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The Godwinger

Akihiro Ienaga is aging like a fine wine: he’s playing at his highest level, even better than his MVP season in 2018.

So here we are with a new column, that we’ll try to extend until the end of the season. Every weekend I’ll try to watch two games, one from J1…

He rose from the ashes of one of the biggest fiasco in Japanese football: Yasuhiro Higuchi made it where others failed.

The feeling of being stuck, the expectations and the letdown: this is J. Therapy, a portrait of J2 disappointments.

If there’s a player symbolizing the rebirth of Nagoya Grampus, it’s Japan’s debutant midfielder Sho Inagaki.

Against all odds, the Machida Zelvia striker reached the 100 goals-mark in J2: he’s only the second man to ever achieve this feat.

Nara Club are looking for more than promotion, but the arrival of Julián Marín Bazalo might help them.

A decade has gone by from the terrible Tohoku Earthquake. That day, Vegalta Sendai became something else.

When he wore his goalscoring shoes, Hayato Asakawa has always done his job. 2021 could be his year.

Promising youngsters, renaissances and game changers: these have been the 10 most interesting signings in the third division.