List of J1 League football transfers winter 2017–18

This is a list of Japanese football J1 League transfers in the winter transfer window 2017–18 by club.

J1 League

Kawasaki Frontale

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No. Pos. Nation Player
4 FW Japan JPN Yoshito Okubo (from Japan FC Tokyo)[1]
9 FW Japan JPN Shuhei Akasaki (from Japan Kashima Antlers)
22 MF Japan JPN Hokuto Shimoda (from Japan Shonan Bellmare)
25 MF Japan JPN Hidemasa Morita (from Ryutsu Keizai University)
27 MF Japan JPN Yuto Suzuki (from Japan Montedio Yamagata)
28 MF Japan JPN Yasuto Wakizaka (from Hannan University)
31 GK Japan JPN William Popp (from Japan Tokyo Verdy, previously on loan)
37 MF Japan JPN Manabu Saito (from Japan Yokohama F. Marinos)[2]
— MF Japan JPN Masataka Kani (from Japan FC Imabari, end of 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
4 DF Japan JPN Yusuke Igawa (to Hong Kong Eastern SC)
9 FW Japan JPN Takayuki Morimoto (to Japan Avispa Fukuoka)
13 MF Japan JPN Koji Miyoshi (on loan to Japan Consadole Sapporo)
22 MF Brazil BRA Rhayner (to Brazil Ponte Preta, end of loan)
27 FW Japan JPN Shohei Otsuka (to Japan SC Sagamihara)
28 DF Japan JPN Ko Itakura (on loan to Japan Vegalta Sendai)
— MF Japan JPN Riki Harakawa (to Japan Sagan Tosu, previously on loan)
— MF Japan JPN Yoshihiro Nakano (to Japan Vegalta Sendai, previously on loan)
— MF Japan JPN Masataka Kani (to Japan Gainare Tottori)

Kashima Antlers

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No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF Japan JPN Atsuto Uchida (from Germany 1. FC Union Berlin)[3]
11 MF Brazil BRA Leandro (from Brazil Palmeiras, previously on loan)
19 FW Japan JPN Kazuma Yamaguchi (from Hannan University)
31 GK Japan JPN Yuya Oki (promoted from youth ranks)
32 DF Japan JPN Koki Anzai (from Japan Tokyo Verdy)
39 DF Japan JPN Tomoya Inukai (from Japan Shimizu S-Pulse)
— FW Japan JPN Shuhei Akasaki (from Japan Gamba Osaka, end of loan)
— FW Japan JPN Yuta Toyokawa (from Japan Fagiano Okayama, end of 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
17 DF Brazil BRA Bueno (on loan to Japan Tokushima Vortis)
27 MF Japan JPN Takahide Umebachi (to Japan Zweigen Kanazawa)
— GK Japan JPN Yuto Koizumi (to Japan Mito Hollyhock, previously on loan)
— FW Japan JPN Yuta Toyokawa (to Belgium KAS Eupen)[4]
— FW Japan JPN Shuhei Akasaki (to Japan Kawasaki Frontale)

Cerezo Osaka

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No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Japan JPN Takumi Nagaishi (from Fukuoka University)
7 MF Japan JPN Kota Mizunuma (from Japan FC Tokyo, previously on loan)
13 FW Japan JPN Toshiyuki Takagi (from Japan Urawa Red Diamonds)
16 FW Japan JPN Eiichi Katayama (from Japan Fagiano Okayama)
18 FW South Korea KOR Yang Dong-hyun (from South Korea Pohang Steelers)
28 FW Japan JPN Motohiko Nakajima (promoted from youth ranks)
32 MF Japan JPN Atomu Tanaka (from Finland Kawasaki Frontale)
34 FW Japan JPN Hiroto Yamada (promoted from youth ranks)
39 MF Thailand THA Chaowat Veerachat (on loan from Thailand Bangkok Glass FC)[5]
40 FW Japan JPN Mizuki Ando (from Nagasaki Institute of Applied Science)
41 MF Japan JPN Naoya Uozato (from Kwansei Gakuin University)

