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A weekly Japanese football podcast focusing on the J.League.

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01:21:55

Episode 558 - J1 Matchday 5

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2025/03/11

Jonny and Ben are back to round up all eight games from J1 Matchday 5 played on the weekend, while they were also pleased to welcome Ralf Seidl back to the pod to discuss Urawa's first win of the season. After an ACL review dominated by Hiroshima's disastrous oversight in fielding an ineligible player in the first leg against Lion City of Singapore (to 12:00), Ralf returns to chat about Urawa 1-0 Okayama, and his thoughts on Reds' season so far (to 33:28), before your co-hosts review the rest of the

26:10

J-Talk: Short Corner - J3 Matchday 1

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2025/03/11

New JTSC host Victor Arroyo returns after an unexpected hiatus to review all 8 matches of an entertaining opening round of the J3 season and selects his goal of the week. .

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JTET - J2 Round 3 Review

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2025/03/06

Jon and James are together again to look back at an action-packed round of J2 action!First of all, Jon runs you through the scores from most of the Round 3 games (Start to 05:30), then sits down with James to talk about Tosu v Imabari, our Match of the Week, in detail (05:30 to 25:40). Then it's time to nominate our Most Bravo Players (25:40 to 29:40), and peruse the Round 4 fixture list to pick out some key games to focus on (29:40 to Finish). Thanks for all of the support, and we hope you enjoy

01:32:55

Episode 557 - J1 Matchdays 3 & 4

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2025/03/04

We round up two full rounds of top flight fixtures (with a focus on the weekend's Matchday 4) in this week's episode, towards the end of which we're joined by Neil Debnam to chat about the early days of Shigetoshi Hasebe's reign at Kawasaki. We begin with the games involving the top three - new leaders Kashiwa, who climbed to the summit with a win away at Urawa, then Shonan's draw at Yokohama F.Marinos and Hiroshima's narrow win at home over Yokohama FC - before moving on to Kashima's win over FC

23:48

JTET - J2 Round 2 Review

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2025/02/26

James, Jon, and special guest Sean Carroll look back at another busy weekend of J2 action.James gets things started with a quick review of most of the Round 2 action (Start to 03:00), before Jon and Sean sat down to talk about Omiya's home win over Kofu in depth (03:00 to 15:00). The boys also discuss Omiya and Kofu's prospects for 2025 in more detail, and touch on the new era at Omiya under Red Bull (there are spoilers for classic 90s sports comedy 'Cool Runnings', so be warned). After that, Jon

01:28:48

Episode 556 - J1 Matchday 2

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2025/02/25

Jonny and Ben were pleased to welcome Stuart Woodward back to the pod, to chat about his trip to Hiroshima for Yokohama F.Marinos' visit to Sanfrecce on Sunday, a cagey affair settled by a correct, but unfortunate, penalty decision against visiting defender Jeisson Quinones that saw Hiroshima stay perfect after two rounds (to 27:20).Then in Part 2 we chat the other two sides with spotless records, Shimizu and Shonan, then move on to the four teams that won for the first time this season on

28:58

JTET - J2 Round 1 Review

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2025/02/21

The JTET boys are back to pick over the bones of the opening round in J2 2025! Kicking off a new, streamlined pod format, Jon runs through the scores on the doors from Round 1 in a whistle-stop roundup (Start to 03:15). Jon then sat down with James to discuss their 'Match of the Week', focusing in detail on Omiya's return to J2 life against Yamagata at a sold-out NACK-5 Stadium in Saitama (03:15 to 20:40). The gentlemen then move on to regular segments 'Most Bravo Player' (20:40 to 25:00), then

01:33:50

Episode 555 - J1 Matchday 1

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2025/02/18

J1 is back, and on this episode (after a brief ACL review at the start of the pod) Jonny and Ben review all of the top flight action, beginning with stirring wins for Okayama, Cerezo Osaka and Kawasaki, then moving on to clashes involving presumptive title challengers, before rounding up the final group of games.

58:06

J-Talk: Extra Time – J2 Season Preview Part 4

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2025/02/13

With the new J2 season hurtling into view at the weekend, the JTET crew finish off their 2025 season preview with five more teams covered in depth.James and Jon get things underway by running the rule over newly-relegated Tosu (Start to 09:20), followed by Yamaguchi (09:20 to 19:15), and then Oita (19:15 to 29:00). The boys then welcome special guest Chikashi Toyoshima (co-creator of the ViviCast) to give us the lowdown on hotly-tipped Nagasaki (29:00 to 39:20). After that, friend of the pod Garry

02:07:38

Episode 554 - J1 Season Previews Part 4

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2025/02/11

We wrap up our top flight previews with the final five teams, and a heavy Kansai focus, as Alan Gibson guests in Part 1 to chat about his long weekend in the Tokyo area - including the Super Cup - and then help us preview defending champions Kobe (to 38:25) and Gamba Osaka (to 1:03:55). Then in Part 2 Jonny and Ben discuss Cerezo Osaka (to 1:22:35), Kyoto (to 1:41:35) and Nagoya. Follow Alan on X/Twitter and Bluesky.

