Injury Blow for Niigata

 Albirex Niigata announced that Taisuke Nakamura loaned from Kyoto this season is sidelined for three months after he had taken an operation on stress fracture of the fifth metatarsal bone of his right foot in 8th Feb.. He injured it during training session in 1st Feb.

 Now this means Kim Jinsu will take a Kurosaki's first choice to left defender and play as an Asian player, which make Kim Youngeun and Alan Mineiro compete the one place left for foreign players as Lopes and Michel will play for a first team judging from experiences in Japan.