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The 25-year-old links up with compatriots Ko Itakura and Shio Fukuda at Monchengladbach having scored 11 times last season for Kiel in his second campaign with the team. He moved to Germany from J1 League outfit Shonan Bellmare in the summer of 2023.
"I really wanted to join Borussia, which is why I'm delighted that the move has now gone through," Machino told Monchengladbach's official website. "Now, I want to do everything I can in order to help the team as quickly as possible."
Machino has played eight times for the Samurai Blue and was a member of the country’s 26-man squad at the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, although he did not play in any of his nation’s four matches.
He most recently featured for Japan in the 6-0 win over Indonesia during the AFC Asian Qualifiers™ - Road to 26 in June, scoring once.
“Shuto is a versatile striker who can feature in a number of different positions, which provides us with various options in attack,” said Roland Virkus, Borussia’s managing director for sport.
“He proved last season that he is capable of hitting double figures for goals in the Bundesliga. We are delighted that he’s chosen to join Borussia.”
Monchengladbach finished 10th in last season’s Bundesliga standings, 37 points adrift of champions Bayern Munich.
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