Emperor’s Cup Round Up: Students at it again
There were less thrills & spills in the third round of this year’s Emperor’s Cup, but once again it was the students of Tsukuba University that stole the headlines. Tsukuba,…
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30 is the Magic Number
Not three, as De La Soul, amongst others, sang about. No, if you ask Urawa Reds supporters where the magic in their team lies, a large majority of them will…
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State of the J – Shonan Bellmare
(Header photo from @bellmare_staff) The Kanagawa coastline is starting to get busy. Summer is coming, and the beaches are starting to get full of the surfers, loafers & people that…
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J2 preview
This Saturday’s fixture list in J2 is the halfway point marker of the season. Here are some bite-sized previews of fixtures, with predictions as to how I think they’ll pan…
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State of the J – Vissel Kobe
A brief hiatus, our look at the state of J.League teams is back for another salvo, this time looking at the interesting case of Vissel Kobe. The Rakuten backed club…
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J1 Weekend Preview
A brief look ahead at the upcoming action in J1 Vegalta Sendai vs Cerezo Osaka (6pm, Yurtec Stadium, Sendai) After losing at home to a university team in midweek,…
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Tennouhai fun games
Wednesday was a horrible day weather-wise in a lot of Japan, making travel to Emperor’s Cup games for both players & supporters difficult – FC Osaka had their travel plans…
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This is a team I’ve been wanting to explore for a long time. The club that brought us Shinji Kagawa & Takashi Inui have long been a glamorous name in…
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State of the J: Giravanz Kitakyushu
Now this is an interesting case. A club that was seemingly on the way up but now finds itself struggling a bit to get to grips with life in the…
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State of the J: FC Tokyo
The team that represents the Japanese capital in J1 had Sky Tree high designs for this season. With manager Yoshiyuki Shinoda installed on a permanent basis after a fine run…
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