List of Japanese football transfers winter 2014–15

This is a list of Japanese football transfers in the winter transfer window 2014-2015 by club.^[1]

J. League Division 1

Gamba Osaka

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No.	Position	Player
19	GK	Yōsuke Fujigaya (from Jubilo Iwata)
24	FW	Shingo Akamine (from Vegalta Sendai)
26	MF	Naoya Seno (promoted from youth team)
28	MF	Shota Yomesaka (promoted from youth team)
30	FW	Sou Hirao (promoted from youth team)
31	GK	Mizuki Hayashi (promoted from youth team)
33	MF	Shohei Ogura (from Yokohama Marinos)

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

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Atsushi Kimura (retired)
		GK	Kohei Kawata (to Ventforet Kofu)
		DF	Keigo Numata (to Kamatamare Sanuki)
		DF	Yuto Uchida (loan to Tokushima Vortis)
		DF	Katsuhisa Inamori (to Gainare Tottori)
		MF	Kenya Okazaki (loan to Ehime FC)
		MF	Naoki Ogawa (loan to Fujieda MYFC)
		FW	Akihiro Sato (to Tokushima Vortis)
		FW	Shota Kawanishi (to Montedio Yamagata, previously on loan)

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
2	DF	Kenichi Kaga (from FC Tokyo)
11	FW	Naoki Ishihara (from Sanfrecce Hiroshima)
15	GK	Koki Otani (end of loan, return from Giravanz Kitakyushu)
18	MF	Shuto Kojima (end of loan, return from Tokushima Vortis)
19	FW	Yuki Muto (from Vegalta Sendai)
21	FW	Zlatan Ljubijankić (from Omiya Ardija)
25	MF	Shota Saito (promoted from youth ranks)
27	DF	Riyika Motegi (promoted from youth ranks)
31	FW	Toshiyuki Takagi (from Shimizu S-Pulse)
33	DF	Wataru Hashimoto (from Kashiwa Reysol)
36	DF	Takuya Okamoto (end of loan, return from V-Varen Nagasaki)

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

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Nobuhiro Kato (to Omiya Ardija)
		GK	Norihiro Yamagishi (to Montedio Yamagata, previously on loan)
		DF	Keisuke Tsuboi (to Shonan Bellmare)
		DF	Mizuki Hamada (to Avispa Fukuoka)
		MF	Masaya Nozaki (to Gainare Tottori, previously on loan to Avispa Fukuoka)
		MF	Kunimitsu Sekiguchi (to Cerezo Osaka)
		MF	Marcio Richardes (end of contract)
		MF	Naoki Yamada (loan to Shonan Bellmare)
		MF	Shinya Yajima (loan to Fagiano Okayama)
		FW	Toyofumi Sakano (loan to Tochigi SC)

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
14	DF	Hwang Seok-ho (from Sanfrecce Hiroshima)
15	FW	Hiroyuki Takasaki (from Tokushima Vortis)
17	DF	Ryuga Suzuki (returned from loan to Tochigi SC)
26	MF	Kazune Kubota (from Osaka Toin College)
30	MF	Hisashi Ohashi (promoted from youth team)
33	MF	Mu Kanazaki (on loan from Portimonense)
34	FW	Yuma Suzuki (promoted from youth team)

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	Koji Nakata (retired)
		DF	Takanori Maeno (to Albirex Niigata)
		MF	Luiz Alberto (end of contract)
		MF	Ryuta Miyauchi (end of contract)
		MF	Jorge Wagner (to Vitória)
		FW	Dinei (end of contract)

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
6	DF	Ryosuke Yamanaka (return from loan to JEF United Chiba)
10	MF	Yūki Ōtsu (from VVV Venlo)
15	MF	Kosuke Taketomi (return from loan to Shonan Bellmare)
19	MF	Hiroto Nakagawa (return from loan to Shonan Bellmare)
29	DF	Yuta Nakayama (promoted from youth team)
30	FW	Cristiano (on loan from Ventforet Kofu)
31	FW	Koki Oshima (promoted from youth team)
	GK	Ryuki Miura (from Meiji 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
		GK	Kosuke Nakamura (loan to Avispa Fukuoka)
		DF	Wataru Hashimoto (to Urawa Red Diamonds)
		DF	Hirofumi Watanabe (to Vegalta Sendai)
		MF	Hiroyuki Taniguchi (to Sagan Tosu, previously on loan)
		MF	Kaoru Takayama (to Shonan Bellmare)
		MF	Dudu (end of loan, return to Figueirense FC)
		FW	Yu Kimura (loan to V-Varen Nagasaki)

