J1 100 Year Vision League

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The J1 100 Year Vision League, also known as the Meiji Yasuda J1 100 Year Vision League (Japanese: 明治安田J1百年構想リーグ, Hepburn: Meiji Yasuda J1 Hyakunen Kōsō Rīgu), is a one-off football tournament organised by the Japan Professional Football League held from 6 February to 7 June 2026 and featuring all 20 J1 League clubs. A similar tournament is being held at the same time for J2 and J3 League clubs.[1][2][3]

Season2026
Dates6 February – 24 May 2026 (regional round)
30 May – 7 June 2026 (playoffs)
Matches161
Goals414 (2.57 per match)
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J1 100 Year Vision League
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Season2026
Dates6 February – 24 May 2026 (regional round)
30 May – 7 June 2026 (playoffs)
Matches161
Goals414 (2.57 per match)
Top goalscorerLéo Ceará
(10 goals)
Biggest home winGamba Osaka 5–0 Vissel Kobe
(2 May 2026)
Biggest away winKawasaki Frontale 0–5 Yokohama F. Marinos
(22 March 2026)
Highest scoringKawasaki Frontale 5–3 Kashiwa Reysol
(8 February 2026)
Longest winning run7 matches
Kashima Antlers
Longest unbeaten run12 matches
Kashima Antlers
Longest winless run8 matches
Avispa Fukuoka
Longest losing run6 matches
Kashiwa Reysol
Highest attendance52,934
FC Tokyo 3–0 Yokohama F. Marinos
(7 March 2026)
Lowest attendance4,126
Avispa Fukuoka 1–1 (4–5 p) Shimizu S-Pulse
(18 March 2026)
Total attendance3,423,109
Average attendance21,262
← 2025
All statistics correct as of 13 May 2026.
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Overview

As the Japan Professional Football League (J.League) transitions to an "autumn-spring system" in 2026, the J.League 100 Year Vision League will be a special tournament held during the transitional period. Meiji Yasuda Life, the league's title partner through the end of 2026,[4] also serves as the title partner of this tournament.[5]

Although this tournament is a league competition organized by the J.League, there will be no relegation to the J2 League based on the results of this tournament. The winning club will qualify to the 2026–27 AFC Champions League Elite league stage.[6] On 1 May 2026, upon the expansion of the Champions League Elite, it was announced that the runners-up will obtain a playoff spot should Gamba Osaka lose the 2026 AFC Champions League Two final.[7]

Format

Regional round (6 February – 24 May)

The 20 teams competing in the 2026–27 J1 League—the top 17 teams from the 2025 J1 League as well as three promoted sides from the 2025 J2 League—will be divided into regions East and West, consists of 10 teams each. Each region will play a double round-robin home and away format. Clubs from the same prefecture are grouped together as much as possible. In addition, the number of clubs playing in snowy regions, where home games cannot be played in February and March was also taken into consideration. If the winners can not be decided within 90 minutes, a penalty shoot-out will be played to decide the winners. For this tournament, the usual points system is retained, but the winners of the shoot-out will receive two points and the losers will receive one point.

The East region consists of 10 clubs based within the Greater Tokyo Area, while the West region consists of 10 teams based outside of the capital and its surrounding metropolitan area.

More information West, East ...
WestEast
Shimizu S-Pulse
Nagoya Grampus
Kyoto Sanga
Gamba Osaka
Cerezo Osaka
Vissel Kobe
Fagiano Okayama
Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Avispa Fukuoka
V-Varen Nagasaki		 Kashima Antlers
Mito HollyHock
Urawa Red Diamonds
JEF United Chiba
Kashiwa Reysol
FC Tokyo
Tokyo Verdy
Machida Zelvia
Kawasaki Frontale
Yokohama F. Marinos
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Playoff round (30 May – 7 June)

Teams with the same final rank in each region will play home and away matches against each other to determine the overall final ranking (for example, matches between first-placed teams will decide the overall champions and runners-up, matches between second-placed teams will decide overall third and fourth place). The first leg will be played on 30 and 31 May, and the second leg will be held on 6 and 7 June.[3]

If the winners on aggregate cannot be determined after the two legs of 90 minutes, two 15-minute periods of extra time will be played; if the winners is still not decided after extra time, a penalty shoot-out will be played.

