List of J2 League football transfers summer 2018

This is a list of Japanese football J1 League transfers in the summer transfer window 2018 by club.

Ventforet Kofu

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
11 FW Brazil BRA Diego (on loan from Brazil Internacional)[1]
15 MF Brazil BRA Ferrugem (from Brazil Centro Sportivo Alagoano)
30 DF Japan JPN Kohei Shimizu (on loan from Japan Shimizu S-Pulse)
44 MF Japan JPN Takayuki Seto (from Romania Astra Giurgiu)

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
9 FW Brazil BRA Dinei (to Japan Matsumoto Yamaga)
10 FW Brazil BRA Lins (on loan to Japan FC Tokyo)

Albirex Niigata

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
7 FW Brazil BRA Jonathan Reis (from Japan Consadole Sapporo)[2]
13 MF Japan JPN Yohei Kajiyama (on loan from Japan FC Tokyo)
18 MF Japan JPN Ryoma Watanabe (from Germany FC Ingolstadt 04)
32 MF Brazil BRA Cauê (on loan from Japan Omiya Ardija)[3]

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
6 MF Japan JPN Ryota Isomura (to Japan V-Varen Nagasaki)
7 FW Brazil BRA Rony (to Brazil Atlético Paranaense)
20 MF Japan JPN Go Hayama (on loan to Japan Tochigi SC)
21 GK Japan JPN Yasuhiro Watanabe (on loan to Japan Vonds Ichihara)[4]
25 DF Japan JPN Takumi Hasegawa (on loan to Japan Thespakusatsu Gunma)
27 FW Brazil BRA Bruno Meneghel (to Japan Yokohama FC)

Omiya Ardija

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
24 MF North Macedonia MKD David Babunski (from Japan Yokohama F. Marinos)[5]
50 DF Japan JPN Hiroto Hatao (on loan from Japan Nagoya Grampus)

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 Brazil BRA Cauê (on loan to Japan Albirex Niigata)

Avispa Fukuoka

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
26 DF Japan JPN Taiyo Koga (on loan from Japan Kashiwa Reysol)
29 DF Japan JPN Kazunori Yoshimoto (on loan from Japan FC Tokyo)
35 FW Brazil BRA Léo Mineiro (from Brazil Coimbra EC)

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 DF Japan JPN Yu Tamura (to Japan Montedio Yamagata)
9 FW Brazil BRA Tulio De Melo (released)
20 FW Brazil BRA Euller (released)

Tokyo Verdy

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 Japan JPN Yuki Kagawa (on loan from Japan V-Varen Nagasaki)
6 MF Japan JPN Jin Izumisawa (on loan from Japan Gamba Osaka)
10 FW Brazil BRA Leandro (from Japan Vissel Kobe)

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 DF Japan JPN Shinnosuke Hatanaka (to Japan Yokohama F. Marinos)
14 MF Japan JPN Naoto Sawai (on loan to France AC Ajaccio)[6]
22 FW Spain ESP Carlos Martínez (to Spain Hércules CF)
26 FW Japan JPN Kazuma Takai (to Japan Renofa Yamaguchi)

JEF United Chiba

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
22 MF Japan JPN Kohei Kudo (from Japan Matsumoto Yamaga)
49 DF Japan JPN Takumi Shimohira (on loan from Japan Yokohama F. Marinos)[7]

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
26 DF Japan JPN Jun Okano (on loan to Japan Oita Trinita)
27 DF Japan JPN Toshiya Takagi (to Japan Kashiwa Reysol)

Tokushima Vortis

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 Taku Akahoshi (on loan from Japan Sagan Tosu)[8]
26 FW Spain ESP David Barral (from Spain Cádiz CF)
36 FW Japan JPN Genta Omotehara (on loan from Japan Shonan Bellmare)
40 GK Japan JPN Kenshin Yoshimaru (on loan from Japan Vissel Kobe)
47 FW Japan JPN Yuki Oshitani (from Japan Nagoya Grampus)
50 FW Nigeria NGA Peter Utaka (from Denmark Vejle Boldklub)

