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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 — 2002

Top scorer
Edi Andradina Oita Trinita
18
Top assists
Jeong-yun No Avispa Fukuoka
2
Top clean sheets
Masahito Suzuki Shonan Bellmare
13
Most cards
Yoshito Okubo Cerezo Osaka
8
#PlayerPosNat ClubMatMin GAG+APenYCRC G/90A/90Min/G
1 Edi Andradina Midfield - Attacking Midfield Poland Brazil Oita Trinita 39 181 18 0 18 0 8 1 8.95 0.00 10
2 Yoshito Okubo Attack - Centre-Forward Japan Cerezo Osaka 29 100 18 0 18 0 8 1 16.20 0.00 6
3 Yasuo Manaka Attack Japan Cerezo Osaka 28 84 13 0 13 0 2 0 13.93 0.00 6
4 Marlon Attack - Centre-Forward Brazil Kawasaki Frontale 23 156 12 0 12 0 5 0 6.92 0.00 13
5 Hiroaki Morishima Midfield - Attacking Midfield Japan Cerezo Osaka 37 265 12 0 12 0 4 0 4.08 0.00 22
6 Beto Midfield - Defensive Midfield Brazil Albirex Niigata 29 212 11 0 11 0 5 0 4.67 0.00 19
7 Almir Turkovic Attack - Centre-Forward Bosnia-Herzegovina Cerezo Osaka 38 219 11 0 11 0 3 0 4.52 0.00 20
8 Yusuke Sato Midfield - Left Midfield Japan Montedio Yamagata 40 386 9 0 9 0 8 0 2.10 0.00 43
9 Akinori Nishizawa Attack - Centre-Forward Japan Cerezo Osaka 34 284 8 0 8 0 7 0 2.54 0.00 36
10 Fabinho Santos Midfield - Attacking Midfield Brazil Oita Trinita 33 350 7 0 7 0 9 0 1.80 0.00 50
11 Koji Sakamoto Midfield - Attacking Midfield Japan Shonan Bellmare 38 431 7 0 7 0 6 0 1.46 0.00 62
12 Keisuke Kurihara Midfield - Attacking Midfield Japan Shonan Bellmare 38 338 7 0 7 0 3 0 1.86 0.00 48
13 Katsuyuki Miyazawa Attack - Left Winger Japan Albirex Niigata 31 311 6 0 6 0 0 0 1.74 0.00 52
14 Hideo Oshima Attack - Centre-Forward Japan Montedio Yamagata 38 492 6 0 6 0 7 0 1.10 0.00 82
15 Yuji Hironaga Midfield Japan Yokohama FC 32 562 5 0 5 0 9 0 0.80 0.00 112
16 João Carlos Defender - Centre-Back Brazil Cerezo Osaka 38 623 5 0 5 0 7 0 0.72 0.00 125
17 Jeong-yun No Attack - Second Striker Korea, South Avispa Fukuoka 33 555 5 2 7 0 4 0 0.81 0.32 111
18 Ryosuke Nemoto Attack Japan Montedio Yamagata 38 483 4 0 4 0 0 0 0.75 0.00 121
19 Teppei Nishiyama Midfield - Right Midfield Japan Oita Trinita 40 817 4 0 4 0 8 0 0.44 0.00 204
20 Yuichi Nemoto Defender - Left-Back Japan Cerezo Osaka 34 765 4 0 4 0 2 0 0.47 0.00 191
21 Kenji Oshiba Attack Japan Cerezo Osaka 12 233 3 0 3 0 2 0 1.16 0.00 78
22 Motoki Kawasaki Midfield Japan Sagan Tosu 39 933 3 0 3 0 6 0 0.29 0.00 311
23 Kiyokazu Kudo Midfield - Right Midfield Japan Cerezo Osaka 35 804 3 0 3 0 5 0 0.34 0.00 268
24 Yeong-hak Ahn Midfield - Defensive Midfield Korea, North Albirex Niigata 39 1,167 3 0 3 0 9 0 0.23 0.00 389
25 Kenji Takahashi Midfield Japan Montedio Yamagata 43 1,529 2 0 2 0 6 0 0.12 0.00 765
26 Kazuaki Tasaka Midfield - Defensive Midfield Japan Cerezo Osaka 16 624 2 0 2 0 1 0 0.29 0.00 312
27 Satoru Suzuki Defender - Centre-Back Japan Cerezo Osaka 43 1,889 2 0 2 0 3 0 0.10 0.00 945
28 Yasushi Kita Defender - Centre-Back Japan Cerezo Osaka 37 1,521 2 0 2 0 6 0 0.12 0.00 761
