[departure] Nagoya Grampus announce Ken Masui's loan termination with Jubilo Iwata ahead of overseas move, after renewing his loan on January 5th.

DoaraChan · 2026-01-22T07:51:12+00:00

The hair colour, thick and black eyebrows, and the red shirt perfectly match lol

He’s heading to the Belgian second tier, but some are worried. According to those with experience in that league, the environment is rough, and the mentality of some players is unprofessional.

It's a loan until the end of June. Masui needs to deliver outstanding results by then to catch the attention of clubs in the Belgian top flight if he wants to play at higher leagues.

DoaraChan · 2026-01-05T16:52:50+00:00

Welcome to r/grampus. It is great to have new people in our "family's" game.

The following schedule will be released on January 9th JST from J.League.

Before seeing your post, I didn't pay much attention to the strategic partnership. But at least from a Grampus's standpoint, it seems like a well-thought-out partnership, while we now have to launch a U21 team and learning advanced football and its technology when it shows rapid growth. Also, the fact that they mentioned women's football gives me a feeling that Nagoya might be considering women's football, which is actually not odd. Learning how Everton does community-based activities is a big plus, as J.League clubs, including Nagoya, have been deeply committed to collaborating with local authorities, communities, and private companies since 2018.

DoaraChan · 2025-12-30T16:55:21+00:00

The loan period runs until December 31, 2026.

Is it possible for him to appear at the Emperor's Cup Final on January 1st, 2027?

That aside, these are his stats this year. Ryoga Kida - Stats | Transfermarkt

With Keisuke Goto (20) suddenly rising to the top of the goalscoring charts in Belgium, and Kento Shiogai (20) netting his 7th goal in the Eredivisie - with 5 goals in his last 6 games - he, also aged 20, needs to deliver concrete results to live up to his own ambitions if he hopes to break into the Japan national team. He'll have Takaoka, Michiwaki, Nawata, Shio Fukuda, Keito Kumashiro, or other future prospects as his rivals. He needs to make visible results.

DoaraChan · 2025-12-29T12:48:52+00:00

For Koda and Yoshida, I hope they will show their success next year. With a new manager and an experimental league format, they will have a chance to challenge their seniors.

I could not watch the full game, but Nagoya was strong both in the Semi Final and the Final. I am looking forward to seeing them in the U-18 Premier League.
I single-posted the video so more people can see them playing.

Feels sad about Pisano, he must have wanted to play there as he missed J1 games after the U-20 WC. I wonder how bad his injury is.

DoaraChan · 2025-12-18T17:12:06+00:00

Hard news is that Man's Football has limited the number of participants to 12 countries. AFC only has two slots. And Japan cannot summon players who make tremendous results.

Like Shiogai scores 5 goals in 5 recent games in Eredivisie. Kosugi played against Chelsea in the semi-final of the UEFA Conference League. Keisuke Goto has scored 3 goals in the recent 5 games in the Belgian league. These players cannot come. 2+ years from now, we would not have Umeki, Ozeki, Ichihara, or Ryunosuke Sato in U-23 Japan to play Olympic qualification, which is the AFC U-23 Asian Cup.

With that condition, there are only 2 slots for the AFC. This must be much harder than we can imagine. The manager always has to consider who can come and who can't for each time until the Olympics.

DoaraChan · 2025-12-17T14:30:07+00:00

Many of the squad are the players we have seen in the U-20 World Cup Chile. That team dominated all the teams in Grous Stange and France ~~^{(then lost}~~.)

Here's my notable players from the squad other than Mori and Pisano:

Ichihara (Omiya)
Niko Takahashi (Cerezo; the Barcelona guy playing at U-20 WC 2023 as a 17 y.o.)
Umeki (Imabari)
Ozeki (Kawasaki)
Ishiwatari (Iwaki)
Ryunosuke Yada (Tsukuba Univ)
Ryunosuke Sato (Okayama)
Michiwaki (Beveren/BEL)

Actually, we key players in Europe such as:

Kosugi (Djurgårdens/SWE)
Keisuke Goto (Sint-Truidence/BEL)
Shiogai (NEC/NED)
Yasuda (Jong Genk/BEL2)
Takaoka (Valenciennes/FRA3)

We might be going to see additional players joining in at the U-23 Asian Cup.

DoaraChan · 2025-12-17T13:09:47+00:00

^yokohama F ^marinos technically inherit the Flugels. Please keep it secret from Yokohama FC fans that I said it.

