The Ventforet Kofu Chronicle
Squad21 Feb 2028
Renato Augusto damages knee ligaments — 108 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 108 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Squad21 Feb 2028
Taiju Ichinose breaks a bone — 90 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 90 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Squad21 Feb 2028
Kento Tachibanada 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 Ventforet Kofu this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom21 Feb 2028
6 academy players handed senior numbers at Ventforet Kofu
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Market21 Feb 2028
Ventforet Kofu promote Ritsu Honda from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Ritsu Honda 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.
Market21 Feb 2028
One of our own: Genki Furuhashi joins the Ventforet Kofu first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Genki Furuhashi is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Genki Ueda joins the Ventforet Kofu first team
- Market Junya Kawashima steps up from the Ventforet Kofu academy
- Squad 6 new faces, and Ventforet Kofu are still learning each other
- Boardroom The Ventforet Kofu production line keeps running