29 Jong-hwan Yoon Midfield - Central Midfield Korea, South Cerezo Osaka 26 841 2 0 2 0 6 0 0.21 0.00 421
30 Tomotaka Kitamura Attack - Right Winger Japan Yokohama FC 19 768 2 0 2 0 0 0 0.23 0.00 384
31 Hisato Sato Attack - Centre-Forward Japan Cerezo Osaka 13 119 2 0 2 0 1 0 1.51 0.00 60
32 Yoshimasa Fujita Midfield Japan Montedio Yamagata 21 684 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.13 0.00 684
33 Takao Yamauchi Defender Japan Cerezo Osaka 8 694 1 0 1 0 1 0 0.13 0.00 694
34 Kohei Hayashi Attack Japan Kawasaki Frontale 11 196 1 0 1 0 2 0 0.46 0.00 196
35 Nobuki Hara Attack - Left Winger Japan Cerezo Osaka 18 909 1 0 1 0 1 0 0.10 0.00 909
36 Kentaro Suzuki Defender - Left-Back Japan Montedio Yamagata 34 2,987 1 0 1 0 6 0 0.03 0.00 2,987
37 Yoshiki Nakai Midfield Japan Cerezo Osaka 8 567 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.16 0.00 567
38 Masakazu Washida Defender - Centre-Back Japan Montedio Yamagata 43 3,861 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.02 0.00 3,861
39 Hideki Matsuda Attack - Right Winger Japan Montedio Yamagata 8 310 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.29 0.00 310
40 Tomoyuki Yoshino Midfield - Defensive Midfield Japan Shonan Bellmare 27 2,388 1 0 1 0 2 0 0.04 0.00 2,388
41 Kazuyuki Otsuka Midfield - Attacking Midfield Japan Avispa Fukuoka 16 645 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.14 0.00 645
42 Takumi Motohashi Midfield - Defensive Midfield Japan Shonan Bellmare 15 930 1 0 1 0 1 0 0.10 0.00 930
43 Yuki Inoue Defender - Right-Back Japan Montedio Yamagata 41 3,264 1 0 1 0 1 0 0.03 0.00 3,264
44 Kohei Usui Defender - Right-Back Japan Yokohama FC 32 2,755 1 0 1 0 5 0 0.03 0.00 2,755
45 Tetsuya Yamazaki Defender - Centre-Back Japan Oita Trinita 8 501 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.18 0.00 501
46 Seiji Koga Midfield - Left Midfield Japan Avispa Fukuoka 17 958 1 0 1 0 3 1 0.09 0.00 958
47 Takaaki Tokushige Attack - Right Winger Japan Cerezo Osaka 20 1,063 1 0 1 0 2 0 0.08 0.00 1,063
48 Kazuyuki Matsuda Defender Japan Montedio Yamagata 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 —
49 Naoki Mori Defender Japan Cerezo Osaka 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 —
50 Mitsumasa Yoda Defender Japan Montedio Yamagata 19 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.00 0.00 —
51 Michiharu Sugimoto Midfield Japan Cerezo Osaka 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 —
52 Ippei Saga Midfield Japan Montedio Yamagata 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 —
53 Jun Kokubo Midfield Japan Montedio Yamagata 26 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.00 0.00 —
54 Takeshi Saito Goalkeeper Japan Montedio Yamagata 19 1,584 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 —
55 Masayuki Ota Defender Japan Montedio Yamagata 38 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 0.00 —
56 Katsumi Suzuki Goalkeeper Japan Montedio Yamagata 23 2,056 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 0.00 —
