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J2 League

11 clubs 1,292 players 26 seasons 2000 – 2025 4,667 records

About J2 League

The J2 League or simply J2 is the second division of the Japan Professional Football League and the second level of the Japanese association football league system. The top tier is represented by the J1 League. It is currently sponsored by Meiji Yasuda Life and it is thus officially known as the Meiji Yasuda J2 League . Until the 2014 season it was named the J.League Division 2.

Leaders — All seasons

Top scorer
Masashi Oguro Yokohama FC
108
Top assists
Leandro Domingues Yokohama FC
51
Top clean sheets
Yuta Minami Yokohama FC
123
Most cards
Kota Fukatsu Tokyo Verdy
76
#PlayerPosNat ClubMatMin GAG+APenYCRC G/90A/90Min/G
1 Masashi Oguro Attack - Centre-Forward Japan Yokohama FC 260 1,499 108 12 120 15 10 0 6.48 0.72 14
2 Yuki Nakashima Attack - Centre-Forward Japan Vegalta Sendai 531 5,924 104 37 141 10 25 0 1.58 0.56 57
3 Takayuki Funayama Attack - Second Striker Japan Tochigi SC 365 3,246 96 43 139 20 17 1 2.66 1.19 34
4 Peter Utaka Attack - Centre-Forward Nigeria Belgium Ventforet Kofu 212 1,097 89 29 118 7 5 0 7.30 2.38 12
5 Ibba Laajab Attack - Centre-Forward Norway Yokohama FC 191 1,669 82 18 100 19 22 0 4.42 0.97 20
6 Juanma Delgado Attack - Centre-Forward Spain V-Varen Nagasaki 195 1,106 75 16 91 8 43 1 6.10 1.30 15
7 Daiki Watari Attack - Centre-Forward Japan Tokushima Vortis 305 3,258 71 19 90 0 21 0 1.96 0.52 46
8 Baré Attack - Centre-Forward Brazil Germany Ventforet Kofu 152 646 71 0 71 0 14 0 9.89 0.00 9
9 Hiroyuki Takasaki Attack - Centre-Forward Japan Ventforet Kofu 220 1,793 68 24 92 12 18 0 3.41 1.20 26
10 Paulinho Attack - Second Striker Brazil Ventforet Kofu 129 600 67 6 73 2 17 1 10.05 0.90 9
11 Hisashi Jogo Attack - Centre-Forward Japan Avispa Fukuoka 371 5,324 66 31 97 1 28 0 1.12 0.52 81
12 Toyofumi Sakano Attack - Centre-Forward Japan Tokyo Verdy 290 2,731 65 23 88 6 17 0 2.14 0.76 42
13 Hiroaki Namba Attack - Centre-Forward Japan Yokohama FC 320 3,666 65 9 74 4 32 0 1.60 0.22 56
14 Rui Komatsu Attack - Centre-Forward Japan V-Varen Nagasaki 215 1,714 64 13 77 0 21 0 3.36 0.68 27
15 Ryohei Hayashi Attack - Centre-Forward Japan Tokyo Verdy 264 2,943 64 17 81 9 14 0 1.96 0.52 46
16 Yohei Toyoda Attack - Centre-Forward Japan Zweigen Kanazawa 197 2,001 64 8 72 2 25 0 2.88 0.36 31
17 Hulk Attack - Centre-Forward Brazil Tokyo Verdy 1969 80 236 62 1 63 8 24 1 23.64 0.38 4
18 Hisato Sato Attack - Centre-Forward Japan Vegalta Sendai 156 1,119 59 5 64 0 5 0 4.75 0.40 19
19 Hideo Oshima Attack - Centre-Forward Japan Montedio Yamagata 286 2,506 56 3 59 0 24 0 2.01 0.11 45
20 Koji Sakamoto Midfield - Attacking Midfield Japan Shonan Bellmare 426 10,164 54 0 54 0 66 0 0.48 0.00 188
21 Dudú Attack - Centre-Forward Brazil Ventforet Kofu 192 1,550 52 24 76 3 28 0 3.02 1.39 30
22 Koji Suzuki Attack - Centre-Forward Japan Machida Zelvia 166 1,464 51 11 62 9 6 0 3.14 0.68 29
23 Toshiaki Haji Attack - Centre-Forward Japan Ventforet Kofu 226 1,742 50 5 55 0 8 0 2.58 0.26 35
24 Emerson Attack - Left Winger Qatar Brazil Kawasaki Frontale 52 187 50 0 50 0 11 1 24.06 0.00 4
25 Adiel Midfield - Attacking Midfield Brazil Urawa Red Diamonds 196 2,312 50 7 57 2 32 1 1.95 0.27 46
26 Shinji Kagawa Midfield - Attacking Midfield Japan Cerezo Osaka 114 879 48 16 64 3 16 0 4.91 1.64 18
27 Yong-jae Lee Attack - Centre-Forward Korea, South V-Varen Nagasaki 202 2,819 48 15 63 5 18 0 1.53 0.48 59
28 Yong-gi Ryang Midfield - Central Midfield Korea, North Vegalta Sendai 280 3,655 47 0 47 0 16 0 1.16 0.00 78
29 Kaio Attack - Centre-Forward Brazil Yokohama FC 139 1,408 47 13 60 3 26 1 3.00 0.83 30
30 Kenji Baba Attack - Centre-Forward Japan Shonan Bellmare 229 2,357 47 15 62 2 16 0 1.79 0.57 50
31 Wellington Attack - Centre-Forward Brazil Shonan Bellmare 92 525 46 11 57 3 22 0 7.89 1.89 11
