just concluded.
Shonan stays in J1 by virtue of a draw (J1 team gets to stay in J1 with win/draw).
I think J1 promotion is too difficult, and the life in J2 is too brutal.
Omiya was 20-7 w/ 15 draws, and that wasn't even good enough.
Tokushima went 11-1 with 3 draws in the last 15, then advanced through the J2 promotion playoff. But they had to then get a win away to the third-to-last J1 team, and they only get one chance to do so, else they're right back to square one in J2 next year. And it was a draw, so Shonan stays in J1, Tokushima back in the thick of quagmire that is J2.