... lots more JFL pre-season friendlies to report on... Gainare Tottori beat Hannan University 2-1... FC Ryukyu beat Fuji University 2-0 and Tomioka High School 5-0... Yokogawa Musashino managed a 2-1 win over Tokyo Gakugei University and Mio Biwako Kusatsu thrashed Kansai University 7-2 but Tochigi SC lost 3-0 to Yokohama F Marinos... Ryutsu Keizai University went down 2-1 to Juntendo University and New Wave Kitakyushu were beaten 3-0 by Oita Trinita...
... JFL clubs have started to participate in pre-season friendlies ahead of the new season start on 16 March. Honda FC beat Mito Hollyhock 2-0... Sagawa Shiga FC, the re-named 2007 champions, drew 0-0 with both Sagawa Printing and Kansai University... Gainare Tottori beat Kochi University 2-1 and Shikoku Leaguers Nangoku Kochi 2-0. Meanwhile defender Kotaro Shitayashiki has left Gainare for Tohoku League side Grulla Morioka...
... making major efforts to develop their squad ahead of their first ever JFL season are Mio Biwako Kusatsu, who have signed forwards Tetsuya Kishima from FC Gifu and Masao Yamamoto from Sagawa Shiga FC, and Roasso Kumamoto defender Naoya Otaki among others... Tochigi SC have sold striker Kenta Nagai to Zweigen Kanazawa of the Hokushinetsu League...
... making major efforts to develop their squad ahead of their first ever JFL season are Mio Biwako Kusatsu, who have signed forwards Tetsuya Kishima from FC Gifu and Masao Yamamoto from Sagawa Shiga FC, and Roasso Kumamoto defender Naoya Otaki among others... Tochigi SC have sold striker Kenta Nagai to Zweigen Kanazawa of the Hokushinetsu League...
... Gainare Tottori defenders Toshinori Ando and Kazuya Tamura have left the club for Yokogawa Musashino and Mio Biwako Kusatsu respectively... another defender, Yohei Taniike, has moved from Tochigi SC to Sony Sendai... meanwhile Yokogawa have also signed three students: defender Takanori Kanamori from Waseda University, midfielder Masaki Kato from Komazawa University and midfielder Shunsuke Hayashi from Tokyo Gakugei University... Sagawa Shiga's star midfield man Kento Hori has departed for Mito Hollyhock in J2...
... Sagawa Printing have signed a raft of new players including Yokogawa Musashino goalkeeper Kazuo Oishi, Alo's Hokuriku defenders Hayato Takamuki and Keizo Yoshida, JEF Reserves midfielder Kenichi Nozawa and Tochigi SC midfield man Hiromichi Katano... Hiroshi Sowa, formerly coach at YKK AP, will take charge at Kataller Toyama. Hideya Tanaka, a defender at Albirex Niigata, Kyoto Sanga reserve keeper Satoshi Hashida and Consadole Sapporo midfielder Kentaro Kawasaki will all join Sowa at the new club...
... defender Toshihiro Nishimura has left FC Kariya for Kansai League side AS Laranja Kyoto, but Kariya have signed forward Mitsutoshi Watada and defender Tsutomu Matsuda from J2-bound FC Gifu, together with Alo's keeper Takusu Ishikawa... FC Mi-o Biwako Kusatsu have changed their name to... Mio Biwako Kusatsu. They've also signed young midfielder Yuji Mito on loan for a year from Kyoto Sanga... Vegalta Sendai's 30-year-old keeper Kiyomitsu Kobari has moved to Tochigi SC, who have sold goalkeeper Hiroaki Hara and striker Kentaro Yoshida to Matsumoto Yamaga Club in the Hokushinetsu League...
... defender Toshihiro Nishimura has left FC Kariya for Kansai League side AS Laranja Kyoto, but Kariya have signed forward Mitsutoshi Watada and defender Tsutomu Matsuda from J2-bound FC Gifu, together with Alo's keeper Takusu Ishikawa... FC Mi-o Biwako Kusatsu have changed their name to... Mio Biwako Kusatsu. They've also signed young midfielder Yuji Mito on loan for a year from Kyoto Sanga... Vegalta Sendai's 30-year-old keeper Kiyomitsu Kobari has moved to Tochigi SC, who have sold goalkeeper Hiroaki Hara and striker Kentaro Yoshida to Matsumoto Yamaga Club in the Hokushinetsu League...
... Sagan Tosu's 19-year-old reserve keeper Genki Ota has moved to Gainare Tottori on a season-long loan... Arte Takasaki have made a similar deal with young Omiya Ardija defender Haruki Nishimura... meanwhile Tatsuya Kamohara, a 24-year-old midfield player who spent 2007 loaned out from Sagan Tosu to FC Ryukyu, has moved from Okinawa to Kanto League side FC Machida Zelvia...
