J2 – Page 11 – J.League Regista

Mr. Mito

Could you point to Mito on a Japanese map? Could you even say which prefecture it is in? More specific still, could you name any players from J2 side Mito…

The King at 50

1967. A year when Otis Redding died in a plane crash. A year when John McCain was shot down in Vietnam & taken prisoner. A year when The Beatles released…

5 Things I Think I Think…..

1. I think the real Gamba Osaka should stand up (to paraphrase an Eminem track). Gamba Osaka 1-1 Venforet Kofu Gamba Osaka 1-4 Jeju United Kashiwa Reysol 1-3 Gamba Osaka…

A Sunday in Machida…

At The Match Machida Zelvia 0-1 JEF United (2017 J2 League, Round 1) Attendance: 8, 124 (Nozuta) Highlights: Last weekend, Jon Steele was at Nozuta to run the rule over…

J2 Opening Day Preview

Typical….you wait ages for a @J2KantoBites article, and then two come along at once. But, Regista is more than happy to let the don of the J2 scene give his…

Regional preview: Kyushu (south) and Okinawa

The final part of our J.League regional odyssey brings us to the far south of Japan, to clubs in the lower reaches of the league looking clamber up the footballing…

Season preview: JEF United

JEF United. Those two words provoke a myriad of reactions, but what exactly are the team from the Fukuari these days? Big club? Sleeping giant? Stuck in the past? A…

Regional previews: Koshinetsu

The Koshinetsu region, which I only really know due to it being one of the mentioned regions on the NHK (Japanese state broadcaster) weather report, stretches from Niigata in the…

Regional preview: Kanagawa

Kanagawa prefecture, to the south west of Tokyo, includes Yokohama, but because I’ve already done a separate preview for those clubs situated in the administrative hub of the prefecture, this…

Regional preview: Shizuoka

In the shadow of Mount Fuji, Shizuoka is a traditional football hotbed of Japan. The clubs there have endured a lean time in recent years, but there are once again…