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Edition
The FC Tokyo Courier
14 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad14 Dec 2026
A knee injury of the worst kind for Kim Seung Gyu
123 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. FC Tokyo lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Market14 Dec 2026
FC Tokyo may not be able to give Kota Tawaratsumida what he wants
It is the most legitimate ambition in the sport and the hardest for most clubs to satisfy. Kota Tawaratsumida wants continental football; whether FC Tokyo can provide it is a question about the next two seasons, not about him.
Squad14 Dec 2026
Tempers go at FC Tokyo
Kota Tawaratsumida was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
In brief
- Market FC Tokyo sign Takehiro Doan, one for the future
- Squad When it matters, Kein Sato plays
- Squad Fuki Yamada falls out with a teammate over standards