J30 – 30 for 30

J.League turns 30 today. With 12 experts, we picked the 30 best players from the first 30 years of the Japanese championship.

The Drop

Relegations have been introduced to J3 for the first time ever: it’s better to revisit what happened the first time around in J1 & J2.

It’s not the first time both S-Pulse or Iwata are in J2, but it’s the first time where the Shizuoka-based football look stuck.

The career of Tomoaki Makino showed us regrets, glory, achievements, and a clear line for his future.

A tough and packed schedule comes to an end, leaving some breathing space: a perspective over retirements from 2022.

J.League has been a nice environment to develop within. Alessio Mariani is a solid example of this path.

Unlike other realities – for example, Nara Club or any club from Mie –, FC Osaka weren’t expected to get promoted. Now what?

A bitter exit because of penalties hurts, but this doesn’t have to stop Japanese football from thinking ahead.

From Yasuhito Endo’s true successor to anonymous Spanish second division gigs: the story of Gaku Shibasaki.

Someone says “it runs in the family”, but Kota Mizunuma been a key player to win the J1 title for Marinos.