The third instalment of our new City Studios series following the Blues’ five Japanese players is out now.

Tokyo to Manchester details the respective paths to Manchester for Yui Hasegawa, Ayaka Yamashita, Aoba Fujino, Risa Shimizu and Aemu Oyama across 2024/25.

Equipped with promising and sparkling talent, Japan are one of the leading lights in world football and City have seen first hand the value of recruiting players from the country.

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In the first two episodes Ayaka, Aoba and Risa discuss their reasons for joining the Club and the second instalment follows them as they settle into life in Manchester.

And in the third, our cameras accompany the trio as they visit Hasegawa’s city-centre flat for dinner!

All four players are seen preparing and making the Japanese cuisine and there is a surprise in store for Shimizu as her rehabilitation from a knee injury continues.

Watch the full episode in the video player above!