The Albirex Niigata Post
Squad10 Aug 2026
97 days out for Chihiro Konagaya after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Albirex Niigata will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Ryoya Kimura turns down Albirex Niigata
The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: another club keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Albirex Niigata
Daisuke Yoshimitsu and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Door shut on George Onaiwu
Albirex Niigata asked and Yokohama F. Marinos said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Market10 Aug 2026
Vegalta Sendai watching Yushin Otake
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Albirex Niigata have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Yuji Hoshi
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Yuji Hoshi, and the manager let it.
Market10 Aug 2026
Albirex Niigata promote Yosuke Nakamura from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Yosuke Nakamura 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
Albirex Niigata promote Hidemasa Suzuki from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Hidemasa Suzuki 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
Yosuke Nakata steps up from the Albirex Niigata academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Yosuke 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.
In brief
- Match Albirex Niigata caught on 97 minutes
- Squad Noriyoshi Sakai falls out with a teammate over standards
- Player ratings Jin Okumura was the difference for Albirex Niigata