HARUNO, Japan (Interstat) — Nagano defeated Kochi United 3-1 on Saturday at Kochi Haruno Athletic Stadium. Kotaro Fujikawa led Nagano with one goal and two assists. Shu Yoshizawa scored in the 58th minute. A. Nanamure scored for Kochi United. Hogara Shoji added a goal in the 85th minute. Ono Y. received a yellow card for Nagano in the fifth minute of second-half stoppage time. Nagano made substitutions involving Nakata S. in the 46th minute, Hasegawa Y. and Yoshizawa in the 78th, and Kondo T. and Yamanaka R. in the 86th. Kochi United made substitutions involving Sakagishi K. and Kawata A. in the 56th, Shimoda Y. in the 65th, and Sekino G. in the 74th. Nagano improved to 1-0 in this competition and across all competitions. Kochi United fell to 0-1 in this competition and across all competitions. Fujikawa was Nagano’s top star, while Yoshizawa played 78 minutes, Nanamure played 34 minutes for Kochi United, and Shoji played 12 minutes.