There are a few things that sets Kenji Sugimoto apart on the rink. We’ll go through a few of them here. 

Kenji Sugimoto is swift on the ice. In fact, that is his best asset as a player. He can skate with the best of them and sometimes it’s like watching poetry in motion. This has some very real, transferable affects: Kenji Sugimoto was an ice-skating phenom growing up in his native Japan. His gracefulness, his speed, all of it comes together on the ice to create something more. Just watching him glide through defenders is something Nevada fans, and hopefully Atlanta fans, get to enjoy plenty. 

Sugimoto is also very smart on offense and defense. Growing up in a culture that demands hard work and strict study habits, Sugimoto was always a very smart person outside of sport. He attended very good private schools, and even had dreams of working in Japan’s growing aerospace industry if he did not make a living playing hockey. 

Lastly, Sugimoto has very good athletics. Tall and lean, Sugimoto is a very attractive person in a culture that outsiders typically stereotype as more feminine. He has scored a ton of modeling gigs in Japan.