Nationality: Japanese
DOB/Age: 30 October 2007 (18)
Year Promoted to First Team: 2025
A tidy midfielder with ability to drive forward with the ball and dictate tempo in midfield, Josh is the latest talent to rise through the Sailors’ Elite Academy to be promoted to the first team.
Josh’s family relocated to Singapore when he was three, and he began his playing journey at Arion Football Academy, before joining Spanish Soccer Club Asia (SSCA) when he was eight. A move to the Junior Soccer School and League (JSSL) Singapore’s Academy soon followed after.
Then he joined the Sailors Academy in 2020 and steadily progressed through the ranks over the years. In 2024/25, he played a key role in the club’s Under-21s’ dominant league triumph as they finished 15 points above second-placed Tanjong Pagar United and also made his Singapore Premier League (SPL) debut on the final day of last season.
With an abundance of potential and a good head on his shoulders, the future looks bright for Josh and he is set to be a future star in the making.
