“I believe I’m entering my prime physically, mentally and skill-wise over these next few years,” the 29-year-old said in a statement on the Hiroshima website. “I will devote everything I have to helping Hiroshima win the championship.”

Germain scored 19 times in the 2024 season to finish in joint third place in the scoring charts alongside Kawasaki Frontale’s Shin Yamada, five goals behind leading striker Anderson Lopes of Yokohama F Marinos.

He joins a Hiroshima side that finished in the runners-up spot in the J1 standings behind Vissel Kobe and who have also qualified for the last 16 of the AFC Champions League Two™ 2024/25.

Sanfrecce will face Nam Dinh in the knockout rounds, with Michael Skibbe’s side travelling to Vietnam for the first leg on February 12 before hosting Vu Hong Viet’s team in the return seven days later.