List of J1 League transfers winter 2016–17

This is a list of Japanese football J1 League transfers in the winter transfer window 2016–17 by club.

Urawa Red Diamonds

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No. Pos. Nation Player
8 FW Brazil BRA Rafael Silva (from Japan Albirex Niigata)
15 MF Japan JPN Kazuki Nagasawa (from Japan JEF United Chiba, previously on loan)
17 DF Japan JPN Yu Tamura (on loan from Japan Avispa Fukuoka)
19 FW Japan JPN Ado Onaiwu (from Japan JEF United Chiba)
25 GK Japan JPN Tetsuya Enomoto (from Japan Yokohama F. Marinos)
28 GK Japan JPN Haruki Fukushima (from Japan Gainare Tottori, previously on loan)
38 MF Japan JPN Daisuke Kikuchi (from Japan Shonan Bellmare)[1]
39 MF Japan JPN Shinya Yajima (from Japan Fagiano Okayama, previously on loan)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF Japan JPN Kenichi Kaga (to Japan Montedio Yamagata)
11 FW Japan JPN Naoki Ishihara (on loan to Japan Vegalta Sendai)
15 GK Japan JPN Koki Otani (to Japan Albirex Niigata)
17 DF Japan JPN Mitsuru Nagata (to Japan Tokyo Verdy)
31 DF Slovenia SVN Branko Ilic (to Slovenia Olimpija Ljubljana)[2]
— DF Japan JPN Rikiya Motegi (on loan to Japan Montedio Yamagata)
— DF Japan JPN Wataru Hashimoto (to Japan Vissel Kobe, previously on loan)
— MF Japan JPN Shota Saito (on loan to Japan Mito HollyHock)
— FW Japan JPN Toyofumi Sakano (to Japan Montedio Yamagata)

Kawasaki Frontale

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No. Pos. Nation Player
8 MF Japan JPN Hiroyuki Abe (from Japan Gamba Osaka)
20 FW Japan JPN Kei Chinen (from Aichi Gakuin University)
21 FW Brazil BRA Eduardo Neto (from Brazil Avaí, previously on loan)
22 DF Brazil BRA Rhayner (from Brazil Ponte Preta)
23 DF Brazil BRA Dudu (footballer, born 1993) (from Japan Kashiwa Reysol, previously on loan)[3]
26 DF Philippines PHI Jefferson Tabinas (from Toko Gakuen High School)
29 DF Japan JPN Michael James (from Japan Albirex Niigata)
31 GK Japan JPN William Popp (on loan from Japan Tokyo Verdy)
32 MF Japan JPN Ao Tanaka (promoted from youth ranks)
41 MF Japan JPN Akihiro Ienaga (from Japan Omiya Ardija)[4]

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
7 MF Japan JPN Koji Hashimoto (released)
8 DF Japan JPN Takanobu Komiyama (to Japan Yokohama FC)
13 FW Japan JPN Yoshito Ōkubo (to Japan FC Tokyo)
15 MF Japan JPN Riki Harakawa (on loan to Japan Sagan Tosu)
22 MF Japan JPN Yoshihiro Nakano (on loan to Japan Vegalta Sendai)
29 GK Japan JPN Shun Takagi (to Japan Oita Trinita)
— DF Japan JPN Akito Fukumori (to Japan Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo, previously on loan)
— MF Japan JPN Masataka Kani (on loan to Japan FC Imabari, previously on loan at Japan Zweigen Kanazawa)[5]
— FW North Korea PRK An Byong-jun (to Japan Roasso Kumamoto, previously on loan at Japan Zweigen Kanazawa)

Kashima Antlers

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No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK South Korea KOR Kwoun Sun-tae (from South Korea Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors)[6]
4 MF Brazil BRA Léo Silva (from Japan Albirex Niigata)[7]
7 FW Brazil BRA Pedro Júnior (from Japan Vissel Kobe)
11 FW Brazil BRA Leandro (on loan from Brazil Palmeiras)[8]
14 FW Japan JPN Takeshi Kanamori (from Japan Avispa Fukuoka)
20 MF Japan JPN Yuto Misao (from Japan Shonan Bellmare, previously on loan)
23 DF Japan JPN Itsuki Oda (from Higashi Fukuoka High School)
30 FW Japan JPN Hiroki Abe (from Setouchi High School)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Japan JPN Masatoshi Kushibiki (to Japan Shimizu S-Pulse, previously on loan)
10 MF Japan JPN Gaku Shibasaki (to Spain CD Tenerife)[9]
11 MF Japan JPN Fabrício (to Brazil Portimonense, back from loan)
14 DF South Korea KOR Hwang Seok-ho (to China Tianjin Teda)
30 MF Japan JPN Hisashi Ohashi (to Japan Zweigen Kanazawa)
32 MF Japan JPN Taro Sugimoto (on loan to Japan Tokushima Vortis)
35 MF Japan JPN Taiki Hirato (on loan to Japan Machida Zelvia)
37 FW Japan JPN Yuki Kakita (on loan to Japan Zweigen Kanazawa)
— FW Japan JPN Hiroyuki Takasaki (to Japan Matsumoto Yamaga, previously on loan)