Prize money

The top three teams at the end of the tournament will receive the prize money of JPY 150 million for the winners, JPY 60 million for runners-up, and JPY 30 million for the third place. During the regional round, each point is worth JPY 2 million. All teams will also receive additional fees based on their competition ranking and popularity ranking.

Clubs

Locations of the teams
Teams in Keihanshin
Teams in Greater Tokyo Area
Teams in Tokyo and its immediate surrounding areas
More information Club, Location ...
ClubLocationStadiumCapacity
Kashima Antlers Ibaraki Prefecture Kashima Soccer Stadium 39,095
Mito HollyHock K's denki Stadium Mito 10,152
Urawa Red Diamonds Saitama Prefecture Saitama Stadium 2002 62,040
JEF United Chiba Chiba Prefecture Fukuda Denshi Arena 19,470
Kashiwa Reysol Sankyo Frontier Kashiwa Stadium 15,109
FC Tokyo Tokyo Ajinomoto Stadium 47,851
Tokyo Verdy
Machida Zelvia Machida GION Stadium 15,320
Kawasaki Frontale Kanagawa Prefecture Uvance Todoroki Stadium by Fujitsu 26,827
Yokohama F. Marinos Nissan Stadium 71,624
Shimizu S-Pulse Shizuoka Prefecture IAI Stadium Nihondaira 19,594
Nagoya Grampus Aichi Prefecture Toyota Stadium 42,753
Kyoto Sanga Kyoto Prefecture Sanga Stadium by Kyocera 21,269
Gamba Osaka Osaka Prefecture Panasonic Stadium Suita 39,694
Cerezo Osaka Yodoko Sakura Stadium 24,481
Vissel Kobe Hyōgo Prefecture Noevir Stadium Kobe 27,974
Fagiano Okayama Okayama Prefecture JFE Harenokuni Stadium 15,479
Sanfrecce Hiroshima Hiroshima Prefecture Edion Peace Wing Hiroshima 28,407
Avispa Fukuoka Fukuoka Prefecture Best Denki Stadium 21,546
V-Varen Nagasaki Nagasaki Prefecture Peace Stadium Connected by SoftBank 20,268
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Personnel and kits

