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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 — 2003

Top scorer
Baré Omiya Ardija
22
Top assists
Seiji Koga Avispa Fukuoka
6
Top clean sheets
Yosuke Nozawa Albirex Niigata
15
Most cards
Nivaldo Montedio Yamagata
8
#PlayerPosNat ClubMatMin GAG+APenYCRC G/90A/90Min/G
1 Baré Attack - Centre-Forward Brazil Germany Omiya Ardija 43 156 22 0 22 0 6 0 12.69 0.00 7
2 Marcelo Ramos Attack - Centre-Forward Brazil Sanfrecce Hiroshima 32 193 14 0 14 0 6 0 6.53 0.00 14
3 Kosei Nakamura Attack Japan Montedio Yamagata 40 160 11 0 11 0 1 0 6.19 0.00 15
4 Fabinho Santos Midfield - Attacking Midfield Brazil Albirex Niigata 28 272 9 0 9 0 8 0 2.98 0.00 30
5 Daisuke Hoshi Midfield Japan Montedio Yamagata 38 338 9 0 9 0 4 1 2.40 0.00 38
6 Hideo Oshima Attack - Centre-Forward Japan Montedio Yamagata 42 391 9 0 9 0 7 0 2.07 0.00 43
7 Gakuya Horii Attack Japan Consadole Sapporo 41 412 8 0 8 0 7 0 1.75 0.00 52
8 Hiroshi Fukushima Attack - Centre-Forward Japan Avispa Fukuoka 30 198 8 1 9 0 1 0 3.64 0.45 25
9 Toshiaki Haji Attack - Centre-Forward Japan Montedio Yamagata 28 219 6 0 6 0 0 0 2.47 0.00 37
10 Edi Andradina Midfield - Attacking Midfield Poland Brazil Consadole Sapporo 22 295 6 0 6 0 5 1 1.83 0.00 49
11 Robert Attack - Centre-Forward Brazil Kawasaki Frontale 16 186 6 0 6 0 4 0 2.90 0.00 31
12 Reginaldo Vital Midfield Brazil Consadole Sapporo 22 311 5 0 5 0 6 0 1.45 0.00 62
13 Katsuyuki Miyazawa Attack - Left Winger Japan Albirex Niigata 31 320 5 0 5 0 0 0 1.41 0.00 64
14 Hiroto Mogi Defender - Left-Back Japan Sanfrecce Hiroshima 23 242 5 0 5 0 3 0 1.86 0.00 48
15 Seiji Koga Midfield - Left Midfield Japan Avispa Fukuoka 25 299 5 6 11 0 2 0 1.51 1.81 60
16 Masatoshi Matsuda Attack - Centre-Forward Japan Montedio Yamagata 9 140 4 0 4 0 0 0 2.57 0.00 35
17 Motoki Kawasaki Midfield Japan Sagan Tosu 35 725 4 0 4 0 7 0 0.50 0.00 181
18 Koji Sakamoto Midfield - Attacking Midfield Japan Shonan Bellmare 44 888 4 0 4 0 2 0 0.41 0.00 222
19 Kohei Usui Defender - Right-Back Japan Yokohama FC 38 699 4 0 4 0 3 1 0.52 0.00 175
20 Kengo Nakamura Midfield - Central Midfield Japan Kawasaki Frontale 34 230 4 0 4 0 1 0 1.57 0.00 58
21 Shinya Kawashima Defender - Centre-Back Japan Avispa Fukuoka 39 888 3 3 6 0 1 0 0.30 0.30 296
22 Hideomi Yamamoto Defender - Centre-Back Japan Ventforet Kofu 34 361 3 0 3 0 5 0 0.75 0.00 120
23 Rudi Vata Defender - Centre-Back Albania Yokohama FC 24 631 3 0 3 0 4 0 0.43 0.00 210
24 Kenji Takahashi Midfield Japan Montedio Yamagata 41 1,699 2 0 2 0 1 0 0.11 0.00 850
25 Nivaldo Midfield Brazil Montedio Yamagata 40 1,740 2 0 2 0 8 0 0.10 0.00 870
26 Naoki Mori Defender Japan Mito HollyHock 38 1,710 2 0 2 0 8 0 0.11 0.00 855
27 Jun Kokubo Midfield Japan Montedio Yamagata 32 569 2 0 2 0 4 0 0.32 0.00 285
28 Daisuke Yoneyama Attack Japan Sagan Tosu 23 515 2 0 2 0 3 0 0.35 0.00 258
29 Yasuo Manaka Attack Japan Sanfrecce Hiroshima 14 271 2 0 2 0 2 0 0.66 0.00 136
30 Hámilton Ricard Attack - Centre-Forward Colombia Shonan Bellmare 12 408 2 0 2 0 3 1 0.44 0.00 204
31 Yasuyuki Konno Midfield - Defensive Midfield Japan Consadole Sapporo 26 1,121 2 0 2 0 3 0 0.16 0.00 561