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
9	MF	Baek Sung-Dong (from Jubilo Iwata)
19	FW	Ryogo Yamazaki (from Fukuoka University)
20	MF	Minoru Suganuma (from Jubilo Iwata)
23	DF	Yutaka Yoshida (from Shimizu S-Pulse)
24	MF	Daichi Kamata (from Higashiyama College)
27	DF	Shuhei Sasahara (from Syugakukan College)
29	MF	Hiroyuki Taniguchi (from Kashiwa Reysol, previously on loan)
30	MF	Akito Fukuta (from Kanoya Taiiku University)
31	FW	Ryosuke Tamura (on loan from Kyoto Sanga)

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	Michihiro Yasuda (to Vissel Kobe)
		DF	Shohei Kishida (loan to V-Varen Nagasaki)
		DF	Takashi Kanai (to JEF United Chiba)
		DF	Tatsuya Sakai (loan to Matsumoto Yamaga)
		MF	Jonathan Restrepo (end of contract, previously on loan to Oita Trinita)
		MF	Kohei Kuroki (to Roasso Kumamoto, previously on loan)
		MF	Toshiya Sueyoshi (loan to Avispa Fukuoka, previously on loan to Oita Trinita)
		FW	Ryuji Bando (to Omiya Ardija)

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
1	GK	Kenya Matsui (on loan from Tokushima Vortis)
3	DF	Makoto Kakuda (from Vegalta Sendai)
7	DF	Koji Hashimoto (from Omiya Ardija)
9	FW	Kenyu Sugimoto (from Cerezo Osaka)
15	FW	Takayuki Funayama (from Matsumoto Yamaga)
18	DF	Elsinho (on loan from Tombense)
20	DF	Shintaro Kurayama (from Tsukuba University)
22	MF	Yoshihiro Nakano (from Tsukuba University)
26	MF	Koji Miyoshi (promoted from youth ranks)
28	MF	Ko Itakura (promoted from youth ranks)

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

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Rikihiro Sugiyama (to Shimizu S-Pulse)
		DF	Akito Fukumori (loan to Consadole Sapporo)
		DF	Yusuke Tanaka (to Western Sydney Wanderers)
		DF	Jeci (to Avai, previously on loan from Coritiba)
		DF	Sota Nakazawa (loan to Cerezo Osaka)
		MF	Junichi Inamoto (to Consadole Sapporo)
		MF	Paulinho (end of loan, return to Tochigi SC)
		MF	Jun Kanakubo (end of loan, return to Omiya Ardija)
		MF	Masataka Kani (loan to Shonan Bellmare)
		FW	Yasuhito Morishima (loan to Jubilo Iwata)

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
2	DF	Takashi Amano (returned from loan to JEF United Chiba)
14	MF	Andrew Kumagai (returned from loan to Shonan Bellmare)
15	DF	Yusuke Higa (returned from loan to Kyoto Sanga)
19	FW	Teruhito Nakagawa (from Senshu University)
26	MF	Kensei Nakashima (from Higashi Fukuoka College)
30	GK	Junto Taguchi (promoted from youth team)
39	FW	Ademilson (on loan from Sao Paulo)

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

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Yuji Rokutan (to Vegalta Sendai)
		DF	Eijiro Takeda (to Shonan Bellmare, previously on loan to Avispa Fukuoka)
		MF	Shohei Ogura (to Gamba Osaka)
		MF	Rei Matsumoto (to Oita Trinita, previously on loan)
		MF	Sho Matsumoto (loan to Renofa Yamaguchi)
		FW	Yoshihiro Fujita (to Shonan Bellmare)

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
9	FW	Douglas (on loan from Tokushima Vortis)
15	MF	Kohei Kudo (from Kyoto Sanga)
19	DF	Sho Sasaki (from Ventforet Kofu)
21	GK	Ryotaro Hironaga (from FC Tokyo, previously on loan to Kataller Toyama)
26	DF	Yasumasa Kawasaki (from Ryutsu Keizai University)
	DF	Hironori Ishikawa (end of loan, return from Vegalta Sendai)