Gamba Osaka

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No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF Japan JPN Genta Miura (from Japan Shimizu S-Pulse)
3 DF Brazil BRA Fábio Aguiar (from Japan Yokohama F. Marinos)
9 FW Brazil BRA Ademilson (from Brazil São Paulo FC, previously on loan)
19 GK Japan JPN Ryota Suzuki (from Japan Yokohama F. Marinos)
23 MF Japan JPN Shogo Nakahara (from Japan Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo)
24 MF Japan JPN Haruya Ide (from Japan JEF United Chiba)[10]
27 MF Japan JPN Yuto Mori (from Japan Nagoya Grampus)[11]
29 FW Japan JPN Hiromu Kori (on loan from Japan Tokyo Verdy)
34 MF Japan JPN Takahiro Ko (from Funabashi High School)
39 MF Japan JPN Jin Izumisawa (from Japan Omiya Ardija)
40 MF Japan JPN Ryotaro Meshino (promoted from youth ranks)
43 DF South Korea KOR Bae Soo-yong (from Boin High School)
44 MF Japan JPN Reo Takae (from Higashi Fukuoka High School)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
3 DF Japan JPN Takaharu Nishino (on loan to Japan JEF United Chiba)
8 DF Japan JPN Keisuke Iwashita (to Japan Avispa Fukuoka)
13 MF Japan JPN Hiroyuki Abe (to Japan Kawasaki Frontale)
17 MF Japan JPN Kenya Okazaki (to Japan Tochigi SC)
19 MF Japan JPN Kotaro Omori (to Japan Vissel Kobe)
24 FW Japan JPN Naoki Ogawa (released)[12]
27 MF Japan JPN Tatsuya Uchida (on loan to Japan Tokyo Verdy)
40 MF Japan JPN Shohei Ogura (to Japan Ventforet Kofu)
— FW Japan JPN Shingo Akamine (to Japan Fagiano Okayama, previously on loan)

Omiya Ardija

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No. Pos. Nation Player
6 DF Japan JPN Akinari Kawazura (from Meiji University)
10 FW Japan JPN Genki Omae (from Japan Shimizu S-Pulse)[13]
16 MF Brazil BRA Mateus (from Brazil Bahia, previously on loan)
28 MF Japan JPN Ariajasuru Hasegawa (from Japan Shonan Bellmare)[14]
38 MF Japan JPN Riku Yamada (promoted from youth ranks)
40 MF Japan JPN Akimi Barada (from Japan Kashiwa Reysol)
44 MF Japan JPN Yusuke Segawa (from Japan Thespakusatsu Gunma)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF Japan JPN Tomonobu Yokoyama (on loan to Japan Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo)
26 MF Japan JPN Masato Kojima (on loan to Japan Mito HollyHock)
29 FW Japan JPN Kento Kawata (on loan to Japan Thespakusatsu Gunma)
39 MF Japan JPN Jin Izumisawa (to Japan Gamba Osaka)
41 MF Japan JPN Akihiro Ienaga (to Japan Kawasaki Frontale)
— GK Japan JPN Shuhei Kawata (to Japan Tochigi SC, previously on loan)
— DF Japan JPN Shunsuke Fukuda (to Japan Giravanz Kitakyushu, previously on loan)

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

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No. Pos. Nation Player
10 FW Brazil BRA Felipe de Oliveira Silva (from Brazil Ceará)
15 MF Japan JPN Sho Inagaki (from Japan Ventforet Kofu)[15]
25 DF Japan JPN Osamu Henry Iyoha (promoted from youth ranks)
32 MF Japan JPN Taishi Matsumoto (from Shohei High School)
34 GK Japan JPN Hirotsugu Nakabayashi (from Japan Fagiano Okayama)
50 FW Japan JPN Masato Kudo (from Canada Vancouver Whitecaps)[16]

