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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 — 2005

Top scorer
Paulinho Kyoto Purple Sanga
22
Top assists
Seiji Koga Avispa Fukuoka
7
Top clean sheets
Yuichi Mizutani Avispa Fukuoka
17
Most cards
Tomohiko Ikeuchi Consadole Sapporo
6
#PlayerPosNat ClubMatMin GAG+APenYCRC G/90A/90Min/G
1 Paulinho Attack - Second Striker Brazil Kyoto Purple Sanga 32 113 22 0 22 0 5 1 17.52 0.00 5
2 Baré Attack - Centre-Forward Brazil Germany Ventforet Kofu 38 157 21 0 21 0 3 0 12.04 0.00 7
3 Alemão Attack - Centre-Forward Brazil Kyoto Purple Sanga 34 185 15 0 15 0 8 1 7.30 0.00 12
4 Baron Attack - Centre-Forward Brazil Vegalta Sendai 35 199 14 0 14 0 3 0 6.33 0.00 14
5 Schwenck Attack - Centre-Forward Brazil Vegalta Sendai 38 193 13 0 13 0 4 0 6.06 0.00 15
6 Toshiaki Haji Attack - Centre-Forward Japan Tokushima Vortis 42 278 12 0 12 0 4 0 3.88 0.00 23
7 Tomohiko Ikeuchi Defender - Centre-Back Japan Consadole Sapporo 33 254 11 0 11 0 6 2 3.90 0.00 23
8 Katsutomo Oshiba Attack - Centre-Forward Japan Vegalta Sendai 40 314 10 0 10 0 4 0 2.87 0.00 31
9 Masatoshi Matsuda Attack - Centre-Forward Japan Kyoto Purple Sanga 18 91 8 0 8 0 0 0 7.91 0.00 11
10 Kohei Hayashi Attack Japan Montedio Yamagata 34 162 7 0 7 0 1 0 3.89 0.00 23
11 Ricardo Defender - Centre-Back Brazil Kyoto Purple Sanga 40 509 7 0 7 0 6 0 1.24 0.00 73
12 Yong-gi Ryang Midfield - Central Midfield Korea, North Vegalta Sendai 39 481 6 0 6 0 3 0 1.12 0.00 80
13 Daisuke Hoshi Midfield Japan Kyoto Purple Sanga 42 505 5 0 5 0 4 0 0.89 0.00 101
14 Ryota Arimitsu Attack - Centre-Forward Japan Avispa Fukuoka 28 293 5 1 6 0 1 0 1.54 0.31 59
15 Yasuaki Oshima Attack - Centre-Forward Japan Tokushima Vortis 20 306 5 0 5 0 1 0 1.47 0.00 61
16 Tomotaka Kitamura Attack - Right Winger Japan Yokohama FC 30 459 5 0 5 0 2 0 0.98 0.00 92
17 Seiji Koga Midfield - Left Midfield Japan Avispa Fukuoka 30 434 5 7 12 0 7 0 1.04 1.45 87
18 Kosuke Suda Defender Japan Mito HollyHock 38 838 4 0 4 0 3 0 0.43 0.00 210
19 Takayuki Yamaguchi Midfield Japan Thespa Kusatsu 28 598 4 0 4 0 7 0 0.60 0.00 150
20 Ryosuke Nemoto Attack Japan Montedio Yamagata 25 343 4 0 4 0 0 0 1.05 0.00 86
21 Yusuke Sato Midfield - Left Midfield Japan Shonan Bellmare 40 900 4 0 4 0 11 0 0.40 0.00 225
22 Yoshiki Takahashi Midfield - Defensive Midfield Japan Sagan Tosu 40 852 4 0 4 0 3 0 0.42 0.00 213
23 Kazuyoshi Miura Attack - Centre-Forward Japan Yokohama FC 16 297 4 0 4 0 1 0 1.21 0.00 74
24 Hayato Sasaki Midfield - Right Midfield Japan Montedio Yamagata 41 820 4 0 4 0 3 0 0.44 0.00 205
25 Kota Fukatsu Defender - Centre-Back Japan Mito HollyHock 39 1,161 3 0 3 0 12 0 0.23 0.00 387
26 Takumi Motohashi Midfield - Defensive Midfield Japan Montedio Yamagata 38 890 3 0 3 0 4 0 0.30 0.00 297
27 Atsushi Nagai Midfield - Defensive Midfield Japan Montedio Yamagata 38 1,065 3 0 3 0 3 0 0.25 0.00 355
