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2022 Regista Awards: J1 League

A title race to the wire, a sensational rookie, and a foreign manager crowned as the best one: these have been the awards for 2022 in the top tier.

Just like Kaoru Mitoma in 2020, Makoto Mitsuta’s season felt unreal. Maybe even an inch more than Frontale’s prodigy.

From Kitakyushu to Doha. From J3 to the possible World Cup call. Shuto Machino is more than just a MIP.

A surprising promotion, a fancy play-off schedule, and three amazing goals: these have been the awards for 2022 in the second division.

Ryotaro Ito had to wait a lot to properly blossom. Now he’s eager to recover all the time he lost.

From a young renegade with Iwata to a possible prodigy in Mito, Koki Ogawa finally found his dimension in Yokohama.

Legends who played a full career in the J. League are not easy to find: Hideomi Yamamoto has been among those ones.

The transfers are not just within the J. League landscape, but also from and to Europe: here’s Part 3 of our deep dive.

We’ve decided to look at profiles who might down or up the ladder of Japanese football: this is Part 2.

We’ve decided to look at profiles who might down or up the ladder of Japanese football: this is Part 1.

With a huge Winter campaign on the transfer market, FC Gifu were expected to steamroll J3. It went sideways straight away.