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 Kentaro Kakoi (on loan to Japan Avispa Fukuoka)
7 MF Japan JPN Kunimitsu Sekiguchi (retired)
28 DF Japan JPN Hayato Nukui (to Japan Tochigi SC)
32 GK South Korea KOR Ahn Joon-soo (on loan to Japan Kagoshima United FC)
34 MF Japan JPN Masaki Sakamoto (to Japan Kagoshima United FC)
40 FW Japan JPN Takeru Kishimoto (on loan to Japan Mito HollyHock)
— GK Japan JPN Hiroyuki Takeda (to Japan Tokyo Verdy, previously on loan)
— DF Japan JPN Jurato Ikeda (to Japan Ehime FC)
— DF Japan JPN Kenta Mukuhara (to Japan Fagiano Okayama)
— MF Japan JPN Shohei Kiyohara (to Japan Zweigen Kanazawa)
— MF Japan JPN Mitsuru Maruoka (on loan to Japan Renofa Yamaguchi)

Kashiwa Reysol

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No. Pos. Nation Player
8 MF Japan JPN Kei Koizumi (from Japan Albirex Niigata)
10 FW Japan JPN Ataru Esaka (from Japan Omiya Ardija)
11 FW Japan JPN Ryohei Yamazaki (from Japan Albirex Niigata)
18 MF Japan JPN Yusuke Segawa (from Japan Omiya Ardija)
21 GK Japan JPN Haruki Saruta (promoted from youth ranks)
22 DF South Korea KOR Park Jeong-su (from Japan Yokohama F. Marinos)
24 DF Japan JPN Toshiaki Miyamoto (promoted from youth ranks)
25 MF Japan JPN Riku Tanaka (promoted from youth ranks)
29 DF Japan JPN So Nakagawa (promoted from youth ranks)
30 MF Japan JPN Masakatsu Sawa (from Peru Deportivo Municipal)
39 DF Japan JPN Masashi Kamekawa (from Japan Avispa Fukuoka)

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 Yusuke Kobayashi (on loan to Japan Shonan Bellmare)
8 MF Japan JPN Kosuke Taketomi (to Japan Urawa Red Diamonds)
10 FW Japan JPN Yuki Otsu (to Japan Yokohama F. Marinos)
11 FW Brazil BRA Diego Oliveira (on loan to Japan FC Tokyo)
21 DF Japan JPN Takuya Hashiguchi (on loan to Japan Machida Zelvia)
22 DF Japan JPN Naoki Wako (to Japan Avispa Fukuoka)
24 FW Japan JPN Koki Oshima (to Japan Tochigi SC)
— DF Japan JPN Tatsuya Masushima (on loan to Japan JEF United Chiba)
— DF Japan JPN Masato Yuzawa (to Japan Ventforet Kofu)

Yokohama F. Marinos

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No. Pos. Nation Player
9 FW Japan JPN Yuki Otsu (from Japan Kashiwa Reysol)
19 FW Japan JPN Teruhito Nakagawa (from Japan Avispa Fukuoka, end of loan)
25 MF South Korea KOR Yun Il-lok (from South Korea FC Seoul)
29 FW Japan JPN Masashi Wada (from Japan Renofa Yamaguchi, end of loan)
34 DF Japan JPN Taiga Nishiyama (promoted from youth ranks)
36 DF Japan JPN Jin Ikoma (from Kagoshima Josei High School)
37 MF Japan JPN Kenta Hori (promoted from youth ranks)
38 MF Japan JPN Kota Yamada (promoted from youth ranks)
39 FW Japan JPN Shuto Machino (from Riseisha 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
2 DF South Korea KOR Park Jeong-su (to Japan Kashiwa Reysol)
10 MF Japan JPN Manabu Saito (to Japan Kawasaki Frontale)
17 FW Japan JPN Cayman Togashi (on loan to Japan FC Tokyo)
20 MF Netherlands NED Quenten Martinus (to Japan Urawa Red Diamonds)
25 MF Japan JPN Naoki Maeda (to Japan Matsumoto Yamaga)
— GK Japan JPN Junto Taguchi (to Japan Albirex Niigata)
— DF Japan JPN Ikki Arai (to Japan Nagoya Grampus, previously on loan)
— MF Japan JPN Andrew Kumagai (to Japan JEF United Chiba, previously on loan)
— MF Japan JPN Kensei Nakashima (to Japan FC Gifu, previously on loan)
— FW Brazil BRA Kayke (on loan to Brazil EC Bahia)

