The Urawa Reds Gazette
Market21 Feb 2028
Takuya Ogiwara hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Urawa Reds can pretend not to have heard.
Transfer targets21 Feb 2028
Urawa Reds bid $2.8M for Yota Komi
The offer went to Sanfrecce Hiroshima this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.
Boardroom21 Feb 2028
5 academy graduates step up at Urawa Reds
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Squad21 Feb 2028
Tetsuya Kato 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 Urawa Reds this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market21 Feb 2028
Urawa Reds promote Maya Ito from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Maya Ito 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
Urawa Reds promote Nagatomo Osako from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Nagatomo Osako 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
Urawa Reds promote Sho Kamada from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Sho Kamada 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.
Squad21 Feb 2028
Kota Mizunuma is slowing down
At 38, 3 points below where he was, and a body that has started charging interest. It happens to all of them and it is still the hardest paragraph on this page.
Boardroom21 Feb 2028
A promise the Urawa Reds board did not keep
There was a commitment, there was a date, and the date went past. Trust at a football club takes years to build and one afternoon to spend.
In brief
- Squad Yuya Tsuboi signs on for more
- The dugout When it matters, Leo Ceara plays
- The dugout Hiroki Abe gets it from the manager