A brief glimpse into the past

V-Varen Nagasaki 4-1 Roasso Kumamoto | MW 28 | 2023 J2 LEAGUE
V-Varen Nagasaki 4-1 Roasso Kumamoto | MW 28 | 2023 J2 LEAGUE

Here are the highlights from the Matchweek 28 of the 2023 MEIJI YASUDA J2 LEAGUE between V-Varen Nagasaki and Roasso ...



Back to winning ways in style! | Montedio Yamagata 5-1 V-Varen Nagasaki | MW 27 | 2023 J2 LEAGUE
Back to winning ways in style! | Montedio Yamagata 5-1 V-Varen Nagasaki | MW 27 | 2023 J2 LEAGUE

Here are the highlights from the Matchweek 27 of the 2023 MEIJI YASUDA J2 LEAGUE between Montedio Yamagata and ...



Fagiano Okayama 2-2 V-Varen Nagasaki | MW 26 | 2023 J2 LEAGUE
Fagiano Okayama 2-2 V-Varen Nagasaki | MW 26 | 2023 J2 LEAGUE

Here are the highlights from the Matchweek 26 of the 2023 MEIJI YASUDA J2 LEAGUE between Fagiano Okayama and V-Varen ...



Tokyo Verdy 1-2 V-Varen Nagasaki | MW 24 | 2023 J2 LEAGUE
Tokyo Verdy 1-2 V-Varen Nagasaki | MW 24 | 2023 J2 LEAGUE

Here are the highlights from the Matchweek 24 of the 2023 MEIJI YASUDA J2 LEAGUE between Tokyo Verdy and V-Varen ...



Shimizu S-Pulse 3-2 V-Varen Nagasaki | MW 23 | 2023 J2 LEAGUE
Shimizu S-Pulse 3-2 V-Varen Nagasaki | MW 23 | 2023 J2 LEAGUE

Here are the highlights from the Matchweek 23 of the 2023 MEIJI YASUDA J2 LEAGUE between Shimizu S-Pulse and V-Varen ...



V-Varen Nagasaki 5-1 Zweigen Kanazawa | MW 22 | 2023 J2 LEAGUE
V-Varen Nagasaki 5-1 Zweigen Kanazawa | MW 22 | 2023 J2 LEAGUE

Here are the highlights from the Matchweek 22 of the 2023 MEIJI YASUDA J2 LEAGUE between V-Varen Nagasaki and Zweigen ...



FC OSAKA MATCHDAY CAM #06/2023.06.18 vs FC RYUKYU
FC OSAKA MATCHDAY CAM #06/2023.06.18 vs FC RYUKYU

FC OSAKA MATCHDAY CAM #06/2023.06.18 vs FC RYUKYU リーグ戦3連勝を手に入れた6月18日の試合にオフィシャル ...



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V-Varen Nagasaki

V-Varen Nagasaki is a Japanese J2 League football club based in Nagasaki. The club was established in 1985 as Ariake Football Club till they merged with Kunimi Football Club in 2005 and adopted the present name.

List of V-Varen Nagasaki seasons

V-Varen Nagasaki is a Japanese J. League Division 2 football club based in Nagasaki. The club was established in 2005, and gained promotion to the J. League Division 2 in 2012.

Ryukyu Islands
Ryukyu Islands

The Ryukyu Islands , also known as the Nansei Islands (南西諸島, Nansei-shotō, lit. "Southwest Islands") or the Ryukyu Arc (琉球弧, Ryūkyū-ko), are a chain of Japanese islands that stretch southwest from Kyushu to Taiwan: the Ōsumi, Tokara, Amami, Okinawa, and Sakishima Islands (further divided into the Miyako and Yaeyama Islands), with Yonaguni the westernmost.

Ryukyu Kingdom
Ryukyu Kingdom

The Ryukyu Kingdom was a kingdom in the Ryukyu Islands from 1429 to 1879. It was ruled as a tributary state of imperial China by the Ryukyuan monarchy, who unified Okinawa Island to end the Sanzan period, and extended the kingdom to the Amami Islands and Sakishima Islands.

Ryukyuan people
Ryukyuan people

The Ryukyuan people , also Lewchewan or Loochooan, are an East Asian ethnic group native to the Ryukyu Islands, which stretch between the islands of Kyushu and Taiwan. Administratively, they live in either the Okinawa Prefecture or the Kagoshima Prefecture within Japan.

Ryukyuan languages
Ryukyuan languages

The Ryukyuan languages , also Lewchewan or Luchuan (), are the indigenous languages of the Ryukyu Islands, the southernmost part of the Japanese archipelago. Along with the Japanese language, they make up the Japonic language family.

Ryukyuan religion
Ryukyuan religion

The Ryukyuan religion , Ryukyu Shintō (琉球神道), Nirai Kanai Shinkō (ニライカナイ信仰), or Utaki Shinkō (御嶽信仰) is the indigenous belief system of the Ryukyu Islands. While specific legends and traditions may vary slightly from place to place and island to island, the Ryukyuan religion is generally characterized by ancestor worship and the respecting of relationships between the living, the dead, and the gods and spirits of the natural world.

Ryukyu independence movement
Ryukyu independence movement

The Ryukyu independence movement or the Republic of the Ryukyus (Japanese: 琉球共和国, Kyūjitai: 琉球共和國, Hepburn: Ryūkyū Kyōwakoku) is a political movement advocating for the independence of the Ryukyu Islands (commonly referred to as Okinawa after the largest island) from Japan.The current political manifestation of the movement emerged in 1945, after the end of the Pacific War. Some Ryukyuan people felt, as the Allied Occupation (USMGRI 1945–1950) began, that the Ryukyus should eventually become an independent state instead of being returned to Japan.

Ryukyu flying fox
Ryukyu flying fox

The Ryukyu flying fox or Ryukyu fruit bat is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae. It is found in Japan, Taiwan, and the Batanes and Babuyan Islands of the Philippines.

Ryukyuan missions to Edo
Ryukyuan missions to Edo

Over the course of Japan's Edo period, the Ryūkyū Kingdom sent eighteen missions to Edo , the capital of Tokugawa Japan.

Ryukyu Inu
Ryukyu Inu

The Ryukyu Inu is a medium-sized breed of dog that originates from Okinawa, Japan.

Ryukyuan culture

Ryukyuan culture are the cultural elements of the indigenous Ryukyuan people, an ethnic group native to Okinawa Prefecture and parts of Kagoshima Prefecture in southwestern Japan. The cultural elements of the Ryukyuans are far from a unified entity, with different islands having their own distinct subculture and practices.

Ryukyuan mon
Ryukyuan mon

The Ryukyuan mon was the currency of the Ryukyu Kingdom from 1454 to 1879, when the kingdom was annexed by the Empire of Japan and the currency was replaced by the Japanese yen. The Chinese character for mon is 文, which was widely used in the Chinese-character cultural sphere, e.g.