With the Super Cup taking place this Saturday, the 2022 J1 season is almost upon us, and we continue our club-by-club previews with five teams whose prospects for the new campaign are very much up in the air.

We begin with Shimizu, who have underwhelmed in recent years, and would dearly love a season of midtable stability (to 19:15), then look at their Shizuoka rivals Iwata, who are returning to the top flight as J2 champions, but lost Lukian, their top scorer, and replaced him with a pair of retread strikers that hardly inspire confidence (to 35:00).

Next we chat about a Nagoya side that appear to be on the slide and will have to find their feet under a new manager (to 47:45), then finish down in Kyushu by first checking in on Tosu, who have been stripped of practically all of their goalscorers from 2021, and their best defender, but always seem to find a way (to 1:05:40), and wrap up with Fukuoka, who have added to their attacking weapons and appear well equipped to fight off second season syndrome.

Remember to use hashtag #jpred2022 for your JPreds, and follow @JLeague_fantasy for the link to get your J.League Fantasy team set up for the new season.