List of J2 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.

Ventforet Kofu

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No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF Japan JPN Masato Yuzawa (from Japan Kashiwa Reysol)
3 DF South Korea KOR Byeon Jun-byum (from Japan Shimizu S-Pulse)
5 MF Japan JPN Ryo Kubota (from Japan Kataller Toyama)
9 FW Brazil BRA Dinei (from Japan Shonan Bellmare)
13 FW Japan JPN Shusuke Ota (from Nippon Sport Science University)
17 FW Japan JPN Hidetaka Kanazono (on loan from Japan Consadole Sapporo)
19 MF Japan JPN Kazuki Kozuka (from Japan Albirex Niigata)
21 MF Japan JPN Sho Araki (from Kokushikan University)
26 MF Japan JPN Kazuhiro Sato (from Japan Mito HollyHock)
27 DF Japan JPN Shohei Abe (from Japan JEF United Chiba, previously on loan)
29 FW Brazil BRA Junior Barros (re-registered)
32 DF Japan JPN Keita Irumagawa (promoted from youth ranks)
33 DF Japan JPN Takuya Akiyama (from Singapore Albirex Niigata Singapore)
34 DF Japan JPN Yuta Imazu (from Ryutsu Keizai 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
3 DF Japan JPN Hiroto Hatao (to Japan Nagoya Grampus)
5 DF Japan JPN Ryo Shinzato (to Japan Júbilo Iwata)
7 MF Japan JPN Katsuya Ishihara (retired)
10 FW Brazil BRA Dudu (on loan to Japan Avispa Fukuoka)
13 FW Japan JPN Akito Kawamoto (released)
15 MF Japan JPN Akihiro Hyodo (to Japan Shimizu S-Pulse)
17 DF Japan JPN Takuma Tsuda (to Japan Tochigi Uva FC)
19 MF Japan JPN Koki Wakasugi (to Japan Tochigi Uva FC)
20 MF Japan JPN Masato Kurogi (to Japan V-Varen Nagasaki)
21 MF Australia AUS Oliver Bozanic (released)
26 DF Japan JPN Shun Kumagai (to Singapore Albirex Niigata Singapore)
29 FW Greece GRE Billy (released)
30 MF Japan JPN Kazunari Hosaka (to Japan Tochigi Uva FC)
41 DF Japan JPN Yukio Tsuchiya (to Japan Tokyo 23 FC)

Albirex Niigata

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No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF Japan JPN Kenta Hirose (from Japan Shonan Bellmare)
3 DF Japan JPN Michihiro Yasuda (from Singapore Albirex Niigata Singapore)[1]
11 FW Brazil BRA Thalles (from Brazil Vasco da Gama)
16 FW Japan JPN Arata Watanabe (from Ryutsu Keizai University)
21 GK Japan JPN Yasuhiro Watanabe (from Japan Soccer College, end of loan)
23 DF Japan JPN Yasutaka Yanagi (from Singapore Albirex Niigata Singapore)
26 MF Japan JPN Sachiro Toshima (from University of Tsukuba)
27 FW Brazil BRA Bruno Meneghel (from China Changchun Yatai)
29 DF Japan JPN Taiki Watanabe (from Maebashi Ikuei High School)
30 GK Japan JPN Junto Taguchi (from Japan Yokohama F. Marinos)
33 MF Japan JPN Yoshiaki Takagi (from Japan Tokyo Verdy)
38 GK Brazil BRA Alex Muralha (from Brazil Flamengo)
40 MF Japan JPN Yoshizumi Ogawa (from Japan Sagan Tosu, previously on loan)
50 MF Japan JPN Daisuke Sakai (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
2 DF Japan JPN Kazunari Ono (to Japan Shonan Bellmare)
5 DF Japan JPN Takanori Maeno (to Japan Ehime FC)
7 FW Brazil BRA Roni (to Brazil Botafogo)
8 MF Japan JPN Kei Koizumi (to Japan Kashiwa Reysol)
9 FW Japan JPN Ryohei Yamazaki (to Japan Kashiwa Reysol)
10 MF Brazil BRA Thiago Galhardo (to Brazil Ponte Preta, end of loan)
11 FW Brazil BRA Douglas Tanque (released)
15 MF Japan JPN Isao Honma (retired)
18 MF Japan JPN Sho Naruoka (to Japan SC Sagamihara)
21 GK Japan JPN Tatsuya Morita (to Japan Matsumoto Yamaga)
22 GK Japan JPN Goro Kawanami (to Japan Vegalta Sendai)
23 MF Japan JPN Noriyoshi Sakai (to Japan Omiya Ardija)
26 DF Japan JPN Goson Sakai (released)
29 MF Japan JPN Shunsuke Mori (on loan to Japan Tokyo Verdy)
30 MF Peru PER Romero Frank (to Japan Machida Zelvia)
31 GK Japan JPN Koji Inada (retired)
39 FW Japan JPN Takamitsu Tomiyama (to Japan Sagan Tosu, end of loan)
— DF Japan JPN Shigeto Masuda (to Japan Fagiano Okayama)
— DF Japan JPN Goson Sakai (to Germany LSK Hansa)
— MF Japan JPN Kazuki Kozuka (to Japan Ventforet Kofu)
— FW Japan JPN Musashi Suzuki (to Japan V-Varen Nagasaki)

