Japan ta rufe kasuwar ɗaukar ɗan wasa ta lokacin rani da 'yan wasa 30 da ke aiki a manyan gasar Turai guda biyar — wani nasara da ke nuna shekaru da dama na zuba hannun jari mai tsari a raya ƙwallon ƙafa.

Daga cikin waɗanda suka riga suka kafa kansu akwai Takefusa Kubo a Real Sociedad da Hiroki Ito a Bayern Munich. Daga cikin sabbin zuwan kuma akwai Ryunosuke Sato, ɗan shekara 19, wanda ya koma Valencia daga FC Tokyo bayan lamuni mai fa'ida a Fagiano Okayama, wanda ya nuna shi a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin matasa masu hazaka a Japan.

Ingila a tsakiyar farmaki Japan ta Turai

Tsakanin Premier League da Championship, ƴan wasa 18 na Japan yanzu suna aiki a manyan rukunoni biyu na ƙwallon ƙafa a Ingila. Kaoru Mitoma da Ao Tanaka sun kasance cikin sunaye masu sauƙi, yayin da Daizen Maeda da Zion Suzuki suka iso kwanan nan. Tatsuhiro Sakamoto kuma yana aiki a matsayin ɗan wasan dama ta tsakiya a Coventry City wanda ya hau aji.

Zurfi ya fi na nan. Tomoki Iwata ɗaya ne daga cikin 'yan wasan tsakiyar Japan biyu a Birmingham City kuma ya burge a Championship. Ryoya Morishita da Kuryu Matsuki suna bayar da gudummawa akai-akai a Blackburn Rovers da Southampton bi da bi. A wasu kaɗan na kakarori da suka gabata, irin wannan ƙungiyar da ke da irin wannan adadi ba za a iya yi ba — a yau, wannan wani hoto ne kawai na babban hoto.

Tsarin da ke bayan lambobin

Wannan ba wata dama ba ce. J.League da ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa ta Japan sun haɗu a bayan wata dabarar dogon lokaci da aka bayyana a fili a cikin J.League 100 Year Vision, wanda babbar burinsa shi ne lashe Kofin Duniya. Shirin yana nufin rage cikas a kasuwar ɗaukar ɗan wasa, ƙara jan hankalin J.League don jawo manyan hazaka daga Asiya, da kuma ɗaga matakin ƙwallon gida a sakamakon haka.

Don sauƙaƙe hanyar raya 'yan wasa, Japan ta sake tsara kalandar ƙwallonta. Tun daga kakar 2026/27, J.League ta canza jadawali don ya dace da mafi yawan ƙasashe a duniya, tare da kawar da katsewar tsakiyar kakar da ta taɓa hana yawon shakatawa da sansanonin horo a Turai. Wata gasa ta rikon wuri — da ake kira 100 Year Vision League — ta rufe giɓin da ke tsakanin tsoffin da sabon kalanda, tana ba da wuri a AFC Champions League da kyautar kuɗi mai yawa don kiyaye tsananin gasar.

An kafa sabbin ƙungiyoyin ƙasa na ƙasa da shekara 18 da kuma ƙasa da shekara 20, da ya kasance sun ƙunshi galibin 'yan wasan da ba a yi amfani da su sosai ba, don su sami gogewa a kan ƙungiyoyin jami'a a Japan da yawo a ƙasashen waje. A watan Nuwamba na shekarar da ta gabata, wata ƙungiya daga cikin waɗannan 'yan wasan ta tafi Ingila da Wales don wannan manufar. Wannan kakar kuma ta nuna ƙaddamar da sabon ƙungiyar J.League ta ƙasa da 21, yana ƙara wani mataki zuwa hawan matakan raya 'yan wasa da ke ƙaruwa shekara bayan shekara.

Manufa mai tsayi — amma ba ta wuya ba

Ko duk wannan zai iya cimma Kofin Duniya har yanzu ba a san ba. Wasu ƙasashe sun zuba kuɗi fiye da haka, tsawon lokaci mai tsawo, daga tushe mai ƙarfi. Amma ingancin 'yan wasan da ke fitowa daga tsarin Japan wani abu ne da ƙasar za ta iya sarrafa — kuma tana yin haka. Da cikawar cikas na ɗaukar ɗan wasa da 'yan hazaka ke gudana zuwa duniya a manyan ƙididdiga, lamba 18 ta 'yan wasan Japan a Premier League da Championship ba ta isa kololuwar ta ba tukuna.