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

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Yutaro Hara (to Roasso Kumamoto)
		DF	Hironori Ishikawa (loan to Oita Trinita, previously loan to Vegalta Sendai)
		DF	Hwang Seok-ho (to Kashima Antlers)
		DF	Park Hyung-jin (loan to Tochigi SC)
		DF	Naoki Otani (loan to Roasso Kumamoto)
		MF	Hayao Kawabe (loan to Jubilo Iwata)
		MF	Kim Jeong-seok (loan to Renofa Yamaguchi, previously loan to Roasso Kumamoto)
		MF	Lee Dae-heon (loan to Tochigi SC, previously loan to V-Varen Nagasaki)
		FW	Naoki Ishihara (to Urawa Red Diamonds)
		FW	Sena Inami (loan to Jubilo Iwata, previously loan to V-Varen Nagasaki)

F.C. Tokyo

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No.	Position	Player
5	DF	Yuichi Maruyama (returned from loan to Shonan Bellmare)
13	GK	Tatsuya Enomoto (from Tochigi SC)
20	FW	Ryoichi Maeda (from Jubilo Iwata)
23	FW	Yohei Hayashi (returned from loan to Oita Trinita)
24	MF	Wataru Sasaki (promoted from youth team)
25	DF	Ryota Ogawa (from Ryutsu Keizai University)
27	MF	Shuto Kono (returned from loan to JEF United Chiba)
33	DF	Tatsuki Nara (in loan from Consadole Sapporo)
37	MF	Kento Hashimoto (returned from loan to Roasso Kumamoto)

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

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Hitoshi Shiota (to Omiya Ardija)
		GK	Ryotaro Hironaga (to Sanfrecce Hiroshima, previously on loan to Kataller Toyama)
		DF	Kenta Mukuhara (to Cerezo Osaka)
		DF	Kenichi Kaga (to Urawa Reds)
		FW	Edu (to Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors)
		FW	Kazuma Watanabe (to Vissel Kobe)

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
2	DF	Akira Takeuchi (from JEF United Chiba)
5	DF	Shun Obu (from Fukuoka University)
11	FW	Kensuke Nagai (from Standard Liege, previously on loan)
18	FW	Milivoje Novakovič (from Shimizu S-Pulse)
35	MF	Teruki Tanaka (end of loan, return from Oita Trinita)

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

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Naoshi Nakamura (retired)
		MF	Régis (end of loan, return to Atlético Goianiense)
		MF	Ryosuke Tone (loan to V-Varen Nagasaki)
		MF	Taisuke Mizuno (to FC Gifu, previously on loan)
		MF	Makito Yoshida (to Mito Hollyhock, previously on loan)
		FW	Joshua Kennedy (to Melbourne City)
		FW	Keiji Tamada (to Cerezo Osaka)
		FW	Tiago (end of contract, previously on loan to FC Gifu)

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
8	DF	Shohei Takahashi (from Omiya Ardija)
17	FW	Hideo Tanaka (returned from loan to Kyoto Sanga)
19	FW	Kazuma Watanabe (from FC Tokyo)
21	GK	Koki Mizusawa (from Waseda University)
24	MF	Masatoshi Mihara (returned from loan to V-Varen Nagasaki)
26	DF	Shinji Yamaguchi (promoted from youth team)
27	MF	Ferrugem (on loan from Ponte Preta, previously on loan to Corinthians)
31	DF	Michihiro Yasuda (from Sagan Tosu)
34	DF	Bueno (on loan from Shimizu S-Pulse)

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

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Yuki Uekusa (to V-Varen Nagasaki, previously on loan)
		DF	Gang Yoon-goo (loan to Ehime FC, previously on loan to Oita Trinita)
		DF	Hiroto Mogi (to Fukushima United)
		DF	Hiroyuki Komoto (to Omiya Ardija)
		MF	Fabio Simplicio (end of contract)
		MF	Hideo Hashimoto (to Cerezo Osaka)
		MF	Issei Takayanagi (to Roasso Kumamoto, previously on loan)
		MF	Estiven (to Tokushima Vortis, previously on loan)
		MF	Tsubasa Oya (to Omiya Ardija)
		MF	Kyohei Sugiura (to Vegalta Sendai)
		MF	Takuma Edamura (loan terminated, returned to Shimizu S-Pulse)
		FW	Koki Arita (to Kyoto Sanga, previously on loan)
		FW	Ryo Matsumura (loan to Tochigi SC)
		FW	Yuzo Tashiro (end of contract)