32 Hayato Nakama Midfield - Left Midfield Japan Roasso Kumamoto 295 5,364 46 27 73 0 43 2 0.77 0.45 117
33 Chong Tese Attack - Centre-Forward Korea, North Shimizu S-Pulse 130 611 46 12 58 8 9 0 6.78 1.77 13
34 Atsushi Kawata Attack - Centre-Forward Japan Tokushima Vortis 183 1,036 45 9 54 2 13 0 3.91 0.78 23
35 Cristiano Midfield - Attacking Midfield Brazil Ventforet Kofu 140 1,404 45 39 84 3 11 0 2.88 2.50 31
36 Leandro Attack - Centre-Forward Brazil Tokyo Verdy 93 756 44 4 48 5 18 1 5.24 0.48 17
37 Yoshiaki Takagi Midfield - Attacking Midfield Japan Tokyo Verdy 309 6,146 44 50 94 5 40 0 0.64 0.73 140
38 Takumi Miyayoshi Attack - Centre-Forward Japan Renofa Yamaguchi 220 3,392 43 25 68 0 12 1 1.14 0.66 79
39 Koki Ogawa Attack - Centre-Forward Japan Yokohama FC 114 843 43 9 52 4 5 0 4.59 0.96 20
40 Frank Romero Attack - Centre-Forward Japan Montedio Yamagata 286 5,086 43 21 64 1 31 0 0.76 0.37 118
41 Hiroki Bandai Attack - Centre-Forward Japan Vegalta Sendai 271 3,169 43 6 49 1 33 0 1.22 0.17 74
42 Daisuke Ishizu Attack - Second Striker Japan Avispa Fukuoka 207 2,243 42 28 70 1 12 0 1.69 1.12 53
43 Mike Havenaar Attack - Centre-Forward Japan Ventforet Kofu 104 526 42 4 46 0 12 0 7.19 0.68 13
44 Yuji Senuma Attack - Centre-Forward Japan Zweigen Kanazawa 234 3,496 41 18 59 2 12 0 1.06 0.46 85
45 Takashi Inui Attack - Left Winger Japan Shimizu S-Pulse 129 1,143 41 31 72 0 24 0 3.23 2.44 28
46 Naoki Nomura Midfield - Attacking Midfield Japan Yokohama FC 291 5,424 40 37 77 2 29 0 0.66 0.61 136
47 Taiki Hirato Midfield - Left Midfield Japan Machida Zelvia 203 2,826 39 41 80 4 10 1 1.24 1.31 72
48 Edi Andradina Midfield - Attacking Midfield Poland Brazil Oita Trinita 96 784 39 0 39 0 19 2 4.48 0.00 20
49 Kazuki Saito Attack - Centre-Forward Japan Roasso Kumamoto 268 3,486 38 21 59 1 35 0 0.98 0.54 92
50 Takuya Kokeguchi Attack - Centre-Forward Japan Kataller Toyama 191 2,951 38 14 52 0 7 0 1.16 0.43 78
51 Douglas Vieira Attack - Centre-Forward Brazil Tokyo Verdy 108 735 37 8 45 5 10 0 4.53 0.98 20
52 Yasuhito Morishima Attack - Centre-Forward Japan Oita Trinita 165 1,939 37 6 43 4 27 0 1.72 0.28 52
53 Yuki Kakita Attack - Centre-Forward Japan Zweigen Kanazawa 147 960 37 12 49 2 12 0 3.47 1.13 26
54 Keisuke Kurihara Midfield - Attacking Midfield Japan Vissel Kobe 165 780 36 0 36 0 24 0 4.15 0.00 22
55 Kempes Attack - Centre-Forward Brazil JEF United Chiba 71 310 35 7 42 1 21 0 10.16 2.03 9
56 Gakuya Horii Attack Japan Ventforet Kofu 185 3,685 35 0 35 0 27 1 0.85 0.00 105
57 Shigeru Yokotani Midfield - Central Midfield Japan Ventforet Kofu 280 4,076 35 23 58 7 36 0 0.77 0.51 116
58 Ryosuke Nemoto Attack Japan Montedio Yamagata 210 2,889 34 0 34 0 9 0 1.06 0.00 85
59 Satoki Uejo Midfield - Left Midfield Japan FC Ryukyu 121 971 34 8 42 0 5 0 3.15 0.74 29
60 Keiji Tamada Attack - Second Striker Japan V-Varen Nagasaki 164 1,511 34 15 49 2 5 0 2.03 0.89 44
61 Matheus Jesus Midfield - Attacking Midfield Brazil V-Varen Nagasaki 76 1,376 34 14 48 1 8 0 2.22 0.92 40
62 Kota Yoshihara Attack - Centre-Forward Japan Mito HollyHock 130 1,500 33 1 34 2 16 0 1.98 0.06 45
63 Tuto Attack - Centre-Forward Brazil Shonan Bellmare 76 575 33 0 33 0 16 0 5.17 0.00 17
64 Alemão Attack - Centre-Forward Brazil Yokohama FC 58 275 33 0 33 0 13 1 10.80 0.00 8
65 Leandro Domingues Attack - Right Winger Brazil Yokohama FC 122 1,478 33 51 84 6 19 1 2.01 3.11 45
66 Yuya Nakamura Attack - Second Striker Japan Shonan Bellmare 120 1,091 33 4 37 1 8 0 2.72 0.33 33
67 Robin Simovic Attack - Centre-Forward Sweden Omiya Ardija 93 563 32 8 40 5 9 0 5.12 1.28 18
68 Yusuke Sato Midfield - Left Midfield Japan Tokyo Verdy 1969 228 3,852 32 3 35 0 43 0 0.75 0.07 120
69 Shuhei Otsuki Attack - Centre-Forward Japan Shonan Bellmare 170 1,806 32 5 37 2 10 0 1.59 0.25 56
70 Ado Onaiwu Attack - Centre-Forward Japan Renofa Yamaguchi 104 824 32 12 44 2 4 0 3.50 1.31 26
