The J-Talk Podcast
@jtalkpod.bsky.social
Japanese football podcasts on J1 and the National Team, J2 and J3.
Our home is jtalkpod.podbean.com, our Patreon (no tiers) is patreon.com/jtalkpod
Our home is jtalkpod.podbean.com, our Patreon (no tiers) is patreon.com/jtalkpod
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I joined Ben & Jonny on the J-Talk Podcast 🇯🇵⚽️to discuss Tokyo Verdy vs. Kashima Antlers & Kashiwa Reysol vs. Albirex Niigata!
We also preview the #JLeague title race going down to the last matchday! 😳
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We also preview the #JLeague title race going down to the last matchday! 😳
jtalkpod.podbean.com/e/episode-59...
December 2, 2025 at 12:22 PM
I joined Ben & Jonny on the J-Talk Podcast 🇯🇵⚽️to discuss Tokyo Verdy vs. Kashima Antlers & Kashiwa Reysol vs. Albirex Niigata!
We also preview the #JLeague title race going down to the last matchday! 😳
jtalkpod.podbean.com/e/episode-59...
We also preview the #JLeague title race going down to the last matchday! 😳
jtalkpod.podbean.com/e/episode-59...
NEW PODCAST: First for J-Talk patrons (free feed at 7.30pm), @rbyryo.bsky.social joins Jonny & Ben to review the two big games from Sunday and preview Saturday's title decider(s), before we stick our necks out and predict this season's champion.
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Episode 597 - The J1 Title Goes To The Final Day (Again!) | The J-Talk Podcast
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December 2, 2025 at 8:01 AM
NEW PODCAST: First for J-Talk patrons (free feed at 7.30pm), @rbyryo.bsky.social joins Jonny & Ben to review the two big games from Sunday and preview Saturday's title decider(s), before we stick our necks out and predict this season's champion.
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Just under an hour til Jonny and Ben go LIVE on Patreon to bring you all the highs and lows of J1 Matchday 37. Will the title be decided today, or will it go to the final day for the ____th time in 19 seasons? (Full season format, not two stages)
A) 7
B) 9
C) 11
D) 13
A) 7
B) 9
C) 11
D) 13
November 30, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Just under an hour til Jonny and Ben go LIVE on Patreon to bring you all the highs and lows of J1 Matchday 37. Will the title be decided today, or will it go to the final day for the ____th time in 19 seasons? (Full season format, not two stages)
A) 7
B) 9
C) 11
D) 13
A) 7
B) 9
C) 11
D) 13
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Congatulations to Mito for winning the league and coming up to J1 for the first time. I will try to make that away day next year.
Also congrats to Nagasaki - I definitely would like to go there, too, but with current away allocation, that might be very difficult...
Also congrats to Nagasaki - I definitely would like to go there, too, but with current away allocation, that might be very difficult...
November 29, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Congatulations to Mito for winning the league and coming up to J1 for the first time. I will try to make that away day next year.
Also congrats to Nagasaki - I definitely would like to go there, too, but with current away allocation, that might be very difficult...
Also congrats to Nagasaki - I definitely would like to go there, too, but with current away allocation, that might be very difficult...
AFTER 26 YEARS IN J2, MITO HAVE WON A FIRST PROMOTION TO THE TOP FLIGHT!🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀
November 29, 2025 at 6:54 AM
AFTER 26 YEARS IN J2, MITO HAVE WON A FIRST PROMOTION TO THE TOP FLIGHT!🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀
This is a terrific episode, and you've still got time to listen before the final round of J2 kicks off at 2pm (& J3 at 3pm - why not better spaced out🙄)!
NEW POD RELEASE (GENERAL)
The final day of the regular J2 & J3 season is upon us, & this week’s JTET is the perfect preparation - now available on the free @jtalkpod.bsky.social PodBean feed!
Includes a full preview of today’s matches (& predictions)! #JLeague jtalkpod.podbean.com/e/j-talk-ext...
The final day of the regular J2 & J3 season is upon us, & this week’s JTET is the perfect preparation - now available on the free @jtalkpod.bsky.social PodBean feed!
Includes a full preview of today’s matches (& predictions)! #JLeague jtalkpod.podbean.com/e/j-talk-ext...
J-Talk: Extra Time – J2 Matchday 37 | The J-Talk Podcast
The picture at the top and bottom of J2 isn’t getting any clearer, but James Taylor and Jon Steele combined their brain power to try and make sense of it in this week’s JTET. First, James reviews 9 ga...
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November 29, 2025 at 3:46 AM
This is a terrific episode, and you've still got time to listen before the final round of J2 kicks off at 2pm (& J3 at 3pm - why not better spaced out🙄)!
