The 2024 season of the Japanese Professional League B kicked off on Saturday, this season, the final round of last season was drawn, and the 1-point disadvantage unfortunately failed to be promoted, Shimizu has a greater heartbeat advantage, the team is worth 11.6 million euros, ranking first in the league, and more importantly, the team retains two goalscorers of Carlenjos and Qianguishi, although Thiago Santana joins Urawa Red Diamonds, the team is still strong. The Yamagata Yamagata, worth 10.13 million euros, ranks second in the league, and the team's top scorer Alves joins Botafogo, which may have an impact on the team's new season competition.
Shimizu heartbeat: Worth 11.6 million euros, ranked first in the league, the team was in a good promotion situation last season, and the last round drew with the desireless Mito Hollyhock, and finally fell 1 point behind the second place Iwata Yamaha, failed to be directly promoted, and the play-off final drew with Tokyo Green Shade, but because of the third place in the Tokyo Green Shade League, promoted to the J League, Shimizu missed the promotion. The team scored 78 goals in the league last season, one less than Machida at the top of the table, conceded 34 goals, and conceded the second-fewest goals in the league. Last season, the team won by five or more goals in four games, with Carlenjos scoring 15 goals, Thiago Santana scoring 13 and Ganguishi 11 goals, and Thiago Santana joining Urawa Red Diamonds on a free transfer this season, while the other two remained.
Yamagata mountain god: Last season, they woke up 5th in the league, 7 points behind Shimizu, and drew with Shimizu in the promotion play-offs, because they were eliminated from the bottom of the league standings, the team's striker Thiago Alves scored 13 goals last season, and Yoshiki Fujimoto scored 10 goals, but Alves has moved to Botafogo on a free transfer, which has had some impact on the team's forward line.
Yokohama FC: The only relegated team in the Japanese league last season, the team only won 7 wins, 8 draws and 19 losses in the league, ranking at the bottom. The team failed to win in the first 10 rounds of last season, 3 draws and 7 losses, and the last 4 rounds of 4 consecutive defeats were sluggish, and the team was promoted to relegation again after only one season, and the team was in the J League for 3 seasons in the past 4 seasons, but there was no relegation system in the first season of the team's promotion in the 2020 season.
Okayama green pheasant: Ranked 10th in the league last season, the team drew 19 times in 42 league games, with nearly 5 draws, one of the teams with the most draws last season, and the other is Tokushima Uzumaki, also with 19 draws. Alves, the team's top scorers last season, and Stephen Maok, who both scored six goals this season, both left the club this season, and Alves joined Chapecoense on a free transfer; Stephen Maok joins Adelaide United on a free transfer.
Nagasaki Success Pill: Last season they finished 7th in the league, 2 points behind the promotion play-off teams, and the team scored 70 goals last season, the third most attacking firepower, but conceded 56 goals, which is more than the number of goals conceded. The team's Spanish goalscorer, Juanma Delgado, scored 26 goals last season, eight ahead of second-highest scorer Eric and has stayed with the 34-year-old Golden Boot this season.
Chiba Ichihara: Ranked 6th in the league last season, lost to Tokyo Green in the play-offs and failed to be promoted. Last season was the closest the team came to promotion in recent seasons, and the team used to sit in eighth place. Last season, the team's Komori scored 14 goals, and the player is only 24 years old this season. Brazil's Luis Dudu scored seven goals and Tomoya Miki scored seven. This season, Tomoki moved to Tokyo Green, and the other two goalscorers stayed in the team.
Oita Trinity: Ranked 9th in the league last season, the team is only five points behind the sixth place in the promotion play-offs, the team does not have too good scorers, the scoring points are scattered, the top scorers Naoki Nomura and Kazuki Fujimoto have scored 6 goals each, and 5 others have scored 4 goals. This season, Kazuki Fujimoto moved to Machida Zevia.
Vegat, Sendai: Ranked 16th in the league last season, the team's performance dropped sharply in the second season of relegation, and they finished 7th in the first season of relegation, after 12 consecutive seasons in the Japanese Professional League. Last season's team scored 10 goals, and the 25-year-old has stayed with the team this season.
Kofu Wind Forest: 8th place in the league last season, the team is only 3 points less than 6th place, the team Pete Utaka scored 12 goals last season, and Kazuji Mihei scored 9 goals. Both stayed in the team this season, with left-back Sata Miura transferring to Kawasaki Frontale, right-back Hideya Subei transferring to Kashima Antlers, and central defender Shion Inoue transferring to Nagoya Whales, with a large loss at the back.