28 Nobuyuki Zaizen Midfield - Attacking Midfield Japan Vegalta Sendai 27 606 3 0 3 0 4 0 0.45 0.00 202
29 Fábio Santos Attack - Centre-Forward Brazil Mito HollyHock 13 271 3 0 3 0 3 0 1.00 0.00 90
30 Silvio Spann Midfield - Defensive Midfield Trinidad and Tobago Yokohama FC 20 334 3 0 3 0 5 0 0.81 0.00 111
31 Kenji Takahashi Midfield Japan Montedio Yamagata 35 1,070 2 0 2 0 1 0 0.17 0.00 535
32 Akihiro Tabata Defender Japan Consadole Sapporo 32 1,188 2 0 2 0 2 0 0.15 0.00 594
33 Wi-Man Kim Defender Korea, North Tokushima Vortis 27 838 2 0 2 0 3 0 0.21 0.00 419
34 Gakuya Horii Attack Japan Consadole Sapporo 11 389 2 0 2 0 1 0 0.46 0.00 195
35 Takuto Koyama Midfield - Attacking Midfield Japan Tokushima Vortis 15 479 2 0 2 0 3 0 0.38 0.00 240
36 Kunimitsu Sekiguchi Midfield - Attacking Midfield Japan Vegalta Sendai 24 454 2 0 2 0 0 0 0.40 0.00 227
37 Toshihiko Uchiyama Defender - Left-Back Japan Montedio Yamagata 40 1,770 2 0 2 0 10 0 0.10 0.00 885
38 Teruaki Kobayashi Defender - Centre-Back Japan Montedio Yamagata 27 921 2 0 2 0 4 0 0.20 0.00 461
39 Mitsunori Yamao Defender Japan Yokohama FC 30 2,451 1 0 1 0 6 0 0.04 0.00 2,451
40 Shinobu Ito Japan Mito HollyHock 23 757 1 0 1 0 4 0 0.12 0.00 757
41 Daisuke Yano Defender - Centre-Back Japan Sagan Tosu 20 1,629 1 0 1 0 2 0 0.06 0.00 1,629
42 Koji Sakamoto Midfield - Attacking Midfield Japan Shonan Bellmare 35 2,537 1 0 1 0 6 0 0.04 0.00 2,537
43 Kazuya Iio Defender - Centre-Back Japan Sagan Tosu 38 3,270 1 0 1 0 6 0 0.03 0.00 3,270
44 Yuki Inoue Defender - Right-Back Japan Ventforet Kofu 27 2,354 1 0 1 0 3 1 0.04 0.00 2,354
45 Shinya Kawashima Defender - Centre-Back Japan Avispa Fukuoka 18 1,349 1 1 2 0 3 0 0.07 0.07 1,349
46 Takeshi Hamada Midfield - Central Midfield Japan Sagan Tosu 12 1,059 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.08 0.00 1,059
47 Sho Gokyu Attack - Centre-Forward Japan Thespa Kusatsu 19 821 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.11 0.00 821
48 Kohei Usui Defender - Right-Back Japan Montedio Yamagata 40 3,574 1 0 1 0 6 0 0.03 0.00 3,574
49 Shogo Kobara Defender - Centre-Back Japan Montedio Yamagata 35 3,132 1 0 1 0 9 0 0.03 0.00 3,132
50 Masaru Akiba Midfield - Defensive Midfield Japan Montedio Yamagata 11 368 1 0 1 0 2 0 0.24 0.00 368
51 Hiroki Bandai Attack - Centre-Forward Japan Vegalta Sendai 14 334 1 0 1 0 1 0 0.27 0.00 334
52 Kohei Tanaka Midfield - Attacking Midfield Japan Montedio Yamagata 3 83 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.08 0.00 83
53 Naoki Mori Defender Japan Mito HollyHock 11 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 0.00 —
54 Mitsumasa Yoda Defender Japan Thespa Kusatsu 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 —
55 Takayuki Odajima Defender Japan Thespa Kusatsu 20 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.00 0.00 —
56 Michiharu Sugimoto Midfield Japan Yokohama FC 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 —
