Issey Nakajima-Farran

Nakajima-Farran holds Canadian, Japanese, and British citizenship. His father was born in the former Rhodesia and is English-Canadian, his mother was born in Japan.

Singapore

In 2005, Nakajima-Farran was invited to play a match with the Singapore U21 national team against Japan U23, earning man of the match honours after scoring a goal and assisting another in a 2-2, before defeating Japan in penalty kicks, with Nakajima-Farran converting his kick. He had hoped the performance could lead to a call-up to Japan, however, but the Japanese coach stated he was not interested in calling him up. There was interest in him becoming a full international for Singapore, with him being eligible for a Singaporean passport after having played in the country for two years.

Canada

In November 2006, Nakajima-Farran was called up to Canada for the first time ahead of a friendly against Hungary. He made his debut in the match on 12 November 2016. He scored his first international goal on 15 June 2008 in a World Cup qualification match against St. Vincent and the Grenadines. He earned a total of 38 caps for Canada and played at three editions of the CONCACAF Gold Cup (2007, 2009, and 2013) and was named an alternate for the 2011 edition.

Albirex Niigata

In 2003, Nakajima-Farran began his professional soccer career after signing with J2 League's Albirex Niigata. In 2004, he was loaned to their Singaporean satellite club Albirex Niigata Singapore in the S.League, playing for two seasons. In 2005, he was named the S.League Young Player of the Year.

Denmark

In the winter transfer window of 2006, Nakajima-Farran had trials with English sides Millwall, Portsmouth for a month and Reading for a couple of days. In the spring of 2006, he signed with Danish First Division team Vejle Boldklub. He helped the club win the championship and gain promotion to the top league in the Danish football system, the Superliga. In February 2007, he extended his contract until the summer of 2009. In July 2007, he signed with Danish Superliga side FC Nordsjælland on a four-year contract. On 17 July 2007, he made his debut for the club and scored his first goal in a 1-0 victory over FC Copenhagen. In the summer of 2009, Nakajima-Frarran went on a trial with Eredivisie team De Graafschap. In September 2009, he signed with second tier side AC Horsens. In his first season, he helped the club earn promotion to the first tier. In August 2011, he agreed to a mutual termination of the remainder of his contract.

Australia

In late August 2011, Nakajima-Farran signed a one-year contract with A-League club Brisbane Roar. He scored his first goal for Brisbane and set up another a 7–1 victory over Adelaide United on 28…

Nakajima-Farran was born in Calgary in Canada, to an English-Canadian father who was born in Rhodesia, and a Japanese mother. He moved with his family from Calgary to Tokyo, Japan at age three, and then from Tokyo to London, England at age ten. Nakajima-Farran began playing at youth level with Verdy Kawasaki. After moving to England, he joined the Crystal Palace Academy. At age 16, he returned to Japan and signed a youth contract with Tokyo Verdy (which re-branded from Verdy Kawasaki, his former youth club).

He is the brother of Paris Nakajima-Farran, who was also a professional player. Nakajima-Farran is also an artist, having taken up painting at age 13 when he broke his ankle, and has sold over two dozen paintings. After his retirement from playing, he bought a yacht to live on in Barcelona, after also previously living on a boat on Vancouver Island while playing for Pacific FC in 2019.