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
5	DF	Takanori Maeno (from Kashima Antlers)
7	DF	Bruno Cortes (loan from Sao Paolo)
9	FW	Ryohei Yamazaki (from Jubilo Iwata)
22	GK	Goro Kawanami (from Tokushima Vortis)
27	DF	Ken Matsubara (from Oita Trinita, previously on loan)
34	FW	Shu Hiramtsu (from Kokushikan 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
		GK	Yasuhiro Watanabe (transferred to Tokushima Vortis)
		DF	Lee Myung-jae (end of loan, returns to Ulsan Hyundai)
		DF	Shusuke Tsubouchi (to Jùbilo Iwata)
		MF	Shigeto Masuda (loan to Machida Zelvia, previously on loan to Oita Trinita)
		MF	Isao Honma (to Tochigi S.C.)
		MF	Atomu Tanaka (to HJK Helsinki)
		MF	Fumiya Kogure (to Albirex Niigata Singapore, previously on loan to Azul Claro Numazu)
		MF	Seiya Fujita (to Shonan Bellmare, previously on loan)
		FW	Hideya Okamoto (to Oita Trinita)

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
		GK	Kohei Kawata (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
		DF	Sho Sasaki (to Sanfrecce Hiroshima)
		FW	Cristiano (loan to Kashiwa Reysol)

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
1	GK	Yuji Rokutan (from Yokohama Marinos)
3	DF	Hirofumi Watanabe (from Kashiwa Reysol)
6	MF	Kim Min-tae (from Kwangwoon University)
7	MF	Hiroaki Okuno (end of loan, return from V-Varen Nagasaki)
11	FW	Hidetaka Kanazono (from Jubilo Iwata)
14	MF	Jun Kanakubo (from Omiya Ardija, previously on loan to Kawasaki Frontale)
19	MF	Kyohei Sugiura (from Vissel Kobe)
22	GK	Kei Ishikawa (end of loan, return from Blaublitz Akita)
28	FW	Hiroki Yamamoto (on loan from Matsumoto Yamaga)
30	FW	Takuma Nishimura (from Toyama Daiichi College)
31	MF	Shunsuke Motegi (promoted from youth ranks)
33	DF	Atsuto Tatara (from Matsumoto Yamaga)
36	DF	Kazuhiro Murakami (from Omiya Ardija, previously on loan)

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

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Shigeru Sakurai (to Tochigi SC)
		DF	Hironori Ishikawa (end of loan, return to Sanfrecce Hiroshima)
		DF	Keisuke Harada (retired, previously on loan to Machida Zelvia)
		DF	Norio Suzuki (end of contract)
		DF	Felipe Bortolucci Pires (on loan to Tochigi SC)
		DF	Kodai Watanabe (to Montedio Yamagata)
		DF	Makoto Kakuda (to Kawasaki Frontale)
		MF	Hayato Sasaki (to Kyoto Sanga)
		MF	Yoshiaki Ota (to Jubilo Iwata)
		MF	Kohei Hattanda (end of loan, return to Shimizu S-Pulse)
		FW	Atsushi Yanagisawa (retired)
		FW	Takayuki Nakahara (to Avispa Fukuoka)
		FW	Yuki Muto (to Urawa Red Diamonds)
		FW	Shingo Akamine (to Gamba Osaka)

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
13	DF	Tomoya Inukai (end of loan, returned from Matsumoto Yamaga)
15	DF	Taisuke Muramatsu (end of loan, returned from Tokushima Vortis)
18	FW	Peter Utaka (from Beijing Guoan)
19	FW	Mitchell Duke (from Central Coast Mariners)
21	GK	Rikihiro Sugiyama (from Kawasaki Frontale)
22	MF	Takuma Edamura (end of loan, returned from Vissel Kobe)
26	DF	Shoma Kamata (from Shonan Bellmare)
27	GK	Kenta Uchida (end of loan, return from Kataller Toyama)
28	MF	Kohei Hattanda (end of loan, return from Vegalta Sendai)
31	GK	Kempei Usui (from JEF United Chiba)
32	DF	Ko Matsubara (from Hanamatsu Kaseikan College)
34	MF	Takuma Mizutani (promoted from youth ranks)
35	MF	Kota Miyamoto (promoted from youth ranks)
36	FW	Koya Kitagawa (promoted from youth ranks)
39	MF	Ryohei Shirasaki (end of loan, returned from Kataller Toyama)

