Growing on the Dock of the Bay

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

2022 Regista Awards: J3 League

Another newly promoted team rocking the league and a surprising promotion: these have been the awards for 2022 in the third division.

Matsumoto Yamaga can say… they’ve failed. But at least “MVP” Ayumu Yokoyama could be a sign of things changing.

Despite missing out on promotion, Kagoshima are doing things properly. Koki Arita winning “Best Signing” is a sign of that.

With a huge Winter campaign on the transfer market, FC Gifu were expected to steamroll J3. It went sideways straight away.

When they dropped from J2 to the newborn J3 in 2014, Gainare Tottori seemed ready to bounce back. They didn’t.

YSCC have always been there in the third division, but Akio Yoshida has become a symbol of their presence.

After a long chase, FC Iwaki have finally reached pro-football. And that’s just the beginning.

An unexpected promotion brought SC Sagamihara to J2. The successive relegation made them understand what was wrong.

Miyazaki’s blessed players, a nice return to Gifu, and the “Stalph-olution” in Nagano: these have been the Top 10 moves in J3 last Winter.