President of the professional soccer club Sanfrecce Hiroshima, Kaoru Koyano, poses with the team's mascot...
President of the professional soccer club Sanfrecce Hiroshima, Kaoru Koyano, poses with the team's mascot key ring called "Koyanon" which features himself as a mascot at the Japan Football Museum in Tokyo December 11, 2013. Koyano's unlikely career arc has taken him from dark-suited investment banker to plum-purple professional sports mascot. Picture taken December 11, 2013. To match Feature SOCCER-JAPAN/MASCOT REUTERS/Toru Hanai (JAPAN - Tags: BUSINESS SPORT SOCCER)