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

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Takashi Aizawa (to Tokushima Vortis)
		GK	Yuya Miura (to V-Varen Nagasaki)
		DF	Lee Ki-Jae (end of contract)
		DF	Yutaka Yoshida (to Sagan Tosu)
		DF	Naoya Okane (to FC Gifu, previously on loan to Tochigi SC)
		DF	Wellington Daniel Bueno (end of loan, return to Vissel Kobe)
		DF	Tomonobu Hiroi (to Zweigen Kanazawa)
		MF	Kang Sang-Ho (end of contract, previously on loan to Zweigen Kanazawa)
		MF	Lee Min-Soo (on loan to Machida Zelvia, previously on loan to Tochigi SC)
		FW	Atomu Nabeta (end of contract, previously on loan to Avispa Fukuoka)
		FW	Hiroki Higuchi (on loan to SC Sagamihara, previously on loan to Shonan Bellmare)
		FW	Ibuki Fujita (on loan to Ehime FC)
		FW	Yuji Senuma (on loan to Ehime FC)
		FW	Toshiyuki Takagi (to Urawa Red Diamonds)
		FW	Satoru Kashiwase (end of contract)
		FW	Milivoje Novakovič (to Nagoya Grampus)

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
11	FW	Yoshihiro Fujita (from Yokohama Marinos)
23	MF	Kaoru Takayama (from Kashiwa Reysol)
48	DF	Eijiro Takeda (from Yokohama Marinos, previously on loan to Avispa Fukuoka)
	MF	Masataka Kani (loan from Kawasaki Frontale)
	MF	Seiya Fujita (from Albirex Niigata, previously on loan)
	DF	Keisuke Tsuboi (from Urawa Red Diamonds)
	MF	Naoki Yamada (loan from Urawa Red Diamonds)

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	Yuichi Maruyama (end of loan, return loan to FC Tokyo)
		DF	Shoma Kamata (to Shimizu S-Pulse)
		MF	Andrew Kumagai (loan terminated, returned to Yokohama Marinos)
		MF	Kosuke Taketomi (end of loan, return to Kashiwa Reysol)
		MF	Hiroto Nakagawa (end of loan, return to Kashiwa Reysol)

Matsumoto Yamaga

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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	Atsuto Tatara (to Vegalta Sendai)
		FW	Takayuki Funayama (to Kawasaki Frontale)
		FW	Hiroki Yamamoto (to Vegalta Sendai)
		DF	Tomoya Inukai (end of loan, returned to Shimizu S-Pulse)

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
		GK	Norihiro Yamagishi (from Urawa Red Diamonds, previously on loan)
		FW	Shota Kawanishi (from Gamba Osaka, previously on loan)
		DF	Kodai Watanabe (from Vegalta Sendai)

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

No.		Position	Player

J. League Division 2

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
		GK	Nobuhiro Kato (from Urawa Red Diamonds)
		DF	Hiroyuki Komoto (from Vissel Kobe)
		MF	Tsubasa Oya (from Vissel Kobe)
		MF	Jun Kanakubo (end of loan, return from Kawasaki Frontale)
		GK	Hitoshi Shiota (from FC 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
		DF	Koji Hashimoto (to Kawasaki Frontale)
		DF	Kazuhiro Murakami (to Vegalta Sendai, previously on loan)
		MF	Jun Kanakubo (to Vegalta Sendai, previously on loan to Kawasaki Frontale)
		FW	Zlatan Ljubijankić (to Urawa Red Diamonds)

