As a kid, he spent the summers with FC Miyagi Barcelona, a boy's club in the city of Sendai, 500 miles from his home in Osaka.
ໃນຖານະເປັນເດັກນ້ອຍ, ລາວໄດ້ໃຊ້ເວລາລຶະເບິ່ງຮ້ອນກັບ FC Miyagi ບາເຊໂລນາ, ສະໂມສອນເດັກຊາຍໃນເມືອງ Sendai, 500 ໄມຈາກເຮືອນຂອງລາວໃນໂອຊາກາ.