The Ventforet Kofu Chronicle
Match26 Oct 2026
Ventforet Kofu sink to position 16
8 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Match24 Oct 2026
5 matches without a win for Ventforet Kofu
The run now stands at 5, and the questions being asked around Ventforet Kofu are no longer polite ones.
The dugout26 Oct 2026
Cailen Hill keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Ventforet Kofu may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad26 Oct 2026
A falling-out at Ventforet Kofu
Sho Araki and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Match24 Oct 2026
Ventforet Kofu come up short against Kashima Antlers
Kashima Antlers left with the points after a 1‑3 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
The dugout26 Oct 2026
The manager makes an example of Sho Araki
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
The dugout26 Oct 2026
Hotaru Ueda answers for it
“The supporters are entitled to be angry. So am I. We will put it right.” 1‑3, a manager saying the necessary things, and a dressing room that heard a different version of them.
Squad26 Oct 2026
A row about effort at Ventforet Kofu
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Takafumi Sawada was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Market26 Oct 2026
A long bet from Ventforet Kofu on Hanan Sani Brown
He is 20, and nobody at Ventforet Kofu signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
In brief
- Squad Tsuyoshi Ogashiwa finally opens his account
- Looking ahead A reunion for Kohei Kawata
- Market The Kotatsu Kumakura question follows Ventforet Kofu around