The Masterplan

Nara Club are looking for more than promotion, but the arrival of Julián Marín Bazalo might help them.

Ten

A decade has gone by from the terrible Tohoku Earthquake. That day, Vegalta Sendai became something else.

The mutual evolution

J. League has expanded in the ASEAN zone, but more on the pitch-relationships could bridge further gaps.

Future days

FC Imabari are one of the most interesting realities in Japanese football and Lluís Planagumà wants to write history pages with them.

J. League Worldwide #7

Italy is a country which featured a lot in this column, but like Danilo told us, it’s not an easy market to conquer for J. League.

J. League Worldwide #6

The Japanese championship is reaching every corner of the world and German fans like Daniel are a huge part of this growth.

When We Were J. Leaguers – Stipe Plazibat

From living football in his own country, Croatia, to knowing Japan: this is the story of a former J2 journeyman.

The architect in Yokohama

Yuki Stalph has been among the revelations of the last J3 season. We had a chat with him to understand how much further YSCC could go in the future.

Tokyo Calling – Life of a J1 analyst

Football Radar’s Sam Robson has become one of the well-known voices about J. League in recent years: we talked with him to understand how this happened.

J. League Worldwide #5

There’s nothing more legendary that seeing something becoming worldwide, property of everyone, global. J. League is trying to achieve that, but to do so, you need a global fanbase. And it’s there, although its numbers can certainly rise. In this series of pieces – which will all fall under the label “J. League Worldwide”, we’re […]