Junya Itō

I have real affection for Junya Itō's path. Coming up through Kanagawa University rather than a glamorous youth academy gives his career a grounded, self-made feel that I admire. At 176 cm he is not physically imposing, yet he carves up defenses with blistering pace and clever movement on the wing, which tells me his real weapon is intelligence. Being trusted at Genk in Belgium and for the Japan national team confirms it. I will always root for this kind of grafter who earned the elite stage the hard way rather than being handed it.

Name (English)

Junya Itō

Name (Japanese)

伊東純也

Reading

いとう じゅんや

Born

March 9, 1993 (age 33)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Rooster

Origin

Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

Height

176 cm

Occupation

association football player

University

Kanagawa University

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• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junya%20It%C5%8D
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BC%8A%E6%9D%B1%E7%B4%94%E4%B9%9F
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21913126

Tags

• Kanagawa Prefecture
• association football player

Last updated

2026-06-21

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