Kansei Matsuzawa is best sports story of 2025: ▫️born in Tokyo ▫️wants to play pro soccer ▫️fails entrance exams (can’t play college) ▫️takes a trip to US and attends first NFL game at 19 (Rams-Raiders) ▫️loves it and wants to play in NFL ▫️learns to kick from YouTube videos of Seattle Seahawks kicker Jason Myers (couldn't find anyone in Japan to teach him) ▫️works at Morton's Steakhouse in Tokyo for 3 years (between 20 to 23) while training to become a football placekicker ▫️applies to American schools and only football program that offers is Hocking College in Ohio (a junior college) in 2021 ▫️learns English and converts 12 field goals before transferring to University of Hawaii at Mānoa in 2023 (at 24) ▫️in the 2025 season, he converted 25 of 26 field goals (and 37 of 37 extra points) ▫️earns the glorious nickname "Tokyo Toe" and get named consensus All-American (U of Hawaii at Mānoa first ever player to receive the title) ▫️will enter the upcoming NFL draft and (hopefully) become a pro NFL player at 27