What is the 'Japanese-style' play of the Japan national football team? Shinji Katsuo, a professor at Meiji University, answered this question by researching soccer specialty magazines. Katsuo started enthusiastically supporting the Japan national team before the 1998 France tournament and was so excited after the draw against the United Arab Emirates in the Asian final qualifying round that he doesn't remember how he got home. He encountered Professor Yoshino Kousaku's lecture at the University of Tokyo, which researched how nationalism is consumed, including 'Nihonjinron'. Katsuo, who likes soccer, went to public viewing venues and talked to supporter group members, coming into contact with nationalism. The meaning of 'organization' in Japanese soccer has changed over time. Until around the 2002 Korea-Japan tournament, organization was an important element in Japanese sports reporting.