57 Yoshifumi Ono Defender Japan Montedio Yamagata 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 —
58 Taku Watanabe Defender Japan Montedio Yamagata 25 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.00 0.00 —
59 Kazumasa Kawano Goalkeeper Japan Cerezo Osaka 13 1,170 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 0.00 —
60 Mitsunori Yamao Defender Japan Cerezo Osaka 15 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 0.00 —
61 Shinji Jojo Defender Japan Albirex Niigata 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 —
62 Asuka Tateishi Defender - Right-Back Japan Avispa Fukuoka 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 0.00 —
63 Tetsuro Uki Defender Japan Oita Trinita 42 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.00 0.00 —
64 Ryu Saito Defender Japan Cerezo Osaka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 —
65 Tomoyasu Ando Goalkeeper Japan Omiya Ardija 23 2,070 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 —
66 Takehito Shigehara Midfield - Defensive Midfield Japan Kawasaki Frontale 30 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0.00 0.00 —
67 Takanori Nunobe Midfield - Central Midfield Japan Cerezo Osaka 34 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.00 0.00 —
68 Ryosuke Kijima Attack - Second Striker Japan Oita Trinita 15 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 0.00 —
69 Yoshiya Takemura Midfield Japan Omiya Ardija 21 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.00 0.00 —
70 Toshikazu Kato Defender Japan Avispa Fukuoka 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 —
71 Takeo Harada Midfield - Defensive Midfield Japan Avispa Fukuoka 21 0 0 1 1 0 4 0 0.00 0.00 —
72 Hiroshi Fukushima Attack - Centre-Forward Japan Avispa Fukuoka 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 —
73 Hiroyuki Takeda Goalkeeper Japan Mito HollyHock 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 —
74 Shigeru Sakurai Goalkeeper Japan Montedio Yamagata 4 360 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 0.00 —
75 Atsushi Nagai Midfield - Defensive Midfield Japan Montedio Yamagata 39 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0.00 0.00 —
76 Shinya Kawashima Defender - Centre-Back Japan Avispa Fukuoka 14 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.00 0.00 —
77 Masahito Suzuki Goalkeeper Japan Shonan Bellmare 26 2,212 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 0.00 —
78 Takeshi Hamada Midfield - Central Midfield Japan Cerezo Osaka 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 —
79 Takashi Aizawa Goalkeeper Japan Kawasaki Frontale 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 —
80 Tomohiko Ito Goalkeeper Japan Shonan Bellmare 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 —
81 Takumi Watanabe Midfield - Defensive Midfield Japan Kawasaki Frontale 14 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.00 0.00 —
82 Makoto Kimura Defender - Right-Back Japan Kawasaki Frontale 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 —
