List of Japanese football transfers summer 2012

This is a list of Japanese football transfers in the summer transfer window 2012 by club.

J. League Division 1

Albirex Niigata

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
37		DF	Shusuke Tsubouchi (Transferred from Omiya Ardija)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player

Kashima Antlers

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
33		MF	Renato (loan from Guangzhou Evergrande)
		FW	Carlão (loan return from S.C. Braga)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
5	DF	Alex (loan to Tokushima Vortis)
17	FW	Ryuta Sasaki (loan to Tochigi S.C.)
	FW	Carlão (End of Contract)

Omiya Ardija

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
3	DF	Hiroyuki Komoto (loan from Vissel Kobe)
11	FW	Zlatan Ljubijankič (Transferred from K.A.A. Gent)
19	FW	Milivoje Novaković (loan from 1. FC Köln)
33	MF	Lee Keun-Ho (Drafted from FC KHT)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
10	FW	Rafael (Transferred to Botafogo)
14	DF	Shusuke Tsubouchi (Transferred to Albirex Niigata)
20	DF	Kim Young-Gwon (Transferred to Guangzhou Evergrande)

Cerezo Osaka

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
7	MF	Fábio Simplício (Transferred from A.S. Roma)
16	MF	Takuma Edamura (loan from Shimizu S-Pulse)
37	MF	Heberty (loan from Thespa Kusatsu)
41	FW	Kenyu Sugimoto (loan return from Tokyo Verdy)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
7	MF	Kim Bo-Kyung (Transferred to Cardiff City F.C.)
8	MF	Hiroshi Kiyotake (Transferred to 1. FC Nuremberg)
9	FW	Kempes (loan return to Portuguesa)
10	MF	Branquinho (loan to Montedio Yamagata)
19	FW	Ryo Nagai (loan to Perth Glory FC)

Consadole Sapporo

In Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
37	MF	Ramón (Transferred from Náutico)
38	FW	Tele (Transferred from Foz do Iguaçu)
39	DF	Kim Jae-Hwan (loan from Jeonbuk Hyundai)

Out Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
19	FW	Thiago Quirino (Transferred to Shonan Bellmare)
24	FW	Junki Yokono (loan to Zweigen Kanazawa)
36	DF	Juninho (Released)

Yokohama F. Marinos

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player

Kawasaki Frontale

In Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
31	MF	Koki Kazama (Transferred from TuS Koblenz)
34	MF	Koya Kazama (Transferred from VfL Osnabrück)
35	DF	Kyotaro Yamakoshi (Drafted from University of Tsukuba)

Out Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
6	MF	Yusuke Tasaka (Transferred to VfL Bochum)
19	MF	Kosei Shibasaki (loan to Tokyo Verdy)
24	DF	Yudai Tanaka (loan to Tochigi S.C.)

Gamba Osaka

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
9	FW	Leandro (loan from Al Sadd SC)
13	DF	Keisuke Iwashita (loan from Shimizu S-Pulse)
41	MF	Akihiro Ienaga (loan from RCD Mallorca)
	MF	Takashi Usami (loan return from Bayern Munich)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
9	FW	Rafinha (loan return to Nacional-SP)
13	MF	Shinichi Terada (loan to Yokohama F.C.)
24	FW	Kenta Hoshihara (loan to Mito HollyHock)
37	FW	Lee Seung-Yeoul (loan to Ulsan Hyundai FC)
	MF	Takashi Usami (loan to TSG 1899 Hoffenheim)

Nagoya Grampus

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
26		DF	Tatsuya Arai (loan to F.C. Gifu)

Júbilo Iwata

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
28	MF	Riki Kitawaki (Transferred from Tacuary)
44	FW	Han Sang-Woon (Transferred from Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma)
50	MF	Yuki Kobayashi (loan from Tokyo Verdy)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player

Urawa Red Diamonds

In Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player

Out Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
4	DF	Matthew Špiranović (Transferred to Al-Arabi SC)
5	MF	Shunki Takahashi (loan to JEF United Chiba)
15	FW	Sergio Escudero (loan to FC Seoul)

Kashiwa Reysol

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
11		FW	Neto Baiano (Transferred from Vitória)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
2	DF	Takanori Nakajima (loan to Yokohama F.C.)
4	DF	Hiroki Sakai (Transferred to Hannover 96)
9	FW	Hideaki Kitajima (loan to Roasso Kumamoto)
11	FW	Ryohei Hayashi (loan to Montedio Yamagata)
25	FW	Ricardo Lobo (loan to JEF United Chiba)
32	GK	Yuya Miura (loan to Matsumoto Yamaga)

