J3 – Page 8 – J.League Regista

The J2 setback

J3 League has been existing since 2014 and who marked its history with their goals prove it’s hard to go to the next level. Can this change?

Homecomings

Seven football knights might look for a new challenge. These homecomings may be impossible or crazy, but they would be fascinating.

State of the J: Giravanz Kitakyushu

Now this is an interesting case. A club that was seemingly on the way up but now finds itself struggling a bit to get to grips with life in the…

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…

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…

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…

Regional preview: Tokyo

The capital comes a-calling in this installment of regional previews. Some people will have a go at me for putting Machida in here – apparently there is some debate as…

Regional preview: Kyushu (North)

Shame on me, I forgot that there were a lot of teams on the island of Kyushu. Their preview is split into north & south. We start our previews in…