Tanaka Bee talks about winning the championship with Leeds: It s still nothing, but just qualified to stand on the starting line

May 7th Leeds United rushed to the Premier League as the champion of the English Championship this season. Japanese midfielder Tanaka Bee talked about his mental journey in the past year after joining Leeds United through social media.

Tanakabe wrote:

This season is over.

After coming to Europe, I felt that my efforts were paid off for the first time.

It took too much time and too many detours to get to the point of getting to where it is today.

There were moments when I almost wanted to give up, but I finally arrived here because I believed in myself and struggled to move forward at any time.

But I know better than anyone else that I know that I still accomplished nothing, but I just got the qualification to stand on the starting line.

In the future, we will encounter greater difficulties and obstacles, but I will regard all this as the joy of growth and continue to move forward.

I will face myself more directly than ever and strive to turn the impossible in my heart into possible.

Japanese midfielder Tanaka Bee, 26, has played 45 times in various competitions for Leeds United this season, scoring 5 goals and contributing 2 assists. Tanaka Bee joined Leeds United in August 2024 from Düsseldorf.