Urata to sing national anthem at Levain Cup Final
Singer and talent Naoya Urata will sing the national anthem before the 2016 J.League YBC Levain Cup Final at Saitama Stadium, the league announced on Monday.
The 33-year-old is the leader of popular J-Pop group AAA, who in November will hold shows at Osaka’s Kyocera Dome as well as the Tokyo Dome for the first time to mark the October 5 release of their 52nd single.
The two finalists in the cup tournament will be determined in the semi-final round on October 5 and 9, with FC Tokyo facing Urawa Reds and Yokohama F. Marinos taking on Gamba Osaka in their respective series.
Reds romp to Gamba victory
Urawa Reds continued their strong finish to the regular MEIJI YASUDA J1 League season by whipping Gamba Osaka 4-0 on Saturday.
Despite already sealing their place in the title-deciding J.League Championship, Mihailo Petrovic is keen to see his men to the mini-tournament without letting up steam.
And his men responded to those demands spectacularly as they cruised past Gamba at Saitama Stadium, Toshiyuki Takagi netting the opener in the sixth minute.
The Reds then waited till the second half before Yuki Muto netted the second and Tomoya Ugajin plus Zlatan Ljubijankic put the tie out of the reach of hapless Gamba.
Vissel Kobe are now right behind Urawa in the Second Stage standings following a fantastic 3-0 dismantling of Kawasaki Frontale – the latte also already having qualified for the Championship.
Nevertheless, Yahiro Kazama will be concerned with his side’s collapse, as goals from Kazuma Watanabe and a double from Leandro rounded off an excellent result for Nelsinho’s hosts.
First Stage winners Kashima Antlers were similarly sorry as they succumbed 3-1 to Omiya Ardija in front of their fans.
Shigeru Yokotani bagged a brace either side of half-time following Ryo Okui’s opener to send Masatada Ishii’s men plummeting to ninth place.
Formerly in complete disorder, Nagoya Grampus put together a landslide 5-0 win over fellow relegation-battlers Avispa Fukuoka to make it two wins in a row now.
Coach Bosko Gjurovski had Kensuke Nagai to thank after the striker netted a hat-trick between Ha Dae-sung’s opener and Ryusuke Sakai’s final strike of the game.
Sanfrecce Hiroshima fell to a 1-0 home loss following Shoya Nakajima’s 92nd-minute winner as a season to forget nears its end, while Ramon Lopes struck thrice to fire Vegalta Sendai to a 3-2 victory at Sagan Tosu.
Yokohama F.Marinos swept to a convincing 4-0 romp at Ventforet Kofu – an hour after Jay Bothroyd was unable to prevent Jubilo Iwata from slipping to a 2-1 defeat against Albirex Niigata as Ryohei Yamazaki bagged the winner for the visitors in the 89th minute.
Shonan Bellmare rounded off the action by holding Kashiwa Reysol to a 0-0 draw at BMW Stadium.
MEIJI YASUDA J1 LEAGUE(2nd)
| Standings | Club | Pts | Game | |
| 1 | Urawa Reds | 34 | 14 | |
| 2 | Vissel Kobe | 29 | 14 | |
| 3 | Kawasaki Frontale | 28 | 14 | |
| 4 | Kashiwa Reysol | 27 | 14 | |
| 5 | Gamba Osaka | 27 | 14 | |
| 6 | Yokohama F･Marinos | 26 | 14 | |
| 7 | Omiya Ardija | 24 | 14 | |
| 8 | Sagan Tosu | 22 | 14 | |
| 9 | Kashima Antlers | 20 | 14 | |
| 10 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 20 | 14 | |
| 11 | F.C.Tokyo | 20 | 14 | |
| 12 | Vegalta Sendai | 17 | 14 | |
| 13 | Ventforet Kofu | 13 | 14 | |
| 14 | Albirex Niigata | 12 | 14 | |
| 15 | Nagoya Grampus | 12 | 14 | |
| 16 | Jubilo Iwata | 9 | 14 | |
| 17 | Avispa Fukuoka | 8 | 14 | |
| 18 | Shonan Bellmare | 5 | 14 |
Updated：Sat, Oct 1, 2016 22:07
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