The Jubilo Iwata Chronicle
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
No deal for Yoshiki Narahara at that price
Jubilo Iwata offered $1.5M; Sagan Tosu said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Takuma Ominami signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Takuma Ominami commits to Jubilo Iwata for another 4 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Jubilo Iwata
Takuma Ominami 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Business is business: Ryuki Miura goes
Shonan Bellmare paid $120.0K and Jubilo Iwata took it, which is the whole story in one sentence. The longer version involves a wage budget and will be told all season.
The dugout10 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Takuma Ominami
“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.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Hirotaka Tameda was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 19. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Miki Suzuki joins the Jubilo Iwata first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Miki Suzuki 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
Jubilo Iwata promote Junya Nakata from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Junya Nakata 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
Jubilo Iwata promote Kaoru Endo from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Kaoru Endo 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.
In brief
- Player ratings Takashi Inui was the difference for Jubilo Iwata
- The dugout Koji Tomiyasu: “We have to be better”
- The dugout The form table has caught Ryo Watanabe