Ventforet Kofu – J.League Regista

J. Legends – Hideomi Yamamoto

Legends who played a full career in the J. League are not easy to find: Hideomi Yamamoto has been among those ones.

Cloud Nine

Peter Utaka was one step from leaving Japan for good. Instead, at 38 years old, he’s still ballin’.

Bis, bis, bis!

We wondered if Motoki Hasegawa was going to be a one-hit-wonder. Instead, in 2022 he’s been even better than in his rookie year.

The Regista Diaries – April 20, 2021

So here we are with a new column, that we’ll try to extend until the end of the season. Every weekend we’ll try to watch two games, one from J1…

The silent wizard

Even if Ventforet Kofu could struggle to play J1 again, they found a great manager in Akira Ito.

Lost Treasures – Mike Havenaar

One great season to feature in the Best XI, but it was just a sparkle in the dark. In the first episode of this column, we talk about the striker who ignited Ventforet Kofu.

Come to the purple side

In a league where everyone is trying to face new ideas and formations, managers like Hiroshi Jofuku are still thriving with an old-fashioned style.

Football Fantasy – Yamanashi

A land surrounded by nature, featuring one of the most surprising clubs of the last decade: this is Yamanashi.

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…

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…