In 1997, he moved to Kashima Antlers, where he was again selected for the league's Best Eleven award in his first season with the new club.
However, in 2003 Bismarck would return to Japan to play for Vissel Kobe before retiring at the end of that season.
Bismarck was part of the Brazil national under-20 football team that placed third in 1989 FIFA World Youth Championship.
[1] He is named after Otto von Bismarck, the famous politician who played an important role in the creation of one of the world's Great Powers, the German Empire.
Bismarck, along with one-time Brazilian football teammates Jorginho and Cláudio Taffarel, were featured in a special version of the film Jesus produced and distributed during the 1998 World Cup.