The new season kicked off on Sunday, August 23, with four opening fixtures setting the tone for another competitive campaign!

In Division 1, the opening day produced plenty of goals. YeBoiz FC made the strongest early statement, defeating BEFC 6–1. Lawrence Yamaguchi led the way with a hat-trick as the reigning champions immediately moved to the top of the table.

Shane FC also started with three points, beating Eastern Capital FC 4–2. Kodai Takano, looked unstoppable that day, scoring two incredible solo goals for Shane, giving them an early goal-difference advantage and putting them level on points with YeBoiz.

Division 2 saw Zion FC come from a strong attacking performance to defeat Dutch FC 4–2. TML legend, Takuma Ueyama scored three times for Zion, making an immediate impact and putting his side at the top of the division after Matchday 1.

The day's Division 3 fixture was a convincing 4–1 victory for Jetro FC over Kilimanjaro FC. Jetro's four different scorers—Raito Yamamoto, Daichi Katsuno, Christopher Ray and Kenyu Konishi—gave the new campaign a memorable start.