Akane would almost certainly, after the ultimini, return back to Japan for the offseason. She feels like an outsider in the United States, with its completely different language and social customs. While ironically she might actually be a better fit culturally with America than she does in Japan, I imagine that she'd just get sick of it all and just want to return back to her roots. That expression might be more literal than you expect; she does a lot of her training in the woods up north from Kyoto, where only the occasional shrine to the forest kami break apart untouched wilderness. Akane has her own little shrine area, detailed in a media post I wrote last season, where she'll take herself. The forest retreat serves as a way to calm herself down, escape from the hustle and bustle of modern life, and hone in her body and bulk up.
Granted, Akane also has Vega, her agent, by her side. Vega has more cash than she could ever spend in her lifetime (just don't ask where she got it), and that includes a private villa in the Swiss Alps, along with a secondary facility in Japan just for Akane. Both cases are filled with state of the art equipment to give Akane the best workout modern physiology can give. Truthfully, push comes to shove, Akane actually prefers her DIY set up in the woods, but telling people you train your tackling form by repeatedly slamming yourself into a tree tends to worry people. Nearly everyone else is more comfortable with Akane using actual workout machines, so she will for appearances sake if nothing else.
Lastly, one thing has taken up Akane's attention besides football: Elena. The girl she met in Florence during the ultimini. While going to Italy willy-nilly is just not in the schedule for Akane, Vega's Swiss complex isn't too far from Elena, and since Vega recognizes her as kin, its not hard for her to swing by when the safety is training there. Beyond that, they've been keeping a long distance relationship going, and Akane is looking for the chance to try to invite her to come over to her little forest retreat in Japan...
Granted, Akane also has Vega, her agent, by her side. Vega has more cash than she could ever spend in her lifetime (just don't ask where she got it), and that includes a private villa in the Swiss Alps, along with a secondary facility in Japan just for Akane. Both cases are filled with state of the art equipment to give Akane the best workout modern physiology can give. Truthfully, push comes to shove, Akane actually prefers her DIY set up in the woods, but telling people you train your tackling form by repeatedly slamming yourself into a tree tends to worry people. Nearly everyone else is more comfortable with Akane using actual workout machines, so she will for appearances sake if nothing else.
Lastly, one thing has taken up Akane's attention besides football: Elena. The girl she met in Florence during the ultimini. While going to Italy willy-nilly is just not in the schedule for Akane, Vega's Swiss complex isn't too far from Elena, and since Vega recognizes her as kin, its not hard for her to swing by when the safety is training there. Beyond that, they've been keeping a long distance relationship going, and Akane is looking for the chance to try to invite her to come over to her little forest retreat in Japan...