Portugal’s UD Oliveirense’s Tomoya Takahashi started and recorded an assist. A showdown between two Japanese players, both graduates of the Yokohama FC Academy, and Kotaro Nagata (FC Porto B) took place!
Yokohama FC Press release: October 31, 2025 To Members of the Press Portugal’s UD Oliveirense’s Tomoya Takahashi started and recorded an assist. A showdown between two Japanese players, both graduates of the Yokohama FC Academy, and Kotaro Nagata (FC Porto B) has been realized! On Wednesday, October 30th, in the Portugal Liga 2 (Round 9) match between UD Oliveirense and FC Porto B, a showdown between two Japanese players from the Yokohama FC Academy took place on the European stage.
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https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/44505/123/44505-123-19123cb47a3d3b422604c32e20a3dc00-1200×800.jpg Oliveirense’s Tomoya Takahashi (19 years old) started in two consecutive league matches. He played on the right side of midfield in a 3-5-2 formation, demonstrating excellent performance with good situational judgment and stable defense, playing until the 83rd minute. Just before the end of the first half, João Silva headed in a cross from the right wing by Tomoya Takahashi, recording his first assist of the league season. This goal proved to be the winning goal, contributing greatly to Oliveirense’s victory.
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https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/44505/123/44505-123-c985d4e5c37cb3a34b3f3770e4f65b26-1200×800.jpg In addition, Kotaro Nagata (20 years old), who played for Oliveirense on loan from Yokohama FC until last season and has since made a permanent transfer to FC Porto, came on as a substitute in the 46th minute.
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https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/44505/123/44505-123-a998539f3595b3a98d87d908ec06217d-1200×800.jpg On this day, Tomoya Takahashi and Kotaro Nagata, two Japanese academy graduates from Yokohama FC Youth, faced off in a European league for the first time. Kotaro Nagata was promoted to the first team from Yokohama FC Youth in 2023 and moved to Oliveirense on loan in the summer of the same year to try his hand at playing overseas. Tomoya Takahashi followed suit, being promoted to the first team from Yokohama FC Youth in 2024 and moving to Oliveirense on loan in the summer. This Japanese showdown was made possible through the Multi-Club Ownership (MCO) initiative between Yokohama FC, owned by the ONODERA GROUP, and Portugal’s Oliveirense, which serves as a gateway to Europe. The two young samurai pursue personal growth in a foreign land, striving for even greater heights.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/44505/123/44505-123-296c99d2bf35179728721ffbcc7be55d-1200×800.jpg (Left) UD Oliveirense’s Tomoya Takahashi and (Right) FC Porto B’s Kotaro Nagata, who competed against each other from the Yokohama FC Academy. Comment from Oliveirense’s Tomoya Takahashi: “It was my first time playing against Nagata in the Portuguese second division, so it was a very strange feeling to have him approach my goal with the ball. He played on the opposite side from me, so we never matched up, but it was a very moving and happy time to be able to play against a teammate I’ve been playing with since our junior youth team in the Portuguese second division. Since coming to Portugal, I think I’ve been able to think more about how to steal the ball and how to protect it against players who are bigger, stronger, and faster than me than me than last season. I also feel like I’m able to make calm and accurate decisions when I have the ball.” About Japan-Europe Multi-Club Ownership ONODERA GROUP Co., Ltd. (Group CEO: Yuji Onodera / Location: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo), which owns J.League club Yokohama FC, acquired management rights in UD Oliveirense SAD (hereinafter referred to as Oliveirense), a club in Liga Portugal 2 (Portuguese second division) in November 2022, becoming the first company in J.League history to attempt multi-club ownership (MCO). *Multi-Club Ownership (MCO) A management structure in which one owner or capital owns multiple clubs of different nationalities. Through this multi-club ownership system, Kotaro Nagata took on the challenge of playing in Europe at the age of 18 in 2023, undergoing a period of training there. The following year, he secured numerous playing opportunities, and in the summer of 2025, he completed a permanent transfer from Yokohama FC to the prestigious Portuguese club FC Porto. 【About Yokohama FC】 ■Name: Yokohama FC ■Affiliation: Meiji Yasuda J1 League ■CEO: Nobuyuki Yamagata President and COO: Daishiro Katahara ■Established: December 1998 ■Home Stadium: Nippatsu Mitsuzawa Stadium ■Yokohama FC Official Website:
https://www.yokohamafc.com/ About UD Oliveirense (UD Oliveirense SAD) UD Oliveirense is a club with a rich history, having been founded over 100 years ago and reaching the semi-finals of the Taça de Portugal*2 in the 2011-12 season. In addition to youth development categories, the club is a comprehensive regional sports club that also offers basketball and roller hockey divisions in addition to soccer. *2 A tournament equivalent to Japan’s Emperor’s Cup. ■Name: UD Oliveirense (União Desportiva Oliveirense SAD) ■Affiliation: Liga Portugal 2 (Portuguese second division) ■Representative: Kiyoshi Sekiguchi ■Established: 1922 (100th anniversary in 2022) ■Home Stadium: Estadio Carlos Osorio ■UD Oliveirense Official Website:
https://udoliveirensesad.pt/ja/ ・UD Oliveirense Japan Official X: https://twitter.com/oliveirense_jp [About ONODERA GROUP] ONODERA Since its founding in 1983, the GROUP has expanded globally into a variety of businesses, including LEOC Inc., which provides meals at over 3,000 locations nationwide, as well as food services, franchise food services, human resources and technology, medical care,
pharmaceuticals, and sports. Guided by our corporate philosophy of “Bringing joy and excitement to our customers, growth and happiness to our partners, and contributing to society,” we will continue to take on new challenges as a leading company in “creating happiness” for each and every person. ・Representative: Group CEO Yuji Onodera ・URL: https://www.onodera-group.jp/