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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 — 2004

Top scorer
Hideo Oshima Montedio Yamagata
22
Top assists
Seiji Koga Avispa Fukuoka
6
Top clean sheets
Yuichi Mizutani Avispa Fukuoka
16
Most cards
Léo San Montedio Yamagata
11
#PlayerPosNat ClubMatMin GAG+APenYCRC G/90A/90Min/G
1 Hideo Oshima Attack - Centre-Forward Japan Montedio Yamagata 43 176 22 0 22 0 4 0 11.25 0.00 8
2 Yong-soo Choi Attack - Centre-Forward Korea, South Kyoto Purple Sanga 33 138 20 0 20 0 7 0 13.04 0.00 7
3 Hisato Sato Attack - Centre-Forward Japan Vegalta Sendai 44 169 20 0 20 0 3 0 10.65 0.00 8
4 Baré Attack - Centre-Forward Brazil Germany Omiya Ardija 41 197 15 0 15 0 3 0 6.85 0.00 13
5 Baron Attack - Centre-Forward Brazil Ventforet Kofu 23 123 14 0 14 0 1 0 10.24 0.00 9
6 Katsutomo Oshiba Attack - Centre-Forward Japan Vegalta Sendai 39 311 9 0 9 0 5 0 2.60 0.00 35
7 Seiji Koga Midfield - Left Midfield Japan Avispa Fukuoka 33 309 9 6 15 0 7 0 2.62 1.75 34
8 Koji Sakamoto Midfield - Attacking Midfield Japan Shonan Bellmare 38 347 8 0 8 0 6 0 2.07 0.00 43
9 Tuto Attack - Centre-Forward Brazil Omiya Ardija 24 213 8 0 8 0 8 0 3.38 0.00 27
10 Kohei Usui Defender - Right-Back Japan Yokohama FC 41 496 7 0 7 0 6 1 1.27 0.00 71
11 Yoshiya Takemura Midfield Japan Sagan Tosu 41 556 6 0 6 0 4 0 0.97 0.00 93
12 Ryota Arimitsu Attack - Centre-Forward Japan Avispa Fukuoka 19 140 6 0 6 0 2 0 3.86 0.00 23
13 Daisuke Hoshi Midfield Japan Montedio Yamagata 39 636 5 0 5 0 6 0 0.71 0.00 127
14 Nobuyuki Zaizen Midfield - Attacking Midfield Japan Vegalta Sendai 36 512 5 0 5 0 6 0 0.88 0.00 102
15 Kengo Nakamura Midfield - Central Midfield Japan Kawasaki Frontale 41 639 5 0 5 0 5 0 0.70 0.00 128
16 Kohei Hayashi Attack Japan Montedio Yamagata 40 285 4 0 4 0 3 0 1.26 0.00 71
17 Ryosuke Nemoto Attack Japan Montedio Yamagata 24 228 4 0 4 0 2 0 1.58 0.00 57
18 Hiroki Bandai Attack - Centre-Forward Japan Vegalta Sendai 36 468 4 0 4 0 6 0 0.77 0.00 117
19 Akihiro Tabata Defender Japan Consadole Sapporo 38 946 3 0 3 0 1 0 0.29 0.00 315
20 Takumi Motohashi Midfield - Defensive Midfield Japan Sagan Tosu 40 1,196 3 0 3 0 8 0 0.23 0.00 399
21 Tomonobu Hayakawa Defender - Centre-Back Japan Yokohama FC 39 1,133 3 0 3 0 5 1 0.24 0.00 378
22 Naoki Mori Defender Japan Mito HollyHock 32 1,380 2 0 2 0 2 0 0.13 0.00 690
23 Kosei Nakamura Attack Japan Montedio Yamagata 9 181 2 0 2 0 1 0 0.99 0.00 91
24 Yuki Inoue Defender - Right-Back Japan Montedio Yamagata 8 225 2 0 2 0 1 0 0.80 0.00 113
25 Atsushi Nagai Midfield - Defensive Midfield Japan Montedio Yamagata 38 1,640 2 0 2 0 2 0 0.11 0.00 820
26 Katsuyuki Miyazawa Attack - Left Winger Japan Montedio Yamagata 22 962 2 0 2 0 1 0 0.19 0.00 481
27 Tomotaka Kitamura Attack - Right Winger Japan Yokohama FC 30 966 2 0 2 0 1 0 0.19 0.00 483
28 Teruaki Kobayashi Defender - Centre-Back Japan Montedio Yamagata 43 1,935 2 0 2 0 7 0 0.09 0.00 968
29 Yong-gi Ryang Midfield - Central Midfield Korea, North Vegalta Sendai 32 1,269 2 0 2 0 3 0 0.14 0.00 635
30 Daisuke Matsui Midfield - Left Midfield Japan Kyoto Purple Sanga 18 699 2 0 2 0 4 0 0.26 0.00 350
