Wednesday, May 16th, 2012

Yokohama F. Marinos 3 – Kashima Antlers 2 (Nabisco Cup, May 16, 2012) The Antlers keeper had a nightmare performance as late goals from Manabu Saito (84) and Masashi Oguro (86) saw Yokohama stage a late comeback win.

Saturday, May 12th, 2012

Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1 – Yokohama F.Marinos 3 (J-League, May 12, 2012) Third-placed Sanfrecce suffered a surprise home defeat after Toshihiro Aoyama opened with a goal of the season contender after only six minutes, conceding late goals to Manabu Saito and Seitaro Tomisawa.

Urawa Red Diamonds 1 – Albirex Niigata 1 (J-League, May 12, 2012)

Sunday, May 6th, 2012

Yokohama F.Marinos 2 – Consadole Sapporo 1 (J-League, May 6, 2012) Ex-Celtic star Shunsuke Nakamura blasted Yokohama ahead in the 21st after an error from the Sapporo keeper, but Hiroyuki Furuta soon level for the vistors with a back-post tap-in. A second half Hiroyuki Taniguchi header sealed the home win.

Saturday, April 28th, 2012

Nagoya Grampus Eight 1 – Urawa Red Diamonds 2 (J-League, April 28, 2012) Mu Kanasaki curled Nagoya into a 22nd minute lead, but within sixty seconds Urawa were level as Marcio Richardes equalised. A second half penalty from Marcio Richardes maintained Urawa’s position near the top of the table.

Yokohama F.Marinos 3 – Vissel Kobe 1 (J-League, April 28, 2012) Three goals in five second half minutes from Yuji Ono, Hiroyuki Taniguchi and Yuji Nakazawa earned Yokohama the points after the hosts had initially fallen 1-nil behind.

Kashima Antlers 5 – Gamba Osaka 0 (J-League, April 28, 2012) Yasushi Endo scored late in the first half and Kashima took a 4-0 lead with goals by Shinzo Koroki, Osako and Masashi Motoyama after the break. Osako completed the rout with a comedy goal in stoppage time as Kashima won its third straight game and improved to 10 points.

FC Tokyo 0 – Shimizu S-Pulse 1(J-League, April 28, 2012) Toshiyuki Takagi scored in the 76th minute to lead Shimizu S-Pulse to a 1-0 win over FC Tokyo.

Albirex Niigata 0 – Vegalta Sendai 1 (J-League, April 28, 2012)

Saturday, April 21st, 2012

Jubilo Iwata 1 – Yokohama F.Marinos 0 (J-League, April 21, 2012)

Vissel Kobe 3 – Kashiwa Reysol 1 (J-League, April 21, 2012)

Kashima Antlers 3 – Cerezo Osaka 2 (J-League, April 21, 2012)

Sagan Tosu 1 – Albirex Niigata 0 (J-League, April 21, 2012)

Wednesday, April 4th, 2012

Kashima Antlers 1 – Omiya Ardija 0 (Nabisco Cup, April 4, 2012) Shinzo Koroki’s 32nd minute strike prove decisive.

Jubilo Iwata 4 – Urawa Red Diamonds 3 (Nabisco Cup, April 4, 2012)

Yokohama F. Marinos 1 – Consadole Sapporo 2 (Nabisco Cup, April 4, 2012) Hideo Oshima4 and Shota Sakaki put Sapporo 2-up, and they held on for victory.

Sunday, March 25th, 2012

Nagoya Grampus Eight 2 – Albirex Niigata 1 (J-League, March 25, 2012) Mu Kanazaki opened the scoring early in the second half and Josh Kennedy doubled the lead with a header in the 67th minute before Niigata pulled one back with a late strike from Bruno Lopes.

Gamba Osaka 1 – Jubilo Iwata 2 (J-League, March 25, 2012) Kosuke Yamamoto’s 23rd-minute opener was followed by a Ryoichi Maeda penalty on the hour with Gamba’s reply, through Shu Kurata on 84 minutes, coming too late to salvage anything.

Saturday, March 24th, 2012

Kawasaki Frontale 0 – Cerezo Osaka 1 (J-League, March 24, 2012) Kim Bo-kyung scored the only goal of the game as Cerezo Osaka climbed to third with a 1-0 win at Kawasaki.

Vissel Kobe 0 – FC Tokyo 2 (J-League, March 24, 2012) FC Tokyo are second as they posted a solid 2-0 win on the road at Vissel Kobe. Naohiro Ishikawa (32) opened the scoring and Kazuma Watanabe made it two in stoppage time.

Sagan Tosu 1 – Yokohama F.Marinos 0 (J-League, March 24, 2012) Kota Mizunuma’s 77th-minute goal handed Sagan Tosu a 1-0 win over Yokohama F. Marinos.

Consadole Sapporo 1 – Urawa Red Diamonds 2 (J-League, March 24, 2012) Urawa Red Diamonds came from behind to post a 2-1 win at Consadole Sapporo, who took the lead through Masaki Yamamoto (32). The visitors secured the points thanks to Yosuke Kashiwagi’s brace after 45 and 63 minutes.

Kashiwa Reysol 2 – Shimizu S-Pulse 1 (J-League, March 24, 2012) Tatsuya Masushima struck twice in the final 10 minutes to lift Kashiwa Reysol to a 2-1 victory over Shimizu S-Pulse, who took the lead through Keisuke Iwashita (38).

Saturday, March 17th, 2012

Urawa Red Diamonds 1 – Kashiwa Reysol 0 (J-League, March 17, 2012) Ranko Despotovic grabbed the only goal of the game on 36 minutes to leave Kashiwa, who also lost their opening AFC Champions League game, winless to start the new season.

Yokohama F.Marinos 0 – Vegalta Sendai 2 (J-League, March 17, 2012) Vegalta Sendai are top, and without having yet conceded, following a 2-0 win at Yokohama F Marinos. Shingo Akamine scored first on 43 minutes before a Yoshiaki Ota penalty in second-half injury time.

Vissel Kobe 2 – Consadole Sapporo 1 (J-League, March 17, 2012) Vissel came from behind to beat Consadole Sapporo 2-1, Gakuto Kondo and Ken Tokura netting after Masaki Yamamoto’s seventh-minute opener.

Sunday, March 11th, 2012

Kashiwa Reysol 3 – Yokohama F.Marinos 3 (J-League, March 11, 2012) Full-back Hiroki Sakai gave reigning champs Reysol a third-minute lead, before Masashi Oguro hit back just moments later with a karate-kick shot from a corner. Junya Tanaka restored Reysol’s advantage in the 12th minute, and they held onto their lead until the hour-mark until Marinos striker Manabu Saito evaded several defenders before firing a stunner into the bottom corner . Reysol again took the lead in the 63rd minute thanks to Brazilian attacker Leandro Domingues, only for Taniguchi to equalise in additional time.