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
7 MF Japan JPN Koji Morisaki (retired)
11 FW Japan JPN Hisato Satō (from Japan Sanfrecce Hiroshima)[17]
13 GK Japan JPN Takuya Masuda (on loan to Japan V-Varen Nagasaki)
37 DF Japan JPN Kazuya Miyahara (to Japan Nagoya Grampus)[18]
— MF Japan JPN Gakuto Natsuda (on loan to Japan Shimizu S-Pulse, previously on loan at Japan Albirex Niigata)

Vissel Kobe

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No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Japan JPN Daiki Maekawa (from Kansai University)
3 DF Japan JPN Hirofumi Watanabe (from Japan Vegalta Sendai)
8 MF Brazil BRA Wescley (from Brazil Atlético Mineiro)[19]
16 MF Japan JPN Hideto Takahashi (from Japan FC Tokyo)[20]
21 FW Japan JPN Junya Tanaka (from Portugal Sporting CP, previously on loan at Japan Kashiwa Reysol)[21]
22 DF Japan JPN Wataru Hashimoto (from Japan Urawa Red Diamonds, previously on loan)
26 DF Japan JPN Shinji Yamaguchi (from Japan Oita Trinita, back from loan)
28 GK Japan JPN Kenshin Yoshimaru (from Japan Oita Trinita, back from loan)
29 MF Japan JPN Kotaro Omori (from Japan Gamba Osaka)[22]
33 FW Japan JPN Shuhei Otsuki (from Japan Shonan Bellmare)
35 MF Japan JPN Takuya Yasui (promoted from youth ranks)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF Japan JPN Yudai Tanaka (to Japan Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo)
3 DF Japan JPN Takahito Soma (retired)[23]
7 FW Brazil BRA Pedro Júnior (to Japan Kashima Antlers)
8 DF Japan JPN Shohei Takahashi (to Japan Júbilo Iwata)
9 FW Japan JPN Daisuke Ishizu (back to Japan Avispa Fukuoka, previously on loan)
20 MF Japan JPN Asahi Masuyama (on loan to Japan Yokohama FC)
21 GK Japan JPN Koki Matsuzawa (to Japan Tokushima Vortis)
27 MF Japan JPN Ryo Matsumura (on loan to Japan Tokushima Vortis)
22 GK Japan JPN Kaito Yamamoto (to Japan JEF United Chiba)
32 MF Japan JPN Ryosuke Maeda (on loan to Japan Oita Trinita)
33 DF Japan JPN Taisuke Muramatsu (back to Japan Shimizu S-Pulse, previously on loan)
— MF Japan JPN Tatsuki Noda (on loan to Japan FC Imabari)
— FW Japan JPN Akito Mukai (on loan to Japan FC Imabari)

Kashiwa Reysol

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No. Pos. Nation Player
3 DF South Korea KOR Yun Suk-young (from Denmark Brøndby IF)
13 DF Japan JPN Ryuta Koike (from Japan Renofa Yamaguchi)
20 MF Brazil BRA Ramon Lopes (from Japan Vegalta Sendai)[24]
21 DF Japan JPN Takuya Hashiguchi (from Ryutsu Keizai University)
24 FW Japan JPN Koki Oshima (back from Japan Kataller Toyama, previously on loan)
26 DF Japan JPN Taiyo Koga (promoted from youth ranks)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
5 DF Japan JPN Tatsuya Masushima (on loan to Japan Vegalta Sendai)
6 DF Japan JPN Ryosuke Yamanaka (to Japan Yokohama F. Marinos)
8 MF Japan JPN Akimi Barada (to Japan Omiya Ardija)
9 FW Japan JPN Junya Tanaka (to Portugal Sporting CP, previously on loan)
16 GK Japan JPN Koji Inada (to Japan Albirex Niigata)
17 MF Japan JPN Hiroki Akino (on loan to Japan Shonan Bellmare)
21 DF Japan JPN Masato Yuzawa (on loan to Japan Kyoto Sanga)
26 MF Japan JPN Tetsuro Ota (to Japan Sagan Tosu)
— DF Brazil BRA Eduardo (to Japan Kawasaki Frontale, previously on loan)
— MF Japan JPN Yu Kimura (to Japan V-Varen Nagasaki, previously on loan)