Omiya Ardija

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No. Pos. Nation Player
5 DF Japan JPN Taisuke Nakamura (from Japan Júbilo Iwata)
7 MF Japan JPN Yuta Mikado (from Japan Avispa Fukuoka)
9 FW Sweden SWE Robin Simović (from Japan Nagoya Grampus)
20 MF Japan JPN Noriyoshi Sakai (from Japan Albirex Niigata)
22 GK Japan JPN Takashi Kasahara (from Japan Mito HollyHock)
28 FW Japan JPN Takamitsu Tomiyama (from Japan Sagan Tosu)
33 MF Japan JPN Kanji Okunuki (promoted from youth ranks)
34 FW Japan JPN Kazuaki Saso (from Shohei High School)
39 MF Japan JPN Shintaro Shimada (from Japan Roasso Kumamoto)

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 FW Japan JPN Ataru Esaka (to Japan Kashiwa Reysol)
11 FW Japan JPN Ryuji Bando (to Japan FC Ryukyu)
20 DF Japan JPN Tsubasa Oya (to Japan Tokushima Vortis)
22 DF Japan JPN Takuya Wada (to Japan Sanfrecce Hiroshima)
28 MF Japan JPN Aria Jasuru Hasegawa (to Japan Nagoya Grampus)
38 MF Japan JPN Riku Yamada (on loan to Japan Grulla Morioka)
44 MF Japan JPN Yusuke Segawa (to Japan Kashiwa Reysol)
47 MF Japan JPN Yuzo Iwakami (to Japan Matsumoto Yamaga)
50 GK Japan JPN Kenya Matsui (to Japan Mito HollyHock)
— GK Japan JPN Keiki Shimizu (on loan to Japan Blaublitz Akita)
— DF Japan JPN Yuko Takase (to Japan Roasso Kumamoto)
— MF Japan JPN Tomonobu Yokoyama (to Japan Consadole Sapporo, previously on loan)
— FW Japan JPN Takumu Fujinuma (on loan to Japan Grulla Morioka)