71 Shogo Shiozawa Attack - Centre-Forward Japan Mito HollyHock 166 2,028 31 5 36 0 7 0 1.38 0.22 65
72 Yusuke Kondo Attack - Centre-Forward Japan Vissel Kobe 192 2,469 31 10 41 0 21 0 1.13 0.36 80
73 Ken Yamura Attack - Centre-Forward Japan Fujieda MYFC 124 1,571 31 6 37 4 4 0 1.78 0.34 51
74 Adaílton Attack - Left Winger Brazil Ventforet Kofu 72 345 31 8 39 2 7 1 8.09 2.09 11
75 Vinícius Araújo Attack - Centre-Forward Brazil Montedio Yamagata 95 872 30 8 38 2 10 0 3.10 0.83 29
76 Kosuke Taketomi Midfield - Attacking Midfield Japan Ventforet Kofu 152 3,472 30 10 40 0 20 0 0.78 0.26 116
77 Joaquín Larrivey Attack - Centre-Forward Argentina Italy JEF United Chiba 71 353 30 6 36 3 9 0 7.65 1.53 12
78 Ryo Nagai Attack - Centre-Forward Japan V-Varen Nagasaki 111 1,639 30 4 34 4 7 0 1.65 0.22 55
79 Yoichiro Kakitani Attack - Second Striker Japan Tokushima Vortis 234 3,037 30 21 51 1 20 0 0.89 0.62 101
80 Takaaki Tokushige Attack - Right Winger Japan Tokushima Vortis 194 3,100 29 17 46 2 20 0 0.84 0.49 107
81 Shun Nagasawa Attack - Centre-Forward Japan Roasso Kumamoto 152 1,951 29 11 40 2 17 0 1.34 0.51 67
82 Kohei Hayashi Attack Japan Montedio Yamagata 180 1,523 29 0 29 0 12 1 1.71 0.00 53
83 Shintaro Shimizu Attack - Centre-Forward Japan Omiya Ardija 174 2,373 29 9 38 1 7 0 1.10 0.34 82
84 Yuya Yamagishi Attack - Centre-Forward Japan Thespakusatsu Gunma 176 3,461 29 20 49 3 4 1 0.75 0.52 119
85 Tatsuya Furuhashi Attack - Second Striker Japan Shonan Bellmare 108 849 29 10 39 0 13 0 3.07 1.06 29
86 Douglas Attack - Centre-Forward Brazil Tokushima Vortis 109 1,179 29 12 41 5 13 0 2.21 0.92 41
87 Tomotaka Kitamura Attack - Right Winger Japan Yokohama FC 228 4,445 29 0 29 0 9 0 0.59 0.00 153
88 Akihiro Sato Attack - Centre-Forward Japan Tokushima Vortis 205 2,038 28 12 40 0 11 0 1.24 0.53 73
89 Léo Attack - Centre-Forward Brazil Albirex Niigata 38 110 28 6 34 7 3 0 22.91 4.91 4
90 Baron Attack - Centre-Forward Brazil Vissel Kobe 68 322 28 0 28 0 4 0 7.83 0.00 12
91 Lopes Midfield - Attacking Midfield Brazil Vegalta Sendai 87 551 28 0 28 0 14 1 4.57 0.00 20
92 Yuki Horigome Midfield - Attacking Midfield Japan Ventforet Kofu 229 4,655 28 26 54 2 11 1 0.54 0.50 166
93 Quirino Attack - Centre-Forward Brazil Timor-Leste Shonan Bellmare 82 976 28 4 32 0 12 0 2.58 0.37 35
94 Ryosuke Kijima Attack - Second Striker Japan Tokyo Verdy 181 1,624 28 1 29 2 18 0 1.55 0.06 58
95 Koki Yonekura Defender - Right-Back Japan JEF United Chiba 228 3,639 28 25 53 0 26 0 0.69 0.62 130
96 Katsutomo Oshiba Attack - Centre-Forward Japan Ventforet Kofu 129 2,015 27 0 27 0 10 0 1.21 0.00 75
97 Kazuhiro Sato Midfield - Defensive Midfield Japan Zweigen Kanazawa 272 8,297 27 22 49 0 25 0 0.29 0.24 307
98 Carlinhos Junior Attack - Left Winger Brazil Shimizu S-Pulse 89 731 27 6 33 1 15 0 3.32 0.74 27
99 Kisho Yano Attack - Centre-Forward Japan Tochigi SC 237 2,719 27 4 31 3 14 0 0.89 0.13 101
100 Yuzo Iwakami Midfield - Central Midfield Japan Thespakusatsu Gunma 227 7,684 26 28 54 2 17 0 0.30 0.33 296
#PlayerPosClubMatMinAGG+AA/90
1 Leandro Domingues Attack - Right Winger Yokohama FC 122 1,478 51 33 84 3.11
2 Yoshiaki Takagi Midfield - Attacking Midfield Tokyo Verdy 309 6,146 50 44 94 0.73
3 Takayuki Funayama Attack - Second Striker Tochigi SC 365 3,246 43 96 139 1.19
4 Taiki Hirato Midfield - Left Midfield Machida Zelvia 203 2,826 41 39 80 1.31
5 Cristiano Midfield - Attacking Midfield Ventforet Kofu 140 1,404 39 45 84 2.50
6 Yuki Nakashima Attack - Centre-Forward Vegalta Sendai 531 5,924 37 104 141 0.56
7 Naoki Nomura Midfield - Attacking Midfield Yokohama FC 291 5,424 37 40 77 0.61
8 Kota Ueda Midfield - Defensive Midfield Tochigi SC 194 5,474 32 15 47 0.53
9 Hisashi Jogo Attack - Centre-Forward Avispa Fukuoka 371 5,324 31 66 97 0.52
10 Takashi Inui Attack - Left Winger Shimizu S-Pulse 129 1,143 31 41 72 2.44
11 Yuhei Sato Midfield - Attacking Midfield Tokyo Verdy 174 7,334 30 18 48 0.37