32 Ricardo Defender - Centre-Back Brazil Sanfrecce Hiroshima 43 1,930 2 0 2 0 7 0 0.09 0.00 965
33 Alexandre Bortolato Attack Brazil Montedio Yamagata 15 732 1 0 1 0 1 0 0.12 0.00 732
34 Mitsunori Yamao Defender Japan Yokohama FC 38 3,145 1 0 1 0 5 1 0.03 0.00 3,145
35 Kentaro Suzuki Defender - Left-Back Japan Albirex Niigata 17 1,416 1 0 1 0 3 0 0.06 0.00 1,416
36 Masakazu Washida Defender - Centre-Back Japan Montedio Yamagata 36 3,240 1 0 1 0 1 0 0.03 0.00 3,240
37 Takeo Harada Midfield - Defensive Midfield Japan Avispa Fukuoka 27 1,996 1 1 2 0 2 0 0.05 0.05 1,996
38 Kentaro Kawasaki Midfield - Left Midfield Japan Montedio Yamagata 21 598 1 0 1 0 2 0 0.15 0.00 598
39 Yuki Inoue Defender - Right-Back Japan Montedio Yamagata 31 2,531 1 0 1 0 8 0 0.04 0.00 2,531
40 Atsushi Nagai Midfield - Defensive Midfield Japan Montedio Yamagata 41 3,369 1 0 1 0 1 0 0.03 0.00 3,369
41 Tomotaka Kitamura Attack - Right Winger Japan Yokohama FC 17 763 1 0 1 0 1 0 0.12 0.00 763
42 Kazuyuki Morisaki Midfield - Defensive Midfield Japan Sanfrecce Hiroshima 41 3,652 1 0 1 0 4 0 0.02 0.00 3,652
43 Tomonobu Hayakawa Defender - Centre-Back Japan Yokohama FC 21 1,121 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.08 0.00 1,121
44 Teruaki Kobayashi Defender - Centre-Back Japan Montedio Yamagata 9 727 1 0 1 0 2 0 0.12 0.00 727
45 Yusuke Igawa Defender - Centre-Back Japan Sanfrecce Hiroshima 15 1,345 1 0 1 0 2 0 0.07 0.00 1,345
46 Yeong-hak Ahn Midfield - Defensive Midfield Korea, North Albirex Niigata 29 1,885 1 0 1 0 5 0 0.05 0.00 1,885
47 Dirk Lehmann Midfield - Attacking Midfield Germany Yokohama FC 12 772 1 0 1 0 2 0 0.12 0.00 772
48 Kazuyuki Matsuda Defender Japan Montedio Yamagata 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 —
49 Yoshimasa Fujita Midfield Japan Montedio Yamagata 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 —
50 Hayato Ochi Midfield Japan Montedio Yamagata 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 —
51 Mitsumasa Yoda Defender Japan Montedio Yamagata 12 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.00 0.00 —
52 Michiharu Sugimoto Midfield Japan Ventforet Kofu 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 —
53 Koichi Ae Goalkeeper Japan Montedio Yamagata 1 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 —
54 Masayuki Ota Defender Japan Montedio Yamagata 30 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 0.00 —
55 Katsumi Suzuki Goalkeeper Japan Montedio Yamagata 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 —
56 Shingo Ito Defender Japan Montedio Yamagata 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 —
57 Tsuyoshi Furukawa Defender Japan Montedio Yamagata 39 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0.00 0.00 —
58 Manabu Ikeda Defender Japan Shonan Bellmare 13 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.00 0.00 —
59 Kenji Oshiba Attack Japan Yokohama FC 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 0.00 —
60 Akihiro Tabata Defender Japan Consadole Sapporo 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 —
61 Asuka Tateishi Defender - Right-Back Japan Avispa Fukuoka 11 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 0.00 —
62 Kohei Hayashi Attack Japan Kawasaki Frontale 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 —