57 Koichi Ae Goalkeeper Japan Montedio Yamagata 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 —
58 Jun Kokubo Midfield Japan Thespa Kusatsu 20 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.00 0.00 —
59 Masayuki Ota Defender Japan Montedio Yamagata 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.00 0.00 —
60 Shinji Jojo Defender Japan Shonan Bellmare 22 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.00 0.00 —
61 Asuka Tateishi Defender - Right-Back Japan Sagan Tosu 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 —
62 Tetsuro Uki Defender Japan Yokohama FC 26 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 0.00 —
63 Ryu Saito Defender Japan Thespa Kusatsu 26 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0.00 0.00 —
64 Masao Kiba Defender - Right-Back Japan Avispa Fukuoka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 —
65 Koji Kumagai Midfield Japan Vegalta Sendai 27 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0.00 0.00 —
66 Ryunosuke Okamoto Midfield Japan Tokushima Vortis 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 0.00 —
67 Satoru Suzuki Defender - Centre-Back Japan Kyoto Purple Sanga 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 —
68 Shigeyoshi Mochizuki Midfield - Right Midfield Japan Yokohama FC 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 —
69 Masakazu Washida Defender - Centre-Back Japan Kyoto Purple Sanga 13 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 0.00 —
70 Tomoyuki Yoshino Midfield - Defensive Midfield Japan Shonan Bellmare 32 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.00 0.00 —
71 Kiyomitsu Kobari Goalkeeper Japan Vegalta Sendai 1 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 —
72 Yoshiya Takemura Midfield Japan Sagan Tosu 16 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 0.00 —
73 Kazuyuki Otsuka Midfield - Attacking Midfield Japan Avispa Fukuoka 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 —
74 Hiroshi Fukushima Attack - Centre-Forward Japan Avispa Fukuoka 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 —
75 Hiroyuki Takeda Goalkeeper Japan Mito HollyHock 3 270 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 —
76 Kentaro Kawasaki Midfield - Left Midfield Japan Montedio Yamagata 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 0.00 —
77 Shigeru Sakurai Goalkeeper Japan Montedio Yamagata 40 3,578 0 2 2 0 1 0 0.00 0.05 —
78 Yugo Ichiyanagi Defender - Centre-Back Japan Sagan Tosu 15 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.00 0.00 —
79 Takuto Hayashi Goalkeeper Japan Consadole Sapporo 33 2,970 0 4 4 0 0 0 0.00 0.12 —
80 Masahito Suzuki Goalkeeper Japan Shonan Bellmare 5 323 0 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 0.28 —
81 Hisashi Jogo Attack - Centre-Forward Japan Avispa Fukuoka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 —
82 Hideomi Yamamoto Defender - Centre-Back Japan Ventforet Kofu 20 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.00 0.00 —
