In the Manga Captain Tsubasa, better known in France under the name of “Olive and Tom” and in its lively version, none of the young Japanese geniuses present in history signs at Olympique de Marseille. Olivier Aton (Tsubasa Ozora) ends up at FC Barcelona, Mark Landers (Kojiro Hyuga) at Juventus, Thomas Price in Hamburg, Ben Becker in Paris Saint-Germain, etc…
Perhaps in a future continuation, the author Yoichi Takahashi will decide that the Marseille club deserves better exhibition. In any case, the 64 -year -old mangaka will no longer be able to say that he does not know the city and his famous team. Takahashi was in Marseille this weekend, as part of the Japan Expo. On the sidelines of his participation in the high mass of the country of the rising sun, the native of Tokyo was invited by OM to visit the Orange Vélodrome, in the company of one of the legends of the club present in the organization chart, Jean-Pierre Papin.
JPP is a fan
The French Ballon d'Or revealed in passing: “Olive and Tom, that's my adolescence. This is what we dreamed of doing via the comics. I loved the simplicity and wonder of Mr. Takahashi, who is someone extremely respectful, “said JPP in a spot for the Japan Expo.
Two Japanese players wore the Marseille Olympique jersey: Koji Nakata (15 matches in 2005-2006) and Hiroki Sakai (185 matches, 2 goals, between 2016 and 2021).