Cerezo Osaka

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No.	Position	Player
7	MF	Pablo (loan from Atlético Paranaense)
20	FW	Keiji Tamada (from Nagoya Grampus)
22	DF	Sota Nakazawa (loan from Kawasaki Frontale)
25	MF	Daiki Kogure (end of loan, return from Tokushima Vortis)
28	DF	Hayato Nukui (promoted from youth ranks)
29	MF	Taiga Maikawa (promoted from youth ranks)
30	DF	Kenta Mukuhara (from FC Tokyo)
31	MF	Hideo Hashimoto (from Vissel Kobe)
32	MF	Kunimitsu Sekiguchi (from Urawa Red Diamonds)
33	DF	Teruyuki Moniwa (from Bangkok Class FC)
34	MF	Masaki Sakamoto (promoted from youth ranks)
35	MF	Masaki Okino (promoted from youth ranks)
36	MF	Rei Yonezawa (promoted from youth ranks of Vissel Kobe)
37	DF	Jurato Ikeda (promoted from youth ranks of Mitsubishi Yowa)
38	MF	Masataka Nishimoto (promoted from youth ranks)

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

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Go Sung-yun (to Consadole Sapporo)
		DF	Ko Jang-dae (end of contract, previously on loan to MIO Biwako Shiga)
		DF	Toru Araiba (retired)
		DF	Yuki Kotani (loan to SC Sagamihara)
		MF	Masato Kurogi (to V-Varen Nagasaki, previously on loan)
		MF	Kai Hirano (loan to Army United)
		MF	Kim Seong-jun (end of loan, return to Seongnam FC)
		FW	Kenyu Sugimoto (to Kawasaki Frontale)
		FW	Takumi Minamino (to RB Salzburg)

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
		DF	Yuto Uchida (loan from Gamba Osaka)
		DF	Estiven (from Vissel Kobe, previously on loan)
		FW	Akihiro Sato (from Gamba Osaka)
		GK	Yasuhiro Watanabe (from Albirex Niigata)
		MF	Atsushi Izawa (from Ventforet Kofu, previously on loan to Kataller Toyama)
		GK	Takashi Aizawa (from Shimizu S-Pulse)

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

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Kenya Matsui (on loan to Kawasaki Frontale)
		GK	Goro Kawanami (to Albirex Niigata)
		DF	Taisuke Muramatsu (end of loan, returned to Shimizu S-Pulse)
		MF	Shuto Kojima (end of loan, return to Urawa Red Diamonds)
		MF	Daiki Kogure (end of loan, return to Cerezo Osaka)
		FW	Hiroyuki Takasaki (to Kashima Antlers)
		FW	Douglas (on loan to Sanfrecce Hiroshima)
		FW	Adriano (to Ventforet Kofu)

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
		GK	Hiroki Oka (loan from Ventforet Kofu)
		MF	Koki Mizuno (from Ventforet Kofu)

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

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Kempei Usui (to Shimizu S-Pulse)
		DF	Takashi Amano (end of loan, return to Yokohama Marinos)
		DF	Akira Takeuchi (to Nagoya Grampus)
		DF	Ryosuke Yamanaka (end of loan, return to Kashiwa Reysol)
		MF	Shuto Kono (end of loan, return to FC Tokyo)

Jùbilo 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
		FW	Yasuhito Morishima (loan from Kawasaki Frontale)
		DF	Shusuke Tsubouchi (from Albirex Niigata)
		MF	Hayao Kawabe (loan from Sanfrecce Hiroshima)
		MF	Yoshiaki Ota (from Vegalta Sendai)
		FW	Sena Inami (loan from Sanfrecce Hiroshima, previously loan to V-Varen Nagasaki)

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

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Yōsuke Fujigaya (to Gamba Osaka)
		FW	Ryohei Yamazaki (to Albirex Niigata)
		FW	Ryoichi Maeda (to FC Tokyo)
		FW	Hidetaka Kanazono (to Vegalta Sendai)

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

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

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Koki Otani (end of loan, return to Urawa Red Diamonds)
		GK	Takuya Matsumoto (to Blaublitz Akita)
		MF	Masaki Watanabe (to Ventforet Kofu)

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
		MF	Rei Matsumoto (from Yokohama Marinos, previously on loan)
		FW	Hideya Okamoto (from Albirex Niigata)
		DF	Hironori Ishikawa (loan from Sanfrecce Hiroshima, previously loan to Vegalta Sendai)