83 Kenta Shimizu Goalkeeper Japan Montedio Yamagata 5 380 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 —
84 Léo San Defender - Centre-Back Brazil Montedio Yamagata 36 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0.00 0.00 —
85 Hirotsugu Nakabayashi Goalkeeper Japan Sagan Tosu 2 180 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 —
86 Tomonobu Hayakawa Defender - Centre-Back Japan Yokohama FC 31 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0.00 0.00 —
87 Seiya Fujita Midfield - Right Midfield Japan Consadole Sapporo 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 —
88 Yuichi Mizutani Goalkeeper Japan Avispa Fukuoka 44 3,960 0 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 0.02 —
89 Toshiya Ishii Midfield - Defensive Midfield Japan Kyoto Purple Sanga 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 —
90 Takashi Hirajima Defender - Right-Back Japan Avispa Fukuoka 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 0.00 —
91 Fumiya Iwamaru Goalkeeper Japan Thespa Kusatsu 21 1,890 0 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 0.05 —
#PlayerPosClubMatMinAGG+AA/90
1 Seiji Koga Midfield - Left Midfield Avispa Fukuoka 30 434 7 5 12 1.45
2 Takuto Hayashi Goalkeeper Consadole Sapporo 33 2,970 4 0 4 0.12
3 Shigeru Sakurai Goalkeeper Montedio Yamagata 40 3,578 2 0 2 0.05
4 Ryota Arimitsu Attack - Centre-Forward Avispa Fukuoka 28 293 1 5 6 0.31
5 Shinya Kawashima Defender - Centre-Back Avispa Fukuoka 18 1,349 1 1 2 0.07
6 Fumiya Iwamaru Goalkeeper Thespa Kusatsu 21 1,890 1 0 1 0.05
7 Yuichi Mizutani Goalkeeper Avispa Fukuoka 44 3,960 1 0 1 0.02
8 Masahito Suzuki Goalkeeper Shonan Bellmare 5 323 1 0 1 0.28
9 Paulinho Attack - Second Striker Kyoto Purple Sanga 32 113 0 22 22 0.00
10 Baré Attack - Centre-Forward Ventforet Kofu 38 157 0 21 21 0.00
11 Alemão Attack - Centre-Forward Kyoto Purple Sanga 34 185 0 15 15 0.00
12 Baron Attack - Centre-Forward Vegalta Sendai 35 199 0 14 14 0.00
13 Schwenck Attack - Centre-Forward Vegalta Sendai 38 193 0 13 13 0.00
14 Toshiaki Haji Attack - Centre-Forward Tokushima Vortis 42 278 0 12 12 0.00
15 Tomohiko Ikeuchi Defender - Centre-Back Consadole Sapporo 33 254 0 11 11 0.00
16 Katsutomo Oshiba Attack - Centre-Forward Vegalta Sendai 40 314 0 10 10 0.00
17 Masatoshi Matsuda Attack - Centre-Forward Kyoto Purple Sanga 18 91 0 8 8 0.00
18 Kohei Hayashi Attack Montedio Yamagata 34 162 0 7 7 0.00
19 Ricardo Defender - Centre-Back Kyoto Purple Sanga 40 509 0 7 7 0.00
20 Yong-gi Ryang Midfield - Central Midfield Vegalta Sendai 39 481 0 6 6 0.00
21 Yasuaki Oshima Attack - Centre-Forward Tokushima Vortis 20 306 0 5 5 0.00
22 Tomotaka Kitamura Attack - Right Winger Yokohama FC 30 459 0 5 5 0.00
23 Daisuke Hoshi Midfield Kyoto Purple Sanga 42 505 0 5 5 0.00
24 Yusuke Sato Midfield - Left Midfield Shonan Bellmare 40 900 0 4 4 0.00