01:28:49

J-Talk: Extra Time – J2 Season Preview Part 3

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2025/02/10

With the big J2 kick-off less than a week away, the JTET team continue with their team-by-team previews of the 2025 season. In this episode, Jon and James begin in Shikoku, discussing newly-promoted Imabari (Start to 09:15), and their rather-more-established prefectural neighbors Ehime (09:15 to 17:20). After that, Tokushima come under the microscope as well (17:20 to 26:40). The boys then hand over to regular contributor Chris Hough to hear all about JEF Chiba's preparations for 2025 (26:40 to

01:09:02

J-Talk: Extra Time – J2 Season Preview Part 2

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2025/02/08

Hot on the heels of Part 1, JTET is back to preview another five teams who are getting ready for the 2025 J2 season.This time, Jon and James get things underway by talking about Consadole Sapporo (Start to 08:45), and Montedio Yamagata (08:45 to 16:45). After that, a trio of special guests are on hand to give us their thoughts on the year ahead. First up is Martin Spivey, who covers Blaublitz Akita (16:45 to 36:20). Following up is Fin Wilson, who has all the pre-season information about Vegalta

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J-Talk: Short Corner – J3 Season Preview Part 1

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2025/02/07

Victor Arroyo makes his debut as the new host of JTSC, previewing five teams ahead of the new 2025 J3 season: 0:00-3:05 Intro 3:05-5:30 Azul Claro Numazu 5:30-7:50 Fukushima United FC 7:50-10:05 Gainaire Tottori 10:05-12:20 FC Gifu 12:20-15:15 Giravanz Kitakyushu 15:15-End Outro Join the J-Talk Podcast Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/jtalkpod Feel free to join us on the JLeague Chat Discord: https://discord.gg/p6PVbF9E Follow Victor on Bluesky: @jfootballanalytics.bsky.social

45:28

J-Talk: Extra Time – J2 Season Preview Part 1

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2025/02/06

With not long until the big kickoff for 2025, Jon Steele and James Taylor got together for the first J2 season preview pod. After a brief word of thanks to departing JTSC host Mike Innes, Jon and James talked about five teams: 04:00 to 10:15 Jubilo Iwata 10:15 to 16:10 Fujieda MYFC 16:10 to 25:05 Mito Hollyhock 25:05 to 34:45 Ventforet Kofu 34:45 to end Kataller Toyama Thank you for your ongoing support of the J-Talk Podcast and J-Talk: Extra Time. We hope you’ll enjoy the 2025 season with

02:15:47

Episode 553 - J1 Season Previews Part 3

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2025/02/05

We have another bumper round of J1 previews for you this week, as we edge closer to the start of the new season. In Part 1 Jonny and Ben preview Hiroshima (to 21:20) and Kashiwa (to 48:25), before they're joined by three terrific guests. In Part 2 Daniel Hawkins chats about Fukuoka (to 1:13:17), then in Part 3 Ralf Seidl discusses Urawa (to 1:45:25), before James Taylor from J-Talk: Extra Time rounds out the pod in Part 4 looking ahead to Okayama's first-ever J1 campaign.

02:27:57

Episode 552 - J1 Season Previews Part 2

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2025/01/29

Now that we're up and running, our J1 season previews roll on galactically on this episode, with five more teams under the microscope.We begin with a J-Talk crossing of the streams, as Jon Steele guests to preview promoted clubs Yokohama FC (to 42:15) and Shimizu (to 1:09:00), before Jonny and Ben run the rule over Shonan (to 1:29:30) and Yokohama F.Marinos (to 1:52:35) in Part 2. Then in Part 3 we were delighted to welcome Kawasaki correspondent Neil Debnam back to the pod to preview the brave new

02:15:10

Episode 551 - J1 Season Previews Part 1

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2025/01/22

Welcome to our previews of the 2025 J1 Season! In Part 1, after some housekeeping at the start of the episode, we chat with Lewis White about Tokyo Verdy (to 32:05), and to Ryo Nakagawara about Machida (to 1:01:00) and FC Tokyo (to 1:40:20), before Jonny and Ben discuss Niigata (to 1:56:23) and Kashima.For each club, we follow the same format: A brief review of 2024; the club's major moves in the transfer market; thoughts on the manager; a player to watch and prospects for the new season. You can

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Episode 550 - Happy New J.League Season!

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2025/01/14

Welcome back to a new year, and a new season of J-Talk! On our first episode of 2025, Dan Orlowitz joins Jonny and Ben to chat about how the J.League can build on their successful 2024, and what will be new or different this season, before we discuss the 2026 "0.5 Season", or as it will be known from this point on: The 2026 Chaos Energy J.League Cup (from 17:45 to 39:25), before we finish with some hot takes on the best and worst of the new season's top flight kits.Thanks to you all for your

41:51

JTET Season Review 2024 - Part 4

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2025/01/04

The JTET team start 2025 by bringing down the curtain on last season in the final part of their big J2 season review.Jon and James get things up and running by discussing Montedio Yamagata (Start to 11:15), before handing over to a trio of guest contributors to cover the rest of the Play-Off teams from 2024. We welcome debutant Makoto to talk about Fagiano Okayama (11:15 to 19:20), before veteran co-host of the ViviCast, Daniel Kuroda, takes us through V-Varen Nagasaki's campaign (19:20 to

35:04

JTET - J2 Awards 2024 Review

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2024/12/28

In a holiday special, Jon and James talk about the recent (official) J2 Awards, and discuss their own personal picks for some of the more interesting categories.In Part 1, the gentlemen share their views on Manager of the Season (Start to 07:05), and Player of the Season (07:05 to 12:45). Spoilers: Matheus Jesus was robbed! In Part 2, attention turns to the Goal of the Season award (12:45 to 16:10), before things are rounded off with a detailed look at the J2 Team of the Season (16:10 to

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