Nagoya Grampus suffered an ignominious 3-0 defeat to the National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Kanoya on Wednesday, perhaps the biggest upset of the evening's slate of Emperor's Cup second-round fixtures.
Fielding a reserve-heavy squad, the J. League first-division side was unable to find the back of the net against the Kyushu University Soccer League side representing Kagoshima Prefecture in the annual tournament.
Kanoya went ahead just one minute after the break through 20-year-old striker Ryusei Ito, and things went from bad to worse for Grampus when Ryo Nemoto doubled the students' lead and Kazuki Fujimoto made it 3-0 with 10 minutes remaining.