Yasuo Wakisaka
Aslimoski, Pons and Wakisaka are statesmen for international football
By Brad Bournival Football, like other sports, takes a physical toll on the body. It also can be poetic and provides a lifetime of memories. Because of the physicality, the average NFL career is 3.3 years. That’s what makes what Brazil’s Rodrigo Pons, Australia’s Jason Aslimoski and Japan’s Yasuo Wakisaka are doing amazing. Pons, 32, Aslimoski, …
Japan’s Wakisaka prepares for fifth IFAF World Championship
Photo courtesy Kaz Nagatsuka Defensive lineman Yasuo Wakisaka will return to the world stage 16 years after playing in the inaugural International Federation of American Football event in 1999 in Palermo, Italy. Japan National Team head coach Kiyoyuki Mori confirmed that the 46-year-old Wakisaka, who plays for Panasonic in his country’s X League, will be among …