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Football: Champions League

Ko Itakura (top) of Ajax heads the ball in a Champions League football match against Chelsea in London on Oct. 22, 2025.

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Football: Champions League

Ko Itakura (L) of Ajax passes the ball in a Champions League football match against Chelsea in London on Oct. 22, 2025.

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Football: Champions League

Ko Itakura (R) of Ajax Amsterdam plays in a Champions League football match against Marseille on Sept. 30, 2025, in Marseille, France.

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Football: Champions League

Ko Itakura (R) of Ajax Amsterdam plays in a Champions League football match against Marseille on Sept. 30, 2025, in Marseille, France.

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Football: German Bundesliga

Borussia Monchengladbach's Ko Itakura (2nd from L) celebrates with teammates after opening the scoring in the first half of a German Bundesliga football match against Dortmund on April 20, 2025, in Dortmund, Germany.

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Football: World Cup qualifier

Japan's Ko Itakura (R) passes the ball in the first half of a 2026 football World Cup final-round Asian qualifier against Saudi Arabia at Saitama Stadium in Saitama, eastern Japan, on March 25, 2025.

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Football: World Cup qualifier

Japan's Ko Itakura scores the squad's second goal with a header in the first half of a 2026 football World Cup final-round Asian qualifier against China in Xiamen, China, on Nov. 19, 2024.

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Football: German Bundesliga

Borussia Monchengladbach's Ko Itakura (R) reacts after scoring a goal in the first half of a German Bundesliga football match against Heidenheim in Monchengladbach on Oct. 19, 2024.

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Football: German Bundesliga

Borussia Monchengladbach's Ko Itakura (R) scores in the first half of a German Bundesliga football match against Heidenheim in Monchengladbach on Oct. 19, 2024.

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Football: German Bundesliga

Borussia Monchengladbach's Ko Itakura (top) heads the ball away from Bayer Leverkusen's Victor Boniface in the first half of a German Bundesliga football match on Aug. 23, 2024, in Monchengladbach, Germany.

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Football: German Bundesliga

Borussia Monchengladbach's Ko Itakura (R) dribbles in the first half of a German Bundesliga football match against Bayer Leverkusen on Aug. 23, 2024, in Monchengladbach, Germany.

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Football: German Bundesliga

Borussia Monchengladbach's Ko Itakura (L) vies for the ball in the second half of a German Bundesliga football match against Bayer Leverkusen on Aug. 23, 2024, in Monchengladbach, Germany.

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(SP)GERMANY-MOENCHENGLADBACH-FOOTBALL-BUNDESLIGA-MOENCHENGLADBACH VS DORTMUND

(240414) -- MOENCHENGLADBACH, April 14, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Ko Itakura (R) of Borussia Moenchengladbach and Salih Oezcan of Borussia Dortmund head for the ball during the first division of Bundesliga match between Borussia Moenchengladbach and Borussia Dortmund in Moenchengladbach, Germany, April 13, 2024. (Photo by Joachim Bywaletz/Xinhua)

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Football: German Bundesliga

Borussia Monchengladbach's Ko Itakura (L) scores a goal in the second half of a German Bundesliga football match against Wolfsburg on April 7, 2024, in Wolfsburg.

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Football: German Bundesliga

Borussia Monchengladbach's Ko Itakura (top, R) is challenged by Brajan Gruda (bottom, L) and Jonathan Burkardt (below, R) of Mainz in a German Bundesliga football match on March 2, 2024, in Mainz.

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(SP)GERMANY-STUTTGART-FOOTBALL-BUNDESLIGA-STUTTGART VS MOENCHENGLADBACH

(230430) -- STUTTGART, April 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Silas Katompa Mvumpa (2nd L) of Stuttgart vies with Itakura Ko (1st L) of Moenchengladbach during the German first division Bundesliga football match between VfB Stuttgart and Borussia Moenchengladbach in Stuttgart, Germany, April 29, 2023. (Photo by Philippe Ruiz/Xinhua)

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Football: Asian Cup

Japan's Takumi Minamino (8) celebrates with teammate Ko Itakura after scoring a goal in the first half of a group stage match against Vietnam at the Asian Cup football tournament in Doha on Jan. 14, 2024.

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(SP)GERMANY-MOENCHENGLADBACH-FOOTBALL-BUNDESLIGA-MOENCHENGLADBACH VS BAYERN MUNICH

(230903) -- MOENCHENGLADBACH, Sept. 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Itakura Ko (L) of Borussia Moenchengladbach celebrates scoring during the first division of Bundesliga 3rd round match between Borussia Moenchengladbach and FC Bayern Munich in Moenchengladbach, Germany, Sept. 2, 2023. (Photo by Ulrich Hufnagel/Xinhua)

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(SP)GERMANY-MOENCHENGLADBACH-FOOTBALL-BUNDESLIGA-MOENCHENGLADBACH VS LEVERKUSEN

(230827) -- MOENCHENGLADBACH, Aug. 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Itakura Ko (L) of Borussia Moenchengladbach vies with Victor Okoh Boniface of Bayer 04 Leverkusen during their Bundesliga 2nd round match in Moenchengladbach, Germany, Aug. 26, 2023. (Photo by Ulrich Hufnagel/Xinhua)

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(SP)GERMANY-MOENCHENGLADBACH-FOOTBALL-BUNDESLIGA-MOENCHENGLADBACH VS LEVERKUSEN

(230827) -- MOENCHENGLADBACH, Aug. 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Itakura Ko (1st R) of Borussia Moenchengladbach vies with Jonathan Tah (2nd R) of Bayer 04 Leverkusen during their Bundesliga 2nd round match in Moenchengladbach, Germany, Aug. 26, 2023. (Photo by Ulrich Hufnagel/Xinhua)

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(SP)GERMANY-STUTTGART-FOOTBALL-BUNDESLIGA-STUTTGART VS MOENCHENGLADBACH

(230430) -- STUTTGART, April 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Silas Katompa Mvumpa (2nd L) of Stuttgart vies with Itakura Ko (1st L) of Moenchengladbach during the German first division Bundesliga football match between VfB Stuttgart and Borussia Moenchengladbach in Stuttgart, Germany, April 29, 2023. (Photo by Philippe Ruiz/Xinhua)

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Football: Japan-Brazil friendly

Neymar of Brazil (C) and Ko Itakura (L) of Japan vie for the ball in the first half of an international friendly held at the National Stadium in Tokyo on June 6, 2022, as a warm-up for the World Cup finals that begin in November in Qatar.

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Football: Japan-Honduras Olympic warm-up match

Honduras' Jose Garcia (L) and Japan's Ko Itakura collide in the air during the second half of a warm-up match for the Tokyo Olympics on July 12, 2021, at Yodoko Sakura Stadium in Osaka.

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Football: Japan-Argentina U-24 friendly

Ko Itakura (C) scores Japan's second goal with a header during the second half of an Under-24 football friendly against Argentina on March 29, 2021, at Kitakyushu Stadium in Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan.

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Football: Japan-Argentina U-24 friendly

Ko Itakura scores Japan's third goal with a header past Argentina goalkeeper Jeremias Ledesma during the second half of an Under-24 football friendly on March 29, 2021, at Kitakyushu Stadium in Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan.

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Football: Japan-Panama international friendly

Panama's Jorman Aguilar (L) and Ko Itakura of Japan vie for the ball during the second half of an international football friendly on Nov. 13, 2020, in Graz, Austria.

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Football: Copa America

Jefferson Orejuela (18) of Ecuador and Ko Itakura of Japan vie for the ball during the first half of a 1-1 draw in Group C of the Copa America football tournament on June 24, 2019, in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo