J2 League – Page 5 – J.League Regista

Time for Promotion?

The Cklamovski experiment has produced fun moments and good football, but it’s time to aim for the moon.

J.League has been a nice environment to develop within. Alessio Mariani is a solid example of this path.

The first year without any J1 goal reminded us of what Yōichirō Kakitani could have been (and he hasn’t been).

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.

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.

When they dropped from J2 to the newborn J3 in 2014, Gainare Tottori seemed ready to bounce back. They didn’t.