📢LIVESTREAM ALERT!⚽
Jonny and Ben are livestreaming J1 Matchday 37 on Patreon tomorrow from 2pm. We'll be focusing on Kashima and Kashiwa of course, but will keep you posted on all the games, and hope to be joined by some of our regular contributors!
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Jonny and Ben are livestreaming J1 Matchday 37 on Patreon tomorrow from 2pm. We'll be focusing on Kashima and Kashiwa of course, but will keep you posted on all the games, and hope to be joined by some of our regular contributors!
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November 29, 2025 at 1:53 AM
📢LIVESTREAM ALERT!⚽
Jonny and Ben are livestreaming J1 Matchday 37 on Patreon tomorrow from 2pm. We'll be focusing on Kashima and Kashiwa of course, but will keep you posted on all the games, and hope to be joined by some of our regular contributors!
www.patreon.com/jtalkpod/eve...
Jonny and Ben are livestreaming J1 Matchday 37 on Patreon tomorrow from 2pm. We'll be focusing on Kashima and Kashiwa of course, but will keep you posted on all the games, and hope to be joined by some of our regular contributors!
www.patreon.com/jtalkpod/eve...
This week's episode is available now via Podbean, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts: @aishiterutokyo.bsky.social chats Machida winning the Emperor's Cup, then the Chaos Energy J.League Cup.
Plus, more team MVPs and a look ahead to Sunday's J1 Matchday 37.
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Plus, more team MVPs and a look ahead to Sunday's J1 Matchday 37.
jtalkpod.podbean.com/e/episode-59...
Episode 596 - Machida are Emperor's Cup Champions | The J-Talk Podcast
After Machida won their first major title in Saturday's Emperor's Cup final over Kobe, Dan Orlowitz joined Jonny and Ben to chat about their deserved success, and the progress the club has made in rec...
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November 26, 2025 at 4:15 AM
This week's episode is available now via Podbean, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts: @aishiterutokyo.bsky.social chats Machida winning the Emperor's Cup, then the Chaos Energy J.League Cup.
Plus, more team MVPs and a look ahead to Sunday's J1 Matchday 37.
jtalkpod.podbean.com/e/episode-59...
Plus, more team MVPs and a look ahead to Sunday's J1 Matchday 37.
jtalkpod.podbean.com/e/episode-59...
📢 Paging @stuartcw.bsky.social
We need to spin up the unlicensed merch machine for the Chaos Energy Cup.
NO GODS - NO MASTERS - NO PRO/REL
NO GODS - NO MASTERS - NO PRO/REL
NEW PODCAST: First for J-Talk patrons (free feed at 7pm), @aishiterutokyo.bsky.social chats about Machida's triumph in the Emperor's Cup final, and then the Chaos Energy J.League Cup, before Jonny & Ben hand out some more team MVPs & look ahead to J1 Matchday 37.
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November 25, 2025 at 8:01 AM
📢 Paging @stuartcw.bsky.social
NEW PODCAST: First for J-Talk patrons (free feed at 7pm), @aishiterutokyo.bsky.social chats about Machida's triumph in the Emperor's Cup final, and then the Chaos Energy J.League Cup, before Jonny & Ben hand out some more team MVPs & look ahead to J1 Matchday 37.
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Episode 596 - Machida are Emperor's Cup Champions | The J-Talk Podcast
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November 25, 2025 at 6:29 AM
NEW PODCAST: First for J-Talk patrons (free feed at 7pm), @aishiterutokyo.bsky.social chats about Machida's triumph in the Emperor's Cup final, and then the Chaos Energy J.League Cup, before Jonny & Ben hand out some more team MVPs & look ahead to J1 Matchday 37.
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This week's episode is available now via Podbean, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts: we review Japan's int. break, hand out some team MVP awards, & chat Emperor's Cup semis then preview the final.
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Episode 595 - Samurai Blue & Emperor's Cup | The J-Talk Podcast
After Jonny revels in Scotland's qualification for the World Cup, we round up another productive international break for the Samurai Blue following wins over Bolivia on Tuesday, and Ghana last Friday....
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November 20, 2025 at 10:56 PM
This week's episode is available now via Podbean, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts: we review Japan's int. break, hand out some team MVP awards, & chat Emperor's Cup semis then preview the final.
jtalkpod.podbean.com/e/episode-59...
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NEW PODCAST: First for J-Talk patrons (free feed at 5pm), we round up Japan's two wins and standout performers during the international break and hand out six more J1 Player of the Season awards, then chat about the Emperor's Cup semi finals and preview the final.
