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The Football Pyramid

You often hear about this or that team being in the wrong category. A small panel put together for you an “ideal J.League world”.

There’s a new kind of player forming into Japanese football, and Yuki Soma is probably the perfect embodiment for this case.

From a random forward in Okinawa to a menace in the top-flight, the story of Leo Ceára is a peculiar one.

Tomoki Hayakawa is the embodiment of how Kashima Antlers’ mentality is unbeatable, and what he could bring to the national team.

Taichi Hara disappeared from the J.League-sphere for a long time, only to pop up again and become a key-player for Kyoto Sanga.

Taichi Hara disappeared from the J.League-sphere for a long time, only to pop up again and become a key-player for Kyoto Sanga.

The kid who once learned Japanese to better integrate himself in Osaka is now a Cerezo legend: this is the story of Kim Jin-hyeon.

The second part of the “Market Week” in 2025 talks about loans: players to go, to come back, and to hope for new beginnings.

The first part of “Market Week” in 2025 talks about transfers, between people who will go down for a new start and the ones leaping to J1.

Unlike other Japanese players who reached his age, Takashi Inui is still bright at 37 years old, fuelled by his competitive inner fire.