Avispa Fukuoka

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No. Pos. Nation Player
4 MF Japan JPN Yu Tamura (from Japan Urawa Red Diamonds, end of loan)
7 FW South Korea KOR Yu In-soo (on loan from Japan FC Tokyo)
8 MF Japan JPN Jun Suzuki (from Japan Oita Trinita, end of loan)
9 FW Brazil BRA Tulio de Melo (from Brazil Chapecoense)
13 FW Japan JPN Koki Kido (from Meiji University)
14 MF Japan JPN Takuma Edamura (on loan from Japan Shimizu S-Pulse)
15 FW Japan JPN Takayuki Morimoto (from Japan Kawasaki Frontale)
18 FW Brazil BRA Dudu (on loan from Japan Ventforet Kofu)
21 GK Japan JPN Kentaro Kakoi (on loan from Japan Cerezo Osaka)
22 DF Japan JPN Naoki Wako (from Japan Kashiwa Reysol)
27 FW Japan JPN So Hirao (on loan from Japan Gamba Osaka)
39 DF Japan JPN Kojiro Shinohara (from Japan Fagiano Okayama)

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 Yuta Mikado (to Japan Omiya Ardija)
9 FW Japan JPN Takayuki Nakahara (to Japan ReinMeer Aomori)
11 FW Japan JPN Daisuke Sakata (retired)
14 DF Japan JPN Takehiro Tomiyasu (to Belgium Sint-Truiden V.V.)[2]
15 DF Japan JPN Toshiya Sueyoshi (to Japan Fagiano Okayama)
17 FW Brazil BRA Wellington (to Japan Vissel Kobe)
18 DF Japan JPN Masashi Kamekawa (to Japan Kashiwa Reysol)
21 FW Japan JPN Willian Popp (to South Korea Buncheon FC)
22 DF Japan JPN Hokuto Nakamura (to Japan V-Varen Nagasaki)
24 FW Japan JPN Teruhito Nakagawa (to Japan Yokohama F. Marinos, end of loan)
29 MF Brazil BRA Gilsinho (released)
39 MF Japan JPN Yuta Mishima (to Japan Tegevajaro Miyazaki)

Tokyo Verdy

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No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF Japan JPN Masashi Wakasa (from Japan JEF United Chiba)
8 MF Japan JPN Tatsuya Uchida (from Japan Gamba Osaka, previously on loan)
11 FW Japan JPN Ryohei Hayashi (from Japan Mito HollyHock)
13 DF Japan JPN Yusuke Higa (from Japan JEF United Chiba)
16 MF Japan JPN Yuhei Sato (from Japan Montedio Yamagata)
17 DF North Korea PRK Ri Yong-jik (from Japan Kamatamare Sanuki)
21 GK Japan JPN Naoto Kamifukumoto (from Japan Oita Trinita)
24 MF Japan JPN Yuta Narawa (on loan from Japan Shonan Bellmare)
25 FW Japan JPN Hiromu Kori (from Japan Gamba Osaka, end of loan)
26 MF Japan JPN Kazuma Takai (from Japan Thespakusatsu Gunma)
28 FW Japan JPN Hiroki Sugajima (from Japan JEF United Chiba, end of loan)
29 MF Japan JPN Shunsuke Mori (on loan from Japan Albirex Niigata)
31 GK Japan JPN Hiroyuki Takeda (from Japan Cerezo Osaka, previously on loan)
34 GK Japan JPN Ko Hasegawa (from Nippon Sport Science University)
35 MF Japan JPN Kanya Fujimoto (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 Koki Anzai (to Japan Kashima Antlers)
6 DF Japan JPN Kazuki Anzai (to Japan Sagan Tosu)
8 MF Japan JPN Masaki Chugo (retired)
10 MF Japan JPN Yoshiaki Takagi (to Japan Albirex Niigata)
18 FW Japan JPN Daisuke Takagi (on loan to Japan Renofa Yamaguchi)
25 FW Japan JPN Kazuki Hiramoto (retired)
26 GK Japan JPN Gakuji Ota (on loan to Japan Tokushima Vortis)
30 DF Japan JPN Jumpei Takaki (retired)
34 GK Japan JPN Keisuke Naito (released)
— GK Japan JPN William Popp (to Japan Kawasaki Frontale, previously on loan)
— DF Japan JPN Satoru Oki (to Japan Tochigi Uva FC)