Yokohama F. Marinos

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No. Pos. Nation Player
6 MF Japan JPN Takahiro Ogihara (from Japan Nagoya Grampus)[25][26]
7 FW Portugal POR Hugo Vieira (from Serbia Red Star Belgrade)
19 MF Japan JPN Teruhito Nakagawa (back from Japan Machida Zelvia, previously on loan)[27]
24 DF Japan JPN Ryosuke Yamanaka (from Japan Kashiwa Reysol)
27 DF Japan JPN Ken Matsubara (from Japan Albirex Niigata)[28]
28 DF Japan JPN Ryo Takano (from Nippon Sport Science University)
30 GK Japan JPN Ayaki Suzuki (from Japan Giravanz Kitakyushu)
31 GK Japan JPN Daichi Sugimoto (from Japan Kyoto Sanga)
33 MF North Macedonia MKD David Babunski (from Serbia Red Star Belgrade)
34 DF Australia AUS Miloš Degenek (from Germany 1860 Munich)
35 MF Japan JPN Kaina Yoshio (promoted from youth ranks)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Japan JPN Tetsuya Enomoto (to Japan Urawa Red Diamonds)
5 DF Japan JPN Fábio Aguiar (to Japan Gamba Osaka)
7 MF Japan JPN Shingo Hyodo (to Japan Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo)
9 FW Brazil BRA Kayke (back to Brazil Santos, previously on loan)
10 MF Japan JPN Shunsuke Nakamura (to Japan Júbilo Iwata)
13 DF Japan JPN Yuzo Kobayashi (to Japan Sagan Tosu)
14 FW Japan JPN Masashi Wada (on loan to Japan Renofa Yamaguchi)
30 GK Japan JPN Junto Taguchi (on loan to Japan Fujieda MYFC)
31 GK Japan JPN Takuya Takahashi (to Japan Giravanz Kitakyushu)
— GK Japan JPN Ryota Suzuki (to Japan Gamba Osaka, previously on loan at Japan Tokyo Verdy)
— DF Japan JPN Fumitaka Kitakani (to Japan V-Varen Nagasaki)
— MF Japan JPN Andrew Kumagai (on loan to Japan JEF United Chiba, previously on loan at Japan Zweigen Kanazawa)
— FW Brazil BRA Rafinha (released)

FC Tokyo

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No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Japan JPN Takuo Okubo (from Japan V-Varen Nagasaki)
6 DF Japan JPN Kosuke Ota (from Netherlands Vitesse)[29]
8 MF Japan JPN Yojiro Takahagi (from South Korea FC Seoul)[30]
13 FW Japan JPN Yoshito Ōkubo (from Japan Kawasaki Frontale)
15 FW Japan JPN Kensuke Nagai (from Japan Nagoya Grampus)[31]
28 MF Japan JPN Takuya Uchida (promoted from youth ranks)
29 DF Japan JPN Makoto Okazaki (promoted from youth ranks)
30 GK Japan JPN Riku Hirosue (from Aomori Yamada High School)
33 GK Japan JPN Akihiro Hayashi (from Japan Sagan Tosu)[32]
35 MF Japan JPN Yoshitake Suzuki (promoted from youth ranks)
36 DF Japan JPN Masayuki Yamada (from Hosei University)
50 GK Japan JPN Go Hatano (promoted from youth ranks)
— MF South Korea KOR Ha Dae-sung (loan return from Japan Nagoya Grampus)[33]

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
4 MF Japan JPN Hideto Takahashi (to Japan Vissel Kobe)
9 FW Japan JPN Sota Hirayama (to Japan Vegalta Sendai)
11 FW Brazil BRA Muriqui (back to Qatar Al-Sadd SC, previously on loan)
13 GK Japan JPN Tatsuya Enomoto (retired)
22 MF Japan JPN Naotake Hanyu (to Japan JEF United Chiba)
23 FW Japan JPN Yohei Hayashi (to Japan Oita Trinita)
28 MF Japan JPN Shuto Kono (to Japan V-Varen Nagasaki)
31 GK Japan JPN Kentaro Kakoi (to Japan Cerezo Osaka)
34 MF Japan JPN Hideyuki Nozawa (on loan to Japan FC Gifu)
47 GK Japan JPN Yota Akimoto (to Japan Shonan Bellmare)
48 MF Japan JPN Kota Mizunuma (on loan to Japan Cerezo Osaka)
50 DF Japan JPN Yūichi Komano (released)[34]
— GK Japan JPN Shuichi Gonda (to Japan Sagan Tosu)
— MF Japan JPN Hirotaka Mita (to Japan Vegalta Sendai, previously on loan)