12 Peter Utaka Attack - Centre-Forward Ventforet Kofu 212 1,097 29 89 118 2.38
13 Yosuke Ishibitsu Midfield - Right Midfield Kyoto Sanga 230 14,388 29 9 38 0.18
14 Daisuke Ishizu Attack - Second Striker Avispa Fukuoka 207 2,243 28 42 70 1.12
15 Yuzo Iwakami Midfield - Central Midfield Thespakusatsu Gunma 227 7,684 28 26 54 0.33
16 Keigo Numata Defender - Left-Back Zweigen Kanazawa 278 7,607 28 17 45 0.33
17 Hayato Nakama Midfield - Left Midfield Roasso Kumamoto 295 5,364 27 46 73 0.45
18 Koji Hashimoto Midfield - Left Midfield Mito HollyHock 113 1,691 27 21 48 1.44
19 Yuki Horigome Midfield - Attacking Midfield Ventforet Kofu 229 4,655 26 28 54 0.50
20 Ken Iwao Midfield - Central Midfield Tokushima Vortis 286 10,031 26 23 49 0.23
21 Takumi Yamada Defender - Right-Back Montedio Yamagata 365 11,412 26 12 38 0.21
22 Yasuhito Endo Midfield - Central Midfield Júbilo Iwata 104 2,218 26 10 36 1.06
23 Takumi Miyayoshi Attack - Centre-Forward Renofa Yamaguchi 220 3,392 25 43 68 0.66
24 Koki Yonekura Defender - Right-Back JEF United Chiba 228 3,639 25 28 53 0.62
25 Masaki Miyasaka Midfield - Defensive Midfield Thespakusatsu Gunma 222 7,389 25 26 51 0.30
26 Hiroyuki Takasaki Attack - Centre-Forward Ventforet Kofu 220 1,793 24 68 92 1.20
27 Dudú Attack - Centre-Forward Ventforet Kofu 192 1,550 24 52 76 1.39
28 Leo Takae Midfield - Central Midfield Montedio Yamagata 208 5,658 24 7 31 0.38
29 Toyofumi Sakano Attack - Centre-Forward Tokyo Verdy 290 2,731 23 65 88 0.76
30 Shigeru Yokotani Midfield - Central Midfield Ventforet Kofu 280 4,076 23 35 58 0.51
31 Eiichi Katayama Defender - Left-Back Fagiano Okayama 146 4,882 23 15 38 0.42
32 Yuki Omoto Defender - Right-Back V-Varen Nagasaki 201 6,709 23 11 34 0.31
33 Takuya Nagata Defender - Left-Back Yokohama FC 233 10,004 23 11 34 0.21
34 Kengo Kitazume Defender - Right-Back Yokohama FC 185 4,424 23 10 33 0.47
35 Yuzuru Shimada Midfield - Defensive Midfield V-Varen Nagasaki 263 6,503 23 9 32 0.32
36 Yuto Horigome Defender - Left-Back Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo 220 10,207 23 6 29 0.20
37 Kazuhiro Sato Midfield - Defensive Midfield Zweigen Kanazawa 272 8,297 22 27 49 0.24
38 Kensuke Sato Midfield - Defensive Midfield Yokohama FC 388 10,205 22 19 41 0.19
39 Seiya Fujita Midfield - Right Midfield Tokushima Vortis 269 8,587 22 17 39 0.23
40 Ryota Nagaki Midfield - Defensive Midfield Tokushima Vortis 155 3,871 22 13 35 0.51
41 Naoya Ishigami Defender - Left-Back V-Varen Nagasaki 201 8,284 22 11 33 0.24
42 Kotaro Omori Midfield - Attacking Midfield Júbilo Iwata 99 3,768 22 6 28 0.53
43 Frank Romero Attack - Centre-Forward Montedio Yamagata 286 5,086 21 43 64 0.37
44 Kazuki Saito Attack - Centre-Forward Roasso Kumamoto 268 3,486 21 38 59 0.54
45 Yoichiro Kakitani Attack - Second Striker Tokushima Vortis 234 3,037 21 30 51 0.62
46 Shion Homma Midfield - Left Midfield Albirex Niigata 123 1,457 21 21 42 1.30
47 Kazuaki Mawatari Defender - Right-Back Zweigen Kanazawa 95 3,559 21 7 28 0.53
48 Yuya Yamagishi Attack - Centre-Forward Thespakusatsu Gunma 176 3,461 20 29 49 0.52
49 Kazuki Nishiya Midfield - Left Midfield Tokushima Vortis 199 3,380 20 26 46 0.53
50 Kiyokazu Kudo Midfield - Right Midfield Cerezo Osaka 178 6,103 20 13 33 0.29
51 Takayuki Mae Defender - Centre-Back Renofa Yamaguchi 295 10,998 20 13 33 0.16
52 Ryo Tadokoro Defender - Left-Back Yokohama FC 302 8,830 20 11 31 0.20
53 Daiki Watari Attack - Centre-Forward Tokushima Vortis 305 3,258 19 71 90 0.52
54 Shun Ito Midfield - Attacking Midfield Roasso Kumamoto 218 5,060 19 24 43 0.34
55 Seiji Koga Midfield - Left Midfield Avispa Fukuoka 113 2,193 19 22 41 0.78
56 Ibba Laajab Attack - Centre-Forward Yokohama FC 191 1,669 18 82 100 0.97
57 Yuji Senuma Attack - Centre-Forward Zweigen Kanazawa 234 3,496 18 41 59 0.46
58 Ryosuke Kawano Defender - Right-Back Mito HollyHock 142 3,461 18 1 19 0.47
59 Ryohei Hayashi Attack - Centre-Forward Tokyo Verdy 264 2,943 17 64 81 0.52
