TIGER JD - Footy Profile

Described by NIRS as the Eddie McGuire of Japan & Prague: JD intro on radio

Pix of JD with Richo & other Tigers

Tiger JD, currently based in Prague, Czech Rep. & Tokyo, Japan, jumping back and forth like an Aussie kangaroo, JD has been involved with AFL footy from the age of 10, from various perspectives:

* TV commentator (in Japanese) of AFL games and 3 Grand Finals in Japan (NHK, SPORTS-i)
* Founder and President of the Prague Tigers
* Founder of CAFA (Czech Australian Football Association)
* Unofficial promoter of AFL in Japan & Europe (CEE).
* Assisting founder of Japan's AFL association (JAFA)
* Coach and player of the first Japanese AFL footy team
* Sponsor of Japan's AFL team's first tour to play in Australia
* Player in same highschool as Warwick Capper & David Rees Jones.
* No.1 MCG pie salesman as a kid :)
* and even has the Japanese kanji character "TIGER" in his name !

JD, a TV & media personality in Japan & the Czech Republic, CEO of media company JTV WORLD, has always been passionate and deeply immersed in his love for AFL footy, striving to assist the AFL's international expansion, ... and of course another TIGER flag !

Goal for CAFA & The Prague Tigers: to field a team to take part in the next International Cup, and to form a European Cup.

JD's profile

JD showreel (3min)


a look into TigerJD`s eyes


TigerJD`s girlfriend


Tiger play at the office


JD`s TIGER name in Kanji
... since highschool days in Japan.
Tiger in Japanese = Tora or KO. Jacob in Japanese is pronounced "Jeikobu" where the KO is Tiger, and BU = Samurai.