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Regional previews: Tokai & Hokuriku

This area is loosely defined as Nagoya in the south, up to Kanazawa in the north. There are a lot of teams in this region that are looking to bounce…

Regional previews: Kita Kanto

An oft forgotten area of the footballing landscape in Japan, with the obvious exception of Kashima, the area between Tokyo & Tohoku is home to the reigning champions, two J2…

Regional previews: Shikoku

Shikoku is usually classed as Japan’s fourth island, and a beautiful island it is too. There are three professional teams resident there, all plying their trade in J2. We start…

Regional previews: Kansai

Kansai is the area usually defined as Kyoto in the east, to Kobe/Hyogo in the west. And this year it is a hotbed of interesting storylines. We are starting this…

Regional previews: Hokkaido & Tohoku

In doing a preview of the season, we are going to break it down into bite-sized, regional chunks. We are starting from the north and are going to work all…

¡Hola! – to the managers in J2

In the first of two parts, J.League Regista investigates the sudden Spanish speaking influence in Japan’s J.League 2… When you think about foreign players & coaches in the J.League, thoughts…

A-Z of J.League 2017

Happy new year, and welcome back to J.League Regista for 2017! With the J.League kicking off in a month’s time, it is time to start looking forward to what is…

Farewell 2016

2016 is, as they say, in the books (almost – if you exclude the Emperor’s Cup). A year of surprises, and non-surprises. A year of ups & downs….

Gabriele’s J.League Awards

We are coming towards the end of 2016 – an eventful year in anyone’s estimation. In that spirit, J.League Regista’s Ironman @NelloSplendor gives out his awards for 2016. I hope…

Memory Lane: Yokohama Marinos vs Urawa Red Diamonds

In a sort of wasting time.interesting research kind of deal, I decided to search on Youtube (it is great, isn’t it?) to find a random match from the annals of…