creating eight \u2018big chances\u2019 (i.e. chances that lead to a clear cut goal scoring opportunity) in the process, ranking him sixth overall.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In an age of modern football recruitment where data is readily available, a lack of market knowledge should not be a barrier to finding value in unfashionable markets. Celtic\u2019s recruitment along with Japan\u2019s impressive showing in the Qatar World Cup suggests that Japan\u2019s football system is more productive than the European market realises. There is value there for those prepared and able to look. The question is now, for how much longer?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you would like to find out more about our Performance Intelligence services and recruiting to or from Japan, please get in touch with <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.twentyfirstgroup.com\/contact\/get-in-touch\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ben Marlow<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_fifth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding   avia-builder-el-44  el_after_av_three_fifth  el_before_av_codeblock  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":7958,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[52,33],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Japan - An Undervalued Market - Twenty First Group Limited<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"While there may be challenges to consider when buying players from Japan - our models show that talent is not one of them.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.twentyfirstgroup.com\/japan-an-undervalued-market\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Japan - An Undervalued Market - Twenty First Group Limited\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"While there may be challenges to consider when buying players from Japan - our models show that talent is not one of them.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.twentyfirstgroup.com\/japan-an-undervalued-market\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Twenty First Group Limited\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-02-17T14:03:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-02-21T14:54:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.twentyfirstgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/GettyImages-1240604775-1-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"645\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Adam Watson\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@TwentyFirstGrp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@TwentyFirstGrp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Adam Watson\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"9 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.twentyfirstgroup.com\/japan-an-undervalued-market\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.twentyfirstgroup.com\/japan-an-undervalued-market\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Adam Watson\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.twentyfirstgroup.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4147d3109b8463d5c10d1c799230e65f\"},\"headline\":\"Japan &#8211; 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