Hayato Inamura - Kon'nichiwa or Sayōnara?

Ross H remains to be convinced

I’m just not sure. I feel like I’m almost trying to talk myself into liking this move because I enjoy watching the J-League when I get the chance and believe that there is plenty of talent in Asia that is worth taking note of, but at the same time I have a few big red flags that just won’t go away no matter how much I watch or how much I try to frame things in different ways.

Scores on the doors with the data to start.

Hayato Inamura's data vs his peers in the J-League is ok, not outstanding, not poor. He’s ok. When you index his overall performance in the J-League on various data sites, he tends to pop out somewhere between 5th and 7th for central defenders in the 16 to 24 age group, and when you look at all ages, he’s in the mid-30s.