83 Masaru Akiba Midfield - Defensive Midfield Japan Montedio Yamagata 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 —
84 Daisuke Tada Goalkeeper Japan Cerezo Osaka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 —
85 Seigo Shimokawa Goalkeeper Japan Cerezo Osaka 32 2,846 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.00 0.00 —
86 Toshihiko Uchiyama Defender - Left-Back Japan Montedio Yamagata 13 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 0.00 —
87 Yong-dae Jeong Midfield - Central Midfield Korea, South Cerezo Osaka 11 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.00 0.00 —
88 Yuichi Mizutani Goalkeeper Japan Cerezo Osaka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 —
89 Yosuke Nozawa Goalkeeper Japan Albirex Niigata 43 3,870 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 0.00 —
90 Marcelo Mattos Midfield - Defensive Midfield Brazil Italy Oita Trinita 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 —
91 Daisuke Saito Defender - Centre-Back Japan Cerezo Osaka 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 0.00 —
92 Masahiro Ohashi Midfield - Attacking Midfield Japan Albirex Niigata 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 —
#PlayerPosClubMatMinAGG+AA/90
1 Jeong-yun No Attack - Second Striker Avispa Fukuoka 33 555 2 5 7 0.32
2 Takeo Harada Midfield - Defensive Midfield Avispa Fukuoka 21 0 1 0 1 0.00
3 Yoshito Okubo Attack - Centre-Forward Cerezo Osaka 29 100 0 18 18 0.00
4 Edi Andradina Midfield - Attacking Midfield Oita Trinita 39 181 0 18 18 0.00
5 Yasuo Manaka Attack Cerezo Osaka 28 84 0 13 13 0.00
6 Marlon Attack - Centre-Forward Kawasaki Frontale 23 156 0 12 12 0.00
7 Hiroaki Morishima Midfield - Attacking Midfield Cerezo Osaka 37 265 0 12 12 0.00
8 Almir Turkovic Attack - Centre-Forward Cerezo Osaka 38 219 0 11 11 0.00
9 Beto Midfield - Defensive Midfield Albirex Niigata 29 212 0 11 11 0.00
10 Yusuke Sato Midfield - Left Midfield Montedio Yamagata 40 386 0 9 9 0.00
11 Akinori Nishizawa Attack - Centre-Forward Cerezo Osaka 34 284 0 8 8 0.00
12 Koji Sakamoto Midfield - Attacking Midfield Shonan Bellmare 38 431 0 7 7 0.00
13 Keisuke Kurihara Midfield - Attacking Midfield Shonan Bellmare 38 338 0 7 7 0.00
14 Fabinho Santos Midfield - Attacking Midfield Oita Trinita 33 350 0 7 7 0.00
15 Katsuyuki Miyazawa Attack - Left Winger Albirex Niigata 31 311 0 6 6 0.00
16 Hideo Oshima Attack - Centre-Forward Montedio Yamagata 38 492 0 6 6 0.00
17 Yuji Hironaga Midfield Yokohama FC 32 562 0 5 5 0.00
18 João Carlos Defender - Centre-Back Cerezo Osaka 38 623 0 5 5 0.00
19 Teppei Nishiyama Midfield - Right Midfield Oita Trinita 40 817 0 4 4 0.00
20 Ryosuke Nemoto Attack Montedio Yamagata 38 483 0 4 4 0.00
21 Yuichi Nemoto Defender - Left-Back Cerezo Osaka 34 765 0 4 4 0.00
22 Kiyokazu Kudo Midfield - Right Midfield Cerezo Osaka 35 804 0 3 3 0.00
23 Motoki Kawasaki Midfield Sagan Tosu 39 933 0 3 3 0.00
24 Kenji Oshiba Attack Cerezo Osaka 12 233 0 3 3 0.00
