Western Sydney Wanderers marquee player Shinji Ono is set to return to Japan at the end of the season. Fairfax Media understands he has accepted an offer to join Japanese second division club Consadole Sapporo.

The curtain is set to come down on Ono's two-year stint at Western Sydney at the conclusion of the Asian Champions League group stage and the Wanderers A–League campaign.

Western Sydney Wanderers marquee player Shinji Ono. Credit:Wolter Peeters

Fairfax Media understands that Ono has been growing homesick recently as his wife and children remain in Japan and he is eager to return home to be closer with his family. The 34-year-old is understood to have agreed to terms with Consadole Sapporo to join them after his commitments with the Wanderers and will arrive at his new club in May, two months after the start of the J-League Division 2 season.

A source from within the club confirmed that they received an offer from the Sapporo team in December, via Ono's agent, requesting to sign the former Japanese international during the January transfer window. The Wanderers knocked back that offer and refused to release their highest-profile player before the end of his contract but club sources conceded they are unlikely to retain Ono beyond this season.