The Yokohama F. Marinos Courier
Squad10 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Yokohama F. Marinos
Rubén Blanco and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Yokohama F. Marinos bid $150.0K for Shumpei Naruse
The offer went to Kashiwa Reysol 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Yohei Takaoka is a Yokohama F. Marinos player again
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Yokohama F. Marinos make their move for Tomoya Inukai
$34.0K on the table at Kashiwa Reysol. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A row about effort at Yokohama F. Marinos
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Riku Yamane was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Market10 Aug 2026
Yokohama F. Marinos promote Shinji Morita from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Shinji Morita 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
Yokohama F. Marinos promote Takumi Kamada from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Takumi 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Koji Morita steps up from the Yokohama F. Marinos academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Koji Morita 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.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Naoki Maeda was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 17. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
In brief
- Squad 10 new faces, and Yokohama F. Marinos are still learning each other
- The dugout Akira Furuhashi: “We have to be better”
- Match No goals between Yokohama F. Marinos and Kawasaki Frontale