The Ventforet Kofu Chronicle
Match3 Oct 2026
11 matches without a win for Ventforet Kofu
The run now stands at 11, and the questions being asked around Ventforet Kofu are no longer polite ones.
Match3 Oct 2026
A hiding for Ventforet Kofu
Beaten 0‑3 by Kashima Antlers, and beaten everywhere it matters. The inquest starts on the training pitch on Monday morning.
Market5 Oct 2026
Miki Inoue puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Ventforet Kofu, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Koki Oshima says Ventforet Kofu went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Tempers go at Ventforet Kofu
Kotatsu Kumakura 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.
Squad5 Oct 2026
A muscle injury sidelines Darvin Chávez for 17 days
Nobody makes a documentary about a hamstring and everybody in the game fears one. Ventforet Kofu will be careful with the return date, because the second one is always worse than the first.
Squad5 Oct 2026
No hiding place for Kotatsu Kumakura
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Kotatsu Kumakura, and the manager let it.
Boardroom5 Oct 2026
Nobody left the Ventforet Kofu dressing room in a hurry
The door stayed shut a long time after the final whistle. What was said in there is between them; whether it worked is between them and Saturday.
Player ratings5 Oct 2026
Nobody could get near Yudai Tanaka
Successful dribbles: 14. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
In brief
- Player ratings Marvin Piñón could not find anything
- Player ratings A day to forget for Iwana Kobayashi
- Player ratings Off the pace: Michele Staccioli