The Jubilo Iwata Chronicle
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
Takuma Ominami 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 Jubilo Iwata this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Poramet Arjvirai
Successful dribbles: 19. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Market10 Aug 2026
Nagatomo Inoue steps up from the Jubilo Iwata academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Nagatomo Inoue 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
Jubilo Iwata promote Takehiro Nakamura from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Takehiro 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
Jubilo Iwata promote Hiroki Suzuki from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Hiroki 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
Jubilo Iwata promote Takehiro Maeda from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Takehiro Maeda 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.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Takashi Inui stands above it all
Some games turn on a moment; this one turned on a man. 7.23 on the card, and the Jubilo Iwata support went home talking about one name.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Takuma Ominami knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Jubilo Iwata, and both men came out saying it was fine.
In brief
- Squad Jubilo Iwata pick somebody else ahead of Sandro Manoel
- Match Point won or two lost for Jubilo Iwata?