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Regional previews: Tokai & Hokuriku

This area is loosely defined as Nagoya in the south, up to Kanazawa in the north. There are a lot of teams in this region that are looking to bounce…

Regional previews: Kita Kanto

An oft forgotten area of the footballing landscape in Japan, with the obvious exception of Kashima, the area between Tokyo & Tohoku is home to the reigning champions, two J2…

Regional previews: Kansai

Kansai is the area usually defined as Kyoto in the east, to Kobe/Hyogo in the west. And this year it is a hotbed of interesting storylines. We are starting this…

Regional previews: Hokkaido & Tohoku

In doing a preview of the season, we are going to break it down into bite-sized, regional chunks. We are starting from the north and are going to work all…

A-Z of J.League 2017

Happy new year, and welcome back to J.League Regista for 2017! With the J.League kicking off in a month’s time, it is time to start looking forward to what is…

Farewell 2016

2016 is, as they say, in the books (almost – if you exclude the Emperor’s Cup). A year of surprises, and non-surprises. A year of ups & downs….

Opinion: Goodbye & Good Riddance to Two Stages

As the dust settles on another epic Urawa Reds collapse, their defeat at the hands of Kashima Antlers ushers in the return of the single stage season – and not…

J1 Championship stage

We’ve had the first stage (winners: Kashima), the second stage (winners: Urawa) so we might as well get set for the Championship Stage. This is when the J.League champions of…

R-Day…..

As @AgentOrange2009 will soon say, screw the niceties, and let’s dig deep into the relegationistan roulette…. On the surface, week 33 offered no change in terms of the Relegation…

Relegationistan: Party Crashers

There’s always one. Someone who walks past a party and thinks “I haven’t been invited, but you know what that party needs? Me.” In J.League terms, that someone is Jubilo…