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2025.6.26[Top Team]

Taishi Brandon NOZAWA Complete Transfer Announcement to Royal Antwerp FC

It has been decided that Taishi Brandon NOZAWA will transfer permanently to Royal Antwerp FC (Belgium), and we would like to inform you of this.




[Taishi Brandon NOZAWA Player Profile]
□Position: GK

□Date of Birth: December 25, 2002

□Hometown: Okinawa Prefecture

□Height/Weight: 193cm/90kg

□Career
2018-2019 FC Tokyo U-18
└2018 FC Tokyo (Type 2 Registered Player)
└2019 FC Tokyo (Type 2 Registered Player), Champion of the 20th Tokyo Club Youth U-17 Soccer Championship Tournament 2020- FC Tokyo
└2020 2020 J.League YBC Levain Cup Champion
└Aug 2021 - 2022 Iwate Grulla Morioka*Development-type loan transfer


□National Team History
2017 U-15 Japan national team
2018 U-16 Japan national team
2019 U-17 Japan national team・U-18 Japan national team
2020 U-19 Japan national team
2021 U-20 Japan national team
2023 U-22 Japan national team
2024 Japan national team (AFC Asian Cup Qatar 2023), U-23 Japan national team (AFC U23 Asian Cup Qatar 2024, 33rd Olympic Games (2024 / Paris))


□ Participation Record (As of June 26, 2025)



□Comment from Taishi Brandon NOZAWA

"Right now, I have a lot of gratitude towards this club.
The reason I have been able to live this kind of life is not by my own strength alone, but because I have been supported by many people, starting with this club.

I have decided to take on a challenge in Europe this summer.
Just like before, I am very excited when I think about what will happen in my life from now on and what kind of encounters I will have.
I want to continue playing without forgetting my feelings of gratitude.

I feel very frustrated that I cannot repay the club with visible results.
I still have a lot to improve, but I will continue to relentlessly challenge myself without stopping. Both on and off the pitch, I aim to give energy and encouragement to those who watch, and as an individual, I will keep striving to reach higher and do my best.
And above all, I want to cherish each day so that I can grow bigger and deeper as a person.

I am truly nothing but grateful to FC Tokyo.
Thank you!


[Regarding Taishi Brandon NOZAWA's Greeting After the June 28 (Sat) Yokohama FC Match]
Player Nozawa will leave the team after the June 28 (Sat) Yokohama FC match. After the match ends and the team makes a lap around the stadium, Player Nozawa will greet everyone who came to the stadium.