More information Club, Manager ...
ClubManagerCaptainKit manufacturerKit sponsors
Main Other(s)
Avispa Fukuoka Japan Shinya Tsukahara (interim) Japan Tatsuki Nara Japan Yonex Shin Nihon Seiyaku
List
    • Front: Agekke Corporation, Hakata Green Hotel
    • Back: Apaman Property, Septeni
    • Sleeves: Oral Care Clinic, Fukuoka
    • Shorts: Pietro Dressings
Cerezo Osaka Australia Arthur Papas Japan Shunta Tanaka Japan Mizuno Yanmar
List
Fagiano Okayama Japan Takashi Kiyama Japan Ryo Takeuchi Brazil Penalty GROP
List
    • Front: Healthy Home Inc., Serio Inc.
    • Back: un-deux Co., Okanetsu
    • Sleeves: Okayama Shinkin Bank
    • Shorts: Sanyo Shimbun, Bisho Co., Ltd.
FC Tokyo Japan Rikizo Matsuhashi Japan Sei Muroya United States New Balance Tokyo Gas
List
Gamba Osaka Germany Jens Wissing Japan Shinnosuke Nakatani Denmark Hummel Panasonic
List
JEF United Chiba Japan Yoshiyuki Kobayashi Japan Daisuke Suzuki Denmark Hummel Fuji Electric
List
Kashima Antlers Japan Toru Oniki Japan Gaku Shibasaki United States Nike LIXIL
List
Kashiwa Reysol Spain Ricardo Rodríguez Japan Tomoya Inukai Japan Yonex Hitachi
List
Kawasaki Frontale Japan Shigetoshi Hasebe Japan Yasuto Wakizaka Germany Puma Fujitsu
List
Kyoto Sanga South Korea Cho Kwi-jae Japan Shimpei Fukuoka Germany Puma Kyocera
List
Machida Zelvia Japan Go Kuroda Japan Gen Shoji Germany Adidas CyberAgent
List
Mito HollyHock Japan Daisuke Kimori Japan Takahiro Iida
Japan Arata Watanabe		 Japan Soccer Junky K's Holdings
List
Nagoya Grampus Serbia Mihailo Petrović Japan Ryuji Izumi Japan Mizuno Toyota GR Yaris
List
Sanfrecce Hiroshima Germany Bartosch Gaul Japan Sho Sasaki United States Nike EDION
List
Shimizu S-Pulse Japan Takayuki Yoshida Japan Zento Uno Germany Puma Suzuyo (Home & Away) / Star Micronics (Third)
List
Tokyo Verdy Japan Hiroshi Jofuku Japan Koki Morita Brazil Athleta Nicigas
List
    • Front: The Super Sports XEBIO
    • Back: Miroku Jyoho Service, Classmethod
    • Sleeves: Good Com Asset, Tokyo
    • Shorts: BRI Group
Urawa Red Diamonds Japan Tatsuya Tanaka (interim) Japan Ryoma Watanabe United States Nike Polus
List
Vissel Kobe Germany Michael Skibbe Japan Tetsushi Yamakawa Japan Asics Rakuten Mobile
List
    • Front: Danton, Seiban
    • Back: Kawasaki, Henri Charpentier
    • Sleeves: Noevir, Kobe
    • Shorts:
V-Varen Nagasaki Japan Takuya Takagi Japan Hotaru Yamaguchi United States Fanatics Japanet
List
Yokohama F. Marinos Japan Hideo Ōshima Japan Takuya Kida Germany Adidas Nissan
List
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Managerial changes

More information Team, Outgoing manager ...
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in the table Incoming manager Date of
appointment
Nagoya Grampus Japan Kenta Hasegawa[8] End of contract 12 November 2025 Pre-season Serbia Mihailo Petrović[9] 18 December 2025
Shimizu S-Pulse Japan Tadahiro Akiba[10] End of contract 6 December 2025 Japan Takayuki Yoshida[11] 8 December 2025
Mito HollyHock Japan Naoki Mori[12] Promoted as football director 8 December 2025 Japan Daisuke Kimori[13]
Vissel Kobe Japan Takayuki Yoshida[14] End of contract 9 December 2025 Germany Michael Skibbe[15] 14 December 2025
Sanfrecce Hiroshima Germany Michael Skibbe[16] Mutual consent 10 December 2025 Germany Bartosch Gaul[17] 15 December 2025
Gamba Osaka Spain Dani Poyatos[18] End of contract 11 December 2025 Germany Jens Wissing[19] 12 December 2025
Avispa Fukuoka South Korea Kim Myung-hwi[20] Sacked 5 January 2026 Japan Shinya Tsukahara (interim)[20][21] 5 January 2026
Urawa Red Diamonds Poland Maciej Skorża[22] 28 April 2026 7th (East) Japan Tatsuya Tanaka (interim)[22] 28 April 2026
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Foreign players

From the 2019 season, there are no limitations on signing foreign players, but clubs can only register up to five of them for a single matchday squad.[23] Players from J.League partner nations (Thailand, Vietnam, Morocco, Malaysia, Cambodia, Singapore, Indonesia) were exempted from these restrictions.

  • Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.
  • Player's name in italics indicates the player has Japanese nationality in addition to their FIFA nationality, holds the nationality of a J.League partner nation, or is exempt from being treated as a foreign player due to having been born in Japan and being enrolled in, or having graduated from an approved type of school in the country.[24]
More information Club, Player 1 ...
Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Player 6 Player 7 Player 8 Player 9 Former player (s)
Avispa Fukuoka Iran Shahab Zahedi South Korea Kim Moon-hyeon Switzerland Nassim Ben Khalifa
Cerezo Osaka Australia Kusini Yengi Brazil Lucas Fernandes Brazil Thiago Andrade Malaysia Dion Cools South Korea Kim Jin-hyeon South Korea Wigi Kanemoto
Fagiano Okayama Bolivia Yuto Baigorria Brazil Léo Gaúcho Brazil Lucão Brazil Werik Popó Germany Lennart Moser
FC Tokyo Brazil Marcelo Ryan Denmark Alexander Scholz South Korea Kim Seung-gyu
Gamba Osaka Brazil Welton China Zhang Aolin Tunisia Issam Jebali Turkey Deniz Hümmet Germany Philipp Max
JEF United Chiba Brazil Carlinhos Júnior Brazil Dudu Pacheco Spain José Aurelio Suárez
Kashima Antlers Brazil Élber Brazil Léo Ceará Serbia Aleksandar Čavrić South Korea Kim Tae-hyeon
Kashiwa Reysol
Kawasaki Frontale Brazil Erison Brazil Marcinho China Noriharu Kan Croatia Filip Uremović Germany Svend Brodersen Serbia Lazar Romanić South Korea Lee Keun-hyeong
Kyoto Sanga Brazil Alex Souza Brazil Barreto Brazil David Silva Brazil Henrique Trevisan Brazil João Pedro Brazil Marco Túlio Brazil Rafael Elias South Korea Yoon Sung-jun
Machida Zelvia Australia Tete Yengi Brazil Erik Chile Byron Vásquez Kosovo Ibrahim Drešević Myanmar Kaung Zan Mara South Korea Cha Je-hoon South Korea Kim Min-tae South Korea Na Sang-ho
Mito HollyHock Brazil Danilo Cardoso Brazil Matheus Leiria
Nagoya Grampus Brazil Marcus Índio Brazil Mateus Castro Togo Yves Avelete
Sanfrecce Hiroshima Germany Tolgay Arslan South Korea Kim Ju-sung
Shimizu S-Pulse Brazil Capixaba Brazil Mateus Brunetti Brazil Matheus Bueno Bulgaria Ahmed Ahmedov Panama Alfredo Stephens South Korea Eom Joo-young South Korea Oh Se-hun South Korea Park Seung-wook United States Jelani Reshaun Sumiyoshi
Tokyo Verdy Brazil Matheus Vidotto
Urawa Red Diamonds Australia Luka Didulica Brazil Danilo Boza Brazil Matheus Sávio Sweden Isaac Kiese Thelin Sweden Samuel Gustafson
Vissel Kobe Brazil Caetano Brazil Diego Brazil Jean Patric Brazil Matheus Thuler Nigeria Richard Monday Ubong
V-Varen Nagasaki Brazil Diego Pituca Brazil Eduardo Brazil Emerson Deocleciano Brazil Matheus Jesus Brazil Thiago Santana Jamaica Norman Campbell Serbia Luka Radotić South Korea Noh Hyeung-jun
Yokohama F. Marinos Australia Thomas Deng Belgium Jordy Croux Brazil Tevis Gabriel Brazil Yuri Colombia Jeison Quiñones
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League table

East Region

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W PKW PKL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Kashima Antlers 16 11 2 2 1 26 9 +17 39 Final
2 FC Tokyo 16 9 3 2 2 28 15 +13 35 3rd–4th place playoff
3 Machida Zelvia 16 7 5 2 2 21 18 +3 33 5th–6th place playoff
4 Tokyo Verdy 16 6 3 1 6 18 19 −1 25 7th–8th place playoff
5 Urawa Red Diamonds 16 7 0 3 6 25 17 +8 24 9th–10th place playoff
6 Kawasaki Frontale 16 6 2 1 7 19 25 −6 23 11th–12th place playoff
7 Mito HollyHock 16 2 4 4 6 18 31 −13 18 13th–14th place playoff
8 Yokohama F. Marinos 16 5 0 2 9 22 28 −6 17 15th–16th place playoff
9 Kashiwa Reysol 16 4 1 0 11 16 22 −6 14 17th–18th place playoff
10 JEF United Chiba 16 3 0 3 10 16 25 −9 12 19th–20th place playoff
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Updated to match(es) played on 13 May 2026. Source: JLeague.co, J.League Data Site
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head.

