There has been quite a bit of activity at Zelvia over the off-season. Here’s a list of who’s staying, who’s going, and who’s coming in.

They’re staying!

Coach Naoki Soma

GK Toshiyasu Takahara

GK Souta Chiba

GK Kyohei Shimazaki

DF Tomohiro Taira

DF Takao Ishikawa

DF Bae De Won

DF Satoshi Hoshino

DF Kota Fukatsu

MF Ri Han Jae

MF Takuya Kakine

MF Hiroki Todaka

MF Yuta Inagaki

MF Ryuto Otake

MF Takafumi Suzuki

MF Keisuke Endo

MF Junto Matsushita (on loan from Matsumoto Yamaga)

FW Kohei Nakashima

FW Koji Suzuki

FW Satoshi Kukino

 

They’re leaving…

GK Tomohito Shugyo (he’s off to ply his trade at Oita Trinita)

DF Keisuke Harada (he has retired after spending much of 2014 out injured)

DF Naoto Yoshii (has returned to Kataller Toyama after spending 2014 on loan to Zelvia)

DF Naoki Kuriyama (another loan, he has returned to JEF United Chiba)

DF Takao Ishikawa (out on loan to Azul Claro Numazu until Janauary 2016)

DF Masato Mochizuki (also on loan to Azul Claro Numazu until next year)

DF Kai Miki (on loan to V Varen Nagasaki)

MF Yoshihiro Shoji (let go at the end of 2014, subsequently found a place with Renofa Yamaguchi)

MF Taisei Fujita (retired)

FW Tetsuya Kijima (contract expired at the end of the 2014 season, later signed for Kamatamare Sanuki)

FW Kento Shiratani (retired)

FW Shota Saito (on loan to Azul Claro Numazu)

FW Kohei Nakashima (on loan to VONDS Ichihara)

 

A big welcome to…

GK Keisuke Naito (from Thespa Kusatsu Gunma)

DF Ryota Matsumoto (from Consadole Sapporo)

DF Shigeto Masuda (on loan from Albirex Niigata)

MF Kohei Tokita (from Oita Trinita)

MF Taisuke Miyazaki (from Thespa Kusatsu Gunma)

MF Lee Minsoo (on loan from Shimizu S-Pulse)

FW Yuta Nakamura (from Shonan Belmare)

FW Akira Toshima (on loan from JEF United Chiba)

 

And what of last year’s players out on loan?

MF Ryoji Mano (was on loan to Azul Claro Numazu but let go at the end of the season. Later signed for Fujieda MYFC)

MF Seiya Murakami (was on loan to Azul Claro Numazu, later found a new home at MIO Biwako)

FW Kazuhito Kishida (transferred permanently to Renofa Yamaguchi after spending 2014 there on loan)

FW Shohei Amano (retired after spending the season with Reinmeer Aomori)