Plenty of things have changed since the J.League began 20 years ago but there has been one constant throughout it all: Kazuyoshi Miura – or 'King Kazu'

Kazuyoshi Miura is the only player to have featured in every single season since things got underway in 1993, and is incredibly still playing at the grand old age of 46!

This season, as for the last eight, he is registered with J2 side Yokohama FC, and he will be hoping to extend his record as the oldest scorer in the J.League, which he set last May when registering at the age of 45 years, three months and one day!

Kazu’s J.league career got underway in the opening match when his Verdy Kawasaki side took on Yokohama Marinos, and although they lost 2-1 Kazu and his teammates went on to lift the championship and he was named as Player of the Season.

After enjoying a lot of success with Verdy Kazu also had spells with Kyoto Sanga and Vissel Kobe, as well as stints overseas with Genoa of Italy, Croatian side Dinamo Zagreb, and Sydney FC in Australia.

His heart was always with Japan though and this was perhaps best demonstrated when he took part in the J.League “Team As One” match after the Great Tohoku Earthquake in March 2011.

“After this disaster I have been constantly thinking about what I can do to help,” Kazu said ahead of the match. “It is not possible to express things through words and I was thinking there must be a way to show strength through football. The charity match will provide that chance. My contribution will only be small but I hope it can give some encouragement to those affected.”

That it did, and Kazu, of course, got on the scoresheet in the game and celebrated with his trademark “Kazu Dance” in front of a sold out Nagai Stadium.

Trivia Time! Scoring is something that Kazu has made a habit of, and he has only failed to get on the scorehseet in one J.League season. Which one?