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Footraveller Ueda Asahi Looking Forward to Southeast Asian Football Success

“Japan missed the 1994 World Cup in the United States with just seconds remaining. And for the 1998 World Cup in France, Japan won the playoffs with a golden goal. It was because of these two ‘hells’ (Doha-1993, where the Japanese cried) and ‘heaven’ (Johor Bahru-1997, where we got our revenge and cried tears of joy) that Japanese football improved drastically. 

Southeast Asian countries will also soon experience their own ‘heaven’ and ‘hell’ as Southeast Asia will play one of the most exciting, if not the most exciting, World Cup Qualifiers in the World Cup”

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A Man of Many Hats: Ultra-Nippon Leader Asahi Ueda

“These initial years were also when Ueda began to establish himself as a distinct supporter. While most fans in the Stadium would be clapping loudly as a signal of support for the Japan national team, Ueda would be shouting and cheering at the top of his lungs. After national team fixtures, he would often find the national team players and meet them. He became a familiar figure for many Japanese national team stalwarts since the 1980s and has remained a cult hero ever since.”

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