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 Costa Rica CRC Danny Carvajal (back to Spain Albacete, end of loan)
3 DF Japan JPN Leo Osaki (to Japan Vissel Kobe)
9 FW Brazil BRA Nathan Júnior (released)
11 MF Japan JPN Yatsunori Shimaya (to Japan Sagan Tosu)
17 FW Japan JPN Ryogo Yamasaki (to Japan Shonan Bellmare)
19 FW Japan JPN Takuma Sonoda (on loan to Japan Kagoshima United FC)
27 DF Japan JPN Yuki Omoto (to Japan V-Varen Nagasaki)
— FW Argentina ARG Nicolás Orsini (to Argentina Club Atlético Sarmiento, back from loan from Paraguay Sportivo Luqueño)

Matsumoto Yamaga

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
27 DF Singapore SGP Anders Aplin (on loan from Singapore Geylang International FC)[9]
49 FW Brazil BRA Dinei (from Japan Ventforet Kofu)
50 DF Japan JPN Tomoki Imai (from Japan Kashiwa Reysol)[10]

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
10 MF Japan JPN Kohei Kudo (to Japan JEF United Chiba)
25 MF Japan JPN Naoki Maeda (to Japan Nagoya Grampus)
35 DF Japan JPN Daiki Morimoto (on loan to Japan SC Sagamihara)

Oita Trinita

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 DF Brazil BRA Willian Magrão (from Brazil Red Bull Brasil)[11]
16 DF Japan JPN Jun Okano (on loan from Japan JEF United Chiba)[12]

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 DF Japan JPN Akira Takeuchi (on loan to Japan Kamatamare Sanuki)
16 DF South Korea KOR Lim Seung-gyeom (to Japan Nagoya Grampus, end of loan)

Yokohama FC

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
5 DF Japan JPN Masakazu Tashiro (on loan from Japan V-Varen Nagasaki)
15 FW Japan JPN Yuki Nakayama (on loan to Japan Kagoshima United FC)
23 FW Brazil BRA Bruno Meneghel (on loan from Japan Albirex Niigata)
39 FW Japan JPN Yuji Senuma (from Japan Montedio Yamagata)[13]
43 FW Japan JPN Koki Saito (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
19 MF South Korea KOR Jeong Chung-geun (on loan to Japan Fagiano Okayama)

Montedio Yamagata

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
38 DF Japan JPN Yu Tamura (from Japan Avispa Fukuoka)
42 MF Japan JPN Jumpei Kusukami (on loan from Japan Shimizu S-Pulse)
49 MF Japan JPN Kenta Uchida (on loan from Japan Nagoya Grampus)
50 FW Brazil BRA Bruno Lopes (from Malaysia Kelantan)

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 Rikiya Motegi (to Japan Urawa Red Diamonds, end of loan)
10 FW Japan JPN Yuji Senuma (to Japan Yokohama FC)

Kyoto Sanga

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
20 FW Brazil BRA Kaio (from China Yunnan Flying Tigers)
23 FW Japan JPN Goshi Okubo (on loan from Thailand PTT Rayong F.C.)
31 MF Brazil BRA Juninho (on loan from Japan FC Osaka)
37 DF China CHN Wu Shao Cong (on loan from Japan Shimizu S-Pulse)
38 DF Japan JPN Kyohei Kuroki (on loan from Japan Kagoshima United FC)
41 MF Japan JPN Jun Kanakubo (from Japan Vegalta Sendai)
44 MF Japan JPN Yoshihiro Shoji (on loan from Japan Vegalta Sendai)

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 MF Uruguay URU Matías Caseras (to Uruguay Plaza Colonia, end of loan)
10 FW Japan JPN Sergio Escudero (on loan to South Korea Ulsan Hyundai)
16 FW Japan JPN Daiki Numa (on loan to Japan Tegevajaro Miyazaki)[14]
20 MF Brazil BRA Alexandre (to Brazil Metropolitano, end of loan)
25 MF Japan JPN Kota Ogino (on loan to Japan Tegevajaro Miyazaki)[15]

