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 dawn at Todoroki.

You can keep track of all the goings on at Frontale on Neil's blog, and he's now on Bluesky, too.