Japan's right-flank conductor, La Liga regular.
Once "Japan's Messi" as a teen at La Masia, now a pillar of Real Sociedad and Japan's most versatile attacker. Switches between false-9, right-wing and inside-10 within a single half.
Tournament Chronicle
A biography that grows match by match- 2026-06-15M031
Eleven touches, one that mattered
It was a quiet night for Takefusa Kubo by volume — around 11 touches, a reflection of how little clean possession Japan had in the Dutch third. But the one that counted set up the first equalizer: working the left, he fed Keito Nakamura for the deflected finish on 57 minutes. On an evening of scarce chances, Kubo provided the moment that turned resistance into a goal.
