Position: DF years old Height: 176cm Weight: 76kg  Jersey: #22  Ishihama is a right-side defender for ETU. Like many of the younger players, he became a regular under Tatsumi but is not as skilled as the defensive pair of Yusaku Sugie and Kazuki Kuroda. Ryo Akasaki especially is disparaging of their skills and even accused him and Kazumi Kiyokawa of playing only for fun and not to win. Ishihama left ETU for Vanguard Kofu during the summer break.   (Source: Wikipedia)

A truly great coach makes the game of soccer interesting! Tatsumi Takeshi is 35 and has spent the last few years coaching in England before being brought back to Japan to coach his old team. His favorite pastime? Causing giant upsets—aka Giant Killing!
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(Source: Kodansha USA)

East Tokyo United, ETU, has been struggling in Japan's top football league for a few years.  It has taken everything they have just to avoid relegation. To make matters even worse, the fans are starting to abandon the team.<br><br>
In an effort to improve their performance, ETU has hired a new coach, the slightly eccentric Tatsumi Takeshi.  Tatsumi, who was considered a great football player when he was younger, abandoned the team years before but has proven himself as the manager of one of England's lower division amateur teams.  The task won't be easy, the teams East Tokyo United is pitted against have bigger budgets and better players.  However, Tatsumi is an expert at Giant Killing.

Osamu Ishihama