Former Koln winger Kazuki Nagasawa is looking forward to the new experience of returning to Japan with Urawa Reds, after the latter announced his signing on Thursday.

The 24-year-old has made 11 top flight appearances with the Bundesliga outfit over two years and will be loaned to JEF United Chiba for the 2016 season.

“I realised that I needed to change my environment and set out on a new challenge,” Nagasawa commented.

“I hope I can polish my abilities with Chiba and look forward to the day I can play in front of Urawa’s passionate supporters.”

The native of Chiba grew up at Shenshu university and in Yokohama F.Marinos’ youth ranks before moving to Cologne in 2014 and helping his side achieve promotion to the Bundesliga.