President of the professional soccer club Sanfrecce Hiroshima, Kaoru Koyano, poses with a mascot key...
President of the professional soccer club Sanfrecce Hiroshima, Kaoru Koyano, poses with a mascot key ring named "Koyanon" which features himself in front of a replica of the J-League winner's trophy 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)