31 Kenji Takahashi Midfield Japan Montedio Yamagata 34 2,075 1 0 1 0 1 0 0.04 0.00 2,075
32 Tsuyoshi Furukawa Defender Japan Montedio Yamagata 22 1,816 1 0 1 0 4 0 0.05 0.00 1,816
33 Mitsunori Yamao Defender Japan Yokohama FC 39 3,356 1 0 1 0 5 0 0.03 0.00 3,356
34 Tetsuro Uki Defender Japan Shonan Bellmare 39 3,386 1 0 1 0 5 0 0.03 0.00 3,386
35 Satoru Suzuki Defender - Centre-Back Japan Kyoto Purple Sanga 27 2,342 1 0 1 0 2 0 0.04 0.00 2,342
36 Gakuya Horii Attack Japan Consadole Sapporo 33 1,885 1 0 1 0 6 1 0.05 0.00 1,885
37 Masatoshi Matsuda Attack - Centre-Forward Japan Montedio Yamagata 5 151 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.60 0.00 151
38 Hiroshi Fukushima Attack - Centre-Forward Japan Avispa Fukuoka 19 673 1 3 4 0 3 0 0.13 0.40 673
39 Yoshiki Takahashi Midfield - Defensive Midfield Japan Sagan Tosu 27 2,251 1 0 1 0 1 0 0.04 0.00 2,251
40 Kunimitsu Sekiguchi Midfield - Attacking Midfield Japan Vegalta Sendai 10 465 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.19 0.00 465
41 Hideomi Yamamoto Defender - Centre-Back Japan Ventforet Kofu 18 923 1 0 1 0 3 0 0.10 0.00 923
42 Masaru Akiba Midfield - Defensive Midfield Japan Montedio Yamagata 31 1,290 1 0 1 0 1 0 0.07 0.00 1,290
43 Yuzo Tashiro Attack - Centre-Forward Japan Sagan Tosu 10 647 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.14 0.00 647
44 Toshihiko Uchiyama Defender - Left-Back Japan Montedio Yamagata 28 2,384 1 0 1 0 6 0 0.04 0.00 2,384
45 Jun Marques Davidson Midfield - Defensive Midfield Japan United States Omiya Ardija 17 1,204 1 0 1 0 2 0 0.07 0.00 1,204
46 Takashi Hirajima Defender - Right-Back Japan Avispa Fukuoka 36 2,995 1 0 1 0 9 0 0.03 0.00 2,995
47 Michiharu Sugimoto Midfield Japan Yokohama FC 28 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.00 0.00 —
48 Koichi Ae Goalkeeper Japan Montedio Yamagata 4 360 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 —
49 Masayuki Ota Defender Japan Montedio Yamagata 28 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 0.00 —
50 Katsumi Suzuki Goalkeeper Japan Montedio Yamagata 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 —
51 Manabu Ikeda Defender Japan Shonan Bellmare 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 —
52 Shinji Jojo Defender Japan Shonan Bellmare 33 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.00 0.00 —
53 Asuka Tateishi Defender - Right-Back Japan Avispa Fukuoka 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 0.00 —
54 Shinobu Ito Japan Mito HollyHock 32 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0.00 0.00 —
55 Kosuke Suda Defender Japan Mito HollyHock 21 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.00 0.00 —
56 Yasuo Manaka Attack Japan Yokohama FC 11 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.00 0.00 —
57 Koji Kumagai Midfield Japan Vegalta Sendai 12 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0.00 0.00 —
58 Tomoyasu Ando Goalkeeper Japan Omiya Ardija 17 1,530 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 —
59 Do-kyun Kim Attack - Right Winger Korea, South Kyoto Purple Sanga 17 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 0.00 —
