The Sanfrecce Hiroshima Gazette
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Keisuke Osako and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Sho Araki stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Sho Araki and Sanfrecce Hiroshima agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Sanfrecce Hiroshima rebuffed over Jakub Badžgoň
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. MSK Zilina have kept their man, and Sanfrecce Hiroshima go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market10 Aug 2026
Yuki Nakata steps up from the Sanfrecce Hiroshima academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Yuki Nakata has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Koji Endo joins the Sanfrecce Hiroshima first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Koji Endo is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Sanfrecce Hiroshima promote Akira Furuhashi from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Akira Furuhashi has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Wataru Maeda joins the Sanfrecce Hiroshima first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Wataru Maeda is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Match8 Aug 2026
Sanfrecce Hiroshima get the job done against Kawasaki Frontale
A 1‑0 win over Kawasaki Frontale, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Marcos Junior falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
In brief
- Player ratings Sébastien Haller takes the honours
- Squad The formation has left Ten Miyagi behind
- Transfer targets A loan move for Lazar Romanic is in the works