60 Takaaki Tokushige Attack - Right Winger Tokushima Vortis 194 3,100 17 29 46 0.49
61 Noriyoshi Sakai Attack - Centre-Forward Sagan Tosu 163 2,935 17 22 39 0.52
62 Keiya Sento Midfield - Central Midfield Kyoto Sanga 118 3,773 17 22 39 0.41
63 Ryotaro Ito Midfield - Central Midfield Mito HollyHock 102 764 17 22 39 2.00
64 Eiji Shirai Midfield - Defensive Midfield Tokushima Vortis 286 11,299 17 18 35 0.14
65 Kosuke Shirai Defender - Right-Back Shonan Bellmare 123 1,746 17 8 25 0.88
66 Shunto Kodama Midfield - Left Midfield Tokushima Vortis 118 2,208 17 6 23 0.69
67 Juanma Delgado Attack - Centre-Forward V-Varen Nagasaki 195 1,106 16 75 91 1.30
68 Shinji Kagawa Midfield - Attacking Midfield Cerezo Osaka 114 879 16 48 64 1.64
69 Shinya Yajima Midfield - Central Midfield Shimizu S-Pulse 178 2,769 16 26 42 0.52
70 Masaru Akiba Midfield - Defensive Midfield Zweigen Kanazawa 335 9,738 16 26 42 0.15
71 Serginho Midfield - Attacking Midfield Matsumoto Yamaga 107 1,939 16 24 40 0.74
72 Masaki Fukai Attack - Left Winger V-Varen Nagasaki 132 2,266 16 20 36 0.64
73 Yutaka Soneda Midfield - Attacking Midfield Ventforet Kofu 145 1,449 16 18 34 0.99
74 Kyogo Furuhashi Attack - Centre-Forward FC Gifu 68 821 16 17 33 1.75
75 Kaina Yoshio Attack - Right Winger Montedio Yamagata 81 1,026 16 13 29 1.40
76 Shinichi Terada Midfield - Attacking Midfield Yokohama FC 240 8,695 16 13 29 0.17
77 Kai Matsuzaki Midfield - Right Midfield Vegalta Sendai 110 2,132 16 11 27 0.68
78 Eijiro Takeda Defender - Left-Back Yokohama FC 184 7,856 16 5 21 0.18
79 Yota Shimokawa Defender - Left-Back Zweigen Kanazawa 117 3,318 16 4 20 0.43
80 Ayumu Kawai Defender - Right-Back Renofa Yamaguchi 193 5,640 16 4 20 0.26
81 Yong-jae Lee Attack - Centre-Forward V-Varen Nagasaki 202 2,819 15 48 63 0.48
82 Kenji Baba Attack - Centre-Forward Shonan Bellmare 229 2,357 15 47 62 0.57
83 Keiji Tamada Attack - Second Striker V-Varen Nagasaki 164 1,511 15 34 49 0.89
84 Daisuke Kikuchi Midfield - Left Midfield Tochigi SC 222 3,341 15 24 39 0.40
85 Popó Attack - Centre-Forward Vissel Kobe 69 495 15 22 37 2.73
86 Ryohei Yoshihama Midfield - Attacking Midfield Thespakusatsu Gunma 152 1,133 15 19 34 1.19
87 Marcos Guilherme Attack - Right Winger V-Varen Nagasaki 70 591 15 15 30 2.28
88 Hijiri Onaga Defender - Left-Back V-Varen Nagasaki 208 3,077 15 9 24 0.44
89 Gabriel Xavier Attack - Right Winger Nagoya Grampus 22 446 15 8 23 3.03
90 Yosuke Yuzawa Attack - Left Winger Tochigi SC 182 4,313 15 8 23 0.31
91 Koki Anzai Defender - Left-Back Tokyo Verdy 150 5,470 15 6 21 0.25
92 Takahiro Futagawa Midfield - Attacking Midfield Tokyo Verdy 65 1,646 15 5 20 0.82
93 Takuya Kokeguchi Attack - Centre-Forward Kataller Toyama 191 2,951 14 38 52 0.43
94 Matheus Jesus Midfield - Attacking Midfield V-Varen Nagasaki 76 1,376 14 34 48 0.92
95 Paulo Junichi Tanaka Attack - Right Winger Zweigen Kanazawa 203 2,511 14 19 33 0.50
96 Ryohei Shirasaki Midfield - Attacking Midfield Shimizu S-Pulse 135 5,080 14 17 31 0.25
97 Tatsuya Tanaka Attack - Right Winger Roasso Kumamoto 95 1,559 14 11 25 0.81
98 Hidetoshi Takeda Midfield - Right Midfield Vegalta Sendai 109 2,762 14 6 20 0.46
99 Masashi Kamekawa Defender - Left-Back Yokohama FC 231 8,018 14 5 19 0.16
100 Tatsuya Hasegawa Midfield - Left Midfield Yokohama FC 66 1,123 14 5 19 1.12
#GoalkeeperClubMatchesMinutesClean sheetsGoals concededGC / match
1 Yuta Minami Yokohama FC 400 35,866 123 489 1.22
2 Kenta Shimizu Montedio Yamagata 365 32,739 105 438 1.2
3 Masahiro Okamoto JEF United Chiba 320 28,768 97 387 1.21
4 Yosuke Nozawa Shonan Bellmare 219 19,989 81 221 1.01
5 Yuichi Mizutani Shonan Bellmare 234 21,080 73 278 1.19
6 Hirotsugu Nakabayashi Sanfrecce Hiroshima 207 18,627 70 207 1
7 Keisuke Shimizu Oita Trinita 204 18,315 68 221 1.08
8 Yuto Shirai Zweigen Kanazawa 275 24,677 66 394 1.43
9 Kohei Kawata Ventforet Kofu 206 18,447 65 229 1.11
