Ryo Miyaichi’s adventure with Arsenal is just weeks from beginning. However, the 18-year-old is currently preparing for a final swansong with former team Chuyko High School, as they build up to the All Japan High School Soccer Tournament, which starts later this month.
Japanese TV is expected to cover a selection of games, with Miyaichi being the star of the whole competition. In the build up, TV station Zero have been following his progress in matches, training and even in school, as he learns English ahead of the New Year. You can watch their five minute documentary on his progress so far, including unseen goals and training highlights, by clicking here.
Good potential, lest hope he finds English defender has easy to beat… Hope to see him in an arsenal shirt as soon as possible..
physically he will need time to come to grips with English football
but looks like a good player
two footed
likes to shoot
has a bit of trickery
but his dribbling and his pace are his greatest asset
Wenger might develop him into a striker than a winger.
forget about the striker part*
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-miyfLhs1M&feature=related
his crossing ability while running looks brilliant a lot like Bale
Great acquisition by Arsenal
Fascinating video, clearly a very impressive young man in more ways than one. Fortunately my wife could translate the commentary so a little easier to understand the hype. We can look forward to a lot more Japanese visitors to the Emirates when he starts to play which i think will be sooner than many people expect, he has a frightening turn of pace which will worry many a full back and is not afraid to shoot!
arshavin and nasri used to shoot too before they joined us. after 2-3 years neither of them shoots anymore
the arsenal syndrome :(
“We can look forward to a lot more Japanese visitors to the Emirates when he starts to play which i think will be sooner than many people expect”
great that should really help with our flat home atmosphere!
finally some good videos out. i love his positive running. if he can bulk up and learn when to release on time he could be world class. dont know when though. him, botelho, wellington, galindo. some good foreign players coming through.
you can see the line up 5 years down the line
szczsney, rb needed, bartely, miguel, pedro, frimpong, coquilin, wilshere, wellington miyachi, walcott.
Shame i cant undestand it! Hahaha xDD
And Guy that is very funny, where will JET play then?
exciting prospect, really looking forward to him coming, hope he reaches his potential!
Btw Guy, wheres afobe, aneke, ramsey, JET,Lansbury and Gibbs in your future team?
He can run 10.8 in 100m which is quite impressive for an 18 year old.
He will only get faster and stronger with age
He’s an exciting player, and two-footed by the looks of it. With his speed and stepovers he has a touch of the Ronaldo about him. I’m really looking forward to seeing Ryo in the Reserves, and I reckon he could break through sooner than we think.
He seems to have a level of confidence, hunger, calmness and awareness similar to players like Cesc, Ramsey and Wilshere. Those qualities allow a young player to break into the first team quickly. If he settles well into life in England I think we could have a very special player.
When i first saw him play i thought he resembled ronaldo but now i feel he is more hleb with a shot on him
Hahahaha i agree with you Hiro Nakamura
Hironakamura.
Has the new heroes season started?
Ryo welcome to Arsenal the home of football. We hope you settle very quickly and make very many good friends both inside and outside the world of football. Life can be very strange at first when moving to a new country, and have to live, share and learn from strangers. But I am certain you are resourceful and balanced in your upbringing and I feel certain you will remain grounded.
This is an excellent opportunity, grap it with both hands, you leave home with the hopes of all your country folk and you come to Arsenal and London, where for many it will be – lets see what he can do. Find you footing, remain humble, work hard and enjoy each moment.
The Bear is getting excited!
I am not for one moment worried about the JET, I well remember that he started playing in defence, now look where he is. I consider Ryo, the JET’s team mate. And you don’t mess with the Arsenal Boys-to-Men. Come on Arsenal fans give Ryo a little space, in time he will entertain you at the Emirates. Merry Xmas and stay sober and positive in the New Year!
@The BearMan. it’s not like ryo is reading you thing lol :/
welcome ryio,i do expect many things from as long as i do adimire a japanese soccer.
Is Ryo going into the 1st team or straight to the reserves?
welcome to arsenal Ryo!
lets hope le stingy will pay serious wonga to fat blatter to issue his special visa.
no more salamanca please! this boy should start training with arsenal as soon as possible.
that clip has done nothing to convince me that all japanese TV is nothing less than fucking bizarre.
