Ryo Miyaichi

Ryo Miyaichi's story is hard to write about without a lump in the throat. Born in Okazaki, Aichi in 1992, he earned a move to Arsenal as a teenager after a trial, could not get a British work permit, and was loaned to Feyenoord instead, where he made his professional debut at seventeen. For a moment Japanese football thought it had produced a genuine world-class winger: 183 cm, frighteningly quick, still a schoolboy in effect. Then came the injuries, repeatedly and cruelly, at precisely the ages when a player of his type is supposed to be peaking. It would have been entirely understandable if he had walked away. He did not. He rebuilt his career in the J1 League with Yokohama F. Marinos and forced his way back into the national team conversation. I have stopped measuring him against the career he was supposed to have. What he actually did, coming back again after being told his body would not allow it, is the more impressive number.

Name (English)

Ryo Miyaichi

Name (Japanese)

宮市亮

Reading

みやいち りょう

Born

December 14, 1992 (age 33)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Monkey

Origin

Okazaki, Aichi Prefecture, Japan

Height

183 cm

Occupation

association football player

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Tags

• Aichi Prefecture
• association football player

Last updated

2026-08-07

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