25 Yeong-hak Ahn Midfield - Defensive Midfield Albirex Niigata 39 1,167 0 3 3 0.00
26 Hisato Sato Attack - Centre-Forward Cerezo Osaka 13 119 0 2 2 0.00
27 Satoru Suzuki Defender - Centre-Back Cerezo Osaka 43 1,889 0 2 2 0.00
28 Kazuaki Tasaka Midfield - Defensive Midfield Cerezo Osaka 16 624 0 2 2 0.00
29 Yasushi Kita Defender - Centre-Back Cerezo Osaka 37 1,521 0 2 2 0.00
30 Kenji Takahashi Midfield Montedio Yamagata 43 1,529 0 2 2 0.00
31 Jong-hwan Yoon Midfield - Central Midfield Cerezo Osaka 26 841 0 2 2 0.00
32 Tomotaka Kitamura Attack - Right Winger Yokohama FC 19 768 0 2 2 0.00
33 Kazuyuki Otsuka Midfield - Attacking Midfield Avispa Fukuoka 16 645 0 1 1 0.00
34 Nobuki Hara Attack - Left Winger Cerezo Osaka 18 909 0 1 1 0.00
35 Seiji Koga Midfield - Left Midfield Avispa Fukuoka 17 958 0 1 1 0.00
36 Kohei Hayashi Attack Kawasaki Frontale 11 196 0 1 1 0.00
37 Kentaro Suzuki Defender - Left-Back Montedio Yamagata 34 2,987 0 1 1 0.00
38 Tetsuya Yamazaki Defender - Centre-Back Oita Trinita 8 501 0 1 1 0.00
39 Yoshiki Nakai Midfield Cerezo Osaka 8 567 0 1 1 0.00
40 Masakazu Washida Defender - Centre-Back Montedio Yamagata 43 3,861 0 1 1 0.00
41 Hideki Matsuda Attack - Right Winger Montedio Yamagata 8 310 0 1 1 0.00
42 Tomoyuki Yoshino Midfield - Defensive Midfield Shonan Bellmare 27 2,388 0 1 1 0.00
43 Takaaki Tokushige Attack - Right Winger Cerezo Osaka 20 1,063 0 1 1 0.00
44 Kohei Usui Defender - Right-Back Yokohama FC 32 2,755 0 1 1 0.00
45 Yoshimasa Fujita Midfield Montedio Yamagata 21 684 0 1 1 0.00
46 Yuki Inoue Defender - Right-Back Montedio Yamagata 41 3,264 0 1 1 0.00
47 Takao Yamauchi Defender Cerezo Osaka 8 694 0 1 1 0.00
48 Takumi Motohashi Midfield - Defensive Midfield Shonan Bellmare 15 930 0 1 1 0.00
49 Kazumasa Kawano Goalkeeper Cerezo Osaka 13 1,170 0 0 0 0.00
50 Yong-dae Jeong Midfield - Central Midfield Cerezo Osaka 11 0 0 0 0 0.00
51 Kazuyuki Matsuda Defender Montedio Yamagata 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
52 Ryu Saito Defender Cerezo Osaka 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
53 Tetsuro Uki Defender Oita Trinita 42 0 0 0 0 0.00
54 Yuichi Mizutani Goalkeeper Cerezo Osaka 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
55 Naoki Mori Defender Cerezo Osaka 3 0 0 0 0 0.00
56 Asuka Tateishi Defender - Right-Back Avispa Fukuoka 7 0 0 0 0 0.00
57 Shinji Jojo Defender Albirex Niigata 1 0 0 0 0 0.00
58 Mitsunori Yamao Defender Cerezo Osaka 15 0 0 0 0 0.00
59 Mitsumasa Yoda Defender Montedio Yamagata 19 0 0 0 0 0.00
60 Michiharu Sugimoto Midfield Cerezo Osaka 2 0 0 0 0 0.00
61 Taku Watanabe Defender Montedio Yamagata 25 0 0 0 0 0.00
62 Ippei Saga Midfield Montedio Yamagata 8 0 0 0 0 0.00
63 Yosuke Nozawa Goalkeeper Albirex Niigata 43 3,870 0 0 0 0.00
64 Yoshifumi Ono Defender Montedio Yamagata 16 0 0 0 0 0.00
65 Katsumi Suzuki Goalkeeper Montedio Yamagata 23 2,056 0 0 0 0.00
66 Masayuki Ota Defender Montedio Yamagata 38 0 0 0 0 0.00