Júbilo Iwata

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No. Pos. Nation Player
4 DF Japan JPN Ryo Shinzato (from Japan Ventforet Kofu)
6 DF Brazil BRA Guilherme (from Brazil Paysandu SC)
7 MF Japan JPN Taishi Taguchi (from Japan Nagoya Grampus)
16 FW Japan JPN Seiya Nakano (from University of Tsukuba)
37 FW Brazil BRA Morbeck (from Japan Roasso Kumamoto)
38 MF Japan JPN Hiroki Ito (promoted from youth ranks)
— GK Japan JPN Ayumi Niekawa (from Japan Thespakusatsu Gunma, end of 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 Taisuke Nakamura (to Japan Omiya Ardija)
7 MF Japan JPN Kota Ueda (to Japan Fagiano Okayama)
16 FW Japan JPN Kazuki Saito (to Japan Fagiano Okayama)
17 MF Japan JPN Takafumi Shimizu (to Japan Tochigi Uva FC)
40 MF Japan JPN Hayao Kawabe (to Japan Sanfrecce Hiroshima, end of loan)
— GK Japan JPN Ayumi Niekawa (on loan to Japan Azul Claro Numazu)
— MF Japan JPN Hiroto Tanaka (to Japan Ehime FC, previously on loan)
— FW Japan JPN Ryuolivier Iwamoto (retired, previously on loan to Japan Gainare Tottori)

Urawa Red Diamonds

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No. Pos. Nation Player
7 MF Japan JPN Kosuke Taketomi (from Japan Kashiwa Reysol)
11 MF Netherlands NED Quenten Martinus (from Japan Yokohama F. Marinos)
18 MF Japan JPN Naoki Yamada (from Japan Shonan Bellmare, end of loan)
26 DF Japan JPN Takuya Ogiwara (promoted from youth ranks)
27 DF Japan JPN Daiki Hashioka (promoted from youth ranks)
29 MF Japan JPN Kai Shibato (from Meiji University)
31 DF Japan JPN Takuya Iwanami (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 Daisuke Nasu (to Japan Vissel Kobe)
7 MF Japan JPN Tsukasa Umesaki (to Japan Shonan Bellmare)
8 FW Brazil BRA Rafael Silva (to China Wuhan Zall)
13 FW Japan JPN Toshiyuki Takagi (to Japan Cerezo Osaka)
17 MF Japan JPN Yu Tamura (to Japan Avispa Fukuoka, end of loan)
18 MF Japan JPN Yoshiaki Komai (on loan to Japan Consadole Sapporo)
19 FW Japan JPN Ado Onaiwu (on loan to Japan Renofa Yamaguchi)
39 MF Japan JPN Shinya Yajima (to Japan Gamba Osaka)
— MF Japan JPN Haruki Izawa (on loan to Japan Tokushima Vortis)
— MF Japan JPN Shota Saito (released)
— FW Japan JPN Naoki Ishihara (to Japan Vegalta Sendai, previously on loan)

Sagan Tosu

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No. Pos. Nation Player
3 DF Japan JPN Yuji Takahashi (from Japan Kyoto Sanga)
4 MF Japan JPN Riki Harakawa (from Japan Kawasaki Frontale, previously on loan)
24 DF Japan JPN Kazuki Anzai (from Japan Tokyo Verdy)
26 MF Japan JPN Ryoya Ito (from Germany Fortuna Düsseldorf)
36 MF Japan JPN Hideto Takahashi (from Japan Vissel Kobe)[6]
— MF Japan JPN Keiya Nakami (from Japan Zweigen Kanazawa, end of 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
11 FW Japan JPN Yohei Toyoda (on loan to South Korea Ulsan Hyundai FC)
35 DF Japan JPN Takeshi Aoki (to Japan Roasso Kumamoto)
— GK Japan JPN Eisuke Fujishima (to Japan Renofa Yamaguchi)
— DF Japan JPN Tatsuya Sakai (to Japan Montedio Yamagata)
— MF Japan JPN Tetsuro Ota (to Japan ReinMeer Aomori)
— MF Japan JPN Keiya Nakami (to Japan Matsumoto Yamaga)
— MF Japan JPN Naoya Kikuchi (to Japan Consadole Sapporo, previously on loan)
— FW Japan JPN Takamitsu Tomiyama (to Japan Omiya Ardija)
— MF Japan JPN Yoshizumi Ogawa (to Japan Albirex Niigata, previously on loan)