Tokushima Whirlpool: Ranked 15th in the league last season, the team won 10, drew 19 and lost 13, with nearly 5 draws, which was one of the teams with the most draws last season, and the other was Okayama Green Pheasant, which also had 19 draws. Last season, the team's Mori Haito scored 13 goals and tied for fifth place in the scorers' list. This season, the player returned to the Kashiwa Suns from a loan spell and will have an impact on the team's forward line for the new season.
Kusatsu Onsen, Gunma: Ranked 11th in the league last season, the team won 14, drew 15 and lost 13 last season, with close wins, draws and losses. Last season's top scorer, Ryo Sato, scored just six, while Mikiki Nagakura scored five. This season, center forward Mikiki Nagakura moved to Niigata Swans.
Yamaguchi Renault: Last season's third-to-last place, but the team is five points ahead of the second-to-last Squirrels in the relegation zone, the team only scored 37 goals and conceded 67 goals in 42 games last season, Tsubasa Umeki scored 6 goals, Shoji Ikegami and Kono Kotai scored 5 goals each, and all three stayed in the team this season.
Blue autumn lightning: Ranked 13th last season, the team performed well in the first half of the season, with 3 wins and 3 draws at the beginning, 7 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses in the first 15 games to get 25 points, and then the performance fell, and the last 5 rounds of 4 losses and 1 draw, the team lacked motivation after relegation. This season, Keita Saito, who scored the most goals last season, moved to Okayama Green Pheasant, and right-back Ryutaro Iio, who scored the second most goals, transferred to Nagasaki Seikamaru.
Tochigi SC: Fourth from bottom last season, the team conceded 47 goals last season, the seventh-fewest goals conceded in the league, but scored 39 goals, the fourth-fewest goals. The team Yasuki Oshima scored 7 goals, Ling Nemoto scored 6 goals, Nigerian player Oribacho Ismaila scored 4 goals, and in the new season, Oribacho Ismaila returned to Kyoto Immortals on loan, and center Ling Nemoto returned to Shonan Ocean after his loan.
Kagoshima United: Last season's J3 League second place was promoted, the team and Toyama Victory are on the same point, and the goal difference advantage ranks second, thrilling promotion. The team has a lot of strength, and in the 2019 season, it briefly played one season in the Japanese League B before being relegated, and the rest of the season was in the lower league.
Mito hollyhock: 17th in the league last season, the team is the worst result in the last 8 seasons, the team scored 9 goals, Ternuma Hoshifumi scored 7 goals, Ohara Keiki scored 6 goals, Uzuya Uzuki scored 5 goals, mainly because the defense was too poor. This season, Kiki Ohara returned to Sanfrecce Hiroshima at the end of his loan, Yuya Uzuki returned to Kashiwa Sun God at the end of his loan, and the other two stayed with the team.
Fujieda MYFC, which finished 12th in the league last season, the team scored 61 goals and conceded 72 goals this season, which is the team that conceded the most goals and the sixth most goalscorer. The team scored 13 goals for Ryo Watanabe, Ken Yamura for 8, Akiyuki Yokoyama for 6 and Ryota Iwabuchi and Tojiro Kubo for 5 goals each. This season, the main scorer Ryo Watanabe joined Osaka Sakura, Akiyuki Yokoyama joined Chiba Ichihara, and Tojiro Kubo joined Nagoya Whales, and the strength of the team had a great impact.
Kumamoto crimson: 14th place in the league last season, the team scored 9 goals in Daichi Ishikawa last season, Ren Hirakawa scored 7 goals, Naohei Inaihara and Rumu Matsuoka scored 5 goals each, Ren Hirakawa joined Iwata Joy in the new season, and the remaining 3 people stayed in the team.
Ehime FCLast season, the first place in the J3 League was promoted, and the team scored 73 points, 11 points ahead of the second place. Ehime FC was relegated in the 2021 season, after 16 consecutive seasons in the Japanese professional B, and is a middle and lower level team in the Japanese professional B.
Iwaki FC: Ranked 18th in the league last season, the team conceded 69 goals this season and defended poorly, scoring 45 goals. Hiroto Iwabuchi and Tanimura Haina each scored 7 goals, and Daiki Yamaguchi scored 4 goals, and Hiroto Iwabuchi joined Okayama Green Pheasant in the new season, and the other two stayed in the team.