J. League – Page 18 – J.League Regista

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…

Regional preview: Saitama & Chiba

To the north & east of Tokyo respectively, Saitama & Chiba host some of the biggest names (not to mention brightest colours) in the J.League. Starting with a team that…

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…

Darth Scorer

Controversial, yet strong. Decisive, but not decisive enough. Yoshito Ōkubo starts a new life at F.C. Tokyo after a 4 year tenure with near neighbours Kawasaki Frontale, a team located…

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…

Regional previews: West Japan

West Japan, for our purposes, stretches from past Kobe in the east, to the tip of Japan’s main island Honshu in the west. In this geographical area, we have a…