Vissel Kobe

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No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF Japan JPN Daisuke Nasu (from Japan Urawa Red Diamonds)
5 MF South Korea KOR Jung Woo-young (from China Chongqing Lifan)
8 MF Japan JPN Hirotaka Mita (from Japan Vegalta Sendai)
15 DF Japan JPN Daiki Miya (from Biwako Seikei Sport College)
17 FW Brazil BRA Wellington (from Japan Avispa Fukuoka)
27 MF Japan JPN Yuta Goke (from Aomori Yamada High School)
29 GK Japan JPN Kota Ogi (from Japan Nagoya Grampus)
30 DF Thailand THA Theerathon Bunmathan (on loan from Thailand Muangthong United)
36 FW Japan JPN Tatsuki Noda (from Japan FC Imabari, end of loan)
38 FW Japan JPN Daiji Sasaki (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 Takuya Iwanami (to Japan Urawa Red Diamonds)
7 MF Brazil BRA Nílton (to Brazil EC Bahia)
8 MF Brazil BRA Wescley (on loan to Brazil Ceará)
15 MF Japan JPN Seigo Kobayashi (on loan to Japan Montedio Yamagata)
16 MF Japan JPN Hideto Takahashi (to Japan Sagan Tosu)
17 MF Japan JPN Hideo Tanaka (to Japan Tegevajaro Miyazaki)
25 DF Japan JPN Junya Higashi (on loan to Japan Fukushima United FC)
26 DF Japan JPN Shinji Yamaguchi (on loan to Japan Oita Trinita)
29 MF Japan JPN Kotaro Omori (to Japan FC Tokyo)
30 GK Japan JPN Kenta Tokushige (to Japan V-Varen Nagasaki)
— MF Japan JPN Ryo Matsumura (to Japan Nagano Parceiro)
— FW Japan JPN Akito Mukai (on loan to Japan MIO Biwako Shiga)

Gamba Osaka

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No. Pos. Nation Player
13 DF Japan JPN Shunya Suganuma (from Japan Montedio Yamagata)
21 MF Japan JPN Shinya Yajima (from Japan Urawa Red Diamonds)
32 MF Japan JPN Ren Shimaboto (promoted from youth ranks)
34 MF Japan JPN Yuya Fukuda (from Higashi Fukuoka High School)
35 DF Japan JPN Tatsuya Yamaguchi (from Tokai University High School)
36 DF Japan JPN Riku Matsuda (from Maebashi Ikuei High School)
37 FW Japan JPN Haruto Shirai (promoted from youth ranks)
38 FW Japan JPN Kento Nakamura (from Mitsubishi Yowa SC Youth)
41 GK Japan JPN Kosei Tani (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
6 DF South Korea KOR Kim Jung-ya (to Japan Vegalta Sendai)
8 MF Japan JPN Yosuke Ideguchi (to England Leeds United)[7]
13 FW Japan JPN Hiroto Goya (on loan to Japan Tokushima Vortis)
18 GK Japan JPN Yosuke Fujigaya (retired)
23 MF Japan JPN Shogo Nakahara (to Japan Consadole Sapporo, end of loan)
28 MF Japan JPN Shota Yomesaka (to Japan Grulla Morioka)
29 FW Japan JPN Hiromu Kori (to Japan Tokyo Verdy, end of loan)
30 FW Japan JPN So Hirao (on loan to Japan Avispa Fukuoka)
53 FW Japan JPN Shuhei Akasaki (to Japan Kashima Antlers, end of loan)
— MF Japan JPN Tatsuya Uchida (to Japan Tokyo Verdy, previously on loan)

