Match highlights
Kagoshima United FC vs Kochi United SC highlights
How the goals came
2' Aura Takahashi opens the scoring for Kagoshima United FC → 35' Aura Takahashi extends Kagoshima United FC's lead (the winner) → 87' Mikuto Fukuda extends Kagoshima United FC's lead → 90' Ryuta Fujimori pulls one back for Kochi United SC. Full time: 3-1, Kagoshima United FC win.
The match, goal by goal
2 of the 4 goals came after half-time.
2' Aura Takahashi (Kagoshima United FC) 1-0
The match turned almost as soon as it began, in the 2nd minute. Aura Takahashi put Kagoshima United FC ahead for 1-0 in front of 4,447 at Shiranami Stadium. From that early opener onwards, the home side were never pulled level again on the way to a 3-1 win.
35' Aura Takahashi (Kagoshima United FC) 2-0
Thirty-three minutes later, Aura Takahashi struck again for his second of the night. The 35th-minute goal made it 2-0 and left Kochi United SC two behind before the interval. Together with his 2nd-minute opener, Takahashi had shaped the match inside the first half alone.
87' Mikuto Fukuda (Kagoshima United FC) 3-0
The scoreboard stayed at 2-0 for a long stretch before it moved again in the 87th minute. Mikuto Fukuda made it 3-0 for Kagoshima United FC, the first goal in 52 minutes since Takahashi's second. With so little time left, it stretched the gap to three and closed off the contest for Kochi United SC.
90' Ryuta Fujimori (Kochi United SC) 3-1
Kochi United SC finally got on the scoresheet in the 90th minute. Ryuta Fujimori pulled one back for 3-1, the away side's only goal of the evening. Trailing by three, their response ended there, and the night at Shiranami Stadium on 21 October 2026 closed with a 3-1 home win for Kagoshima United FC.