67 Takeshi Saito Goalkeeper Montedio Yamagata 19 1,584 0 0 0 0.00
68 Jun Kokubo Midfield Montedio Yamagata 26 0 0 0 0 0.00
69 Daisuke Saito Defender - Centre-Back Cerezo Osaka 8 0 0 0 0 0.00
70 Tomohiko Ito Goalkeeper Shonan Bellmare 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
71 Takashi Aizawa Goalkeeper Kawasaki Frontale 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
72 Takeshi Hamada Midfield - Central Midfield Cerezo Osaka 14 0 0 0 0 0.00
73 Masahito Suzuki Goalkeeper Shonan Bellmare 26 2,212 0 0 0 0.00
74 Shinya Kawashima Defender - Centre-Back Avispa Fukuoka 14 0 0 0 0 0.00
75 Atsushi Nagai Midfield - Defensive Midfield Montedio Yamagata 39 0 0 0 0 0.00
76 Shigeru Sakurai Goalkeeper Montedio Yamagata 4 360 0 0 0 0.00
77 Marcelo Mattos Midfield - Defensive Midfield Oita Trinita 1 0 0 0 0 0.00
78 Takumi Watanabe Midfield - Defensive Midfield Kawasaki Frontale 14 0 0 0 0 0.00
79 Hiroyuki Takeda Goalkeeper Mito HollyHock 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
80 Hiroshi Fukushima Attack - Centre-Forward Avispa Fukuoka 8 0 0 0 0 0.00
81 Masahiro Ohashi Midfield - Attacking Midfield Albirex Niigata 4 0 0 0 0 0.00
82 Toshikazu Kato Defender Avispa Fukuoka 8 0 0 0 0 0.00
83 Makoto Kimura Defender - Right-Back Kawasaki Frontale 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
84 Yoshiya Takemura Midfield Omiya Ardija 21 0 0 0 0 0.00
85 Masaru Akiba Midfield - Defensive Midfield Montedio Yamagata 7 0 0 0 0 0.00
86 Ryosuke Kijima Attack - Second Striker Oita Trinita 15 0 0 0 0 0.00
87 Takanori Nunobe Midfield - Central Midfield Cerezo Osaka 34 0 0 0 0 0.00
88 Takehito Shigehara Midfield - Defensive Midfield Kawasaki Frontale 30 0 0 0 0 0.00
89 Daisuke Tada Goalkeeper Cerezo Osaka 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
90 Seigo Shimokawa Goalkeeper Cerezo Osaka 32 2,846 0 0 0 0.00
91 Toshihiko Uchiyama Defender - Left-Back Montedio Yamagata 13 0 0 0 0 0.00
92 Tomoyasu Ando Goalkeeper Omiya Ardija 23 2,070 0 0 0 0.00
#GoalkeeperClubMatchesMinutesClean sheetsGoals concededGC / match
1 Masahito Suzuki Shonan Bellmare 26 2,212 13 19 0.73
2 Yosuke Nozawa Albirex Niigata 43 3,870 13 46 1.07
3 Seigo Shimokawa Cerezo Osaka 32 2,846 9 39 1.22
4 Tomoyasu Ando Omiya Ardija 23 2,070 8 24 1.04
5 Takeshi Saito Montedio Yamagata 19 1,584 7 21 1.11
6 Katsumi Suzuki Montedio Yamagata 23 2,056 6 31 1.35
7 Kazumasa Kawano Cerezo Osaka 13 1,170 4 19 1.46
#PlayerPosClubMatchesYC2nd YCRCScore
1 Yoshito Okubo Attack - Centre-Forward Cerezo Osaka 29 8 0 1 11
2 Edi Andradina Midfield - Attacking Midfield Oita Trinita 39 8 0 1 11
3 Yuji Hironaga Midfield Yokohama FC 32 9 0 0 9
4 Fabinho Santos Midfield - Attacking Midfield Oita Trinita 33 9 0 0 9
5 Yeong-hak Ahn Midfield - Defensive Midfield Albirex Niigata 39 9 0 0 9
6 Teppei Nishiyama Midfield - Right Midfield Oita Trinita 40 8 0 0 8
7 Yusuke Sato Midfield - Left Midfield Montedio Yamagata 40 8 0 0 8
8 Takehito Shigehara Midfield - Defensive Midfield Kawasaki Frontale 30 8 1 0 8