60 Rodrigo Vergilio Attack - Centre-Forward Brazil Ventforet Kofu 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 0.00 —
61 Tomoyuki Yoshino Midfield - Defensive Midfield Japan Shonan Bellmare 23 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.00 0.00 —
62 Kiyomitsu Kobari Goalkeeper Japan Vegalta Sendai 1 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 —
63 Kazuyuki Otsuka Midfield - Attacking Midfield Japan Avispa Fukuoka 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 —
64 Hiroyuki Takeda Goalkeeper Japan Mito HollyHock 14 1,260 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 0.00 —
65 Kentaro Kawasaki Midfield - Left Midfield Japan Montedio Yamagata 14 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.00 0.00 —
66 Naoki Soma Defender - Right-Back Japan Kawasaki Frontale 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 —
67 Shigeru Sakurai Goalkeeper Japan Montedio Yamagata 40 3,600 0 1 1 0 3 0 0.00 0.03 —
68 Shinya Kawashima Defender - Centre-Back Japan Avispa Fukuoka 12 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 0.00 —
69 Masahito Suzuki Goalkeeper Japan Shonan Bellmare 30 2,620 0 1 1 0 1 0 0.00 0.03 —
70 Takashi Aizawa Goalkeeper Japan Kawasaki Frontale 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 —
71 Takahiro Takagi Goalkeeper Japan Omiya Ardija 2 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 —
72 Takumi Watanabe Midfield - Defensive Midfield Japan Kawasaki Frontale 24 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 0.00 —
73 Shogo Kobara Defender - Centre-Back Japan Vegalta Sendai 26 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.00 0.00 —
74 Makoto Kimura Defender - Right-Back Japan Kawasaki Frontale 22 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.00 0.00 —
75 Léo San Defender - Centre-Back Brazil Montedio Yamagata 38 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0.00 0.00 —
76 Seigo Shimokawa Goalkeeper Japan Kawasaki Frontale 3 270 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 —
77 Yuichi Mizutani Goalkeeper Japan Avispa Fukuoka 42 3,780 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 0.00 —
78 Toshiya Ishii Midfield - Defensive Midfield Japan Vegalta Sendai 16 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.00 0.00 —
79 Takuro Nishimura Defender - Right-Back Japan Omiya Ardija 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 —
80 Yosuke Fujigaya Goalkeeper Japan Consadole Sapporo 41 3,677 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 0.00 —
81 Daniel Bueno Attack - Centre-Forward Brazil Omiya Ardija 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 —
82 Leandro Vieira Defender - Left-Back Brazil Kyoto Purple Sanga 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 —
#PlayerPosClubMatMinAGG+AA/90
1 Seiji Koga Midfield - Left Midfield Avispa Fukuoka 33 309 6 9 15 1.75
2 Hiroshi Fukushima Attack - Centre-Forward Avispa Fukuoka 19 673 3 1 4 0.40
3 Masahito Suzuki Goalkeeper Shonan Bellmare 30 2,620 1 0 1 0.03
4 Shigeru Sakurai Goalkeeper Montedio Yamagata 40 3,600 1 0 1 0.03
5 Hideo Oshima Attack - Centre-Forward Montedio Yamagata 43 176 0 22 22 0.00
6 Yong-soo Choi Attack - Centre-Forward Kyoto Purple Sanga 33 138 0 20 20 0.00