Call me stuck up or whatever, but why should we fall in to the corrupt shit that other clubs pull off to secure visas and work permits for their young foreign talents…why?? I’d rather we either be patient and loan out the players to Spain or wherever, or wait and develop our own players through the academy, than pay millions to FIFA just to skirt the rules. Fuck that shit, with a capital FUCK. There has got to be some honesty and integrity left on this earth…maybe not. We should be above all the scandal and bribery. I want to support this club without feeling like I am compromising the principles of fair play and my own values. So far that has been the case within the last decade and a half or so. George Grahm is a different story, for a different argument. WE SHOULD DO THINGS THE RIGHT WAY. EVEN IF NOBODY ELSE CAN BE BOTHERED TO DO SO. And yes that might mean we have to endure a few trophyless seasons here or there…but, WHEN the shit hits the fan, and believe me it will, I want us to be the ones still standing. When all the scandals and bribery and all that shit comes to light, I wanr us to be able to say that we did not partake in any cheating. As far as I know, we can say that as of now…unless I have forgotten an incident that has occured, that I have not mentioned. Wenger may be stubborn, but I think at the end of the day, he has a sense of honesty and integrity about him. I know he says “I didn’t see it” but he has never denied anything that has happened on the pitch and he has stood by his players, to the extent that it could be charged as a fault. He might be tactically inept at times as well, but I think his recruitment of young talent is unparalelled in world football. He tries his best to play by the rules and I admire this greatly. I don’t think I’m the only one who has said this. It’s been said 100’s of times before but I think the statement of this type of opinion bares repeating once more. We should not cheat or bribe or whatever…it’s as simple as that.
Whoo!!From what i’ve seen it’s obvious this lad has ”LOADS” of talent.Afobe,Aneke,Jet,silva,ramsey,frimpong,coquelin,bart,miguel,henri…. i wouldn’t like to be wenger in 3yrs…
to Milo the stubborn!
we were all excited wellington is coming now is off to spain. i feel sorry for botelho,he’s been there for years and galindo.
this little japanese ronaldo should be training with arsenal this january.
if you don’t wanna dance the blatter’s way you will be just reading about Ryo miyachi on loan watch.
good luck my stubborn friend!
If we can develop players of the quality of Wilshere, Aneke, Afobe, JET etc, etc, etc, then why can’t we develop players like Wellington and Ryo Miyaichi ourselves?? Everyone said that there would never be another British midfielder like Scholes, yet we have developed one of our very own in Wilshere. Why not do the same thing for our wingers?? What, you say it can’t be done becasue English boys cannot play like the Brazilians, Spaniards or Japanese?? Bullshit I say. I’m Canadian so I have no bias as to where players come from who play for Arsenal. If we can buy foreign talents following the rules, then that is great!! If we have to bribe FIFA to get them in, then that is wrong no matter what you ( Sam in this instance say) All you need is a little patience…one day FIFA will be exposed for what it is and will be forced to clean up it’s act. Until then, I wouldn’t cause any further damage by giving them millions of dollars for a young unproven player. To tell you the absolute truth, I can’t see Wenger stooping to such levels of impropriety and I think you would agree, therefore, saying we should cheat is stupid because we WON’T. And that’s a good thing in my estimation.
i just hope wellington’s appeal will be successful. even the boy himself will be shattered. imagine his family members wear arsenal shirts. he lost form just thinking about arsenal. guess what? lucky salamanca’s waiting to benefit.
check out more video on Ryo…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-miyfLhs1M&feature=related
Is he faster than Walcott then?
thanx 4 the vid Jono!
players who go out on loan abroad also miss out on wenger’s education. after spending years just to win work permit they will need at least another 2 years before arsene brings the best out of them. its the case with vela, perhaps nordtveit is in the same situation and he’s not being patient.
so its better to find a way of keeping them here. remember we pay their salaries,not salamanca.
obviously i hope he succeeds for footballing reasons, but also, Ch-ching !$$$!
yup! and all the japanese tv crews will go to spain.
COME ON BLATTER!
HOW MUCH DO YOU WANT?
I really feel for Wellington Silva and his family. If Jamie is correct with his optimism regarding the result of the appeal, then I will be very happy. He IS a special talent and it would be sad to miss out on him and Miyaichi. I just don’t want us paying FIFA millions of dollars to get them. I still think we can develop our own players from the academy if we need to. We have a couple of wingers coming through in Alban Bunjaku and Samir Bihmoutine. It sounds like both could have a bright future at the club if they keep developing at the rate they have displayed over the past year or so. Who’s with me here???