25 Kazuyoshi Miura Attack - Centre-Forward Yokohama FC 16 297 0 4 4 0.00
26 Yoshiki Takahashi Midfield - Defensive Midfield Sagan Tosu 40 852 0 4 4 0.00
27 Ryosuke Nemoto Attack Montedio Yamagata 25 343 0 4 4 0.00
28 Takayuki Yamaguchi Midfield Thespa Kusatsu 28 598 0 4 4 0.00
29 Kosuke Suda Defender Mito HollyHock 38 838 0 4 4 0.00
30 Hayato Sasaki Midfield - Right Midfield Montedio Yamagata 41 820 0 4 4 0.00
31 Nobuyuki Zaizen Midfield - Attacking Midfield Vegalta Sendai 27 606 0 3 3 0.00
32 Kota Fukatsu Defender - Centre-Back Mito HollyHock 39 1,161 0 3 3 0.00
33 Takumi Motohashi Midfield - Defensive Midfield Montedio Yamagata 38 890 0 3 3 0.00
34 Fábio Santos Attack - Centre-Forward Mito HollyHock 13 271 0 3 3 0.00
35 Atsushi Nagai Midfield - Defensive Midfield Montedio Yamagata 38 1,065 0 3 3 0.00
36 Silvio Spann Midfield - Defensive Midfield Yokohama FC 20 334 0 3 3 0.00
37 Takuto Koyama Midfield - Attacking Midfield Tokushima Vortis 15 479 0 2 2 0.00
38 Gakuya Horii Attack Consadole Sapporo 11 389 0 2 2 0.00
39 Wi-Man Kim Defender Tokushima Vortis 27 838 0 2 2 0.00
40 Akihiro Tabata Defender Consadole Sapporo 32 1,188 0 2 2 0.00
41 Kenji Takahashi Midfield Montedio Yamagata 35 1,070 0 2 2 0.00
42 Kunimitsu Sekiguchi Midfield - Attacking Midfield Vegalta Sendai 24 454 0 2 2 0.00
43 Teruaki Kobayashi Defender - Centre-Back Montedio Yamagata 27 921 0 2 2 0.00
44 Toshihiko Uchiyama Defender - Left-Back Montedio Yamagata 40 1,770 0 2 2 0.00
45 Kazuya Iio Defender - Centre-Back Sagan Tosu 38 3,270 0 1 1 0.00
46 Kohei Tanaka Midfield - Attacking Midfield Montedio Yamagata 3 83 0 1 1 0.00
47 Mitsunori Yamao Defender Yokohama FC 30 2,451 0 1 1 0.00
48 Shinobu Ito Mito HollyHock 23 757 0 1 1 0.00
49 Hiroki Bandai Attack - Centre-Forward Vegalta Sendai 14 334 0 1 1 0.00
50 Masaru Akiba Midfield - Defensive Midfield Montedio Yamagata 11 368 0 1 1 0.00
51 Shogo Kobara Defender - Centre-Back Montedio Yamagata 35 3,132 0 1 1 0.00
52 Kohei Usui Defender - Right-Back Montedio Yamagata 40 3,574 0 1 1 0.00
53 Yuki Inoue Defender - Right-Back Ventforet Kofu 27 2,354 0 1 1 0.00
54 Takeshi Hamada Midfield - Central Midfield Sagan Tosu 12 1,059 0 1 1 0.00
55 Sho Gokyu Attack - Centre-Forward Thespa Kusatsu 19 821 0 1 1 0.00
56 Koji Sakamoto Midfield - Attacking Midfield Shonan Bellmare 35 2,537 0 1 1 0.00
57 Daisuke Yano Defender - Centre-Back Sagan Tosu 20 1,629 0 1 1 0.00
58 Hisashi Jogo Attack - Centre-Forward Avispa Fukuoka 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
59 Masao Kiba Defender - Right-Back Avispa Fukuoka 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
60 Seiya Fujita Midfield - Right Midfield Consadole Sapporo 1 0 0 0 0 0.00
61 Toshiya Ishii Midfield - Defensive Midfield Kyoto Purple Sanga 11 0 0 0 0 0.00
62 Tetsuro Uki Defender Yokohama FC 26 0 0 0 0 0.00
63 Asuka Tateishi Defender - Right-Back Sagan Tosu 3 0 0 0 0 0.00
64 Takashi Hirajima Defender - Right-Back Avispa Fukuoka 5 0 0 0 0 0.00