7 Hisato Sato Attack - Centre-Forward Vegalta Sendai 44 169 0 20 20 0.00
8 Baré Attack - Centre-Forward Omiya Ardija 41 197 0 15 15 0.00
9 Baron Attack - Centre-Forward Ventforet Kofu 23 123 0 14 14 0.00
10 Katsutomo Oshiba Attack - Centre-Forward Vegalta Sendai 39 311 0 9 9 0.00
11 Koji Sakamoto Midfield - Attacking Midfield Shonan Bellmare 38 347 0 8 8 0.00
12 Tuto Attack - Centre-Forward Omiya Ardija 24 213 0 8 8 0.00
13 Kohei Usui Defender - Right-Back Yokohama FC 41 496 0 7 7 0.00
14 Yoshiya Takemura Midfield Sagan Tosu 41 556 0 6 6 0.00
15 Ryota Arimitsu Attack - Centre-Forward Avispa Fukuoka 19 140 0 6 6 0.00
16 Nobuyuki Zaizen Midfield - Attacking Midfield Vegalta Sendai 36 512 0 5 5 0.00
17 Daisuke Hoshi Midfield Montedio Yamagata 39 636 0 5 5 0.00
18 Kengo Nakamura Midfield - Central Midfield Kawasaki Frontale 41 639 0 5 5 0.00
19 Kohei Hayashi Attack Montedio Yamagata 40 285 0 4 4 0.00
20 Hiroki Bandai Attack - Centre-Forward Vegalta Sendai 36 468 0 4 4 0.00
21 Ryosuke Nemoto Attack Montedio Yamagata 24 228 0 4 4 0.00
22 Takumi Motohashi Midfield - Defensive Midfield Sagan Tosu 40 1,196 0 3 3 0.00
23 Tomonobu Hayakawa Defender - Centre-Back Yokohama FC 39 1,133 0 3 3 0.00
24 Akihiro Tabata Defender Consadole Sapporo 38 946 0 3 3 0.00
25 Kosei Nakamura Attack Montedio Yamagata 9 181 0 2 2 0.00
26 Atsushi Nagai Midfield - Defensive Midfield Montedio Yamagata 38 1,640 0 2 2 0.00
27 Daisuke Matsui Midfield - Left Midfield Kyoto Purple Sanga 18 699 0 2 2 0.00
28 Yuki Inoue Defender - Right-Back Montedio Yamagata 8 225 0 2 2 0.00
29 Katsuyuki Miyazawa Attack - Left Winger Montedio Yamagata 22 962 0 2 2 0.00
30 Tomotaka Kitamura Attack - Right Winger Yokohama FC 30 966 0 2 2 0.00
31 Teruaki Kobayashi Defender - Centre-Back Montedio Yamagata 43 1,935 0 2 2 0.00
32 Yong-gi Ryang Midfield - Central Midfield Vegalta Sendai 32 1,269 0 2 2 0.00
33 Naoki Mori Defender Mito HollyHock 32 1,380 0 2 2 0.00
34 Masatoshi Matsuda Attack - Centre-Forward Montedio Yamagata 5 151 0 1 1 0.00
35 Yoshiki Takahashi Midfield - Defensive Midfield Sagan Tosu 27 2,251 0 1 1 0.00
36 Gakuya Horii Attack Consadole Sapporo 33 1,885 0 1 1 0.00
37 Satoru Suzuki Defender - Centre-Back Kyoto Purple Sanga 27 2,342 0 1 1 0.00
38 Tetsuro Uki Defender Shonan Bellmare 39 3,386 0 1 1 0.00
39 Mitsunori Yamao Defender Yokohama FC 39 3,356 0 1 1 0.00
40 Tsuyoshi Furukawa Defender Montedio Yamagata 22 1,816 0 1 1 0.00
41 Kenji Takahashi Midfield Montedio Yamagata 34 2,075 0 1 1 0.00
42 Kunimitsu Sekiguchi Midfield - Attacking Midfield Vegalta Sendai 10 465 0 1 1 0.00
43 Hideomi Yamamoto Defender - Centre-Back Ventforet Kofu 18 923 0 1 1 0.00
44 Jun Marques Davidson Midfield - Defensive Midfield Omiya Ardija 17 1,204 0 1 1 0.00
45 Toshihiko Uchiyama Defender - Left-Back Montedio Yamagata 28 2,384 0 1 1 0.00
46 Yuzo Tashiro Attack - Centre-Forward Sagan Tosu 10 647 0 1 1 0.00
47 Masaru Akiba Midfield - Defensive Midfield Montedio Yamagata 31 1,290 0 1 1 0.00
48 Takashi Hirajima Defender - Right-Back Avispa Fukuoka 36 2,995 0 1 1 0.00
49 Yasuo Manaka Attack Yokohama FC 11 0 0 0 0 0.00
50 Leandro Vieira Defender - Left-Back Kyoto Purple Sanga 1 0 0 0 0 0.00
