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Hasebe, Hosogai tussle in Bendesliga game

FRANKFURT, Germany - Japanese midfielder Makoto Hasebe (L) of Eintracht Frankfurt makes a pass as compatriot midfielder Hajime Hosogai of Hertha BSC tries to block it in the first half of a Bundesliga game in Frankfurt on Dec. 17, 2014. The match ended in a 4-4 draw.

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Hertha's Hosogai plays against Munich

BERLIN, Germany - Hertha Berlin's Hajime Hosogai (L) controls the ball in the first half of a Bundesliga match in Berlin against Bayern Munich on Nov. 29, 2014. Hertha suffered a 1-0 loss.

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Kiyotake, Hosogai play in Hannover-Hertha match

BERLIN, Germany - Japanese footballer Hiroshi Kiyotake (L) of Hannover dribbles while compatriot Hajime Hosogai of Hertha Berlin chases him in the first half of a Bundesliga match in Berlin on Nov. 7, 2014. Hannover won 2-0.

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Hertha's Hosogai in action against Dortmund

BERLIN, Germany - Hajime Hosogai of Hertha Berlin and Borussia Dortmund's Henrikh Mkhitaryan are seen in action in a Bundesliga match in Berlin on May 10, 2014. Hertha suffered a 4-0 loss.

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Hosogai active in Bundesliga match

AUGSBURG, Germany - Hajime Hosogai (L) of Hertha Berlin fights for the ball against FC Augsburg's Alexander Esswein in the first half of a soccer match in the Bundesliga on April 19, 2014, in Augsburg, Germany. The game ended in a scoreless draw.

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Japan defender Hosogai vies for ball in Bundesliga game

BERLIN, Germany - Japanese defender Hajime Hosogai (R) of German Bundesliga club Hertha BSC Berlin competes for the ball with French midfielder Frank Ribery of Bayern Munich in a game on March 25, 2014. Bayern won 3-1.

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Hertha's Hosogai against Borussia MG

MONCHENGLADBACH, Germany - Japanese footballer Hajime Hosogai (L) of Hertha Berlin tries to dodge Borussia Monchengladbach's Juan Arango in a Bundesliga game in Monchengladbach, Germany, on March 22, 2014. Borussia MG won 3-0.

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Japan's Hosogai, Okazaki in action in Bundesliga match

MAINZ, Germany - Japanese midfielder Hajime Hosogai (L) of Hertha Berlin shields the ball from Japanese forward Shinji Okazaki of Mainz 05 in the latter half of a Bundesliga match in Mainz, Germany, on March 9, 2014. The game ended in a 1-1 draw.

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Hosogai of Hertha Berlin

BERLIN, Germany - Japan midfielder Hajime Hosogai (R) of Hertha Berlin competes for the ball during a German first division Bundesliga soccer match against Wolfsburg in Berlin on Feb. 16, 2014. Hertha Berlin lost 1-2.

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Hosogai joins Hertha Berlin

TOKYO, Japan - Japan midfielder Hajime Hosogai holds a jersey of promoted Bundesliga outfit Hertha Berlin in Tokyo on May 21, 2013, as he announced his full transfer to the club from Bayer Leverkusen.

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"Shitamachi" plants develop Japan's 1st bobsled

TOKYO, Japan - Developers of the "Shitamachi Bobsled," including Junichi Hosogai (R) and Satoshi Kosugi (2nd from R), watch it perform a test run at the Nagano Bobsleigh-Luge Park, known as Spiral, in Nagano City, Nagano Prefecture, on Dec. 13, 2012. Young owners of some small factories in Tokyo's Ota Ward have developed the first made-in-Japan bobsled in the run-up to the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics.

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"Shitamachi" factory-made bobsled

TOKYO, Japan - Junichi Hosogai (R) gets on a bobsled made by a group of small factory operators in one of Tokyo's "shitamachi" districts, at Tokyo Big Sight convention hall on Nov. 1, 2012. The bobsled is on display at the 26th Japan International Machine Tool Fair, with the group hoping it will be used at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. Hosogai, owner of a metal-processing firm in Ota Ward, leads the shitamachi bobsled project.

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Hosogai heading for Bayer Leverkusen next season

NARITA, Japan - Japan midfielder Hajime Hosogai arrives at Narita airport, near Tokyo, from Australia on June 13, 2012. The 26-year-old said the same day he will play for Bayer Leverkusen in Germany's Bundesliga next season. His contract will run through June 2015.

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Stuttgart 2-1 Augsburg

STUTTGART, Germany - Japanese footballers Hajime Hosogai of Augsburg (front) and Shinji Okazaki of Stuttgart (back) are seen in action in the second half of a Bundesliga game in Stuttgart, Germany, on Nov. 20, 2011. Stuttgart won 2-1.

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Augsburg 0-0 Hannover

AUGSBURG, Germany - Japanese midfielder Hajime Hosogai of Augsburg (bottom) tackles Hannover defender Christian Pander in the first half of a Bundesliga game in Augsburg, Germany, on Sept. 24, 2011. The game ended in 0-0 draw.

