The Goalie-mma

After a suffering campaign, Japan qualified for the 2022 World Cup. The keeper situation, though, is all but solved.

The Four-Years Marathon

After 2020 and 2021, J. League is at its third step of a tough four years-schedule. Will it have an impact on the players?

Out of the Blue

A product Gamba’s youth sector and probably the MVP of these Olympic Games, Kosei Tani is ready to take the next step.

Hurdles

Group A in the football tournament of Tokyo 2020 sees Japan challenging France, Mexico and South Africa.

Olympic Vindication: The Roundtable

The band is back together to comment the perspectives of the young Samurai Blue in the Olympic Games.

Saudade: Where are they now? (Part 2)

This is a tale of a missed chance and where those 19 main protagonists are right now. Part 2 concerns midfielders, forwards and the coach himself.

Saudade: Where are they now? (Part 1)

This is a tale of a missed chance and where those 19 main protagonists are right now. Tobias Dreimann tells us a piece of that tale in Part 1.

The tides have turned

One year ago, they seem both solid candidates for the national team. Today the histories of Kosuke Nakamura and Mu Kanazaki seem to tell something different.

The Japanese erasmus

Whether he leaves or not, Takefusa Kubo is already drawing a lot of attention in Japan, the same country launching him into stardom.

We’re ready for Phase 2

27 years after the birth of pro-football in Japan, it’s time for the next step. This can happen despite the defeat in Abu Dhabi against Qatar.