YOKOHAMA — Shunsuke Nakamura enjoyed a winning return to the J. League as Yokohama F. Marinos cruised past Shonan Bellmare 3-0 on Saturday.
Nakamura's transfer to the club where he began his career did not go through in time for last weekend's season-opening defeat to FC Tokyo, but there was nothing stopping the former Reggina, Celtic and Espanyol star from pulling on the Yokohama colors for the first time in almost eight years at Nissan Stadium.
Nakamura got his second coming off to a promising start with a 22nd-minute corner that defender Yuzo Kurihara headed home for the opener, before Kazuma Watanabe doubled Yokohama's advantage shortly after the hour mark.