There are players like syouta, clz, aace, yatsuka. JP doesn't lack talents. And JP tier 2 is the best in apac for producing talents for tier 1 as well.
Bro meteor, lakia, munchkin, something, iZu all came from JP league. Notice how there are 0 JP players mentioned in there? The region has been getting farmed by foreigners since the beginning. XDDD
What can you do when JP tier 1 teams have shit scouting? Also all those JP good players from fennel refuse to play for zeta or dfm. And other apac teams will never get those players when they can't even speak little English.
When you don't have confidence you obviously won't look good. Zeta were 4th best team last year. Zeta just have regressed a lot after those roaster changes and coaching changes. And other improved.
The region won't go far if they think they can only rely on imports to win shit for them. Why are they developing KR and other player's talent and neglect their own talents? And what do we get from this? Another 13-0 from players like Foxy9, something and Meteor?