Sagan Tosu

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No. Pos. Nation Player
3 DF Argentina ARG Franco Sbuttoni (from Argentina Atlético Tucumán)[35]
4 MF Japan JPN Riki Harakawa (on loan from Japan Kawasaki Frontale)
13 DF Japan JPN Yuzo Kobayashi (from Japan Yokohama F. Marinos)[36]
19 MF Japan JPN Tetsuro Ota (from Japan Kashiwa Reysol)[37]
20 MF Japan JPN Yoshizumi Ogawa (from Japan Nagoya Grampus)[38]
27 FW Japan JPN Kyosuke Tagawa (promoted from youth ranks)
28 MF Japan JPN Hiroto Ishikawa (promoted from youth ranks)
33 GK Japan JPN Shuichi Gonda (from Japan FC Tokyo)[39]
40 FW Japan JPN Yuji Ono (from Belgium Sint-Truiden)[40]
50 MF Japan JPN Koki Mizuno (from Japan Vegalta Sendai)[41]

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
3 DF Japan JPN Keita Isozaki (retired)
4 DF Japan JPN Teruaki Kobayashi (retired)
6 MF Algeria ALG Aymen Tahar (to Romania Gaz Metan Medias)
9 FW Morocco MAR Moestafa El Kabir (to Turkey Antalyaspor)
10 MF South Korea KOR Kim Min-woo (to South Korea Suwon Samsung Bluewings)
15 DF Japan JPN Ryuhei Niwa (released)
21 GK Japan JPN Ayumi Niekawa (back to Japan Júbilo Iwata, previously on loan)
25 MF Japan JPN Ryota Hayasaka (to Japan Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo)
33 GK Japan JPN Akihiro Hayashi (to Japan FC Tokyo)
39 FW Japan JPN Shohei Okada (to Japan Thespakusatsu Gunma)
— GK Japan JPN Eisuke Fujishima (on loan to Matsumoto Yamaga, previously on loan at Japan JEF United Chiba)
— DF Japan JPN Shohei Kishida (to Japan Oita Trinita, previously on loan at Japan V-Varen Nagasaki)
— DF Japan JPN Tatsuya Sakai (on loan to Japan Oita Trinita, previously on loan at Japan V-Varen Nagasaki)
— MF South Korea KOR Choi Sung-keun (to South Korea Suwon Samsung Bluewings, previously on loan at Japan FC Gifu)
— MF Japan JPN Koki Kiyotake (to Japan JEF United Chiba, previously on loan at Japan Roasso Kumamoto)
— MF South Korea KOR Baek Sung-dong (to South Korea Suwon FC, previously on loan at Japan V-Varen Nagasaki)
— MF Japan JPN Tomotaka Okamoto (to Japan Matsumoto Yamaga, previously on loan at Japan Shonan Bellmare)
— FW Japan JPN Shūto Hira (released)
— FW Japan JPN Ryogo Yamasaki (to Japan Tokushima Vortis, previously on loan)

Vegalta Sendai

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No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK United States USA Daniel Schmidt (back from Japan Matsumoto Yamaga, previously on loan)
2 DF Japan JPN Katsuya Nagato (from Hosei University)
9 FW Japan JPN Sota Hirayama (from Japan FC Tokyo)[42]
11 FW Japan JPN Naoki Ishihara (on loan from Japan Urawa Red Diamonds)
13 DF Japan JPN Yasuhiro Hiraoka (from Japan Shimizu S-Pulse, previously on loan)
18 MF Japan JPN Hirotaka Mita (from Japan FC Tokyo, previously on loan)
20 FW Brazil BRA Crislan (on loan from Portugal S.C. Braga)
23 MF Japan JPN Yoshihiro Nakano (on loan from Japan Kawasaki Frontale)
50 DF Japan JPN Tatsuya Masushima (on loan from Japan Kashiwa Reysol)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Japan JPN Yuji Rokutan (to Japan Shimizu S-Pulse)
3 DF Japan JPN Hirofumi Watanabe (to Japan Vissel Kobe)
6 MF South Korea KOR Kim Min-tae (to Japan Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo)
9 FW Brazil BRA Wilson (to Japan Ventforet Kofu)
11 FW Japan JPN Hidetaka Kanazono (to Japan Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo)
19 MF Japan JPN Kyohei Sugiura (to Japan Zweigen Kanazawa)
20 MF Brazil BRA Ramon Lopes (to Japan Kashiwa Reysol)
29 MF Japan JPN Koki Mizuno (to Japan Sagan Tosu)

