SOMA Yuki

Soma, Dorami-chan (nagoya-grampus.jp, 06 Jan 2020)

Playing video games. (nagoya-grampus.jp, 06 Jan 2020)

Athlete

Sports Science - Waseda University, Tokyo, JPN

Japanese

Nagoya Grampus [Japan] since 2018

Massimo Ficcadenti [club], ITA; Hajime Moriyasu [national], JPN

Forward (sportiva.shueisha.co.jp, 06 Feb 2020)

Right-footed (transfermarkt.co.uk, 01 Jan 2019)

His father was a tennis player at national level in Japan, and was a training partner of Japanese tennis player Shuzo Matsuoka. His mother also competed in tennis at national level in Japan, and won a title at the National Sports Festival of Japan. (post.tv-asahi.co.jp, 03 Sep 2019; tv-asahi.co.jp, 25 Jun 2019)

First A-match in 2019 for Japan Against China, in Busan, Republic of Korea (sportiva.shueisha.co.jp, 06 Feb 2020; footballchannel.jp, 15 Dec 2019)

He sustained an injury in June 2019, which continued to trouble him for six months. (footballchannel.jp, 15 Dec 2019; sponichi.co.jp, 07 Feb 2020)

J1 League [JPN] (sportiva.shueisha.co.jp, 06 Feb 2020)

He began playing football at age six. (nagoya-grampus.jp, 01 Jan 2019)

His father initially encouraged him to play tennis, but he became interested in football at primary school. (post.tv-asahi.co.jp, 03 Sep 2019)

To play in the English Premier League, to win trophies at Nagoya Grampus and to win a gold medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (nagoya-grampus.jp, 01 Jan 2019; sportiva.shueisha.co.jp, 06 Feb 2020)

Brazilian footballers Ronaldinho and Douglas Costa. (nagoya-grampus.jp, 06 Jan 2020)

He drinks two litres of water before a match. (nagoya-grampus.jp, 06 Jan 2020)

"I show my thankful heart through my performance." (nagoya-grampus.jp, 06 Jan 2020)