The following is the first of a two-part preview for the upcoming J. League season. Team-by-team previews of the nine lowest-ranked teams competing in the first division are listed.
Last season: 10th
S-Pulse lurched wildly from one extreme to the other last season, but given that incoming manager Afshin Ghotbi was handed practically an entirely new team to work with, that hardly constituted a surprise.
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