51 Kosuke Suda Defender Mito HollyHock 21 0 0 0 0 0.00
52 Yuichi Mizutani Goalkeeper Avispa Fukuoka 42 3,780 0 0 0 0.00
53 Shinobu Ito Mito HollyHock 32 0 0 0 0 0.00
54 Toshiya Ishii Midfield - Defensive Midfield Vegalta Sendai 16 0 0 0 0 0.00
55 Asuka Tateishi Defender - Right-Back Avispa Fukuoka 3 0 0 0 0 0.00
56 Shinji Jojo Defender Shonan Bellmare 33 0 0 0 0 0.00
57 Takuro Nishimura Defender - Right-Back Omiya Ardija 15 0 0 0 0 0.00
58 Manabu Ikeda Defender Shonan Bellmare 1 0 0 0 0 0.00
59 Yosuke Fujigaya Goalkeeper Consadole Sapporo 41 3,677 0 0 0 0.00
60 Katsumi Suzuki Goalkeeper Montedio Yamagata 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
61 Masayuki Ota Defender Montedio Yamagata 28 0 0 0 0 0.00
62 Koichi Ae Goalkeeper Montedio Yamagata 4 360 0 0 0 0.00
63 Michiharu Sugimoto Midfield Yokohama FC 28 0 0 0 0 0.00
64 Daniel Bueno Attack - Centre-Forward Omiya Ardija 5 0 0 0 0 0.00
65 Shogo Kobara Defender - Centre-Back Vegalta Sendai 26 0 0 0 0 0.00
66 Shinya Kawashima Defender - Centre-Back Avispa Fukuoka 12 0 0 0 0 0.00
67 Naoki Soma Defender - Right-Back Kawasaki Frontale 15 0 0 0 0 0.00
68 Kentaro Kawasaki Midfield - Left Midfield Montedio Yamagata 14 0 0 0 0 0.00
69 Hiroyuki Takeda Goalkeeper Mito HollyHock 14 1,260 0 0 0 0.00
70 Takashi Aizawa Goalkeeper Kawasaki Frontale 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
71 Takahiro Takagi Goalkeeper Omiya Ardija 2 15 0 0 0 0.00
72 Kazuyuki Otsuka Midfield - Attacking Midfield Avispa Fukuoka 5 0 0 0 0 0.00
73 Takumi Watanabe Midfield - Defensive Midfield Kawasaki Frontale 24 0 0 0 0 0.00
74 Koji Kumagai Midfield Vegalta Sendai 12 0 0 0 0 0.00
75 Kiyomitsu Kobari Goalkeeper Vegalta Sendai 1 10 0 0 0 0.00
76 Tomoyuki Yoshino Midfield - Defensive Midfield Shonan Bellmare 23 0 0 0 0 0.00
77 Makoto Kimura Defender - Right-Back Kawasaki Frontale 22 0 0 0 0 0.00
78 Rodrigo Vergilio Attack - Centre-Forward Ventforet Kofu 5 0 0 0 0 0.00
79 Léo San Defender - Centre-Back Montedio Yamagata 38 0 0 0 0 0.00
80 Do-kyun Kim Attack - Right Winger Kyoto Purple Sanga 17 0 0 0 0 0.00
81 Seigo Shimokawa Goalkeeper Kawasaki Frontale 3 270 0 0 0 0.00
82 Tomoyasu Ando Goalkeeper Omiya Ardija 17 1,530 0 0 0 0.00
#GoalkeeperClubMatchesMinutesClean sheetsGoals concededGC / match
1 Yuichi Mizutani Avispa Fukuoka 42 3,780 16 39 0.93
2 Shigeru Sakurai Montedio Yamagata 40 3,600 13 44 1.1
3 Masahito Suzuki Shonan Bellmare 30 2,620 8 43 1.43
4 Yosuke Fujigaya Consadole Sapporo 41 3,677 8 57 1.39
5 Tomoyasu Ando Omiya Ardija 17 1,530 3 20 1.18
6 Hiroyuki Takeda Mito HollyHock 14 1,260 3 22 1.57
7 Seigo Shimokawa Kawasaki Frontale 3 270 2 2 0.67
8 Kiyomitsu Kobari Vegalta Sendai 1 10 1 0 —
9 Takahiro Takagi Omiya Ardija 2 15 1 1 0.5
#PlayerPosClubMatchesYC2nd YCRCScore
1 Léo San Defender - Centre-Back Montedio Yamagata 38 11 0 0 11
2 Gakuya Horii Attack Consadole Sapporo 33 6 0 1 9
3 Takashi Hirajima Defender - Right-Back Avispa Fukuoka 36 9 0 0 9
4 Kohei Usui Defender - Right-Back Yokohama FC 41 6 0 1 9
5 Takumi Motohashi Midfield - Defensive Midfield Sagan Tosu 40 8 0 0 8
6 Tomonobu Hayakawa Defender - Centre-Back Yokohama FC 39 5 0 1 8
