The Nagano curse
In their sixth season of J3 League, Nagano Parceiro face the weight of seeing their results getting worst every year that goes by. Somehow, though, J2 hopes are still in the background.
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The Surprise Report: 2019 edition
Former prodigies, rising young stars and unexpressed potentials: this has been the Japanese transfer market before 2019 season
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2018 Regista Awards: J3 League
When Kyushu rise, J3 League gets new two goodbyes. But it was a historical season and our panel chose the nominees, while you chose the winners of this 2018.
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GSO – The Great Showtime in Okinawa
FC Ryukyu have pushed the limit for J3 League to a beautiful extent: now Okinawa is ready for some (and well-deserved) J2 football.
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The J2 setback
J3 League has been existing since 2014 and who marked its history with their goals prove it’s hard to go to the next level. Can this change?
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State of the J: Giravanz Kitakyushu
Now this is an interesting case. A club that was seemingly on the way up but now finds itself struggling a bit to get to grips with life in the…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Regional preview: Shizuoka
In the shadow of Mount Fuji, Shizuoka is a traditional football hotbed of Japan. The clubs there have endured a lean time in recent years, but there are once again…
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