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	Ken Matsubara (to Albirex Niigata, previously on loan)
		MF	Teruki Tanaka (end of loan, return to Nagoya Grampus)
		FW	Yohei Hayashi (end of loan, return to FC Tokyo)

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
		MF	Shinya Yajima (loan from Urawa Red Diamonds)

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

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

No.		Position	Player
		FW	Koki Arita (from Vissel Kobe, previously on loan)
		MF	Hayato Sasaki (from Vegalta Sendai)

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	Yusuke Higa (loan terminated, returned to Yokohama Marinos)
		FW	Hideo Tanaka (loan terminated, returned to Vissel Kobe)

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
		DF	Akito Fukumori (loan from Kawasaki Frontale)
		MF	Junichi Inamoto (from Kawasaki Frontale)
		GK	Go Sung-yun (from Cerezo Osaka)
		MF	Irfan Bachdim (from Ventforet Kofu)

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	Tatsuki Nara (loan to FC Tokyo)

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
		GK	Shigeru Sakurai (from Vegalta Sendai)
		FW	Ryo Matsumura (loan from Vissel Kobe)
		MF	Isao Honma (from Albirex Niigata)
		DF	Felipe Bortolucci Pires (on loan from Vegalta Sendai)
		FW	Toyofumi Sakano (loan from Urawa Red Diamonds)
		DF	Park Hyung-jin (loan from Sanfrecce Hiroshima)
		MF	Lee Dae-heon (loan from Sanfrecce Hiroshima, previously loan to V-Varen Nagasaki)
		FW	Akito Kawamoto (loan from Ventforet Kofu)

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

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Tatsuya Enomoto (to FC Tokyo)
		DF	Ryuga Suzuki (end of loan, return to Kashima Antlers)
		MF	Paulinho (end of loan, return from Kawasaki Frontale and then to JEF United Chiba)

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
		GK	Yutaro Hara (from Sanfrecce Hiroshima)
		DF	Naoki Otani (loan from Sanfrecce Hiroshima)
		MF	Issei Takayanagi (from Vissel Kobe, previously on loan)

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

No.		Position	Player

V-Varen Nagasaki

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

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Yuki Uekusa (from Vissel Kobe, previously on loan)
		MF	Ryosuke Tone (from Nagoya Grampus)
		MF	Masato Kurogi (from Cerezo Osaka, previously on loan)
		FW	Yu Kimura (on loan from Kashiwa Reysol)
		GK	Yuya Miura (from Shimizu S-Pulse)

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	Takuya Okamoto (end of loan, return to Urawa Red Diamonds)
		MF	Masatoshi Mihara (end of loan, return to Vissel Kobe)
		MF	Koji Noda (to Ventforet Kofu)
		MF	Hiroaki Okuno (end of loan, return to Vegalta Sendai)

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
		MF	Makito Yoshida (from Nagoya Grampus, previously on loan)

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

No.		Position	Player

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
		GK	Kosuke Nakamura (loan from Kashiwa Reysol)
		DF	Mizuki Hamada (from Urawa Red Diamonds)
		FW	Takayuki Nakahara (from Vegalta Sendai)

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

No.		Position	Player

FC 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
		MF	Taisuke Mizuno (from Nagoya Grampus, previously on loan)
		DF	Naoya Okane (from Shimizu S-Pulse, previously on loan to Tochigi SC)

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

No.		Position	Player

Thespakusatsu Gunma

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

Ehime FC

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

No.		Position	Player
		DF	Gang Yoon-goo (on loan from Vissel Kobe, previously on loan to Oita Trinita)
		MF	Kenya Okazaki (loan from Gamba Osaka)
		FW	Ibuki Fujita (on loan from Shimizu S-Pulse)
		FW	Yuji Senuma (on loan from Shimizu S-Pulse)

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

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Yuki Horigome (end of loan, return to Ventforet Kofu)

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

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

No.		Position	Player

Kamatamare Sanuki

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

No.		Position	Player
		DF	Keigo Numata (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

Zweigen Kanazawa

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

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Masahiro Kaneko (from Ventforet Kofu, previously on loan)
		DF	Tomonobu Hiroi (from Shimizu S-Pulse)

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

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Kang Sang-Ho (end of loan, return to Shimizu S-Pulse)

J. League Division 3

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

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

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Kenta Uchida (end of loan, return to Shimizu S-Pulse)
		MF	Ryohei Shirasaki (end of loan, returned to Shimizu S-Pulse)

