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club that played in the former Japan Football League between
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and
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History

PJM Futures was founded in
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, Shizuoka in 1987 as the team of PJM Japan, a company based on Paul J. Meyer's U.S. academy Success (the company name came from Meyer's initials). The club was later moved to
Tosu, Saga is a city located in the eastern part of Saga Prefecture on the island of Kyushu, Japan. As of February 28, 2017, the city has an estimated population of 72,755 and a population density of 1,000 persons per km2. The total area is 71.73&nbs ...
in 1994, in which it changed its name to Tosu Futures. This happened one year after joining the former Japan Football League's Division 2 (which was merged into a single JFL division in 1994).
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was used as a temporary home ground until
Tosu Stadium is a football stadium in Tosu, Saga, Japan. It serves as a home ground of J1 League club Sagan Tosu. The stadium holds 24,130 people and was built in 1996. It was built in the site of Tosu rail yard and Tosu classification yard in accord with ...
opened in 1996. In January, 1997, Tosu futures caught the withdrawal of PJM Japan and was dissolved. In February, 1997,
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was established.


Former players

* Hitoshi Morishita (1987-1996) * Shigetatsu Matsunaga (1995-1996) *
Stephen Tataw Stephen Tataw Eta (31 March 196331 July 2020) was a Cameroonian football right-back who played club football in his home country and Japan. He captained the Cameroon national team at the 1990 and 1994 editions of the FIFA World Cup. He was the ...
(1995-1996) *
Sergio Batista Sergio Daniel "Checho" Batista (; born 9 November 1962) is an Argentine football manager and former international player. As a footballer he played as a midfield for Argentinos Juniors, River Plate, Nueva Chicago, Tosu Futures and All Boys. ...
(1993-1994) *
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(1992-1994) *
Pedro Pasculli Pedro Pablo Pasculli (born 17 May 1960) is an Argentine former footballer who played as a forward and is currently technical secretary at Bangor City in the Cymru North. He spent most of his career with Argentinos Juniors and Italian club Le ...
(1994) * Héctor Enrique (1995) *
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(1995) * Zoran Milinković (1995) {{Japanese Club Football, group=clubs Sagan Tosu Defunct football clubs in Japan Association football clubs established in 1987 Association football clubs disestablished in 1997 1987 establishments in Japan 1997 disestablishments in Japan Japan Football League (1992–1998) clubs