Consadole Sapporo

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No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Japan JPN Takanori Sugeno (on loan from Japan Kyoto Sanga)
2 MF Japan JPN Tomonobu Yokoyama (from Japan Omiya Ardija, previously on loan)
14 MF Japan JPN Yoshiaki Komai (on loan from Japan Urawa Red Diamonds)
15 MF Japan JPN Naoya Kikuchi (from Japan Sagan Tosu, previously on loan)
19 MF Japan JPN Kosuke Shirai (from Japan Ehime FC)
21 GK Japan JPN Shunta Awaka (from Japan Ehime FC, end of loan)
31 FW Japan JPN Takumi Miyayoshi (from Japan Sanfrecce Hiroshima)
40 FW Japan JPN Ren Fujimura (promoted from youth ranks)
41 MF Japan JPN Koji Miyoshi (on loan from Japan Kawasaki Frontale)
— MF Japan JPN Shogo Nakahara (from Japan Gamba Osaka, end of 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
1 GK Japan JPN Junki Kanayama (to Japan Fagiano Okayama)
5 DF Japan JPN Takahiro Masukawa (to Japan Kyoto Sanga)
14 DF Japan JPN Shinya Uehara (to Japan Ehime FC)
16 MF Japan JPN Hiroyuki Mae (on loan to Japan Mito HollyHock)
19 MF Japan JPN Kengo Ishii (to Thailand Samut Sakhon FC)
22 FW Japan JPN Hidetaka Kanazono (on loan to Japan Ventforet Kofu)
23 MF Brazil BRA Diego Macedo (to Brazil CA Bragantino)
30 GK Japan JPN Tetsu Sugiyama (to Japan Tokyo United FC)
— DF Japan JPN Takayuki Mae (to Japan Renofa Yamaguchi, previously on loan)
— MF Japan JPN Shogo Nakahara (on loan to Japan V-Varen Nagasaki)

Vegalta Sendai

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No. Pos. Nation Player
6 DF Japan JPN Ko Itakura (on loan from Japan Kawasaki Frontale)
8 MF Japan JPN Yoshihiro Shoji (from Japan FC Gifu)
11 FW Japan JPN Naoki Ishihara (from Japan Urawa Red Diamonds, previously on loan)
18 FW Brazil BRA Rafaelson (on loan from Brazil EC Vitoria)
19 FW Japan JPN Ryo Germain (from Ryutsu Keizai University)
20 FW Japan JPN Takumi Abe (from South Korea Ulsan Hyundai FC)
22 GK Japan JPN Goro Kawanami (from Japan Albirex Niigata)
23 MF Japan JPN Yoshihiro Nakano (from Japan Kawasaki Frontale, previously on loan)
29 MF Japan JPN Shota Kobayashi (from Japan Nagoya Grampus, previously on loan)
33 DF Japan JPN Masato Tokida (from Japan Oita Trinita, end of loan)
39 DF South Korea KOR Kim Jung-ya (from Japan Gamba 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
6 DF Brazil BRA Vinicius (released)
8 MF Japan JPN Takuya Nozawa (to Australia Wollongong Wolves)
9 FW Japan JPN Sota Hirayama (retired)
18 MF Japan JPN Hirotaka Mita (to Japan Vissel Kobe)
20 FW Brazil BRA Crislan (to Portugal Sporting Braga, end of loan)
22 MF Japan JPN Kei Ishikawa (to Japan Tochigi SC)
26 MF Japan JPN Keita Fujimura (on loan to Japan Zweigen Kanazawa)
32 DF Japan JPN Masaya Kojima (on loan to Japan Machida Zelvia)
50 DF Japan JPN Tatsuya Masushima (to Japan Kashiwa Reysol, end of loan)
— MF Japan JPN Yuto Sashinami (on loan to Japan Kataller Toyama)
— MF Japan JPN Takumi Sasaki (on loan to Japan Kamatamare Sanuki)