Nagano Parceiro

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

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
		MF	Lee Min-Soo (on loan from Shimizu S-Pulse, previously on loan to Tochigi SC)

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	Keisuke Harada (retired, previously on loan from Vegalta Sendai

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
		DF	Katsuhisa Inamori (from Gamba Osaka)
		MF	Masaya Nozaki (from Urawa Red Diamonds), previously on loan to Avispa Fukuoka)

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

No.		Position	Player

Grulla Morioka

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

SC Sagamihara

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

No.		Position	Player
		DF	Yuki Kotani (loan from Cerezo Osaka)
		FW	Hiroki Higuchi (on loan from Shimizu S-Pulse, previously on loan to Shonan Bellmare)

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

No.		Position	Player

Fukushima United

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

No.		Position	Player
		DF	Hiroto Mogi (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

Blaublitz Akita

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

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Takuya Matsumoto (from Giravanz Kitakyushu)
		MF	Agustin Leonardo Ortega (from Esperanza SC)
		MF	Hirochika Miyoshi (from Esperanza SC)
		MF	Tatsuya Kumagai (from Sendai University)
		FW	Takunosuke Funakawa (from Akita Shogyo College)

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

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Kei Ishikawa (end of loan, return to Vegalta Sendai)
		FW	Takashi Fujii (to FC Ryukyu)

F.C. Ryukyu

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

No.		Position	Player
		FW	Takashi Fujii (from Blaublitz Akita)

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

No.		Position	Player

Fujieda MYFC

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

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Naoki Ogawa (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

Y.S.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
		GK	Suguru Asanuma (from Toyo University)
		DF	Hayate Yoshida (from YSCC Second)
		DF	Kazuya Nakayama (from Sendai University)
		DF	Kei Munechika (from Hosei University)
		MF	Naoki Ogawa (loan from Gamba Osaka)
		MF	Sotaro Izumi (from Kwansei Gakuin University)
		FW	Kentaro Gunji (from Kanagawa University)
		FW	Masato Sasaki (from Toyo 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
		GK	Toshihide Hirata (to FC Kariya)
		DF	Shun Yaginuma (end of contract)
		MF	Hisao Mita (end of contract)
		FW	Kazuki Ito (end of contract)
		FW	Shogo Iike (end of contract)
		FW	Shota Minagawa (end of contract)
		FW	Toru Iwasawa (retired)

Renofa Yamaguchi

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

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Kim Jeong-seok (loan from Sanfrecce Hiroshima, previously loan to Roasso Kumamoto)
		MF	Sho Matsumoto (loan from Yokohama Marinos)

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

No.		Position	Player

References

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Football in Japan

Japan Football Association

National teams

League System

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Women:	L. League

Futsal:	F. League

Domestic Cups

Reserve & Academy

Japanese club football

First-tier club football seasons, 1965–present

Japan Soccer League 1965–1992 Japan Soccer League Division 1 since 1972	1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92

J. League 1993–present J. League Division 1 since 1999	1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

List of champions J. League Championship Promotion/Relegation series Super Cup

Second-tier club football seasons, 1972–present

Japan Soccer League Division 2 1972–1992	1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92

(former) Japan Football League 1992–1998 (former) Japan Football League Division 1 1992–1993	1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998

J. League Division 2 1999–present	1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

List of champions Promotion/Relegation series

Third-tier club football seasons, 1992–1993, 1999–present

(former) Japan Football League Division 2 1992–1993	1992 1993

No national third tier, 1994–1998

Japan Football League 1999–2013	1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

J3 League 2014–present	2014 2015

List of champions

Fourth-tier club football seasons, 2014–present

Japan Football League 2014–present	2014 2015

Regional level club football seasons, 1966–present

Japanese Regional Leagues 1966–present	1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Regional Promotion Series Shakaijin Cup

Emperor's Cup seasons, 1921–present

Emperor's Cup 1921–present	1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 ~~1926~~ 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 ~~1934~~ 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 WW II 1946 ~~1947~~ ~~1948~~ 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Super Cup

League Cup seasons, 1976–present

JSL Cup 1976–1991	1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991

J. League Cup 1992–present	1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Suruga Bank Championship

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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