7 Tuto Attack - Centre-Forward Omiya Ardija 24 8 1 0 8
8 Koji Kumagai Midfield Vegalta Sendai 12 4 0 1 7
9 Yong-soo Choi Attack - Centre-Forward Kyoto Purple Sanga 33 7 0 0 7
10 Seiji Koga Midfield - Left Midfield Avispa Fukuoka 33 7 0 0 7
11 Teruaki Kobayashi Defender - Centre-Back Montedio Yamagata 43 7 0 0 7
12 Shinobu Ito Mito HollyHock 32 7 0 0 7
13 Nobuyuki Zaizen Midfield - Attacking Midfield Vegalta Sendai 36 6 0 0 6
14 Toshihiko Uchiyama Defender - Left-Back Montedio Yamagata 28 6 0 0 6
15 Hiroki Bandai Attack - Centre-Forward Vegalta Sendai 36 6 1 0 6
16 Koji Sakamoto Midfield - Attacking Midfield Shonan Bellmare 38 6 0 0 6
17 Daisuke Hoshi Midfield Montedio Yamagata 39 6 0 0 6
18 Mitsunori Yamao Defender Yokohama FC 39 5 0 0 5
19 Tetsuro Uki Defender Shonan Bellmare 39 5 0 0 5
20 Katsutomo Oshiba Attack - Centre-Forward Vegalta Sendai 39 5 0 0 5
21 Kosuke Suda Defender Mito HollyHock 21 5 0 0 5
22 Kengo Nakamura Midfield - Central Midfield Kawasaki Frontale 41 5 0 0 5
23 Makoto Kimura Defender - Right-Back Kawasaki Frontale 22 4 0 0 4
24 Michiharu Sugimoto Midfield Yokohama FC 28 4 0 0 4
25 Yoshiya Takemura Midfield Sagan Tosu 41 4 0 0 4
26 Tsuyoshi Furukawa Defender Montedio Yamagata 22 4 0 0 4
27 Hideo Oshima Attack - Centre-Forward Montedio Yamagata 43 4 0 0 4
28 Shinji Jojo Defender Shonan Bellmare 33 4 1 0 4
29 Daisuke Matsui Midfield - Left Midfield Kyoto Purple Sanga 18 4 0 0 4
30 Rodrigo Vergilio Attack - Centre-Forward Ventforet Kofu 5 0 0 1 3
31 Hiroshi Fukushima Attack - Centre-Forward Avispa Fukuoka 19 3 0 0 3
32 Kentaro Kawasaki Midfield - Left Midfield Montedio Yamagata 14 3 0 0 3
33 Kohei Hayashi Attack Montedio Yamagata 40 3 0 0 3
34 Baré Attack - Centre-Forward Omiya Ardija 41 3 0 0 3
35 Shigeru Sakurai Goalkeeper Montedio Yamagata 40 3 0 0 3
36 Yong-gi Ryang Midfield - Central Midfield Vegalta Sendai 32 3 0 0 3
37 Hisato Sato Attack - Centre-Forward Vegalta Sendai 44 3 0 0 3
38 Hideomi Yamamoto Defender - Centre-Back Ventforet Kofu 18 3 1 0 3
39 Shogo Kobara Defender - Centre-Back Vegalta Sendai 26 3 1 0 3
40 Yasuo Manaka Attack Yokohama FC 11 2 0 0 2
41 Satoru Suzuki Defender - Centre-Back Kyoto Purple Sanga 27 2 0 0 2
42 Toshiya Ishii Midfield - Defensive Midfield Vegalta Sendai 16 2 0 0 2
43 Ryosuke Nemoto Attack Montedio Yamagata 24 2 0 0 2
44 Naoki Mori Defender Mito HollyHock 32 2 0 0 2
45 Jun Marques Davidson Midfield - Defensive Midfield Omiya Ardija 17 2 0 0 2
46 Tomoyuki Yoshino Midfield - Defensive Midfield Shonan Bellmare 23 2 0 0 2
47 Ryota Arimitsu Attack - Centre-Forward Avispa Fukuoka 19 2 0 0 2
48 Atsushi Nagai Midfield - Defensive Midfield Montedio Yamagata 38 2 0 0 2
49 Masayuki Ota Defender Montedio Yamagata 28 1 0 0 1
50 Akihiro Tabata Defender Consadole Sapporo 38 1 0 0 1
#ClubCountryPlayersTotal goals
1 Montedio Yamagata Japan 20 50
2 Vegalta Sendai Japan 10 41
3 Omiya Ardija Japan 7 24
4 Kyoto Purple Sanga Japan 5 23
5 Avispa Fukuoka Japan 8 17
6 Ventforet Kofu Japan 3 15
7 Yokohama FC Japan 6 13
8 Sagan Tosu Japan 4 11
9 Shonan Bellmare Japan 6 9
10 Kawasaki Frontale Japan 6 5
11 Consadole Sapporo Japan 3 4
12 Mito HollyHock — 4 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