This is why we should be in for Kagawa or Honda. It is not often that there are 2 asian players would their quality and the money they would bring in would be ridiculous.
What i want Arsene Wenger to know is,when ever Arsenal loose with a big team that some of them we expect to beat,someone dies!So for hoe long will we see people die?is it a mistake for us to love Arsenal?i dont know whose next may be tomorrow night will be me…
If that JAps boy worth to be a Gunner lets give him a chance.
so is this guy going straight into the first team ??
why not buy iker munian
I really want us to have these players as soon as we can…but as I read Milo’s post, I felt that he is right…and I felt pleased that Wenger too seems to feel that the honest way is the best way….Its the same with spending a lot on players…we would ALL love for our club to have the best players…but I think Arsene is running our club properly…and I think that one day all the other clubs will be glad that he did and envy him…he has stood alone (and lost good players) because he would not join the spiralling pay market….I with Milo would rather not win trophies if it meant that we had to be dishonest or underhand…..so that when we do win one…we will be able to know we did it the right way…with all the best sporting values intact…..
By the way Guy I also would have liked to see JET in your ‘line up’ he is an amazing talent…but then we do have some amazing young players coming through
If Vela leaves in the summer would you want wenger to buy Hazard or bring either JET or RYO into the team?
sell vela and keep bendtner huh?
GENIUS!
Well at least we now know what happened to Dickie Davies of ITV. He went to Japan and got his own show doing, well exactly the same f*cking thing.
Good work jamie.first time leaving my comment on a blog spot on milo & i also loves andrews opinion
Rough and ready translation I did of this video elsewhere in case anyone’s interested.
“Ryo Miyaichi’s joining Arsenal, one of the world’s most famous clubs, whose squad is full of many countries’ national players. Wenger rates Miyaichi highly as a player whose potential has attracted attention from the world’s clubs.
So what’s Miyaichi’s weapon? “I think my weapon is my ability to burst through [opposing players]”. Miyaichi’s has the speed of a sprinter, running 100m at 10.84 seconds, plus his dribbling has the ability to burst through [opposing players] and head straight for goal with an aggressive style of play. Miyaichi’s particular characteristic is his ability to rapidly cut off speed and apply the brakes. For example, when receiving a pass, for a moment he cuts his speed. As his opponent cuts his speed to stay with him, he quickly accelerates away.
“Speed is what I have absolute confidence in. If I can dribble by applying rapid changes in speed, consciously moving slowly and then quickly, I have confidence I’ll be able to accelerate away from the other player”
Section about Miyaichi being a normal 18 year old. Class mate commenting that apart from his football he’s a normal bloke. Girl saying he’s cool. Miyaichi blushing.
Aside from his school studies, Miyaichi is tackling his English ability, with his notebook full of football terms. “Study is really difficult and I think it will take a lot of time to pick it up, but I’ll try hard”.
And he’s also become captain of his team. And for Miyaichi, there’s one match he’ll never forget. He says that even now he looks at the newspaper report. That was the first time he’d appeared in the national competition, where his team got routed 10-2. “The memories (of the big loss, when looking at the report) come flooding back. It’s something I shouldn’t forget”. This experience has matured Miyaichi and the bitterness of that memory has driven him as he practices for his final national competition.
Now, at the Aichi Prefecture rounds, he can’t lose, because there’s something he has to show at the national tournament. That is, quality of finishing on top of his speed and dribbling. And, at the final of the preliminary round, to go through to the national finals, Chukyou have conceded the first goal. But towards the end of the first half, it was Miyaichi’s play that changed the flow of the game. Once into the second half, it was Miyaichi’s dribbling that made the difference. With this winning ball, Miyaichi booked his team’s place in the final (lit: bought the ticket for the final). Now has come his chance to revisit the tournament that ended in tears last year.
“I want to take the work of the last three years and make it end in laughter, playing at the national stadium and taking the number one position in Japan”
Comments from one of the most famous baseball managers in Japan (?! – but he’s much respected as a sport commentator) essentially saying that Miyaichi is the sort of player not often seen in Japan, with his speed and striker’s abilities. It ends by confirming that Miyaichi will be starting with Arsenal in January once he’s played his final matches for his high school team.”
I will only be impressed if he works his magic in the Arsenal FC starting 11.
He hasn’t even made the starting 11 yet..Let’s not get carried away.
He’s a special talent though.