【17歳322日】市川大祐 日本代表最年少デビュー戦 ダイジェスト

1998 World Cup Co-hosting Commemorative Match vs. South Korea Ichikawa's record as the youngest player to appear in the A national team remains unbroken even 18 years later. His selection to the A national team as a second-year high school student still in the youth academy, without even a professional contract yet, was shocking. According to manager Okada, the plan before the match was for him to be substituted after the first half, but due to an accident involving Ihara's injury, he ended up playing the full match. Perhaps because of this, while he attacked aggressively in the first half, he spent most of the second half defending. However, Ichikawa did not lose in one-on-one defending, and the opposing team rarely created any clear scoring opportunities from the right side.