10 Takuto Hayashi Vegalta Sendai 183 16,470 64 193 1.05
11 Masatoshi Kushibiki Thespakusatsu Gunma 204 18,360 64 245 1.2
12 Kota Ogi Vissel Kobe 159 14,310 63 147 0.92
13 Tsuyoshi Kodama Montedio Yamagata 179 16,110 61 196 1.09
14 Shigeru Sakurai Ventforet Kofu 182 16,290 57 222 1.22
15 Shota Arai Tokyo Verdy 143 12,825 54 148 1.03
16 Hiroyuki Takeda Tokyo Verdy 186 16,719 49 249 1.34
17 Jin-hyeon Kim Cerezo Osaka 113 10,010 47 108 0.96
18 Koki Fukui Machida Zelvia 127 11,295 47 129 1.02
19 Junki Kanayama V-Varen Nagasaki 150 13,277 45 155 1.03
20 Tomohiko Murayama Matsumoto Yamaga 125 11,225 44 135 1.08
21 Shuichi Gonda Shimizu S-Pulse 97 8,730 43 86 0.89
22 Toru Hasegawa Tokushima Vortis 113 10,145 41 116 1.03
23 Shun Takagi Oita Trinita 130 11,682 40 149 1.15
24 Yosuke Fujigaya Júbilo Iwata 129 11,506 39 150 1.16
25 Kentaro Kakoi Matsumoto Yamaga 132 11,880 37 157 1.19
26 José Aurelio Suárez Tokushima Vortis 116 10,440 37 129 1.11
27 Katsumi Suzuki Montedio Yamagata 138 13,298 36 176 1.28
28 Masahito Suzuki Tokushima Vortis 112 9,670 36 132 1.18
29 Motohiro Yoshida Cerezo Osaka 104 9,360 35 142 1.37
30 Kenta Tokushige Vissel Kobe 109 9,665 34 145 1.33
31 Takahiro Takagi Thespa Kusatsu 112 9,915 33 159 1.42
32 Kosuke Nakamura Kashiwa Reysol 61 5,490 33 42 0.69
33 Kiyomitsu Kobari Vegalta Sendai 156 13,960 32 260 1.67
34 Yeong-gi Kim Shonan Bellmare 94 8,460 32 108 1.15
35 Daniel Schmidt Roasso Kumamoto 71 6,390 32 54 0.76
36 Tatsuya Morita Matsumoto Yamaga 100 8,955 31 118 1.18
37 Tomoya Wakahara V-Varen Nagasaki 89 8,010 30 95 1.07
38 Sung-yun Gu Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo 66 5,889 29 55 0.83
39 Ryosuke Kojima Albirex Niigata 73 6,490 29 67 0.92
40 Takuya Masuda V-Varen Nagasaki 82 7,380 28 94 1.15
41 William Popp Tokyo Verdy 93 8,235 26 112 1.2
42 Víctor Ibáñez Montedio Yamagata 125 11,145 25 192 1.54
43 Hitoshi Shiota Tochigi SC 50 4,470 23 42 0.84
44 Nobuhiro Kato Omiya Ardija 52 4,680 23 45 0.87
45 Rikihiro Sugiyama Shimizu S-Pulse 69 5,927 23 68 0.99
46 Kazuki Fujita Tochigi SC 86 7,640 23 102 1.19
47 Hayate Tanaka Tokushima Vortis 50 4,500 23 36 0.72
48 Yohei Nishibe Urawa Red Diamonds 51 4,698 22 53 1.04
49 Hiromasa Yamamoto Ehime FC 83 7,381 21 115 1.39
50 Kenta Tanno Tochigi SC 68 5,922 21 90 1.32
#PlayerPosClubMatchesYC2nd YCRCScore
1 Kota Fukatsu Defender - Centre-Back Tokyo Verdy 337 76 4 1 79
2 Kensuke Sato Midfield - Defensive Midfield Yokohama FC 388 65 4 1 68
3 Koji Sakamoto Midfield - Attacking Midfield Shonan Bellmare 426 66 3 0 66
4 Paulinho Midfield - Defensive Midfield Tochigi SC 258 57 4 1 60
5 Hideomi Yamamoto Defender - Centre-Back Ventforet Kofu 368 53 1 2 59
6 Toshihiko Uchiyama Defender - Left-Back Ventforet Kofu 232 51 2 1 54
7 Kohei Usui Defender - Right-Back Yokohama FC 339 48 2 2 54
8 Shogo Nishikawa Defender - Centre-Back Yokohama FC 258 53 1 0 53
9 Seung-jin Bae Defender - Centre-Back Yokohama FC 210 53 4 0 53
10 Kazuhito Watanabe Midfield - Defensive Midfield Yokohama FC 301 49 3 0 49
11 Hayato Nakama Midfield - Left Midfield Roasso Kumamoto 295 43 3 2 49
12 Léo San Defender - Centre-Back Montedio Yamagata 200 45 0 1 48
13 Kazuya Maeda Defender - Centre-Back Montedio Yamagata 271 42 2 2 48
14 Yuta Someya Defender - Centre-Back Kyoto Sanga 223 48 0 0 48
15 Kazuya Iio Defender - Centre-Back Yokohama FC 315 47 1 0 47
16 Juanma Delgado Attack - Centre-Forward V-Varen Nagasaki 195 43 0 1 46
17 Yusuke Sato Midfield - Left Midfield Tokyo Verdy 1969 228 43 2 0 43
18 Daisuke Yano Defender - Centre-Back Sagan Tosu 229 43 2 0 43
19 Shogo Kobara Defender - Centre-Back Vegalta Sendai 226 42 3 0 42
20 Henik Midfield - Defensive Midfield Tochigi SC 204 42 2 0 42
21 Tomonobu Hayakawa Defender - Centre-Back Yokohama FC 195 32 2 3 41
22 Kentaro Sato Midfield - Defensive Midfield Renofa Yamaguchi 370 41 1 0 41
23 Keita Goto Defender - Centre-Back SC Sagamihara 253 41 0 0 41
