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Kicking it with Kansei Matsuzawa, the "Tokyo Toe" 3:35

It started with a kick. Since then, Kansei Matsuzawa’s life has never been the same since.

The 26-year-old from Ichikawa, Japan, made global headlines on the opening weekend of the NCAA college football season after he nailed a 38-yarder as time expired to give the University of Hawaii a dramatic 23-20 victory over Stanford.

It was rich reward for a young athlete who didn’t even know how to kick – or speak English – until he started watching YouTube videos.

“It was one of the best moments in my life. D1 football in America and Japanese kid has big dream,” the young placekicker told CNN Sports . “In the beginning, when I was in Japan

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