Hidetoshi Nakata is anxious to make a fresh start at Bologna following a frustrating spell with Italian rivals Parma.\n\n
"I simply want Japan to qualify for the 2006 World Cup in Germany," Japan's most recognisable player said on his website.
Qatar's Akram Afif has been named the Asian Football Confederation's Player of the Year for a second time with Kiko Seike from Japan securing the women's title at the regional body's annual awards ceremony in Seoul on Tuesday.
Ono had won the AFC Young Player of the Year award in 1998.
Coach Zico named seven European-based players for matches against Uruguay and the US.
The Arsenal goalkeeper kept out a half dozen chances from Japanese players in Tuesday's World Cup warm-up.
For over three-quarters of a century men's tennis in Japan has played out like a kabuki tragedy, filled with decades of barren results, embarrassments and even a suicide.
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