24 Masaru Akiba Midfield - Defensive Midfield Zweigen Kanazawa 335 40 2 0 40
25 Ryujiro Ueda Defender - Centre-Back Roasso Kumamoto 225 37 3 1 40
26 Masaki Watanabe Defender - Centre-Back Yokohama FC 196 37 1 1 40
27 Yoshiaki Takagi Midfield - Attacking Midfield Tokyo Verdy 309 40 1 0 40
28 Kohei Kiyama Midfield - Defensive Midfield Tokyo Verdy 1969 394 38 0 0 38
29 Takumi Yamada Defender - Right-Back Montedio Yamagata 365 38 1 0 38
30 Takayuki Suzuki Attack - Centre-Forward Mito HollyHock 127 29 0 3 38
31 Kojiro Shinohara Defender - Centre-Back Roasso Kumamoto 223 38 0 0 38
32 Shigeru Yokotani Midfield - Central Midfield Ventforet Kofu 280 36 0 0 36
33 Adiel Midfield - Attacking Midfield Urawa Red Diamonds 196 32 2 1 35
34 Kazuki Saito Attack - Centre-Forward Roasso Kumamoto 268 35 0 0 35
35 Takayuki Mae Defender - Centre-Back Renofa Yamaguchi 295 29 1 2 35
36 Takeshi Hamada Midfield - Central Midfield Tokushima Vortis 339 34 1 0 34
37 Kiyokazu Kudo Midfield - Right Midfield Cerezo Osaka 178 33 1 0 33
38 Hiroki Bandai Attack - Centre-Forward Vegalta Sendai 271 33 2 0 33
39 Akira Kaji Defender - Right-Back Oita Trinita 199 32 2 0 32
40 Takashi Hirajima Defender - Right-Back Tokushima Vortis 182 32 0 0 32
41 Hiroaki Namba Attack - Centre-Forward Yokohama FC 320 32 0 0 32
42 Naoki Wako Defender - Left-Back Ventforet Kofu 213 29 1 1 32
43 Eijiro Takeda Defender - Left-Back Yokohama FC 184 29 1 1 32
44 Ryuhei Niwa Defender - Right-Back Vissel Kobe 158 28 1 1 31
45 Takahiro Yamaguchi Defender - Centre-Back V-Varen Nagasaki 223 31 1 0 31
46 Frank Romero Attack - Centre-Forward Montedio Yamagata 286 31 4 0 31
47 Gakuya Horii Attack Ventforet Kofu 185 27 1 1 30
48 Ryo Tadokoro Defender - Left-Back Yokohama FC 302 27 2 1 30
49 Nobuyuki Zaizen Midfield - Attacking Midfield Vegalta Sendai 222 26 1 1 29
50 Ricardo Defender - Centre-Back Vegalta Sendai 152 26 1 1 29
#ClubCountryPlayersTotal goals
1 Yokohama FC Japan 150 843
2 Kyoto Sanga Japan 97 527
3 Tokushima Vortis Japan 96 524
4 Yokohama FC Japan 98 502
5 Cerezo Osaka Japan 107 427
6 Yokohama FC Japan 88 378
7 Yokohama FC Japan 80 361
8 JEF United Chiba Japan 75 356
9 Yokohama FC — 89 353
10 Avispa Fukuoka Japan 80 346
11 Ventforet Kofu Japan 74 341
12 Tokyo Verdy 1969 Japan 71 334
13 Tokyo Verdy Japan 66 329
14 Vegalta Sendai Japan 45 325
15 Ventforet Kofu Japan 99 323
16 Yokohama FC Japan 69 294
17 Ventforet Kofu Japan 55 259
18 Oita Trinita Japan 58 229
19 Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo Japan 51 229
20 RB Omiya Ardija Japan 55 216
21 Roasso Kumamoto — 45 200
22 Sanfrecce Hiroshima Japan 57 172
23 Tokushima Vortis — 63 166
24 Thespakusatsu Gunma — 57 150
25 Tokyo Verdy — 61 149
26 Júbilo Iwata Japan 39 147
27 FC Gifu — 44 146
28 Renofa Yamaguchi — 49 129
29 Shimizu S-Pulse Japan 31 124
30 Vissel Kobe Japan 30 106
31 Kashiwa Reysol Japan 35 102
32 Gamba Osaka Japan 30 97
33 Zweigen Kanazawa — 27 96
34 Kawasaki Frontale Japan 18 90
35 Giravanz Kitakyushu — 23 89
36 Kamatamare Sanuki — 15 85
37 Sanfrecce Hiroshima Japan 15 76
38 Urawa Red Diamonds Japan 22 68
39 FC Ryukyu — 20 66
40 Kyoto Sanga — 13 53
41 Nagoya Grampus Japan 13 51
42 FC Tokyo Japan 16 44
43 Fujieda MYFC — 9 38
44 Blaublitz Akita — 14 35
45 Kagoshima United — 11 12
46 Iwaki FC — 6 11
47 SC Sagamihara — 10 11
48 JEF United Chiba — 5 9
49 Iwate Grulla Morioka — 8 6
50 Gainare Tottori — 11 6
#ClubCountrySeasons
1 Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo (16032) Japan 26
2 JEF United Chiba (672) Japan 26
3 Júbilo Iwata (937) Japan 26
4 Montedio Yamagata (16190) Japan 26
5 Oita Trinita (3935) Japan 26
6 RB Omiya Ardija (7452) Japan 26
7 Sagan Tosu (22177) Japan 26
8 V-Varen Nagasaki (23581) Japan 26
9 Vegalta Sendai (6395) Japan 26
10 Ventforet Kofu (10999) Japan 26
11 Tokushima Vortis (17832) Japan 6

Top scorer of each season in this competition (across 27 tracked seasons). Ties resolved by player_id order.

