Yuya Osako

Yuya Osako may be the only footballer whose catchphrase got famous before he did. "Osako is unreal," a rival captain's exasperated line after a high-school Osako had shredded his team, turned into a national meme. Born in Kaseda, Kagoshima in May 1990, the 184 cm forward could easily have been reduced to that joke forever. Instead he went to Germany, spent years being ground down and rebuilt, and answered everything with his header against Colombia at the World Cup. Back home he has won titles with Vissel Kobe while doing the thankless centre-forward labour of holding the ball and absorbing defenders so teammates look good. The meme undersold him.

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Name (English)

Yuya Osako

Name (Japanese)

大迫勇也

Reading

おおさこ ゆうや

Born

May 18, 1990 (age 36)

Origin

Kaseda, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan

Height

184 cm

Occupation

association football player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Horse

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/yuya_osako/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuya%20Osako
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A4%A7%E8%BF%AB%E5%8B%87%E4%B9%9F
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q195620

Tags

• Kagoshima Prefecture
• association football player

Last updated

November 2, 2026

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