ITAKURA Kou

Asian Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Olympic	2018	Indonesia

Copa America

Rank	Event	Year	Location
9	Senior	2019	Brazil

FIFA U-20 World Cup

Rank	Event	Year	Location
14	U20	2017	Republic of Korea

Kou (tv-asahi.co.jp, 04 Mar 2020)

Listening to music. (tv-asahi.co.jp, 04 Mar 2020)

Athlete

Japanese

Manchester City [Great Britain] since 2019

Pep Guardiola [club], ESP; Hajime Moriyasu [national], JPN

Defender (manchestereveningnews.co.uk, 29 Jun 2021)

Right-footed (frontale.co.jp, 01 Jan 2017 )

First A-match in 2019 for Japan Against Uruguay , in Brazil (sportiva.shueisha.co.jp, 26 Jun 2019)

He sustained an injury to his calf at the 2017 U20 World Cup in the Republic of Korea. (web.gekisaka.jp, 01 Jan 2021; frontale.co.jp, 01 Jan 2017)

Premier League [ENG] (manchestereveningnews.co.uk, 29 Jun 2021)

He began playing football in grade one of primary school. (frontale.co.jp, 01 Jan 2017 )

His father was a baseball player and wanted Ko to follow in his footsteps. However, he became interested in football after having a class at school. "When I was about four years old, even my birthday present was a bat. I think my dad really wanted me to get involved in baseball. But, when I told him that I wanted to play football, he supported my decision and practised with me." (tv-asahi.co.jp, 04 Mar 2020; frontale.co.jp, 01 Jan 2017, 19 Sep 2014)

To win gold at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (tv-asahi.co.jp, 04 Mar 2020)

Brazilian footballer Ronaldinho. (tv-asahi.co.jp, 04 Mar 2020)

Coach Yasushi Takasaki. (frontale.co.jp, 2017)

In the 2020/21 season he was named Player of the Year by FC Groningen in the Netherlands. (soccer-king.jp, 22 May 2021)