63 Tomoyasu Ando Goalkeeper Japan Omiya Ardija 13 1,070 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 0.00 —
64 Ryosuke Nemoto Attack Japan Montedio Yamagata 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 0.00 —
65 Takehito Shigehara Midfield - Defensive Midfield Japan Kawasaki Frontale 39 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0.00 0.00 —
66 Tomoyuki Yoshino Midfield - Defensive Midfield Japan Shonan Bellmare 40 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.00 0.00 —
67 Yoshiya Takemura Midfield Japan Omiya Ardija 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 —
68 Kazuyuki Otsuka Midfield - Attacking Midfield Japan Avispa Fukuoka 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 —
69 Hiroyuki Takeda Goalkeeper Japan Mito HollyHock 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 —
70 Shigeru Sakurai Goalkeeper Japan Montedio Yamagata 44 3,960 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 0.00 —
71 Takuto Hayashi Goalkeeper Japan Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 —
72 Masahito Suzuki Goalkeeper Japan Shonan Bellmare 24 2,055 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 —
73 Takashi Aizawa Goalkeeper Japan Kawasaki Frontale 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 —
74 Takumi Watanabe Midfield - Defensive Midfield Japan Kawasaki Frontale 40 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0.00 0.00 —
75 Makoto Kimura Defender - Right-Back Japan Kawasaki Frontale 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 —
76 Masaru Akiba Midfield - Defensive Midfield Japan Montedio Yamagata 15 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 0.00 —
77 Toshihiko Uchiyama Defender - Left-Back Japan Montedio Yamagata 32 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0.00 0.00 —
78 Keisuke Kurihara Midfield - Attacking Midfield Japan Albirex Niigata 15 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.00 0.00 —
79 Jun Marques Davidson Midfield - Defensive Midfield Japan United States Omiya Ardija 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 —
80 Yuichi Mizutani Goalkeeper Japan Avispa Fukuoka 24 2,141 0 1 1 0 2 0 0.00 0.04 —
81 Takashi Hirajima Defender - Right-Back Japan Avispa Fukuoka 11 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.00 0.00 —
82 Yosuke Fujigaya Goalkeeper Japan Consadole Sapporo 36 3,240 0 1 1 0 3 0 0.00 0.03 —
83 Yosuke Nozawa Goalkeeper Japan Albirex Niigata 44 3,960 0 3 3 0 0 0 0.00 0.07 —
84 Geilson Attack - Centre-Forward Brazil Albirex Niigata 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 —
#PlayerPosClubMatMinAGG+AA/90
1 Seiji Koga Midfield - Left Midfield Avispa Fukuoka 25 299 6 5 11 1.81
2 Shinya Kawashima Defender - Centre-Back Avispa Fukuoka 39 888 3 3 6 0.30
3 Yosuke Nozawa Goalkeeper Albirex Niigata 44 3,960 3 0 3 0.07
4 Hiroshi Fukushima Attack - Centre-Forward Avispa Fukuoka 30 198 1 8 9 0.45
5 Takeo Harada Midfield - Defensive Midfield Avispa Fukuoka 27 1,996 1 1 2 0.05
6 Yuichi Mizutani Goalkeeper Avispa Fukuoka 24 2,141 1 0 1 0.04
7 Yosuke Fujigaya Goalkeeper Consadole Sapporo 36 3,240 1 0 1 0.03
8 Baré Attack - Centre-Forward Omiya Ardija 43 156 0 22 22 0.00