65 Shinji Jojo Defender Shonan Bellmare 22 0 0 0 0 0.00
66 Yugo Ichiyanagi Defender - Centre-Back Sagan Tosu 15 0 0 0 0 0.00
67 Masayuki Ota Defender Montedio Yamagata 5 0 0 0 0 0.00
68 Jun Kokubo Midfield Thespa Kusatsu 20 0 0 0 0 0.00
69 Koichi Ae Goalkeeper Montedio Yamagata 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
70 Michiharu Sugimoto Midfield Yokohama FC 1 0 0 0 0 0.00
71 Takayuki Odajima Defender Thespa Kusatsu 20 0 0 0 0 0.00
72 Mitsumasa Yoda Defender Thespa Kusatsu 18 0 0 0 0 0.00
73 Naoki Mori Defender Mito HollyHock 11 0 0 0 0 0.00
74 Kentaro Kawasaki Midfield - Left Midfield Montedio Yamagata 4 0 0 0 0 0.00
75 Hiroshi Fukushima Attack - Centre-Forward Avispa Fukuoka 2 0 0 0 0 0.00
76 Kazuyuki Otsuka Midfield - Attacking Midfield Avispa Fukuoka 6 0 0 0 0 0.00
77 Yoshiya Takemura Midfield Sagan Tosu 16 0 0 0 0 0.00
78 Hiroyuki Takeda Goalkeeper Mito HollyHock 3 270 0 0 0 0.00
79 Kenta Shimizu Goalkeeper Montedio Yamagata 5 380 0 0 0 0.00
80 Kiyomitsu Kobari Goalkeeper Vegalta Sendai 1 90 0 0 0 0.00
81 Tomoyuki Yoshino Midfield - Defensive Midfield Shonan Bellmare 32 0 0 0 0 0.00
82 Masakazu Washida Defender - Centre-Back Kyoto Purple Sanga 13 0 0 0 0 0.00
83 Ryu Saito Defender Thespa Kusatsu 26 0 0 0 0 0.00
84 Léo San Defender - Centre-Back Montedio Yamagata 36 0 0 0 0 0.00
85 Hirotsugu Nakabayashi Goalkeeper Sagan Tosu 2 180 0 0 0 0.00
86 Shigeyoshi Mochizuki Midfield - Right Midfield Yokohama FC 2 0 0 0 0 0.00
87 Tomonobu Hayakawa Defender - Centre-Back Yokohama FC 31 0 0 0 0 0.00
88 Satoru Suzuki Defender - Centre-Back Kyoto Purple Sanga 18 0 0 0 0 0.00
89 Ryunosuke Okamoto Midfield Tokushima Vortis 8 0 0 0 0 0.00
90 Koji Kumagai Midfield Vegalta Sendai 27 0 0 0 0 0.00
91 Hideomi Yamamoto Defender - Centre-Back Ventforet Kofu 20 0 0 0 0 0.00
#GoalkeeperClubMatchesMinutesClean sheetsGoals concededGC / match
1 Yuichi Mizutani Avispa Fukuoka 44 3,960 17 43 0.98
2 Shigeru Sakurai Montedio Yamagata 40 3,578 14 44 1.1
3 Takuto Hayashi Consadole Sapporo 33 2,970 10 43 1.3
4 Fumiya Iwamaru Thespa Kusatsu 21 1,890 5 40 1.9
5 Kenta Shimizu Montedio Yamagata 5 380 4 1 0.2
6 Masahito Suzuki Shonan Bellmare 5 323 3 4 0.8
#PlayerPosClubMatchesYC2nd YCRCScore
1 Tomohiko Ikeuchi Defender - Centre-Back Consadole Sapporo 33 6 1 2 12
2 Kota Fukatsu Defender - Centre-Back Mito HollyHock 39 12 1 0 12
3 Yusuke Sato Midfield - Left Midfield Shonan Bellmare 40 11 0 0 11
4 Ryu Saito Defender Thespa Kusatsu 26 11 0 0 11
5 Alemão Attack - Centre-Forward Kyoto Purple Sanga 34 8 0 1 11
6 Toshihiko Uchiyama Defender - Left-Back Montedio Yamagata 40 10 0 0 10
7 Shogo Kobara Defender - Centre-Back Montedio Yamagata 35 9 0 0 9
8 Léo San Defender - Centre-Back Montedio Yamagata 36 9 0 0 9
9 Paulinho Attack - Second Striker Kyoto Purple Sanga 32 5 0 1 8
10 Tomonobu Hayakawa Defender - Centre-Back Yokohama FC 31 5 0 1 8
11 Takayuki Yamaguchi Midfield Thespa Kusatsu 28 7 1 0 7