SeasonPlayerPosNatClubGoalsMatches
2025 Matheus Jesus Midfield - Attacking Midfield Brazil V-Varen Nagasaki 15 28
2024 Matheus Jesus Midfield - Attacking Midfield Brazil V-Varen Nagasaki 18 36
2023 Juanma Delgado Attack - Centre-Forward Spain V-Varen Nagasaki 26 36
2022 Koki Ogawa Attack - Centre-Forward Japan Yokohama FC 26 41
2021 Peter Utaka Attack - Centre-Forward Nigeria Belgium Kyoto Sanga 21 40
2020 Peter Utaka Attack - Centre-Forward Nigeria Belgium Kyoto Sanga 22 40
2019 Léo Attack - Centre-Forward Brazil Albirex Niigata 28 38
2018 Ado Onaiwu Attack - Centre-Forward Japan Renofa Yamaguchi 22 42
2017 Ibba Laajab Attack - Centre-Forward Norway Yokohama FC 25 41
2016 Chong Tese Attack - Centre-Forward Korea, North Shimizu S-Pulse 26 37
2015 Rui Komatsu Attack - Centre-Forward Japan Giravanz Kitakyushu 18 41
2014 Masashi Oguro Attack - Centre-Forward Japan Kyoto Sanga 26 42
2013 Kempes Attack - Centre-Forward Brazil JEF United Chiba 22 38
2012 Atsutaka Nakamura Midfield - Attacking Midfield Japan Kyoto Sanga 14 41
2011 Yohei Toyoda Attack - Centre-Forward Japan Sagan Tosu 23 38
2010 Mike Havenaar Attack - Centre-Forward Japan Ventforet Kofu 20 31
2009 Shinji Kagawa Midfield - Attacking Midfield Japan Cerezo Osaka 27 44
2008 Hisato Sato Attack - Centre-Forward Japan Sanfrecce Hiroshima 28 40
2007 Hulk Attack - Centre-Forward Brazil Tokyo Verdy 1969 37 42
2006 Hulk Attack - Centre-Forward Brazil Consadole Sapporo 25 38
2005 Paulinho Attack - Second Striker Brazil Kyoto Purple Sanga 22 32
2004 Hideo Oshima Attack - Centre-Forward Japan Montedio Yamagata 22 43
2003 Baré Attack - Centre-Forward Brazil Germany Omiya Ardija 22 43
2002 Edi Andradina Midfield - Attacking Midfield Poland Brazil Oita Trinita 18 39
2001 Emerson Attack - Left Winger Qatar Brazil Kawasaki Frontale 19 18
2000 Emerson Attack - Left Winger Qatar Brazil Consadole Sapporo 31 34
1999 Tuto Attack - Centre-Forward Brazil Kawasaki Frontale 17 30

Players with the most goals across all seasons of this competition in our dataset.

#PlayerPositionNationalityTotal goalsSeasons
1 Masashi Oguro Attack - Centre-Forward Japan 108 8
2 Yuki Nakashima Attack - Centre-Forward Japan 104 14
3 Takayuki Funayama Attack - Second Striker Japan 96 9
4 Peter Utaka Attack - Centre-Forward Nigeria Belgium 89 6
5 Ibba Laajab Attack - Centre-Forward Norway 82 6
6 Juanma Delgado Attack - Centre-Forward Spain 75 6
7 Baré Attack - Centre-Forward Brazil Germany 71 4
8 Daiki Watari Attack - Centre-Forward Japan 71 9
9 Hiroyuki Takasaki Attack - Centre-Forward Japan 68 6
10 Paulinho Attack - Second Striker Brazil 67 5
11 Hisashi Jogo Attack - Centre-Forward Japan 66 12
12 Hiroaki Namba Attack - Centre-Forward Japan 65 11
13 Toyofumi Sakano Attack - Centre-Forward Japan 65 9
14 Rui Komatsu Attack - Centre-Forward Japan 64 7
15 Ryohei Hayashi Attack - Centre-Forward Japan 64 9
16 Yohei Toyoda Attack - Centre-Forward Japan 64 7
17 Hulk Attack - Centre-Forward Brazil 62 2
18 Hisato Sato Attack - Centre-Forward Japan 59 6
19 Hideo Oshima Attack - Centre-Forward Japan 56 7
20 Koji Sakamoto Midfield - Attacking Midfield Japan 54 10

Highest single-season goal hauls in this competition.

#PlayerTeamSeasonGoals
1 Hulk Tokyo Verdy 1969 2007 37
2 Emerson Consadole Sapporo 2000 31
3 Hisato Sato Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2008 28
4 Léo Albirex Niigata 2019 28
5 Shinji Kagawa Cerezo Osaka 2009 27
6 Chong Tese Shimizu S-Pulse 2016 26
7 Masashi Oguro Kyoto Sanga 2014 26
8 Koki Ogawa Yokohama FC 2022 26
9 Juanma Delgado V-Varen Nagasaki 2023 26
10 Ibba Laajab Yokohama FC 2017 25