Japan's ability to export midfield players with composure on the ball and tactical intelligence is beyond question but there are potential stars heading for Europe too.
Sota Kitano has the x-factor, that attention-grabbing edge that can take a robust technical base and use it to play in ways that others can't or won't. Now at Red Bull Salzburg, Kitano's emergence at Cerezo Osaka was impossible to ignore. He has that kind of aura.