West Region

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W PKW PKL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Nagoya Grampus 16 8 2 3 3 28 18 +10 31 Final
2 Vissel Kobe 16 8 2 3 3 24 19 +5 31 3rd–4th place playoff
3 Gamba Osaka 17 4 5 3 5 24 21 +3 25 5th–6th place playoff
4 Cerezo Osaka 16 5 4 2 5 17 16 +1 25 7th–8th place playoff
5 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 16 6 2 2 6 21 19 +2 24 9th–10th place playoff
6 Shimizu S-Pulse 16 4 4 4 4 18 17 +1 24 11th–12th place playoff
7 Fagiano Okayama 16 5 2 4 5 20 22 −2 23 13th–14th place playoff
8 Avispa Fukuoka 17 3 4 4 6 17 26 −9 21 15th–16th place playoff
9 Kyoto Sanga 16 4 3 2 7 18 22 −4 20 17th–18th place playoff
10 V-Varen Nagasaki 16 6 0 1 9 18 25 −7 19 19th–20th place playoff
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Updated to match(es) played on 13 May 2026. Source: JLeague.co, J.League Data Site
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head.

Results

East Region

More information Home \ Away, JEF ...
Home \ Away JEF KSA KWF KSR MCZ MIH TOK TOV URD YFM
JEF United Chiba — 0–0
(8–9 p)		 2–1 0–2 1–1
(2–3 p)		 1–2 3–2 0–2 2–3
Kashima Antlers 2–1 — 1–0 2–0 1–1
(4–2 p)		 3–0 2–0 1–0 1–0
Kawasaki Frontale 2–1 0–2 — 5–3 2–2
(4–2 p)		 1–2 1–0 3–2 0–5
Kashiwa Reysol 0–1 1–0 — 0–1 3–0 1–3 1–2 0–1 3–0
Machida Zelvia 2–1 0–3 1–1
(3–1 p)		 1–0 — 1–1
(4–2 p)		 0–3 0–0
(4–2 p)		 2–0
Mito HollyHock 1–1
(5–3 p)		 1–1
(4–2 p)		 2–0 2–2
(3–4 p)		 — 1–1
(5–6 p)		 1–4 1–0
FC Tokyo 0–3 1–1
(5–4 p)		 2–0 0–2 0–0
(2–4 p)		 5–2 — 2–1 1–1
(5–3 p)		 3–0
Tokyo Verdy 1–0 2–1 0–2 1–0 2–2
(4–3 p)		 3–1 0–0
(4–2 p)		 — 1–0
Urawa Red Diamonds 2–0 2–3 2–0 1–1
(2–4 p)		 1–2 2–0 1–1
(1–3 p)		 — 2–3
Yokohama F. Marinos 2–0 1–1
(4–5 p)		 1–2 2–3 1–1
(1–3 p)		 1–3 3–2 0–2 —
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Updated to match(es) played on 13 May 2026. Source: J.League Data Site
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

