Yokohama F. Marinos Nakagawa becomes the first best player on December 8 at 21:57

“J League Awards” will be held on the night of the 8th to recognize players who played in the J-League this season, and the best player will be the forward of Yokohama F. Marinos, who won the first J15 championship for 15 years. Was chosen for the first time.

"J League Awards" was held at a hotel in Tokyo on the evening of the 8th with players from each team and fans selected by lottery.

The best player was F. Marinos' Nakagawa for the first time. Nakagawa is 27 years old from Kanagawa Prefecture. A dribble with speed is a forward.

Both left and right legs can kick the shot, and this season scored 15 points, shining as the top scorer alongside teammate Marcos Junior.

This month, it was also selected for the first time by the Japanese national team for the East Asian Championship held in Korea.

Kawasaki Frontale's Kei Tanaka was selected for the “Best Young Player Award” given to the best young players.

Tanaka is 21 years old from Kanagawa Prefecture. A defensive midfielder with one-on-one defensive strength.

He was selected as the representative of Japan under the age of 22 who will be the Tokyo Olympics generation, and he also showed his achievement in scoring 2 goals in a tie-up game with the same age in Brazil and Brazil.

Villa in the best goal award

The "Best Goal Award" was awarded to David Villa, forward of Vissel Kobe, a former Spanish national who expressed his retirement only for this season.

The “Best Goal Award” was selected by the selection committee from nine nominated goals based on the results of voting by fans and supporters on the Internet.

As a result, in a match where Vissel played against Nagoya Grampus in June, Villa was set to the goal of the first 27 minutes.

Villa played sharply in response to the thru pass before the goal, and flew the opponent's defender with a brilliant feint and shot with the right foot to score the goal.

Villa said, “It's my job to score a goal as a striker, so I'm very happy to receive such a prize. It was a good goal that some play went well. It was a great year and a rich time. I want to win the rest of the Emperor's Cup and finish it in the best possible way. ”

Kei Tanaka for Best Young Player Award

“Since I was able to participate in as many matches as I have never experienced before this season, I was able to grow in all aspects. I think I was able to play an active role with the support of my teammates, coaches, managers and supporters. Did.

On that basis, he expressed his enthusiasm for the future, "I want to work hard to be able to grow further from here and become a representative player in Japan."

Nakagawa, Marcos, Iniesta, etc.

For the 11th, Yokohama F Marinos Nakagawa Teruhito and Marcos Junioor, who were both scorers, and former Spain national team Vissel Kobe Iniesta were selected.

The best 11 will be decided by the managers of J1 and 18 teams and the votes of players.

The goalkeeper is Akihiro Hayashi from FC Tokyo. Three defenders were selected from FC Tokyo by Naruto Murotani and Masato Morishige, F. Marinos Thiago Martins.

Three midfielders are FC Tokyo's Kento Hashimoto. F. Marinos's Takuya Kita. Vissel's Iniesta was selected.

Four forwards were chosen from FC Tokyo, two from Diego Oliveira and Kengo Nagai, and from F. Marinos, Nakagawa and Marcos Junior. By team, the number was the highest, surpassing 4 of F. Marinos, who won 6 FC Tokyo.