9 Marcelo Ramos Attack - Centre-Forward Sanfrecce Hiroshima 32 193 0 14 14 0.00
10 Kosei Nakamura Attack Montedio Yamagata 40 160 0 11 11 0.00
11 Hideo Oshima Attack - Centre-Forward Montedio Yamagata 42 391 0 9 9 0.00
12 Fabinho Santos Midfield - Attacking Midfield Albirex Niigata 28 272 0 9 9 0.00
13 Daisuke Hoshi Midfield Montedio Yamagata 38 338 0 9 9 0.00
14 Gakuya Horii Attack Consadole Sapporo 41 412 0 8 8 0.00
15 Toshiaki Haji Attack - Centre-Forward Montedio Yamagata 28 219 0 6 6 0.00
16 Edi Andradina Midfield - Attacking Midfield Consadole Sapporo 22 295 0 6 6 0.00
17 Robert Attack - Centre-Forward Kawasaki Frontale 16 186 0 6 6 0.00
18 Katsuyuki Miyazawa Attack - Left Winger Albirex Niigata 31 320 0 5 5 0.00
19 Reginaldo Vital Midfield Consadole Sapporo 22 311 0 5 5 0.00
20 Hiroto Mogi Defender - Left-Back Sanfrecce Hiroshima 23 242 0 5 5 0.00
21 Masatoshi Matsuda Attack - Centre-Forward Montedio Yamagata 9 140 0 4 4 0.00
22 Kohei Usui Defender - Right-Back Yokohama FC 38 699 0 4 4 0.00
23 Motoki Kawasaki Midfield Sagan Tosu 35 725 0 4 4 0.00
24 Kengo Nakamura Midfield - Central Midfield Kawasaki Frontale 34 230 0 4 4 0.00
25 Koji Sakamoto Midfield - Attacking Midfield Shonan Bellmare 44 888 0 4 4 0.00
26 Hideomi Yamamoto Defender - Centre-Back Ventforet Kofu 34 361 0 3 3 0.00
27 Rudi Vata Defender - Centre-Back Yokohama FC 24 631 0 3 3 0.00
28 Daisuke Yoneyama Attack Sagan Tosu 23 515 0 2 2 0.00
29 Hámilton Ricard Attack - Centre-Forward Shonan Bellmare 12 408 0 2 2 0.00
30 Yasuo Manaka Attack Sanfrecce Hiroshima 14 271 0 2 2 0.00
31 Jun Kokubo Midfield Montedio Yamagata 32 569 0 2 2 0.00
32 Naoki Mori Defender Mito HollyHock 38 1,710 0 2 2 0.00
33 Nivaldo Midfield Montedio Yamagata 40 1,740 0 2 2 0.00
34 Yasuyuki Konno Midfield - Defensive Midfield Consadole Sapporo 26 1,121 0 2 2 0.00
35 Ricardo Defender - Centre-Back Sanfrecce Hiroshima 43 1,930 0 2 2 0.00
36 Kenji Takahashi Midfield Montedio Yamagata 41 1,699 0 2 2 0.00
37 Kentaro Suzuki Defender - Left-Back Albirex Niigata 17 1,416 0 1 1 0.00
38 Masakazu Washida Defender - Centre-Back Montedio Yamagata 36 3,240 0 1 1 0.00
39 Kentaro Kawasaki Midfield - Left Midfield Montedio Yamagata 21 598 0 1 1 0.00
40 Mitsunori Yamao Defender Yokohama FC 38 3,145 0 1 1 0.00
41 Alexandre Bortolato Attack Montedio Yamagata 15 732 0 1 1 0.00
42 Tomotaka Kitamura Attack - Right Winger Yokohama FC 17 763 0 1 1 0.00
43 Teruaki Kobayashi Defender - Centre-Back Montedio Yamagata 9 727 0 1 1 0.00
44 Yuki Inoue Defender - Right-Back Montedio Yamagata 31 2,531 0 1 1 0.00
45 Tomonobu Hayakawa Defender - Centre-Back Yokohama FC 21 1,121 0 1 1 0.00
46 Kazuyuki Morisaki Midfield - Defensive Midfield Sanfrecce Hiroshima 41 3,652 0 1 1 0.00
47 Yusuke Igawa Defender - Centre-Back Sanfrecce Hiroshima 15 1,345 0 1 1 0.00
48 Dirk Lehmann Midfield - Attacking Midfield Yokohama FC 12 772 0 1 1 0.00
49 Atsushi Nagai Midfield - Defensive Midfield Montedio Yamagata 41 3,369 0 1 1 0.00
50 Yeong-hak Ahn Midfield - Defensive Midfield Albirex Niigata 29 1,885 0 1 1 0.00
51 Masayuki Ota Defender Montedio Yamagata 30 0 0 0 0 0.00
52 Kenji Oshiba Attack Yokohama FC 8 0 0 0 0 0.00
53 Manabu Ikeda Defender Shonan Bellmare 13 0 0 0 0 0.00
