His quickness and elusive moves certainly place him on a different sphere.

He's also one of the few Japanese players to have had real National Football League experience.

After nearly a couple of years of a layoff, Noriaki Kinoshita was back on the gridiron, making his debut with the Obic Seagulls of the X League against the Nojima Sagamihara Rise at Tokyo Dome last Wednesday in their first contest of the season.