Shimizu S-Pulse

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
35	FW	Kim Hyun-Sung (loan from FC Seoul)
36	DF	Kiyotaka Miyoshi (Transferred from Boston River)
	MF	Lee Min-Soo (Drafted from Hannam University)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
5	DF	Keisuke Iwashita (loan to Gamba Osaka)
7	FW	Alex Brosque (Transferred to Al Ain FC)
8	MF	Takuma Edamura (loan to Cerezo Osaka)
9	FW	Jymmy França (loan to Tokyo Verdy)
15	DF	Shinji Tsujio (loan to Sanfrecce Hiroshima)
18	MF	Shinji Ono (Transferred to Western Sydney Wanderers FC)
20	MF	Akito Tachibana (loan to Matsumoto Yamaga)
	MF	Lee Min-Soo (loan to Shonan Bellmare)

Sagan Tosu

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
16		MF	Takahiro Kuniyoshi (loan to Kataller Toyama)

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
30		DF	Shinji Tsujio (loan from Shimizu S-Pulse)
33		DF	Tsukasa Shiotani (Transferred from Mito HollyHock)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
28		MF	Takuya Marutani (loan to Oita Trinita)

F.C. Tokyo

In Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
9		FW	Edmilson (loan from Al-Gharafa)
32		MF	Nemanja Vučićević (Transferred from Manisaspor)

Out Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
24	FW	Kentaro Shigematsu (loan to Ventforet Kofu)
28	MF	Shuto Kono (loan to Machida Zelvia)
29	DF	Kazunori Yoshimoto (loan to Mito HollyHock)
39	MF	Tatsuya Yazawa (Transferred to JEF United Chiba)

Vegalta Sendai

In Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player

Out Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
		DF	Toshio Shimakawa (loan to Blaublitz Akita, previously on loan at Tokyo Verdy)

Vissel Kobe

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
31	DF	Takuya Iwanami (Promoted from youth team)
33	FW	Fernando (loan from São Caetano)
34	MF	Anderson (loan from Santos FC)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
5		DF	Hiroyuki Komoto (loan to Omiya Ardija)
15		MF	Tsubasa Oya (loan to Fagiano Okayama)

J. League Division 2

Avispa Fukuoka

In Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
39		FW	Osmar (Transferred from Foz do Iguaçu)

Out Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player

Shonan Bellmare

In Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
9	FW	Thiago Quirino (Transferred from Consadole Sapporo)
24	DF	Kento Fukuda (loan return from Fujieda MYFC)
28	MF	Lee Min-Soo (loan from Shimizu S-Pulse)
31	FW	Alex (Transferred from Grêmio Maringá)

Out Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
9		FW	Macena (Released)

Ehime F.C.

In Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
34		MF	Shun Ito (loan from Montedio Yamagata)

Out Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player

Fagiano Okayama

In Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
29		MF	Tsubasa Oya (loan from Vissel Kobe)

Out Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
30		DF	Yugo Ichiyanagi (loan to Matsumoto Yamaga)

Gainare Tottori

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
13		FW	Yuichi Kubo (loan from JEF United Ichihara Chiba)
26		DF	Shuji Fujimoto (loan from JEF United Ichihara Chiba)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
11		FW	Kenny Cunningham (Released)

F.C. Gifu

In Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
32	FW	Abuda (Transferred from Oeste)
34	DF	Tatsuya Arai (loan from Nagoya Grampus)
35	FW	Danilo (Transferred from Jataiense)
36	DF	Hirofumi Moriyasu (Transferred from Sydney FC)

Out Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
16	DF	Kim Dong-Gwon (loan to F.C. Osaka)
19	DF	Shinji Tominari (loan to Fujieda MYFC)
26	MF	Kazuto Sakamoto (loan to F.C. Kariya)
28	MF	Bruno (loan to F.C. Suzuka Rampole)

Giravanz Kitakyushu

In Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
29		MF	Shingo Suzuki (loan from Tokyo Verdy)

Out Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player

Mito HollyHock

In Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
32	FW	Kenta Hoshihara (loan from Gamba Osaka)
33	DF	Kazunori Yoshimoto (loan from F.C. Tokyo)
34	DF	Junya Hosokawa (Free Agent)