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Quake charity soccer match

OSAKA, Japan - Japanese soccer players, including (from R) Shinji Okazaki, Hajime Hosogai, Yuto Nagatomo and Tomoaki Makino, respond to the crowd at Osaka's Nagai Stadium on March 29, 2011, after a charity match between the Japan national team and a J-League select team dedicated to the victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. The national team won 2-1.

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Japan beat S. Korea in Asian Cup semifinal

DOHA, Qatar - Japan midfielder Hajime Hosogai (L) scores against South Korea during extra time of an Asian Cup semifinal match in Doha on Jan. 25, 2011. Japan won after a penalty shootout.

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Hosogai looks to jump-start career in Germany

TOKYO, Japan - Bayer Leverkusen-bound Japanese midfielder Hajime Hosogai speaks at a press conference in Saitama on Dec. 27, 2010. Hosogai, who has agreed to transfer to Leverkusen from Urawa Reds, said he is ready to face the physical challenge of the German Bundesliga.

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AC Milan vs Urawa Red Diamonds at Club World Cup

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Japan's Urawa Red Diamonds midfielder Hajime Hosogai jumps over AC Milan midfielder Massimo Ambrosini during the first half of a semifinal match in the FIFA Club World Cup in Yokohama on Dec. 13.

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Urawa and Man. Utd share the spoils in exhibition thriller

SAITAMA, Japan - England's Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney (L) and Japan's Urawa Reds midfielder Hajime Hosogai battle for the ball during the first half of their friendly at Saitama Stadium on July 17. The game, the first for the English champions' pre-season tour of the Far East, ended with a 2-2 draw.

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Urawa and Man. Utd share the spoils in exhibition thriller

SAITAMA, Japan - England's Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney (L) and Japan's Urawa Reds midfielder Hajime Hosogai battle for the ball during the first half of their friendly at Saitama Stadium on July 17. The game, the first for the English champions' pre-season tour of the Far East, ended with a 2-2 draw. (Kyodo)

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AC Milan vs Urawa Red Diamonds at Club World Cup

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Japan's Urawa Red Diamonds midfielder Hajime Hosogai jumps over AC Milan midfielder Massimo Ambrosini during the first half of a semifinal match in the FIFA Club World Cup in Yokohama on Dec. 13. (Kyodo)

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"Downtown bobsled" not to be used in 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics

Junichi Hosogai (R), general manager of the "Shitamachi Bobsled" (downtown bobsled) project team, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2015, after it was informed by the Japan Bobsleigh-Luge and Skelton Federation that it will not use the bobsled developed by the team, comprising a number of small factories in the Japanese capital's Ota Ward, in the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan beat S. Korea in Asian Cup semifinal

DOHA, Qatar - Japan midfielder Hajime Hosogai (L) scores against South Korea during extra time of an Asian Cup semifinal match in Doha on Jan. 25, 2011. Japan won after a penalty shootout. (Kyodo)

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Augsburg 0-0 Hannover

AUGSBURG, Germany - Japanese midfielder Hajime Hosogai of Augsburg (bottom) tackles Hannover defender Christian Pander in the first half of a Bundesliga game in Augsburg, Germany, on Sept. 24, 2011. The game ended in 0-0 draw. (Kyodo)

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Quake charity soccer match

OSAKA, Japan - Japanese soccer players, including (from R) Shinji Okazaki, Hajime Hosogai, Yuto Nagatomo and Tomoaki Makino, respond to the crowd at Osaka's Nagai Stadium on March 29, 2011, after a charity match between the Japan national team and a J-League select team dedicated to the victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. The national team won 2-1. (Kyodo)

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Hertha's Hosogai plays against Munich

BERLIN, Germany - Hertha Berlin's Hajime Hosogai (L) controls the ball in the first half of a Bundesliga match in Berlin against Bayern Munich on Nov. 29, 2014. Hertha suffered a 1-0 loss. (Kyodo)

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Hosogai looks to jump-start career in Germany

TOKYO, Japan - Bayer Leverkusen-bound Japanese midfielder Hajime Hosogai speaks at a press conference in Saitama on Dec. 27, 2010. Hosogai, who has agreed to transfer to Leverkusen from Urawa Reds, said he is ready to face the physical challenge of the German Bundesliga. (Kyodo)

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Stuttgart 2-1 Augsburg

STUTTGART, Germany - Japanese footballers Hajime Hosogai of Augsburg (front) and Shinji Okazaki of Stuttgart (back) are seen in action in the second half of a Bundesliga game in Stuttgart, Germany, on Nov. 20, 2011. Stuttgart won 2-1. (Kyodo)

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Kashima's Kanazaki, Kashiwa's Koike, Hosogai

Kashima Antlers' Mu Kanazaki (C) leaps over Kashiwa Reysol's Ryuta Koike (13) with Hajime Hosogai (37) looking on during the second half of a 0-0 draw in the J-League first division at Kashima Soccer Stadium in Kashima, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Nov. 26, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo