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BIOGRAPHY - TAKASHI FUJIMOTO

 

Name: Takashi Nagasaki Fujimoto

Hometown: Johur Bahru, Singapore.

Age: 20

Position: Right Wing

Handedness: Right

Height: 6'4"

Weight: 220

 

 

 

Takashi Fujimoto wasn't born an athlete. The son of a Japanese chemical engineer and a Singaporean statistician, he was destined to be just another stereotypical smart Asian with exceptional math skills. That path looked highly likely for Takashi and he enjoyed the quality education system in Singapore, however he was also very athletic and liked most sporting activities that were available to him. One of the more unusual sports was ice skating and he took to it like wild fire. Whenever not engaged in an academic pursuit, you would find Takashi at the rink, working on his speed and movement skills. It was here that he met one of Singapores more unusual sporting heroes, Wok Me Amadeus who for a brief moment was drafted into the Ontario Hockey League by the Windsor Spitfires a few years earlier. His stay in Canada was brief, along with his professional hockey career, but he bought back to to Singapore a love of the game and a desire to see the national team perform well when they were given the opportunity. After meeting Wok, Takashi decided that he wanted to play hockey at the highest levels possible and asked Mr Amadeus to coach him. The journey had started.

 

Singaporean Junior League

 

 

 

 

Takashi's junior career started off in the SJL, a mix of rather poor junior teams trying to improve through competition. It didn't really work and the more talented players became glaringly obvious. Fortunately, Takashi Fujimoto was one of those players. The early work he had been doing on his skating ability stood him in good stead and the less experienced defensive players had trouble containing the speedster. Combined with the improvements in his shooting and puck handling from Mr Amadeus' training, he proved to be a dominant force and was regularly scoring hat tricks and helping his team mates with accurate passing from the wing. By his third year of SJL hockey, and with no higher competition to participate in, his coaches began to send out videos and profiles to whatever scouting groups they could think of. After a few weeks it seemed no one was going to even bother replying and Takashi became disheartened. It was actually 6 weeks before they even had contact from any international competition and that was in the form of the Victory Hockey League. Their recruitment department emailed Mr Amadeus about the possibility of Takashi coming to the United States to trial for the minor league teams and his answer was a resounding...."yes!" 

 

On to the VHLM

 

 

 

 

After flying to the United States to trial for the VHLM, Takashi played well enough, although not amazingly, to impress several of the VHLM franchises. Since Takashi had arrived just after the VHLM draft had taken place, his VHLM rights were up for grabs and a few teams decided to take a gamble on the young Asian and offered him a minor league contract. After much deliberation, he settled on the Ottawa Lynx who had been one of the more positive organizations to watch his trials. He has settled into a third line role and has slowly started to contribute to the teams early season success. The Lynx currently sit at 10-0-1 to lead the World Conference and while it did take him some time to get used to his role on the Lynx, he has gotten used to the new style of game and found his scoring touch recently. The Ottawa Lynx are one of the top teams in the league and Takashi been doing his part to help them reach this point and has continued to try and improve every day through training and research into the sport of hockey.

 

 

 

 

PROS

 

Hands- Takashi combines his elite footwork with a dizzying set of hands and a constant desire to carry the puck. Once he obtains possession in his own zone, his unique ability to rush the puck out while under intense pressure is constantly displayed. He has the vision and passing ability to connect with a beautiful, crisp pass and is not just a shoot and pray forward. He has no problem assisting his fellow forwards when a better scoring chance is available.

 

Skating-  For a big guy, (6'4") Fujimoto's skating ability is highly regarded, and for good reason. Blessed with a perfect stride, blistering top-end speed, and explosive first-step acceleration, his skating would already place him amongst the VHLM's top few skaters. Graceful edge work and sneaky quick agility allow Fujimoto to weave around the ice with ease and keep up with the fastest forwards and give opposing defensemen nightmares.

 

Work Ethic-  Takashi has a very strong work ethic and uses any opportunity he has to get better to it's fullest. He often spends his off-season working on fine tuning his game and looks up to the older players and tries to learn from them as much as he can. John Locke has been particularly helpful as Takashi learns the finer points of hockey at this level. When he is on the ice he is often one of the hardest workers and hates when he gets outworked during a shift. His continued efforts in studying the game to improve himself, can only benefit a future VHL franchise.

 

 

CONS

 

Strength- Takashi has pretty good size although that doesn't always translate into a strong player. Even with his current frame, he can get out-muscled by the bigger players on the ice. He needs to get even bigger in order to compete when he gets into the VHL and is up against it's more physical and skilled players. While battling in front of the net he can get pushed out rather easily and this causes him to need to work harder and waste energy on trying to stay in position when he could be using it in more productive ways.

 

Defense-  Along with the majority of young forwards entering the VHL and it's minor league, his defensive game is in major need of work. He has focused more on improving his offensive game and can be a defensive liability at times. His gap control and stick placement tend to be too passive and adding consistency in his defensive game will be integral for his VHL future. It is highly likely that this will be one area that his coaches will look to address as he becomes more comfortable at the VHLM level.

 

Decision-Making- Takashi is still young and has to get used to the faster style of play within the league and he needs to improve on deciding which pass to make or when to take a shot. What keeps him from being a real force certainly isn't the lack of physical tools--it's decision-making. Poor decision-making in all areas, whether that be defensively, in possession, or in the offensive zone, prevents him from becoming a high-end player at this early stage of his career.

 

  THOUGHTS

 

While the physical tools are immediately striking, the decision-making and consistency are what hold him back. If a team feels that the decision-making can be fixed, then he would be a very worthwhile gamble as early as the second round. If not, there is a still a chance someone will be desperate to add a skater to their roster and he might be a cheap addition. During his VHLM trial period, there were games where the elite skating and puck rushing ability were on full display. But there were other games where Fujimoto was a turnover machine who skated himself directly into traffic. The former looks like a top-10 pick, a potential top forward in the VHL; the latter, perhaps a late round flyer at best.

 

Fujimoto has really embraced the Lynx.....

 

 

Edited February 14, 2017 by HFD

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someone grade this and this man's rp plz

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