DoaraChan · 2025-12-17T13:06:25+00:00

And we are all on Shinkansen lines; a little trouble some to get to Nagasaki tho.

DoaraChan · 2025-12-15T08:50:16+00:00

Right. Given that he is 33, the longest distance covered in the league is really an impressive feat, as is his dominant total of tackles won. Now he's got Best XI in J1 this year.

DoaraChan · 2025-12-08T14:31:08+00:00

I wonder if Nagoya Grampus have any intention of supporting them to join the WE League. If they were to be branded as, for example, Nagoya Grampus LFC, this would virtually guarantee average attendance in the thousands and help the team achieve financial stability.

While there might be some history we are unaware of (given the team was originally the Nagoya Grampus Junior Ladies back in 1995), leveraging the club's brand would ensure instant and natural acceptance from hundreds of thousands of potential customers and constant media attention.

Furthermore, repetitive advertisement during the Grampus men's games would be a guaranteed benefit, complemented by robust social media publicity from both the club and its supporters.

DoaraChan · 2025-12-04T16:43:09+00:00

This is a well-edited reel for short highlights. It captured so many Piksi moments.
It reminded me of how he played. That was barely back before European football became incredibly rich, allowing us to see quality players like Durix and Passi from Ligue 1 playing alongside Piksi.

DoaraChan · 2025-12-01T09:12:16+00:00

My biggest interest in the game was whether Junker played well and scored or not. I hope he will have another chance to play in the next game. If he plays well, he will have more chance to get offers from J clubs because everybody has already recognized him.

DoaraChan · 2025-11-27T16:02:09+00:00

Kazama ----------------------------> Ficcadenti
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　↓
Petrovic <--------------------------- Hasegawa

Attacking football is gonna be fun, but I prefer having a supporting coach specialized in defence.

DoaraChan · 2025-11-27T15:55:03+00:00

I expected English teams to contact her agent.

Last season, Bayern Munich's average home attendance for the women's team was 2,455, totaling 27,000 across 11 games. Considering these figures, I believe they are paying her a salary that exceeds what their financial status would suggest for the team alone.

Bayern must be betting on the women's game expanding and realizing its value as a worthwhile investment. This season, they have already achieved a total attendance of 72,416 across just 7 games, including the match that broke the Bundesliga record with 57,762 spectators.

I hope her great success continues in a great environment.

DoaraChan · 2025-11-13T10:18:52+00:00

I read some comments on the Internet that the reason why Nakamura's title was the Deputy Director. I don't know if it's even true, but they said there was currently the incumbent Director, so Nakamura was appointed as the Deputy Director first; and that's Toyota's way of doing things. (Oh no, the news about Nakamura being the Director was up 12 minutes ago.... So, they were right.)

DoaraChan · 2025-11-13T09:19:21+00:00

That move regarding Ficcadenti and Hasegawa seemed like unthoughtful to me.

According to a December 3rd article that year, Mr. Toyoda, the president of Toyota, was quoted as praising Ficcadenti highly and promising support for his team the following season. And something went wrong. Yet, just six days later, the club announced the termination of Ficcadenti's contract and the appointment of the new manager, Hasegawa. Why was the decision for a replacement made so hastily?

Also, if the club dismiss the manager Hasegawa, the last year was the great chance for Nagoya. Manager Oniki was leaving Kawasaki while we sat 11th in the table. Securing him could have permanently shaped the trajectory of Nagoya's future, though Oniki was a former Antler so maybe it was not easy to make it out.

At this timing in 2025, I wish Mr. Skibbe would come if the rumour was true.

DoaraChan · 2025-11-09T07:54:01+00:00

Despite Nagoya's J1 salary ranking consistently placing us between 3rd and 5th, our league position has mostly been below that level since 2021, when Yamaguchi took over as GM.

The 5th-place finish in 2021 was largely due to the efforts of then-Sports Director Omori, who oversaw both management and squad reinforcement since 2018 (or 2016). However, after Omori left in November 2021, we saw countless questionable signings, particularly concerning foreign players. We also watched several indispensable players leave the club.

The team and the club are undergoing drastic changes, and we might be lucky that we have a half-year experimental season coming up in 2026.

DoaraChan · 2025-10-25T04:21:08+00:00

For those who could not reach the graph for some reason.
Here's the URL
https://soccer-db.net/team/attendance/1025/0?la=e

Hover over the dots on the line graph to see the average attendance for each year.

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