crying myself to sleep knowing that I won’t see aki playing for the national team anymore and going to different countries to compete for Japan which means I have an extremely low chance to see him in person. :(
It’s not going to be the same without Akihiro, Kentaro and even Coach Blain.
I was really happy when aki announced before the Olympics that he wasn’t going to retire (there were rumors that he will retire.)
After their loss at the Olympics, I thought Kentaro is the only one who’s retiring then I just woke up and aki’s post on x. I WAS CRYING A RIVER BYE.
It’s just made me so sad that I just got to know RJN and one of my favorite players is retiring. LIKE HOW WOULD U FEEL.
I’m so proud of Akihiro, he had a long journey. He played for Japan for 10 years. So proud of you, aki!