Kento Shiogai
His performances on the preliminaries included decisive goals for Kokugakuin Kugayama, finished off with a brace against Teikyo High School in the match that qualified them to the national tournament.[7] Participating for the first and last time on the national tournament on 2023, the then-third grader scored a goal on its first match, against Kindai Wakayama, qualifying them to the third round.[10][11][4] Shiogai joined Keio University on 2023, studying on the Department of Political Science, Faculty of Law, and playing for its football team.[15][16] On 28 August 2024, Shiogai signed a four-year contract with NEC in the Netherlands, joining his compatriots Koki Ogawa and Kodai Sano at the club.He scored five goals in five matches, including a hat-trick against Italy, helping Japan to place fifth out of 12 teams, and winning the tournament's top scorer award.