Júbilo Iwata

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No. Pos. Nation Player
8 MF Uzbekistan UZB Fozil Musaev (from Uzbekistan FC Nasaf)
10 MF Japan JPN Shunsuke Nakamura (from Japan Yokohama F. Marinos)[43]
14 MF Japan JPN Masaya Matsumoto (from Japan Oita Trinita)
20 FW Japan JPN Kengo Kawamata (from Japan Nagoya Grampus)[44]
26 MF Japan JPN Kotaro Fujikawa (from Higashi Fukuoka High School)
34 MF Japan JPN Takeaki Harigaya (from Shohei High School)
36 GK Japan JPN Ryuki Miura (from Japan Nagano Parceiro)
41 DF Japan JPN Shohei Takahashi (from Japan Vissel Kobe)
— FW Japan JPN Seiya Nakano (from University of Tsukuba)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
8 FW England ENG Jay Bothroyd (released)
14 DF Japan JPN Kazumichi Takagi (to Thailand Air Force Central F.C.)[45]
19 DF Japan JPN Ryu Okada (retired)
20 FW Japan JPN Yasuhito Morishima (released)
28 DF Japan JPN Ryoma Ishida (on loan to Japan Zweigen Kanazawa)
34 FW Japan JPN Yuki Nakamura (retired)[46]
36 GK Japan JPN Tatsuro Okuda (to Japan V-Varen Nagasaki)
44 DF Greece GRE Avraam Papadopoulos (released)
— GK Japan JPN Ayumi Niekawa (on loan to Japan Thespakusatsu Gunma, previously on loan at Japan Sagan Tosu)
— MF Japan JPN Hiroto Tanaka (on loan to Japan Ehime FC, previously on loan at Japan V-Varen Nagasaki)
— MF Japan JPN Misaki Uemura (to Japan FC Imabari, previously on loan)
— FW Japan JPN Ryuolivier Iwamoto (on loan to Japan Gainare Tottori)

Ventforet Kofu

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No. Pos. Nation Player
2 MF Japan JPN Toshio Shimakawa (from Japan Renofa Yamaguchi)
6 DF Brazil BRA Éder Lima (from Brazil América Mineiro)
9 FW Brazil BRA Wilson (from Japan Vegalta Sendai)
11 MF Japan JPN Yuki Horigome (from Japan Kyoto Sanga)
15 MF Japan JPN Akihiro Hyodo (from Japan Mito HollyHock)
18 MF Japan JPN Ryohei Michibuchi (from Meiji University)
19 MF Japan JPN Koki Wakasugi (back from Japan Sarcos Fukui, previously on loan)
22 DF Japan JPN Yuta Koide (from Meiji University)
24 DF Japan JPN Yutaka Soneda (from Biwako Seikei Sport College)
29 FW Brazil BRA Gabriel (on loan from Brazil São Paulo FC)
40 MF Japan JPN Shohei Ogura (from Japan Gamba Osaka)[47]

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF Japan JPN Kensuke Fukuda (to Japan V-Varen Nagasaki)
6 MF Brazil BRA Marquinhos Paraná (released)
9 FW Brazil BRA Davi (released)
15 MF Japan JPN Takamitsu Yoshino (to Thailand Khonkaen F.C.)[48]
20 FW Japan JPN Kohei Morita (to Japan Thespakusatsu Gunma)
23 MF Japan JPN Sho Inagaki (to Japan Sanfrecce Hiroshima)
24 DF Japan JPN Naoya Shibamura (to Japan CRIACAO)
27 MF Australia AUS Billy Celeski (released)
29 DF Japan JPN Masaki Watanabe (to Japan Yokohama FC)
— MF Japan JPN Taisuke Akiyoshi (released)

