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J.League Worldwide #2

Australia has seen a long-standing football battle with Japan: Ryan, though, fell in love with Urawa Red Diamonds.

A day in the life of…..

We hope to be able to take readers of this site a bit deeper into the supporter experience of Japanese football. Just to give you a flavour of what it…

Sushi Football’s prediction challenge #2

Fresh after an opening day victory (thank you very much JEF United!) @sushi_football returns to prediction action, this time taking on one of the Yokohama F.Marinos overseas lieutenants, Christopher –…

J.League Worldwide #1

Life brought David from Scotland to Australia, only to end up in Japan, and fall in love with Oita Trinita.

Talking point: Kyushu calling

Lots of talking points from the first round of J1 & J2 games. We could talk about what is surely a statistical anomaly of only one home win in J1….

Orange alert

Sound the klaxon! After taking a year’s sabbatical in J2, and ending the season as champions, Omiya Ardija find themselves back in the big time in 2016. But what is…

Sushi Football’s prediction challenge

In a new (aren’t they all new?) regular feature I, @sushi_football, will be pitting my predicting wits against the cream of J.League knowledge. The inaugural challenge is between myself and…

Playing for kicks

Futuristic stadia, heated toilet seats, bleached blond players driving Nissan GTR’s, trips to away games in bullet trains….these aren’t the kind of things you’d find in Japan’s unheralded, yet thriving,…

All aboard the Yokohama F.Marinos express. Destination…….?

It is a fair question to ponder: What direction are the team from the port city heading in? Has a lack of winter spending left them behind their traditional rivals…

Giravanz Kitakyushu: Time for the next step?

After a top-six finish in 2014, and narrowly missing out on the play-offs last year, Giravanz Kitakyushu start 2016 with sights set high. They have one of the most respected…