He'll hope to play more of a part in the side's title defence this time around, with a return from injury earmarked for October. Matchday 4As Ito continues his recovery from the aforementioned foot injury, he was not included in Bayern's team for Hoffenheim. Despite his injury problems, Hiroki Ito became a Bundesliga champion in 2024/25. Sano (L) has picked up where he left off this campaign after a wonderful debut season with Mainz. - IMAGO/Jens DodenJapanese players in Bundesliga 2:Koji Miyoshi (Bochum)Yosuke Furukawa (Darmstadt)Hiroki Akiyama (Darmstadt)Shinta Appelkamp (Fortuna Düsseldorf)Daisuke Yokota (Hannover 96)Shio Fukuda (Karlsruhe)