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Episode 595 - Samurai Blue & Emperor's Cup | The J-Talk Podcast
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November 20, 2025 at 3:47 AM
NEW PODCAST: First for J-Talk patrons (free feed at 5pm), we round up Japan's two wins and standout performers during the international break and hand out six more J1 Player of the Season awards, then chat about the Emperor's Cup semi finals and preview the final.
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Hayakawa 7; Watanabe 7, Taniguchi 7, Suzuki 7; Doan 8, Sano 8 (MoM), Tanaka 6, Nakamura 7; Kubo 5, Minamino 7, Ueda 6.
November 14, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Hayakawa 7; Watanabe 7, Taniguchi 7, Suzuki 7; Doan 8, Sano 8 (MoM), Tanaka 6, Nakamura 7; Kubo 5, Minamino 7, Ueda 6.
FT Japan 2-0 Ghana. A cruisy Friday night for the Samurai Blue at Toyota Stadium, fine finishes from Minamino and Doan enough to sink a below par Ghana.
November 14, 2025 at 12:12 PM
FT Japan 2-0 Ghana. A cruisy Friday night for the Samurai Blue at Toyota Stadium, fine finishes from Minamino and Doan enough to sink a below par Ghana.
Sota Kitano and Keisuke Goto come on for their Japan debuts. Takefusa Kubo one of the players taken off, he was, once again, average at best. Gets the assist for Doan's goal, but simply because he ran himself into a dead end and passed the ball off.
November 14, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Sota Kitano and Keisuke Goto come on for their Japan debuts. Takefusa Kubo one of the players taken off, he was, once again, average at best. Gets the assist for Doan's goal, but simply because he ran himself into a dead end and passed the ball off.
Japan on the showboat with flicks in midfield from Minamino and Ueda to release Nakamura, but his curler lacks sufficient curl and he fires across the face of goal.
November 14, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Japan on the showboat with flicks in midfield from Minamino and Ueda to release Nakamura, but his curler lacks sufficient curl and he fires across the face of goal.
Ritsu Doan smashes in low at the keepers near post, and Japan go 2-0 ahead!
November 14, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Ritsu Doan smashes in low at the keepers near post, and Japan go 2-0 ahead!
Oh no, I think Ao Tanaka has accidentally snapped the Ghana player's ankle.
November 14, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Oh no, I think Ao Tanaka has accidentally snapped the Ghana player's ankle.
28' Lovely from Japan, and Keito Nakamura crosses for Ritsu Doan, who's first-time shot is blocked.
November 14, 2025 at 10:51 AM
28' Lovely from Japan, and Keito Nakamura crosses for Ritsu Doan, who's first-time shot is blocked.
Brilliant from Kaishu Sano, and Takumi Minamino tucks home a tidy finish! Japan 1-0 Ghana
November 14, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Brilliant from Kaishu Sano, and Takumi Minamino tucks home a tidy finish! Japan 1-0 Ghana
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Japan and Parma starting goalkeeper Zion Suzuki has successfully undergone surgery at Keio University's Institute for Integrated Sports Medicine after fracturing a finger and wrist bone last week. He'll go through the first phase of his rehab in Japan before returning to Italy.
🇮🇹発表🇯🇵
パルマGK鈴木彩艶、左手骨折の手術が無事成功…リハビリ初期段階のプログラムは日本で実施へ
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🗣編集部より
「パルマは鈴木がチームドクター立ち合いのもと、東京の慶應義塾大学医学部・統合スポーツ医学センターにて外科手術を受けたことを発表しました」
パルマGK鈴木彩艶、左手骨折の手術が無事成功…リハビリ初期段階のプログラムは日本で実施へ
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🗣編集部より
「パルマは鈴木がチームドクター立ち合いのもと、東京の慶應義塾大学医学部・統合スポーツ医学センターにて外科手術を受けたことを発表しました」
パルマGK鈴木彩艶、左手骨折の手術が無事成功…リハビリ初期段階のプログラムは日本で実施へ | サッカーキング
セリエAのパルマ・カルチョは13日、日本代表GK鈴木彩艶の手術成功と今後のリハビリ方針を発表した。 現在23歳の鈴木は浦和レッズの下部組織出身で、2021年···
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November 14, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Japan and Parma starting goalkeeper Zion Suzuki has successfully undergone surgery at Keio University's Institute for Integrated Sports Medicine after fracturing a finger and wrist bone last week. He'll go through the first phase of his rehab in Japan before returning to Italy.
NEW PODCAST: First for J-Talk patrons (free feed at 7pm), Kyoto correspondent Jamie Meikle guests after Sanga's title hopes ended on Sunday, before we review wins for Kashima and Kashiwa that left them as the only two teams in title contention.