12 Koji Kumagai Midfield Vegalta Sendai 27 7 0 0 7
13 Seiji Koga Midfield - Left Midfield Avispa Fukuoka 30 7 0 0 7
14 Kohei Usui Defender - Right-Back Montedio Yamagata 40 6 1 0 6
15 Ricardo Defender - Centre-Back Kyoto Purple Sanga 40 6 0 0 6
16 Yuki Inoue Defender - Right-Back Ventforet Kofu 27 3 0 1 6
17 Kazuya Iio Defender - Centre-Back Sagan Tosu 38 6 0 0 6
18 Koji Sakamoto Midfield - Attacking Midfield Shonan Bellmare 35 6 0 0 6
19 Mitsunori Yamao Defender Yokohama FC 30 6 0 0 6
20 Silvio Spann Midfield - Defensive Midfield Yokohama FC 20 5 0 0 5
21 Jun Kokubo Midfield Thespa Kusatsu 20 5 0 0 5
22 Nobuyuki Zaizen Midfield - Attacking Midfield Vegalta Sendai 27 4 0 0 4
23 Daisuke Hoshi Midfield Kyoto Purple Sanga 42 4 0 0 4
24 Teruaki Kobayashi Defender - Centre-Back Montedio Yamagata 27 4 0 0 4
25 Takumi Motohashi Midfield - Defensive Midfield Montedio Yamagata 38 4 0 0 4
26 Toshiaki Haji Attack - Centre-Forward Tokushima Vortis 42 4 0 0 4
27 Shinobu Ito Mito HollyHock 23 4 0 0 4
28 Schwenck Attack - Centre-Forward Vegalta Sendai 38 4 0 0 4
29 Yugo Ichiyanagi Defender - Centre-Back Sagan Tosu 15 4 0 0 4
30 Katsutomo Oshiba Attack - Centre-Forward Vegalta Sendai 40 4 0 0 4
31 Hideomi Yamamoto Defender - Centre-Back Ventforet Kofu 20 4 0 0 4
32 Yong-gi Ryang Midfield - Central Midfield Vegalta Sendai 39 3 0 0 3
33 Hayato Sasaki Midfield - Right Midfield Montedio Yamagata 41 3 0 0 3
34 Wi-Man Kim Defender Tokushima Vortis 27 3 0 0 3
35 Takuto Koyama Midfield - Attacking Midfield Tokushima Vortis 15 3 0 0 3
36 Baron Attack - Centre-Forward Vegalta Sendai 35 3 0 0 3
37 Tomoyuki Yoshino Midfield - Defensive Midfield Shonan Bellmare 32 3 0 0 3
38 Kosuke Suda Defender Mito HollyHock 38 3 0 0 3
39 Fábio Santos Attack - Centre-Forward Mito HollyHock 13 3 1 0 3
40 Baré Attack - Centre-Forward Ventforet Kofu 38 3 0 0 3
41 Takayuki Odajima Defender Thespa Kusatsu 20 3 0 0 3
42 Yoshiki Takahashi Midfield - Defensive Midfield Sagan Tosu 40 3 0 0 3
43 Atsushi Nagai Midfield - Defensive Midfield Montedio Yamagata 38 3 0 0 3
44 Shinya Kawashima Defender - Centre-Back Avispa Fukuoka 18 3 0 0 3
45 Masayuki Ota Defender Montedio Yamagata 5 2 0 0 2
46 Shinji Jojo Defender Shonan Bellmare 22 2 0 0 2
47 Daisuke Yano Defender - Centre-Back Sagan Tosu 20 2 1 0 2
48 Akihiro Tabata Defender Consadole Sapporo 32 2 0 0 2
49 Masaru Akiba Midfield - Defensive Midfield Montedio Yamagata 11 2 0 0 2
50 Tomotaka Kitamura Attack - Right Winger Yokohama FC 30 2 0 0 2
#ClubCountryPlayersTotal goals
1 Kyoto Purple Sanga Japan 8 57
2 Vegalta Sendai Japan 9 49
3 Montedio Yamagata Japan 18 31
4 Ventforet Kofu Japan 3 22
5 Tokushima Vortis Japan 5 21
6 Consadole Sapporo Japan 5 15
7 Yokohama FC Japan 7 13
8 Avispa Fukuoka Japan 9 11
9 Mito HollyHock — 6 11
10 Sagan Tosu Japan 8 7
11 Yokohama FC Japan 6 5
12 Thespa Kusatsu — 7 5
#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