Albirex Niigata

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No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Japan JPN Koki Otani (from Japan Urawa Red Diamonds)
4 DF South Korea KOR Song Ju-hun (back from Japan Mito HollyHock, previously on loan)
6 MF Brazil BRA Jean Patrick (from Brazil Luverdense)
7 FW Brazil BRA Roni (from Brazil Cruzeiro)
10 MF Brazil BRA Thiago Galhardo (on loan from Brazil Coritiba)
15 MF Japan JPN Isao Honma (from Japan Tochigi SC)
16 FW Japan JPN Shu Hiramatsu (back from Japan Mito HollyHock, previously on loan)
19 DF Japan JPN Kisho Yano (from Japan Nagoya Grampus)[49][50]
23 MF Japan JPN Noriyoshi Sakai (back from Japan Fagiano Okayama, previously on loan)
24 DF Japan JPN Naoki Kawaguchi (back from Japan Shimizu S-Pulse, previously on loan)
25 DF Japan JPN Takumi Hasegawa (promoted from youth ranks)
26 DF Japan JPN Goson Sakai (back from Japan Fukushima United FC, previously on loan)
27 MF Japan JPN Yuto Horigome (from Japan Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo)
29 MF Japan JPN Shunsuke Mori (from Kwansei Gakuin University)
30 MF Peru PER Romero Frank (back from Japan Mito HollyHock, previously on loan)[51]
31 GK Japan JPN Koji Inada (from Japan Kashiwa Reysol)
32 FW Japan JPN Atsushi Kawata (from Singapore Albirex Niigata Singapore)
34 MF Japan JPN Teruki Hara (from Funabashi Municipal High School)
50 DF Japan JPN Seitaro Tomisawa (from Japan JEF United Chiba)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Japan JPN Takaya Kurokawa (retired)
4 DF Japan JPN Michael James (to Japan Kawasaki Frontale)
6 MF Japan JPN Yuki Kobayashi (to Japan Nagoya Grampus)[52]
7 DF Brazil BRA Bruno Cortez (back to Brazil São Paulo FC, previously on loan)
8 MF Brazil BRA Léo Silva (to Japan Kashima Antlers)
10 FW Brazil BRA Rafael Silva (to Japan Urawa Red Diamonds)
24 MF Japan JPN Gakuto Notsuda (back to Japan Sanfrecce Hiroshima, previously on loan)
27 DF Japan JPN Ken Matsubara (to Japan Yokohama F. Marinos)[53]
29 MF Japan JPN Kiwara Miyazaki (on loan to Japan Zweigen Kanazawa)
31 GK Japan JPN Akihito Ozawa (to Japan Blaublitz Akita)
32 FW Brazil BRA Kalil (back to Brazil Criciúma, previously on loan)
41 MF Japan JPN Kazuki Kozuka (on loan to Japan Renofa Yamaguchi)
— GK Japan JPN Yasuhiro Watanabe (to Japan Japan Soccer College)

Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 MF Japan JPN Tomonobu Yokoyama (on loan from Japan Omiya Ardija)
3 DF Japan JPN Yudai Tanaka (from Japan Vissel Kobe)
6 DF Japan JPN Shingo Hyodo (from Japan Yokohama F. Marinos)
20 MF South Korea KOR Kim Min-tae (from Japan Vegalta Sendai)
22 FW Japan JPN Hidetaka Kanazono (from Japan Vegalta Sendai)
24 DF Japan JPN Akito Fukumori (from Japan Kawasaki Frontale, previously on loan)
26 MF Japan JPN Ryota Hayasaka (from Japan Sagan Tosu)
37 DF Japan JPN Taiyo Hama (promoted from youth ranks)
38 FW Japan JPN Daiki Suga (promoted from youth ranks)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
5 DF Japan JPN Kazuki Kushibiki (on loan to Japan Nagoya Grampus)[54]
6 DF Japan JPN Takayuki Mae (on loan to Japan Renofa Yamaguchi)
20 MF Japan JPN Kazumasa Uesato (to Japan Roasso Kumamoto)
22 MF Indonesia IDN Irfan Bachdim (released)
28 MF Japan JPN Yumemi Kanda (to Japan Ehime FC)
31 MF Japan JPN Yuto Horigome (to Japan Albirex Niigata)
32 MF Japan JPN Shogo Nakahara (on loan to Japan Gamba Osaka)
37 DF Japan JPN Yuki Uchiyama (to Japan Gainare Tottori)
— DF Japan JPN Takuya Osanai (to Japan Fukushima United FC, previously on loan)
— DF Japan JPN Paulão (on loan to Japan Mito HollyHock, previously on loan at Japan Fukushima United FC)
— MF Thailand THA Chanathip Songkrasin (on loan to Thailand BEC Tero Sasana FC)
— FW Japan JPN Mitsuteru Kudo (released)