FC Tokyo

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No. Pos. Nation Player
9 FW Brazil BRA Diego Oliveira (on loan from Japan Kashiwa Reysol)
17 FW Japan JPN Cayman Togashi (on loan from Japan Yokohama F. Marinos)
23 FW Japan JPN Kiichi Yajima (from Chuo University)
24 FW Japan JPN Taichi Hara (promoted from youth ranks)
39 MF Japan JPN Kotaro Omori (from Japan Vissel Kobe)
44 MF Japan JPN Manato Shinada (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
9 FW Nigeria NGA Peter Utaka (to Japan Sanfrecce Hiroshima, end of loan)
13 FW Japan JPN Yoshito Okubo (to Japan Kawasaki Frontale)
18 MF Japan JPN Naohiro Ishikawa (retired)
21 FW South Korea KOR Yu In-soo (on loan to Japan Avispa Fukuoka)
22 DF Japan JPN Yuhei Tokunaga (to Japan V-Varen Nagasaki)
24 MF Japan JPN Wataru Sasaki (to Japan Kamatamare Sanuki)
— MF Japan JPN Kota Mizunuma (to Japan Cerezo Osaka, previously on loan)
— MF Japan JPN Hideyuki Nozawa (on loan to Japan Ehime FC)

Shimizu S-Pulse

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No. Pos. Nation Player
3 DF South Korea KOR Hwang Seok-ho (from China Tianjin Teda)
14 MF Japan JPN Jumpei Kusukami (from Australia Western Sydney Wanderers)
15 MF Japan JPN Akihiro Hyodo (from Japan Ventforet Kofu)
20 FW Brazil BRA Crislan (on loan from Portugal Sporting Braga)[8]
29 MF Japan JPN Hideki Ishige (from Japan Fagiano Okayama, end of loan)
31 GK Japan JPN Yoshiaki Arai (from Ryutsu Keizai University)
32 MF Japan JPN Takuma Mizutani (from Japan FC Imabari, end of loan)
34 FW Japan JPN Yuta Taki (promoted from youth ranks)
35 DF Japan JPN Kenta Ito (promoted from youth ranks)
36 MF Japan JPN Yasufumi Nishimura (from Kokoku High School)
37 FW Japan JPN Daigo Takahashi (from Kamimura Gakuen High School)
46 FW Japan JPN Jin Hiratsuka (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
3 DF Japan JPN Tomoya Inukai (to Japan Kashima Antlers)
4 DF Brazil BRA Kanu (to Thailand Suphanburi FC)
6 MF Japan JPN Kota Sugiyama (retired)
8 FW Brazil BRA Tiago Alves (to Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal FC)
16 DF Japan JPN Taisuke Muramatsu (to Japan Giravanz Kitakyushu)
22 MF Japan JPN Takuma Edamura (on loan to Japan Avispa Fukuoka)
— GK Japan JPN Masatoshi Kushibiki (to Japan Montedio Yamagata)
— GK Japan JPN Kempei Usui (to Japan Okinawa SV)
— DF Japan JPN Takayuki Fukumura (to Japan FC Gifu, previously on loan)
— DF South Korea KOR Byeon Jun-byum (to Japan Ventforet Kofu)
— DF South Korea KOR Kim Byeom-yong (to South Korea Suwon FC)
— MF Japan JPN Shin Mitsuzaki (released)
— MF Japan JPN Kota Miyamoto (on loan to Japan FC Gifu)
— FW Japan JPN Yuji Senuma (to Japan Montedio Yamagata, previously on loan)

