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The Regista Diaries – April 13, 2021

So here we are with a new column, that we’ll try to extend until the end of the season. Every weekend I’ll try to watch two games, one from J1…

He rose from the ashes of one of the biggest fiasco in Japanese football: Yasuhiro Higuchi made it where others failed.

The feeling of being stuck, the expectations and the letdown: this is J. Therapy, a portrait of J2 disappointments.

Against all odds, the Machida Zelvia striker reached the 100 goals-mark in J2: he’s only the second man to ever achieve this feat.

Even if Ventforet Kofu could struggle to play J1 again, they found a great manager in Akira Ito.

Returns, renegades and players looking to a new beginning: these have been the 10 most interesting signings in the second division.

Despite a change of manager, V-Varen Nagasaki might have nailed the best acquisition in J2’s history: Edigar Junio.

2020 was exceptional, because we have seen no relegations for the first time in a long period. But can these four teams survive in 2021?

A close promotion race, a first title ever and some disappointments: these have been the awards for 2020 in the second division.

In the Silicon valley of Japan, the start-up built by Hasebe worked and Avispa are back in J1, against many odds.