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Episode 594 - And then there were two... | The J-Talk Podcast
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November 11, 2025 at 6:17 AM
NEW PODCAST: First for J-Talk patrons (free feed at 7pm), Kyoto correspondent Jamie Meikle guests after Sanga's title hopes ended on Sunday, before we review wins for Kashima and Kashiwa that left them as the only two teams in title contention.
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NEW POD RELEASE (GENERAL)
ICYMI, this week’s no-nonsense JTET episode is now live on the free @jtalkpod.bsky.social PodBean feed!
- Deep dive into Iwata 1-0 Nagasaki & Kumamoto 0-1 Yamaguchi
- MBP discussion & weekend preview
jtalkpod.podbean.com/e/j-talk-ext... #JLeague
ICYMI, this week’s no-nonsense JTET episode is now live on the free @jtalkpod.bsky.social PodBean feed!
- Deep dive into Iwata 1-0 Nagasaki & Kumamoto 0-1 Yamaguchi
- MBP discussion & weekend preview
jtalkpod.podbean.com/e/j-talk-ext... #JLeague
J-Talk: Extra Time – J2 Matchday 35 | The J-Talk Podcast
James Taylor and Jon Steele are back with a review of the latest round of J2 fixtures. In the first part of the episode, James rounds up 8 games (to 07:45). Then, in the second part, James is joined b...
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November 8, 2025 at 11:18 PM
NEW POD RELEASE (GENERAL)
ICYMI, this week’s no-nonsense JTET episode is now live on the free @jtalkpod.bsky.social PodBean feed!
- Deep dive into Iwata 1-0 Nagasaki & Kumamoto 0-1 Yamaguchi
- MBP discussion & weekend preview
jtalkpod.podbean.com/e/j-talk-ext... #JLeague
ICYMI, this week’s no-nonsense JTET episode is now live on the free @jtalkpod.bsky.social PodBean feed!
- Deep dive into Iwata 1-0 Nagasaki & Kumamoto 0-1 Yamaguchi
- MBP discussion & weekend preview
jtalkpod.podbean.com/e/j-talk-ext... #JLeague
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NEW POD RELEASE (PATREON)
An all-new JTET episode is now online for @jtalkpod.bsky.social Patrons!
This week, James & Jon look at a game each from the top & bottom of the table: Iwata v Nagasaki, followed by Kumamoto v Yamaguchi!
Plus all of the usual sections (MBP, weekend preview)!
#JLeague
An all-new JTET episode is now online for @jtalkpod.bsky.social Patrons!
This week, James & Jon look at a game each from the top & bottom of the table: Iwata v Nagasaki, followed by Kumamoto v Yamaguchi!
Plus all of the usual sections (MBP, weekend preview)!
#JLeague
November 8, 2025 at 12:34 AM
NEW POD RELEASE (PATREON)
An all-new JTET episode is now online for @jtalkpod.bsky.social Patrons!
This week, James & Jon look at a game each from the top & bottom of the table: Iwata v Nagasaki, followed by Kumamoto v Yamaguchi!
Plus all of the usual sections (MBP, weekend preview)!
#JLeague
An all-new JTET episode is now online for @jtalkpod.bsky.social Patrons!
This week, James & Jon look at a game each from the top & bottom of the table: Iwata v Nagasaki, followed by Kumamoto v Yamaguchi!
Plus all of the usual sections (MBP, weekend preview)!
#JLeague
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Japan National Team 🇯🇵⚽️ squad for November friendlies vs. Ghana 🇬🇭 & Bolivia 🇧🇴!
- FIRST call-ups for: Keisuke Goto, Leo Kokubo, Sota Kitano! 👀
- Several players missing due to Emperor's Cup commitments (Osako, Mochizuki, Nagatomo, etc.)
#daihyo
- FIRST call-ups for: Keisuke Goto, Leo Kokubo, Sota Kitano! 👀
- Several players missing due to Emperor's Cup commitments (Osako, Mochizuki, Nagatomo, etc.)
#daihyo
November 6, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Japan National Team 🇯🇵⚽️ squad for November friendlies vs. Ghana 🇬🇭 & Bolivia 🇧🇴!
- FIRST call-ups for: Keisuke Goto, Leo Kokubo, Sota Kitano! 👀
- Several players missing due to Emperor's Cup commitments (Osako, Mochizuki, Nagatomo, etc.)
#daihyo
- FIRST call-ups for: Keisuke Goto, Leo Kokubo, Sota Kitano! 👀
- Several players missing due to Emperor's Cup commitments (Osako, Mochizuki, Nagatomo, etc.)
#daihyo