Celtic are well aware of after Shunsuke Nakamura, while the likes of Hidetoshi Nakata, Keisuke Honda and Shinji Okazaki have guaranteed a boost in merchandising and exposure for any club they represented.
It was therefore inevitable that the signing of J League top scorer Kyogo Furuhashi would bring with it an interest from Japan not seen since 'Naka' was strutting his stuff at Parkhead.
It's fair to say the new man has hit the ground running, scoring on his first start against Jablonec in the Europa League. And after Furuhashi banged in a hat-trick against Dundee in a 6-0 win, media in his homeland have been waxing lyrical.
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