Out Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
6		DF	Tsukasa Shiotani (Transferred to Sanfrecce Hiroshima)

JEF United Chiba

In Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
33	DF	Shunki Takahashi (loan from Urawa Red Diamonds)
35	FW	Ricardo Lobo (loan from Kashiwa Reysol)
39	MF	Tatsuya Yazawa (Transferred from F.C. Tokyo)

Out Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
6	DF	Mark Milligan (Transferred to Melbourne Victory)
10	FW	Reginaldo (loan return to A. C. Siena)
22	FW	Yuichi Kubo (loan to Gainare Tottori)
24	DF	Shuji Fujimoto (loan to Gainare Tottori)

Kataller Toyama

In Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
32	MF	Takahiro Kuniyoshi (loan from Sagan Tosu)
33	MF	Shunsuke Tachino (loan from Tokyo Verdy)
41	GK	Tatsuya Morita (loan from Kyoto Sanga F.C.)

Out Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player

Montedio Yamagata

In Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
31		MF	Branquinho (loan from Cerezo Osaka)
39		FW	Ryohei Hayashi (loan from Kashiwa Reysol)

Out Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
10		MF	Shun Ito (loan to Ehime F.C.)

Roasso Kumamoto

In Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
39		FW	Hideaki Kitajima (loan from Kashiwa Reysol)

Out Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player

Kyoto Sanga F.C.

In Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
32		MF	Wilfried Sanou (Free Agent)

Out Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
21		GK	Tatsuya Morita (loan to Kyoto Sanga F.C.)
24		DF	Yuji Takahashi (loan to Brisbane Roar FC)

Thespa Kusatsu

In Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
27		FW	Alex Rafael (Transferred from Comercial-SP)

Out Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
9		FW	Lincoln (Released)
10		MF	Heberty (loan to Cerezo Osaka)

Tochigi S.C.

In Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
20		FW	Ryuta Sasaki (loan from Kashima Antlers)
30		DF	Yudai Tanaka (loan from Kawasaki Frontale)

Out Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
		FW	Jairo (loan return to Metropolitano)

Oita Trinita

In Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
29		FW	Takenori Hayashi (Transferred from BEC Tero Sasana F.C.)
33		MF	Takuya Marutani (loan from Sanfrecce Hiroshima)

Out Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
2		DF	Yuji Fujikawa (loan to Matsumoto Yamaga)
26		FW	Yusuke Goto (loan to Hoyo Oita)

Ventforet Kofu

In Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
20		MF	Fernandinho (Transferred from Mogi Mirim)
32		FW	Kentaro Shigematsu (loan from F.C. Tokyo)

Out Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
20		MF	Pimba (Released)

Tokyo Verdy

In Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
7	MF	Kosei Shibasaki (loan from Kawasaki Frontale)
29	DF	Nicollas (loan from Flamengo)
42	DF	Bae Dae-Won (Free Agent)
45	FW	Jymmy França (loan from Shimizu S-Pulse)
50	FW	Ryosuke Kijima (Transferred from Matsumoto Yamaga)

Out Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
10	MF	Yuki Kobayashi (loan to Júbilo Iwata)
13	MF	Shingo Suzuki (loan to Giravanz Kitakyushu)
15	FW	Josimar (Released)
27	DF	Shunsuke Tachino (loan to Kataller Toyama)
29	DF	Toshio Shimakawa (loan return to Vegalta Sendai)
41	FW	Kenyu Sugimoto (loan return to Cerezo Osaka)

Tokushima Vortis

In Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
26		DF	Alex (loan from Kashima Antlers)

Out Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player

Matsumoto Yamaga

In Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
9	FW	Allisson Ricardo (loan from Audax)
10	MF	Thiago Silva (Transferred from Central)
22	MF	Akito Tachibana (loan from Shimizu S-Pulse)
24	DF	Yuji Fujikawa (loan from Oita Trinita)
31	GK	Yuya Miura (loan from Kashiwa Reysol)
34	DF	Yugo Ichiyanagi (loan from Fagiano Okayama)
37	MF	Yoon Sung-Yeul (Free Agent)
39	FW	Choi Su-Bin (Free Agent)

Out Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
6	MF	Shota Imai (loan to Blaublitz Akita)
9	FW	Eydison (Released)
17	MF	Ken Hisatomi (loan to Fujieda MYFC)
22	DF	Masaki Yoshida (loan to F.C. Ryūkyū)
24	DF	Lee Jong-Min (Released)
33	FW	Ryosuke Kijima (Transferred to Tokyo Verdy)

Yokohama F.C.

In Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
15		DF	Takanori Nakajima (loan from Kashiwa Reysol)
40		MF	Shinichi Terada (loan from Gamba Osaka)

Out Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
3		MF	Roberto (Retired)

Machida Zelvia

In Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
24	DF	Katsuya Senzaki (Transferred from Vanraure Hachinohe)
29	DF	Lee Gang-Jin (loan from Jeonbuk Hyundai)
33	MF	Shuto Kono (loan from F.C. Tokyo)

Out Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
8		MF	Takumi Ogawa (loan to Fujieda MYFC)
26		MF	Colin Marshall (Released)

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Football clubs in Japan, 2015

J. League Division 1	Albirex Niigata Kashima Antlers Shonan Bellmare Yokohama F. Marinos Kawasaki Frontale Gamba Osaka Nagoya Grampus Montedio Yamagata Urawa Red Diamonds Kashiwa Reysol Shimizu S-Pulse Sagan Tosu Sanfrecce Hiroshima FC Tokyo Vegalta Sendai Ventforet Kofu Vissel Kobe Matsumoto Yamaga

J. League Division 2	Avispa Fukuoka Omiya Ardija Cerezo Osaka Consadole Sapporo Ehime FC Fagiano Okayama FC Gifu Giravanz Kitakyushu Mito HollyHock JEF United Chiba Júbilo Iwata Kamatamare Sanuki Roasso Kumamoto Kyoto Sanga Thespakusatsu Gunma Tochigi SC Oita Trinita V-Varen Nagasaki Tokyo Verdy Tokushima Vortis Yokohama FC Zweigen Kanazawa

J3 League	Blaublitz Akita Fukushima United Gainare Tottori Grulla Morioka Kataller Toyama Fujieda MYFC Nagano Parceiro Renofa Yamaguchi FC Ryukyu SC Sagamihara YSCC Yokohama Machida Zelvia

100 Year Plan clubs	Azul Claro Numazu Nara Club Tonan Maebashi Vanraure Hachinohe Tochigi Uva

Japan Football League	Azul Claro Numazu Fagiano Okayama Next Honda FC Kagoshima United Honda Lock Maruyasu Okazaki MIO Biwako Shiga Nara Club FC Osaka Sagawa Printing Ryutsu Keizai Dragons Sony Sendai Tochigi Uva Vanraure Hachinohe Verspah Oita Yokogawa Musashino

Defunct clubs (clubs belong to nationwide leagues only)	Fukushima FC Arte Takasaki JEF Reserves Sagawa Express Tokyo NKK SC Yokohama Flügels ALO's Hokuriku Jatco FC Hagoromo Club Toyota Higashi-Fuji Seino Transportation Cosmo Oil Yokkaichi Sagawa Shiga Sagawa Express Osaka Eidai SC Teijin SC Nippon Steel Yawata Tosu Futures Profesor Miyazaki

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Related to national teams

Men	Summary Qualification for the 2014 FIFA World Cup

Women	Summer Olympics Algarve Cup

Youth	Summer Olympics (U-23) (Qualification) AFC U-22 Asian Cup qualification AFC U-19 Championship AFC U-16 Championship FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

Club seasons

J. League Division 1	Albirex Niigata Consadole Sapporo Cerezo Osaka F.C. Tokyo Gamba Osaka Júbilo Iwata Kashima Antlers Kashiwa Reysol Kawasaki Frontale Nagoya Grampus Omiya Ardija Sagan Tosu Sanfrecce Hiroshima Shimizu S-Pulse Urawa Red Diamonds Vegalta Sendai Vissel Kobe Yokohama F. Marinos

J. League Division 2	Avispa Fukuoka Ehime F.C. Fagiano Okayama F.C. Gifu Gainare Tottori Giravanz Kitakyushu JEF United Chiba Kataller Toyama Kyoto Sanga F.C. Machida Zelvia Matsumoto Yamaga Mito HollyHock Montedio Yamagata Oita Trinita Roasso Kumamoto Shonan Bellmare Thespa Kusatsu Tochigi S.C. Tokushima Vortis Tokyo Verdy Ventforet Kofu Yokohama F.C.