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

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No. Pos. Nation Player
20 FW Japan JPN Daiki Watari (from Japan Tokushima Vortis)
23 MF Japan JPN Kyohei Yoshino (from Japan Kyoto Sanga, end of loan)
27 DF Japan JPN Kazuaki Mawatari (from Japan Tokushima Vortis)
31 FW Thailand THA Teerasil Dangda (on loan from Thailand Muangthong United)[9]
33 DF Japan JPN Takuya Wada (from Japan Omiya Ardija)
36 MF Japan JPN Hayao Kawabe (from Japan Júbilo Iwata, end of loan)
38 GK Japan JPN Keisuke Osako (promoted from youth ranks)
— MF Japan JPN Takumu Kawamura (promoted from youth ranks)
— MF Japan JPN Ayumu Kawai (promoted from youth ranks)
— FW Nigeria NGA Peter Utaka (from Japan FC Tokyo, end of 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
7 MF Japan JPN Yusuke Chajima (on loan to Japan JEF United Chiba)
14 MF Croatia CRO Mihael Mikic (to Japan Shonan Bellmare)
20 FW Australia AUS Nathan Burns (to New Zealand Wellington Phoenix)
22 FW Japan JPN Yusuke Minagawa (on loan to Japan Roasso Kumamoto)
24 MF Japan JPN Yoichi Naganuma (on loan to Japan FC Gifu)
25 DF Japan JPN Osamu Henry Iyoha (on loan to Japan FC Gifu)
28 MF Japan JPN Takuya Marutani (to Japan Oita Trinita)
31 FW Japan JPN Takumi Miyayoshi (to Japan Consadole Sapporo)
43 DF Japan JPN Kenta Mukuhara (to Japan Cerezo Osaka, end of loan)
44 FW Brazil BRA Anderson Lopes (to Brazil Tombense, end of loan)
— DF Japan JPN Yasumasa Kawasaki (to Japan Yokohama FC, previously on loan)
— DF Japan JPN Naoki Otani (to Japan Machida Zelvia, previously on loan)
— FW Nigeria NGA Peter Utaka (released)[10]

Shonan Bellmare

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No. Pos. Nation Player
5 MF Japan JPN Yusuke Kobayashi (on loan from Japan Kashiwa Reysol)
7 MF Japan JPN Tsukasa Umesaki (from Japan Urawa Red Diamonds)[11]
8 DF Japan JPN Kazunari Ono (from Japan Albirex Niigata)
9 FW South Korea KOR Lee Jeong-hyeop (from South Korea Busan I-Park)
11 DF Japan JPN Ryo Takahashi (from Japan Nagoya Grampus, previously on loan)
18 MF Japan JPN Temma Matsuda (from NIFS Kanoya)
19 FW Serbia SRB Alen Stevanovic (from Serbia Partizan Belgrade)
20 DF Japan JPN Keisuke Saka (from Juntendo University)
21 GK Japan JPN Daiki Tomii (from Japan Montedio Yamagata)
26 FW Japan JPN Kazuki Yamaguchi (from Kokushikan University)
27 FW Japan JPN Kunitomo Suzuki (from Toin Yokohama University)
32 MF Japan JPN Hikaru Arai (from Ichiritsu Nagano High School)
33 GK Japan JPN Kota Sanada (promoted from youth ranks)
41 MF Croatia CRO Mihael Mikic (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
8 MF Japan JPN Naoki Yamada (to Japan Urawa Red Diamonds, end of loan)
9 FW Brazil BRA Dinei (to Japan Ventforet Kofu)
10 FW Serbia SRB Dragan Mrdja (released)
11 FW Japan JPN Yoshihito Fujita (to Japan Blaublitz Akita)
18 MF Japan JPN Eijiro Takeda (to Japan Yokohama FC)
20 DF Japan JPN Keisuke Tsuboi (to Japan Renofa Yamaguchi)
22 MF Japan JPN Hokuto Shimoda (to Japan Kawasaki Frontale)
24 MF Japan JPN Yuta Narawa (on loan to Japan Tokyo Verdy)
25 GK Australia AUS Tando Velaphi (released)
27 MF Japan JPN Akira Ando (to Japan Matsumoto Yamaga)
28 MF Japan JPN Yuta Kamiya (on loan to Japan Ehime FC)
— GK Japan JPN Yuji Kajikawa (to Japan Tokushima Vortis, previously on loan)
— GK Japan JPN Go Ito (to Japan Fukushima United FC, previously on loan)
— DF South Korea KOR Park Tae-hwan (to South Korea Cheonan City FC)
— DF Japan JPN Kenta Hirose (to Japan Albirex Niigata)
— FW Japan JPN Shota Tamura (to Japan Fukushima United FC, previously on loan)
— FW Japan JPN Hibiki Wada (on loan to Japan Fukushima United FC)
— FW Japan JPN Tsuyoshi Miyaichi (on loan to Japan Grulla Morioka)

