{"id":29331,"date":"2025-07-20T11:56:52","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T02:56:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/?p=29331"},"modified":"2025-07-20T11:56:52","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T02:56:52","slug":"celtic-sign-japan-striker-shin-yamada-on-four-year-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/2025\/07\/20\/celtic-sign-japan-striker-shin-yamada-on-four-year-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Celtic Sign Japan Striker Shin Yamada on Four-Year Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Scottish giants Glasgow Celtic have confirmed the signing of Japanese forward Shin Yamada from Kawasaki Frontale on a four-year contract.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The 25-year-old arrives with an impressive track record in the J.League 1, having scored 32 goals across 121 appearances since breaking through in 2023.<\/p>\n

\u201cShin is a dynamic attacker who not only finds the net but also creates chances for his teammates,\u201d manager Brendan Rodgers told the club\u2019s official media. \u201cHe brings pace, strength, and intensity\u2014qualities that will definitely strengthen our attacking options. He\u2019s eager to prove himself in European football, and we believe he\u2019s got the tools to thrive here.\u201d<\/p>\n

Yamada, who earned his first international cap earlier this year, bid farewell to Kawasaki Frontale supporters following their shock Emperor\u2019s Cup loss to third-tier side SC Sagamihara on July 16. He departs with the club currently sixth in the J1 table, having scored twice in 21 league appearances this season.<\/p>\n

Standing at 5ft 8in, Yamada made headlines last season with an impressive 19 goals in 38 league matches. He revealed to CelticTV that the Scottish champions first made contact about a move in late 2024.<\/p>\n

His departure marks Kawasaki Frontale\u2019s second major outgoing to Europe this summer, following highly rated young defender Kota Takai\u2019s move to Tottenham Hotspur earlier this month<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Yamada becomes Celtic\u2019s latest summer recruit, joining fellow forwards Benjamin Nygren and Callum Osmand, defenders Hayato Inamura and Kieran Tierney, and goalkeeper Ross Doohan.<\/p>\n

\u201cCeltic is a club with a massive global reputation,\u201d Yamada said. \u201cI\u2019ve watched players like Daizen Maeda, Reo Hatate, and Kyogo Furuhashi excel here, and I\u2019m motivated to make a similar impact. But I\u2019m also ready to write my own story. I know the challenges ahead, and I\u2019m fully prepared to take them on.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Scottish giants Glasgow Celtic have confirmed the signing of Japanese forward Shin Yamada from Kawasaki Frontale on a four-year contract. The 25-year-old arrives with an impressive track record in the J.League 1, having scored 32 goals across 121 appearances since breaking through in 2023. \u201cShin is a dynamic attacker who not only finds the net but also creates chances for his teammates,\u201d manager Brendan Rodgers told the club\u2019s official media. \u201cHe brings pace, strength, and intensity\u2014qualities that will definitely strengthen our attacking options. He\u2019s eager to prove himself in European football, and we believe he\u2019s got the tools to thrive here.\u201d Yamada, who earned his first international cap earlier this … Continue reading “Celtic Sign Japan Striker Shin Yamada on Four-Year Deal”<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":25092,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,32],"tags":[1296,1261,2428,1998,2380,2334,381,57,733,2379,2393,2992,95],"class_list":["post-29331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-asia","category-japan","tag-asian-players-in-europe","tag-celtic","tag-east-asia","tag-europe","tag-glasgow-celtic","tag-j-league-1","tag-j1-league","tag-japan","tag-kawasaki-frontale","tag-scotland","tag-scottish-premiership","tag-shin-yamada","tag-slider"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29331"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29331\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29332,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29331\/revisions\/29332"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}