The Shonan Bellmare Gazette
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Both of them Shusuke Ota's — 8.61
2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.61, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
An offer of $4.3M for Yota Komi
Shonan Bellmare have gone to Kashiwa Reysol with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Dyogo Alves turns down Shonan Bellmare
The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: Flamengo keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Shonan Bellmare
Yuto Suzuki 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.
Match8 Aug 2026
Shonan Bellmare see off Gamba Osaka
Three points for Shonan Bellmare, 2‑1 the final word against Gamba Osaka in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Hiroki Inoue joins the Shonan Bellmare first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Hiroki Inoue 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
Shinji Maeda steps up from the Shonan Bellmare academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Shinji Maeda 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
Shonan Bellmare promote Ritsu Haraguchi from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Ritsu Haraguchi 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: Takehiro Minamino joins the Shonan Bellmare first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Takehiro Minamino is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Transfer targets Shonan Bellmare try to borrow Homare Tokuda
- The dugout The manager’s verdict
- Squad Hiroya Matsumoto falls out with a teammate over standards