1981 Emperor's Cup

It was contested by 28 teams, and Nippon Kokan won the championship.

• Teijin 1–3 Toyota Motors
• Mazda 1–2 Kyushu Sangyo University
• Dainichi Cable Industries 0–2 Nippon Steel
• Yomiuri 2–0 Osaka University of Commerce
• Kawasaki Steel Mizushima 1–3 Matsushita Electric
• Waseda University 6–0 Gonohe Town Hall
• Fukuoka University 1–4 Doshisha University
• Tsukuba University 6–0 YKK
• Fujitsu 1–3 Hitachi
• Yamaha Motors 1–2 Nissan Motors
• Aichi Gakuin University 0–3 Honda
• Nippon Kokan 6–1 Fujita Industries

• Yanmar Diesel 2–1 Toyota Motors
• Kyushu Sangyo University 1–3 Nippon Steel
• Yomiuri 1–0 Matsushita Electric
• Waseda University 0–3 Mitsubishi Motors
• Furukawa Electric 11–4 Doshisha University
• Tsukuba University 3–1 Hitachi
• Nissan Motors 1–2 Honda
• Nippon Kokan 2–1 Fujita Industries

• Yanmar Diesel 1–2 Nippon Steel
• Yomiuri 0–0 (PK 7–6) Mitsubishi Motors
• Furukawa Electric 1–2 Tsukuba University
• Honda 2–4 Nippon Kokan

• Nippon Steel 0–0 (PK 3–5) Yomiuri
• Tsukuba University 0–1 Nippon Kokan

• Yomiuri 0–2 Nippon Kokan

Nippon Kokan won the championship.

• (in Japanese) NHK