Fagiano Okayama

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
37 MF South Korea KOR Jeong Chung-geun (on loan from Japan Yokohama FC)
39 DF Japan JPN Soya Takahashi (on loan from Japan Sanfrecce Hiroshima)

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
20 FW Japan JPN Yoshiki Fujimoto (on loan to Japan Ehime FC)

Mito HollyHock

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
27 MF Japan JPN Shunsuke Motegi (on loan from Japan Vegalta Sendai)
29 GK Costa Rica CRC Danny Carvajal (from Spain Albacete)[16]
30 GK Japan JPN Ko Shimura (on loan from Japan Jubilo Iwata)
47 FW Brazil BRA Jô (on loan from Brazil Linense)[17]

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
23 MF Japan JPN Ryo Toyama (on loan to Japan Blaublitz Akita)
30 GK Japan JPN Ko Shimura (to Japan Jubilo Iwata, end of loan)
39 MF Japan JPN Ryuya Motoda (on loan to Japan Vanraure Hachinohe)
40 GK Japan JPN Yuto Koizumi (on loan to Japan Grulla Morioka)

Ehime FC

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
19 FW Japan JPN Yoshiki Fujimoto (on loan from Japan Fagiano Okayama)
30 MF Japan JPN Woo Sang-ho (on loan from Japan FC Gifu)

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

Machida Zelvia

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
25 MF Japan JPN Hirofumi Yamauchi (on loan from Japan Cerezo Osaka)

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

Zweigen Kanazawa

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

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 DF Japan JPN Tatsushi Koyanagi (on loan to Japan Thespakusatsu Gunma)[18]
30 FW Japan JPN Masato Yamazaki (on loan to Japan Thespakusatsu Gunma)[19]

FC Gifu

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
33 FW Brazil BRA Michael (from Brazil Alagoinhas Atlético Clube)[20]
34 DF Japan JPN Fumitaka Kitatani (on loan from Japan V-Varen Nagasaki)

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
11 FW Japan JPN Kyogo Furuhashi (to Japan Vissel Kobe)
20 MF Japan JPN Woo Sang-ho (on loan to Japan Ehime FC)

Kamatamare Sanuki

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
28 MF Japan JPN Hideo Tanaka (on loan from Japan Tegevajaro Miyazaki)
30 DF Japan JPN Akira Takeuchi (on loan from Japan Oita Trinita)

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
27 DF Japan JPN Tomoya Hayashi (on loan to Japan Kōchi United SC)

Renofa Yamaguchi

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
8 MF Brazil BRA Julinho (on loan from Japan Consadole Sapporo)[21]
35 MF Brazil BRA Washington (from Japan Nagoya Grampus)
50 FW Japan JPN Kazuma Takai (from Japan Tokyo Verdy)

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 Japan JPN Kosuke Onose (to Japan Gamba Osaka)[22]
22 DF Brazil BRA Gerson Vieira (to India Atlético de Kolkata)

Roasso Kumamoto

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
45 MF Japan JPN Tomonobu Yokoyama (on loan from Japan Consadole Sapporo)
50 MF Japan JPN Koki Mizuno (on loan from Japan Sagan Tosu)

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

Tochigi SC

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
20 MF Japan JPN Go Hayama (on loan from Japan Albirex Niigata)[23]
41 MF Japan JPN Yuki Nishiya (from Germany TuS Erndtebrück)
42 DF Brazil BRA Paulão (free agent)
49 FW Brazil BRA Alex (on loan from Japan Kagoshima United FC)

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 Ren Sengoku (on loan to Japan Gainare Tottori)
21 MF Japan JPN Taku Ushinohama (on loan to Japan Kagoshima United FC)
20 DF Brazil BRA Diogo Ferreira (released)
25 FW Slovenia SVN Nejc Pečnik (released)[24]

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