Shimizu S-Pulse

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
4 DF Brazil BRA Kanu (from Thailand Chonburi F.C.)
13 GK Japan JPN Yuji Rokutan (from Japan Vegalta Sendai)[55]
14 MF Japan JPN Gakuto Notsuda (on loan from Japan Sanfrecce Hiroshima)
16 DF Japan JPN Taisuke Muramatsu (back from Japan Vissel Kobe, previously on loan)
27 DF Japan JPN Takahiro Iida (from Senshu University)
33 DF Japan JPN Yugo Tatsuta (promoted from youth ranks)
— GK Japan JPN Masatoshi Kushibiki (from Japan Kashima Antlers, back from loan)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF Japan JPN Genta Miura (to Japan Gamba Osaka)
5 DF Canada CAN Dejan Jakovic (released)[56]
7 MF Japan JPN Takuya Honda (to Japan Montedio Yamagata)
8 MF Japan JPN Hideki Ishige (on loan to Japan Fagiano Okayama)
10 FW Japan JPN Genki Omae (to Japan Omiya Ardija)
13 GK Japan JPN Rikihiro Sugiyama (to Japan Avispa Fukuoka)
14 FW Japan JPN Takashi Sawada (to Japan V-Varen Nagasaki)
21 GK Japan JPN Kempei Usui (on loan to Japan Machida Zelvia)
24 DF Japan JPN Naoki Kawaguchi (back to Japan Albirex Niigata, previously on loan)
28 MF Japan JPN Kohei Hattanda (to Japan Nagoya Grampus)[57]
38 DF Japan JPN Takayuki Fukumura (on loan to Japan FC Gifu)
— GK Japan JPN Masatoshi Kushibiki (on loan to Japan Fagiano Okayama, back from loan at Japan Kashima Antlers)
— DF Japan JPN Yasuhiro Hiraoka (to Japan Vegalta Sendai, previously on loan)
— MF Japan JPN Yoshiaki Takagi (to Japan Tokyo Verdy, previously on loan)
— FW Japan JPN Yuji Senuma (on loan to Japan Montedio Yamagata, back from loan at Japan Ehime FC)
— FW Japan JPN Sho Kagami (released)

Cerezo Osaka

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Japan JPN Kentaro Kakoi (from Japan FC Tokyo)
6 MF Brazil BRA Souza (from Brazil Cruzeiro)
16 MF Japan JPN Kota Mizunuma (on loan from Japan FC Tokyo)[58]
17 MF Japan JPN Takaki Fukimitsu (from Japan Renofa Yamaguchi)
22 DF Croatia CRO Matej Jonjić (from South Korea Incheon United)
25 FW Japan JPN Hirofumi Yamauchi (from Waseda University)
29 DF Japan JPN Kakeru Funaki (promoted from youth ranks)
30 MF Japan JPN Musashi Oyama (from Sapporo Otani High School)
31 FW Japan JPN Towa Yamane (from Sanfrecce Hiroshima Youth)
36 MF Japan JPN Toshiki Onozawa (promoted from youth ranks)
37 DF Japan JPN Reiya Morishita (promoted from youth ranks)
45 GK Japan JPN Shu Mogi (from Toko Gakuen High School)
46 MF Japan JPN Hiroshi Kiyotake (from Spain Sevilla FC)[59]

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Japan JPN Hiroyuki Takeda (on loan to Japan Tokyo Verdy)
10 FW North Macedonia MKD Besart Abdurahimi (back to Belgium Lokeren, previously on loan)
19 FW Japan JPN Yuzo Tashiro (released)
20 FW Japan JPN Keiji Tamada (from Japan Nagoya Grampus)
22 DF Japan JPN Sota Nakazawa (retired)
25 MF Japan JPN Daiki Kogure (from Japan Ehime FC)
36 FW Japan JPN Rei Yonezawa (on loan to Japan Renofa Yamaguchi)
37 DF Japan JPN Jurato Ikeda (to Thailand Bangkok Glass)
45 GK Japan JPN Takashi Kitano (released)
— DF Japan JPN Yuki Kotani (on loan to Japan Roasso Kumamoto, previously on loan)
— MF Japan JPN Kai Hirano (from Thailand Army United, previously on loan)
— MF Japan JPN Hideo Hashimoto (to Japan Tokyo Verdy, previously on loan at Japan Nagano Parceiro)

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