54 Geilson Attack - Centre-Forward Albirex Niigata 2 0 0 0 0 0.00
55 Tsuyoshi Furukawa Defender Montedio Yamagata 39 0 0 0 0 0.00
56 Shingo Ito Defender Montedio Yamagata 4 0 0 0 0 0.00
57 Katsumi Suzuki Goalkeeper Montedio Yamagata 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
58 Yoshimasa Fujita Midfield Montedio Yamagata 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
59 Jun Marques Davidson Midfield - Defensive Midfield Omiya Ardija 7 0 0 0 0 0.00
60 Koichi Ae Goalkeeper Montedio Yamagata 1 19 0 0 0 0.00
61 Kohei Hayashi Attack Kawasaki Frontale 2 0 0 0 0 0.00
62 Takashi Hirajima Defender - Right-Back Avispa Fukuoka 11 0 0 0 0 0.00
63 Michiharu Sugimoto Midfield Ventforet Kofu 3 0 0 0 0 0.00
64 Mitsumasa Yoda Defender Montedio Yamagata 12 0 0 0 0 0.00
65 Kazuyuki Matsuda Defender Montedio Yamagata 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
66 Hayato Ochi Midfield Montedio Yamagata 3 0 0 0 0 0.00
67 Takumi Watanabe Midfield - Defensive Midfield Kawasaki Frontale 40 0 0 0 0 0.00
68 Shigeru Sakurai Goalkeeper Montedio Yamagata 44 3,960 0 0 0 0.00
69 Hiroyuki Takeda Goalkeeper Mito HollyHock 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
70 Takuto Hayashi Goalkeeper Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1 90 0 0 0 0.00
71 Masahito Suzuki Goalkeeper Shonan Bellmare 24 2,055 0 0 0 0.00
72 Kazuyuki Otsuka Midfield - Attacking Midfield Avispa Fukuoka 26 0 0 0 0 0.00
73 Yoshiya Takemura Midfield Omiya Ardija 4 0 0 0 0 0.00
74 Takashi Aizawa Goalkeeper Kawasaki Frontale 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
75 Tomoyuki Yoshino Midfield - Defensive Midfield Shonan Bellmare 40 0 0 0 0 0.00
76 Akihiro Tabata Defender Consadole Sapporo 8 0 0 0 0 0.00
77 Takehito Shigehara Midfield - Defensive Midfield Kawasaki Frontale 39 0 0 0 0 0.00
78 Ryosuke Nemoto Attack Montedio Yamagata 5 0 0 0 0 0.00
79 Makoto Kimura Defender - Right-Back Kawasaki Frontale 1 0 0 0 0 0.00
80 Masaru Akiba Midfield - Defensive Midfield Montedio Yamagata 15 0 0 0 0 0.00
81 Tomoyasu Ando Goalkeeper Omiya Ardija 13 1,070 0 0 0 0.00
82 Toshihiko Uchiyama Defender - Left-Back Montedio Yamagata 32 0 0 0 0 0.00
83 Keisuke Kurihara Midfield - Attacking Midfield Albirex Niigata 15 0 0 0 0 0.00
84 Asuka Tateishi Defender - Right-Back Avispa Fukuoka 11 0 0 0 0 0.00
#GoalkeeperClubMatchesMinutesClean sheetsGoals concededGC / match
1 Yosuke Nozawa Albirex Niigata 44 3,960 15 40 0.91
2 Shigeru Sakurai Montedio Yamagata 44 3,960 14 60 1.36
3 Yosuke Fujigaya Consadole Sapporo 36 3,240 12 37 1.03
4 Masahito Suzuki Shonan Bellmare 24 2,055 7 26 1.08
5 Yuichi Mizutani Avispa Fukuoka 24 2,141 7 37 1.54
6 Tomoyasu Ando Omiya Ardija 13 1,070 2 24 1.85
7 Koichi Ae Montedio Yamagata 1 19 1 0 —
#PlayerPosClubMatchesYC2nd YCRCScore
1 Nivaldo Midfield Montedio Yamagata 40 8 1 0 8
2 Toshihiko Uchiyama Defender - Left-Back Montedio Yamagata 32 8 0 0 8
3 Naoki Mori Defender Mito HollyHock 38 8 0 0 8
4 Mitsunori Yamao Defender Yokohama FC 38 5 1 1 8
5 Edi Andradina Midfield - Attacking Midfield Consadole Sapporo 22 5 1 1 8
6 Fabinho Santos Midfield - Attacking Midfield Albirex Niigata 28 8 0 0 8
7 Yuki Inoue Defender - Right-Back Montedio Yamagata 31 8 0 0 8
