The Sagan Tosu Herald
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Sagan Tosu rebuffed over Mao Hosoya
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Kashiwa Reysol have kept their man, and Sagan Tosu go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market10 Aug 2026
Tsuyoshi Ogashiwa arrives at Sagan Tosu in a $920.0K statement of intent
There comes a point where a club either backs its own ambition or admits it does not have any. Sagan Tosu have paid $920.0K for Tsuyoshi Ogashiwa, which is the loudest way there is of saying which one it chose.
Market10 Aug 2026
Sagan Tosu turn down Jubilo Iwata for Yoshiki Narahara
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Kenta Nishizawa in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Sagan Tosu this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Ryo Shiohama was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 21. 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.
The terraces10 Aug 2026
$920.0K for Tsuyoshi Ogashiwa, and Sagan Tosu supporters approve
Boards get told what they have done wrong for years and hear nothing on the days they get it right. This is one of those days: Tsuyoshi Ogashiwa from FC Tokyo for $920.0K, and a ticket office having a very good morning.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A row about effort at Sagan Tosu
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Ryo Shiohama was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Ko Kubo joins the Sagan Tosu first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Ko Kubo 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
One of our own: Hajime Kawashima joins the Sagan Tosu first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Hajime Kawashima is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Match A bad afternoon for Sagan Tosu against Kashiwa Reysol
- Squad 12 new faces, and Sagan Tosu are still learning each other
- The dugout Ritsu Tanaka: “No excuses”