9 Akinori Nishizawa Attack - Centre-Forward Cerezo Osaka 34 7 0 0 7
10 Hideo Oshima Attack - Centre-Forward Montedio Yamagata 38 7 0 0 7
11 João Carlos Defender - Centre-Back Cerezo Osaka 38 7 0 0 7
12 Yasushi Kita Defender - Centre-Back Cerezo Osaka 37 6 0 0 6
13 Motoki Kawasaki Midfield Sagan Tosu 39 6 1 0 6
14 Kentaro Suzuki Defender - Left-Back Montedio Yamagata 34 6 0 0 6
15 Koji Sakamoto Midfield - Attacking Midfield Shonan Bellmare 38 6 2 0 6
16 Atsushi Nagai Midfield - Defensive Midfield Montedio Yamagata 39 6 0 0 6
17 Kenji Takahashi Midfield Montedio Yamagata 43 6 0 0 6
18 Jong-hwan Yoon Midfield - Central Midfield Cerezo Osaka 26 6 0 0 6
19 Seiji Koga Midfield - Left Midfield Avispa Fukuoka 17 3 0 1 6
20 Kiyokazu Kudo Midfield - Right Midfield Cerezo Osaka 35 5 1 0 5
21 Marlon Attack - Centre-Forward Kawasaki Frontale 23 5 0 0 5
22 Kohei Usui Defender - Right-Back Yokohama FC 32 5 0 0 5
23 Jun Kokubo Midfield Montedio Yamagata 26 5 0 0 5
24 Taku Watanabe Defender Montedio Yamagata 25 5 0 0 5
25 Tetsuro Uki Defender Oita Trinita 42 5 0 0 5
26 Beto Midfield - Defensive Midfield Albirex Niigata 29 5 0 0 5
27 Takanori Nunobe Midfield - Central Midfield Cerezo Osaka 34 5 0 0 5
28 Jeong-yun No Attack - Second Striker Avispa Fukuoka 33 4 0 0 4
29 Hiroaki Morishima Midfield - Attacking Midfield Cerezo Osaka 37 4 0 0 4
30 Takeo Harada Midfield - Defensive Midfield Avispa Fukuoka 21 4 0 0 4
31 Almir Turkovic Attack - Centre-Forward Cerezo Osaka 38 3 0 0 3
32 Satoru Suzuki Defender - Centre-Back Cerezo Osaka 43 3 1 0 3
33 Yoshiya Takemura Midfield Omiya Ardija 21 3 0 0 3
34 Keisuke Kurihara Midfield - Attacking Midfield Shonan Bellmare 38 3 0 0 3
35 Takumi Watanabe Midfield - Defensive Midfield Kawasaki Frontale 14 2 0 0 2
36 Yong-dae Jeong Midfield - Central Midfield Cerezo Osaka 11 2 0 0 2
37 Tomoyuki Yoshino Midfield - Defensive Midfield Shonan Bellmare 27 2 0 0 2
38 Seigo Shimokawa Goalkeeper Cerezo Osaka 32 2 0 0 2
39 Takaaki Tokushige Attack - Right Winger Cerezo Osaka 20 2 0 0 2
40 Mitsumasa Yoda Defender Montedio Yamagata 19 2 0 0 2
41 Yuichi Nemoto Defender - Left-Back Cerezo Osaka 34 2 0 0 2
42 Kohei Hayashi Attack Kawasaki Frontale 11 2 0 0 2
43 Kenji Oshiba Attack Cerezo Osaka 12 2 0 0 2
44 Shinya Kawashima Defender - Centre-Back Avispa Fukuoka 14 2 0 0 2
45 Yasuo Manaka Attack Cerezo Osaka 28 2 0 0 2
46 Kazumasa Kawano Goalkeeper Cerezo Osaka 13 1 0 0 1
47 Daisuke Saito Defender - Centre-Back Cerezo Osaka 8 1 0 0 1
48 Katsumi Suzuki Goalkeeper Montedio Yamagata 23 1 0 0 1
49 Masayuki Ota Defender Montedio Yamagata 38 1 0 0 1
50 Masahito Suzuki Goalkeeper Shonan Bellmare 26 1 0 0 1
#ClubCountryPlayersTotal goals
1 Cerezo Osaka Japan 30 91
2 Oita Trinita Japan 7 30
3 Montedio Yamagata Japan 22 26
4 Albirex Niigata Japan 6 20
5 Shonan Bellmare Japan 6 16
6 Kawasaki Frontale Japan 6 13
7 Yokohama FC Japan 3 8
8 Avispa Fukuoka Japan 8 7
9 Sagan Tosu Japan 1 3
10 Omiya Ardija Japan 2 0
11 Mito HollyHock — 1 0
#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