V-Varen Nagasaki

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
10 MF Japan JPN Masato Kurogi (from Japan Ventforet Kofu)
11 FW Japan JPN Musashi Suzuki (from Japan Albirex Niigata)
14 DF Japan JPN Hokuto Nakamura (from Japan Avispa Fukuoka)
17 MF Japan JPN Shogo Nakahara (on loan from Japan Consadole Sapporo)
18 MF Australia AUS Ben Halloran (from Germany 1. FC Heidenheim)
23 MF Japan JPN Ryo Niizato (from Juntendo University)
25 DF Japan JPN Takuto Honda (from Tokai Gakuen University)
28 MF Japan JPN Takumi Nagura (from Japan FC Ryukyu)
30 GK Japan JPN Kenta Tokushige (from Japan Vissel Kobe)
32 DF Japan JPN Yuhei Tokunaga (from Japan FC Tokyo)
39 DF South Korea KOR Choi Kyu-baek (from South Korea Ulsan Hyundai)

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 Yuji Yabu (to Japan Fujieda MYFC)
17 DF Japan JPN Kenta Furube (to Japan Montedio Yamagata)
22 MF Japan JPN Kota Miyamoto (to Japan Shimizu S-Pulse, end of loan)
27 DF Japan JPN Yusuke Murakami (retired)
30 MF Spain ESP Miguel Pallardó (released)
31 GK Japan JPN Yuya Miura (retired)
32 GK South Korea KOR Song Young-min (to Japan Kamatamare Sanuki)
39 MF Japan JPN Mitsuru Maruoka (to Japan Cerezo Osaka, end of loan)
— MF Japan JPN Tatsuya Onodera (to Japan Giravanz Kitakyushu, previously on loan)
— MF Japan JPN Ryusuke Hayashida (on loan to Japan Verspah Oita)

Nagoya Grampus

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 Japan JPN Hiroto Hatao (from Japan Ventforet Kofu)[12]
3 DF Japan JPN Kazuki Kushibiki (from Japan Consadole Sapporo, previously on loan)[13]
5 DF Japan JPN Ikki Arai (from Japan Yokohama F. Marinos, previously on loan)[14]
7 FW Brazil BRA Jô (from Brazil Corinthians)[15]
9 MF Japan JPN Ariajasuru Hasegawa (from Japan Omiya Ardija)[16]
10 MF Brazil BRA Gabriel Xavier (loan extended from Brazil Cruzeiro)[17]
13 FW Japan JPN Yuki Ogaki (from Kokoku High School)
15 MF Japan JPN Kazuya Miyahara (loan extended from Japan Sanfrecce Hiroshima)[18]
22 GK Australia AUS Mitchell Langerak (from Spain Levante UD)
— FW Japan JPN Shuto Watanabe (from Tokai Gakuen University)

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 DF Japan JPN Shota Kobayashi (to Japan Vegalta Sendai, previously on loan)
7 MF Japan JPN Taishi Taguchi (to Japan Jubilo Iwata)[19]
9 FW Sweden SWE Robin Simović (to Japan Omiya Ardija)
14 MF Japan JPN Ryota Tanabe (to Japan Tokyo United FC)
20 MF Japan JPN Asahi Yada (to Japan JEF United Chiba, previously on loan)
22 GK Japan JPN Kota Ogi (to Japan Vissel Kobe)
24 DF Japan JPN Ryo Takahashi (to Japan Shonan Bellmare, previously on loan)
27 MF Japan JPN Koki Sugimori (on loan to Japan Machida Zelvia)
36 DF Japan JPN Ryusuke Sakai (on loan to Japan Machida Zelvia)
37 DF South Korea KOR Lim Seung-gyeom (on loan to Japan Oita Trinita)
38 FW Japan JPN Ryo Nagai (to Japan Matsumoto Yamaga)

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