8 Ricardo Defender - Centre-Back Sanfrecce Hiroshima 43 7 0 0 7
9 Daisuke Hoshi Midfield Montedio Yamagata 38 4 0 1 7
10 Gakuya Horii Attack Consadole Sapporo 41 7 0 0 7
11 Motoki Kawasaki Midfield Sagan Tosu 35 7 0 0 7
12 Hideo Oshima Attack - Centre-Forward Montedio Yamagata 42 7 0 0 7
13 Takehito Shigehara Midfield - Defensive Midfield Kawasaki Frontale 39 7 1 0 7
14 Kohei Usui Defender - Right-Back Yokohama FC 38 3 0 1 6
15 Reginaldo Vital Midfield Consadole Sapporo 22 6 0 0 6
16 Tsuyoshi Furukawa Defender Montedio Yamagata 39 6 0 0 6
17 Hámilton Ricard Attack - Centre-Forward Shonan Bellmare 12 3 0 1 6
18 Marcelo Ramos Attack - Centre-Forward Sanfrecce Hiroshima 32 6 1 0 6
19 Baré Attack - Centre-Forward Omiya Ardija 43 6 0 0 6
20 Yeong-hak Ahn Midfield - Defensive Midfield Albirex Niigata 29 5 0 0 5
21 Takumi Watanabe Midfield - Defensive Midfield Kawasaki Frontale 40 2 0 1 5
22 Hideomi Yamamoto Defender - Centre-Back Ventforet Kofu 34 5 0 0 5
23 Keisuke Kurihara Midfield - Attacking Midfield Albirex Niigata 15 4 0 0 4
24 Jun Kokubo Midfield Montedio Yamagata 32 4 0 0 4
25 Kazuyuki Morisaki Midfield - Defensive Midfield Sanfrecce Hiroshima 41 4 0 0 4
26 Mitsumasa Yoda Defender Montedio Yamagata 12 4 0 0 4
27 Robert Attack - Centre-Forward Kawasaki Frontale 16 4 0 0 4
28 Rudi Vata Defender - Centre-Back Yokohama FC 24 4 1 0 4
29 Kentaro Suzuki Defender - Left-Back Albirex Niigata 17 3 0 0 3
30 Tomoyuki Yoshino Midfield - Defensive Midfield Shonan Bellmare 40 3 0 0 3
31 Daisuke Yoneyama Attack Sagan Tosu 23 3 0 0 3
32 Hiroto Mogi Defender - Left-Back Sanfrecce Hiroshima 23 3 0 0 3
33 Takashi Hirajima Defender - Right-Back Avispa Fukuoka 11 3 0 0 3
34 Yosuke Fujigaya Goalkeeper Consadole Sapporo 36 3 0 0 3
35 Yasuyuki Konno Midfield - Defensive Midfield Consadole Sapporo 26 3 0 0 3
36 Yasuo Manaka Attack Sanfrecce Hiroshima 14 2 0 0 2
37 Manabu Ikeda Defender Shonan Bellmare 13 2 0 0 2
38 Dirk Lehmann Midfield - Attacking Midfield Yokohama FC 12 2 0 0 2
39 Takeo Harada Midfield - Defensive Midfield Avispa Fukuoka 27 2 0 0 2
40 Kentaro Kawasaki Midfield - Left Midfield Montedio Yamagata 21 2 0 0 2
41 Koji Sakamoto Midfield - Attacking Midfield Shonan Bellmare 44 2 0 0 2
42 Yusuke Igawa Defender - Centre-Back Sanfrecce Hiroshima 15 2 0 0 2
43 Yuichi Mizutani Goalkeeper Avispa Fukuoka 24 2 0 0 2
44 Teruaki Kobayashi Defender - Centre-Back Montedio Yamagata 9 2 0 0 2
45 Seiji Koga Midfield - Left Midfield Avispa Fukuoka 25 2 0 0 2
46 Kenji Takahashi Midfield Montedio Yamagata 41 1 0 0 1
47 Masakazu Washida Defender - Centre-Back Montedio Yamagata 36 1 0 0 1
48 Alexandre Bortolato Attack Montedio Yamagata 15 1 0 0 1
49 Kengo Nakamura Midfield - Central Midfield Kawasaki Frontale 34 1 0 0 1
50 Masayuki Ota Defender Montedio Yamagata 30 1 0 0 1
#ClubCountryPlayersTotal goals
1 Montedio Yamagata Japan 27 51
2 Sanfrecce Hiroshima Japan 7 25
3 Omiya Ardija Japan 4 22
4 Consadole Sapporo Japan 6 21
5 Avispa Fukuoka Japan 8 17
6 Albirex Niigata Japan 7 16
7 Yokohama FC Japan 7 11
8 Kawasaki Frontale Japan 7 10
9 Shonan Bellmare Japan 5 6
10 Sagan Tosu Japan 2 6
11 Ventforet Kofu Japan 2 3
12 Mito HollyHock — 2 2
#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