GRADED: Ashito Aoi - A Japanese Revelation(?)

[Summerstood]

Ashito Aoi - The newest addition to the SSL Academy is already creating a huge buzz in his home prefecture of Ehime with him getting a chance to prove his mettle in the prestigious SSL League. Hailing from Matsuyama, the capital city of the prefecture, he was a well-known local rising star who poised to join the Japanese professional football system immediately after his high school tenure was over. But once rumors broke out about him signing on to the S20 Draft class of the SSL League, the entire province of Ehime went (to put it in simple words) bonkers. That was to be expected as he was touted to be the next big thing from the Ehime prefecture after Daichi Kamada. But for people around the world asking the question "Who exactly is this Ashito Aoi?" - Worry not! We are here to get you up to date.


Here is a small tidbit from an interview we had conducted with Ashito sometime prior --

Interviewer: What is your favourite quote?
Ashito: Man is but a reed, the weakest in nature, but he is a thinking reed (Blaise Pascal)

Interviewer: What is your favourite food?
Ashito: It may be weird for many people who have eaten this, but I genuinely like having Natto.

A JAPAN SPORTS WEEKLY EXCLUSIVE