Oita Trinita – J.League Regista

J. League Worldwide #24

Nacho is Spanish, and his passion for Oita Trinita resonated from all over the world.

2025 Regista Awards: J2 League

A Brazilian juggernaut, a miracle in Ibaraki, and a young captain: these have been the awards for 2025 in the second division.

The Improbable Leader

After a career spent wondering around, Arata Watanabe found his peak at 30 years old and where no one expected: Mito HollyHock.

The Centennial Club – Masato Morishige

FC Tokyo haven’t been in the most glorious moment of their history, but Masato Morishige has been there all along.

The 2025 Market Report – J2 League

Former J1 prodigies, J3 wonders and hopeful goalkeepers: these have been the Top 10 moves in J2 last Winter.

2024 Regista Awards: J2 League

A Brazilian force in Nagasaki, a German goalkeeper, and one of the hottest teams in the league: these have been the awards for the second tier.

Hands On

Shusaku Nishikawa has reaached 600 caps in the J.League, a testimony of his amazing career.

The Regista Diaries – June 24, 2021

A new column has started from a few months and we’re trying to bring forward this weekly appointment. Every weekend we’re gonna try to watch two games, one from J1…

Blanklisted – Yoshinori Suzuki

With J. League Stats (@J1tokei on Twitter), we looked out for the underrated gem of J1. For episode 2, we move to Kyushu and Oita.

Trust the Process

In four years, Oita Trinita switched from a J3-relegation to surprise of the last season in J1. Most of the credit goes to Tomohiro Katanosaka, the man behind their rebirth.