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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…

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…

State of the J: FC Gifu

I know, I know. “Why are you talking about FC Gifu? You should be remaining impartial!” I get it, and that is why I’ve enlisted the help of someone who…

State of the J: Yokohama FC

The previous installments of this series have looked at teams in the top tier of Japanese football, but now we’re going to switch lanes and look at a team that…

The Heart of the North

Ken Tokura means different things to different people: the guy with a mouthguard; the guy who did the Balotelli celebration; the man who likes to look after his body. But…

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…