West Region

More information Home \ Away, AFU ...
Home \ Away AFU COS FOK GOS KYS NGR SHI SSP VVN VKO
Avispa Fukuoka — 0–2 1–1
(6–5 p)		 2–2
(14–13 p)		 1–1
(5–4 p)		 1–5 2–2
(4–3 p)		 1–1
(4–5 p)		 1–0
Cerezo Osaka 1–1
(4–3 p)		 — 1–2 0–0
(4–5 p)		 3–0 1–2 0–0
(4–2 p)		 3–2 1–1
(6–5 p)
Fagiano Okayama 2–0 — 1–2 1–0 1–1
(5–4 p)		 1–0 0–1 1–4
Gamba Osaka 1–2 0–1 2–2
(5–3 p)		 — 2–0 0–0
(2–3 p)		 0–1 2–2
(5–4 p)		 3–2 5–0
Kyoto Sanga 2–0 1–2 5–1 1–1
(5–4 p)		 — 1–1
(5–4 p)		 1–2 1–1
(1–4 p)
Nagoya Grampus 2–2
(5–4 p)		 3–0 1–1
(4–5 p)		 2–1 3–0 — 2–1 1–0 1–3 0–3
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 0–1 2–1 1–1
(5–4 p)		 2–0 1–2 — 1–1
(5–4 p)		 2–0 1–1
(4–5 p)
Shimizu S-Pulse 1–1
(4–3 p)		 1–1
(5–3 p)		 1–1
(4–2 p)		 1–1
(1–3 p)		 0–2 3–1 — 1–2 1–0
V-Varen Nagasaki 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–1
(5–6 p)		 1–2 1–2 1–3 0–3 —
Vissel Kobe 2–1 0–0
(2–4 p)		 0–3 2–2
(3–5 p)		 1–0 3–2 2–1 2–0 2–0 —
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Updated to match(es) played on 13 May 2026. Source: J.League Data Site
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

As of 13 May 2026

Top scorers

Further information: J.League Top Scorer
More information Rank, Player ...
Rank Player Club Goals[25]
1 Brazil Léo Ceará Kashima Antlers 10
2 Japan Yuya Yamagishi Nagoya Grampus 9
3 Turkey Deniz Hümmet Gamba Osaka 8
4 Brazil Erison Kawasaki Frontale 7
Japan Yudai Kimura Nagoya Grampus
South Korea Oh Se-hun Shimizu S-Pulse
Japan Kaina Tanimura Yokohama F. Marinos
8 Brazil Erik Machida Zelvia 6
Brazil Matheus Jesus V-Varen Nagasaki
Brazil Thiago Santana V-Varen Nagasaki
Japan Yuma Suzuki Kashima Antlers
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Hat-tricks

More information Player, For ...
PlayerForAgainstResultDateRef.
Brazil Erison Kawasaki Frontale Kashiwa Reysol 5–3 (H) 8 February 2026 [26]
Japan Yuya Yamagishi Nagoya Grampus Kyoto Sanga 3–0 (H) 10 May 2026 [27]
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Awards

Monthly awards

More information Month, Monthly MVP ...
Month Monthly MVP Goal of the Month Young Player of the Month Save of the Month References
PlayerClubPlayerClubPlayerClubPlayerClub
February Japan Yuki Soma (East)
Brazil Marco Túlio (West)		 Machida Zelvia (East)
Kyoto Sanga (West)		 Brazil Léo Ceará (East)
Japan Ataru Esaka (West)		 Kashima Antlers (East)
Fagiano Okayama (West)		 Japan Junpei Hayakawa (East)
South Korea Yoon Sung-jun (West)		 Urawa Red Diamonds (East)
Kyoto Sanga (West)		 Japan Tomoki Hayakawa (East)
Japan Ayumu Ōhata (West)		 Kashima Antlers (East)
Cerezo Osaka (West)		 [28]
March Japan Yuma Suzuki (East)
South Korea Oh Se-hun (West)		 Kashima Antlers (East)
Shimizu S-Pulse (West)		 Brazil Élber (East)
Japan Yuma Tsujioka (West)		 Kashima Antlers (East)
Avispa Fukuoka (West)		 Japan Ryūnosuke Satō (East)
Japan Kosei Ogura (West)		 FC Tokyo (East)
Fagiano Okayama (West)		 Germany Svend Brodersen (East)
Japan Togo Umeda (West)		 Kawasaki Frontale (East)
Shimizu S-Pulse (West)		 [29]
April
May
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