JEF United Chiba

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No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Argentina ARG Diego Matías Rodríguez (on loan from Argentina Rosario Central)
4 DF Brazil BRA Hebert (from Poland Piast Gliwice)
5 DF Japan JPN Tatsuya Masushima (on loan from Japan Kashiwa Reysol)
13 MF Japan JPN Hirotaka Tameda (from Japan Avispa Fukuoka, previously on loan)
14 MF Japan JPN Shuto Kojima (from Japan Ehime FC)
16 DF Japan JPN Koji Toriumi (from Meiji University)
18 MF Japan JPN Andrew Kumagai (from Japan Yokohama F. Marinos, previously on loan)
20 MF Japan JPN Asahi Yada (from Japan Nagoya Grampus, previously on loan)
25 MF Japan JPN Yusuke Chajima (on loan from Japan Sanfrecce Hiroshima)
27 DF Japan JPN Toshiya Takagi (from Japan Montedio Yamagata)
32 DF Japan JPN Danto Sugiyama (from Funabashi High School)
34 FW Japan JPN Daigo Furukawa (promoted from youth ranks)
38 MF Japan JPN Koki Honda (from Kagawa Nishi High School)
39 FW Japan JPN Makito Yoshida (from Japan Machida Zelvia, 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 Masahiro Okamoto (on loan to Japan Ehime FC)
4 DF Japan JPN Kengo Kitazume (to Japan Yokohama FC)
5 DF Japan JPN Atsuto Tatara (to Japan Roasso Kumamoto)
14 MF Paraguay PAR Eduardo Aranda (released)
16 FW Japan JPN Hiroki Sugajima (to Japan Tokyo Verdy, end of loan)
17 DF Japan JPN Yuki Okubo (retired)
20 DF Japan JPN Masashi Wakasa (to Japan Tokyo Verdy)
22 MF Japan JPN Naotake Hanyu (retired)
24 DF South Korea KOR Lee Joo-young (to South Korea Gangwon FC)
25 DF Japan JPN Yusuke Higa (to Japan Tokyo Verdy)
29 GK Japan JPN Kaito Yamamoto (on loan to Japan Yokohama FC)
37 DF South Korea KOR Kim Byeom-yong (to Japan Shimizu S-Pulse, end of loan)
40 GK Argentina ARG Luis Ojeda (released)
— DF Japan JPN Shohei Abe (to Japan Ventforet Kofu, previously on loan)
— DF Japan JPN Itsuki Urata (to Japan Giravanz Kitakyushu, previously on loan)
— MF Japan JPN Junki Koike (to Japan Ehime FC, previously on loan)
— MF Brazil BRA Paulinho (to Japan Matsumoto Yamaga, previously on loan)
— MF Japan JPN Kyoga Nakamura (to Japan YSCC Yokohama, previously on loan)
— MF Japan JPN Issei Takahashi (on loan to Japan Renofa Yamaguchi)

Tokushima Vortis

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No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Costa Rica CRC Danny Carvajal (on loan from Spain Albacete Balompié)
2 DF Brazil BRA Bueno (on loan from Japan Kashima Antlers)
6 MF Spain ESP Sisinio (from Japan FC Gifu)
9 FW Brazil BRA Nathan Júnior (from Saudi Arabia Al-Fateh)
13 FW Japan JPN Hiroto Goya (on loan from Japan Gamba Osaka)
16 MF Japan JPN Masaki Watai (from Shizuoka Gakuen High School)
19 FW Japan JPN Takuma Sonoda (from Japan Azul Claro Numazu)
21 GK Japan JPN Yuji Kajikawa (from Japan Shonan Bellmare, previously on loan)
24 MF Japan JPN Haruki Izawa (on loan from Japan Urawa Red Diamonds)
25 MF Japan JPN Kohei Uchida (from Japan Mito HollyHock)
27 DF Japan JPN Yuki Omoto (from Japan FC Gifu)
28 DF Japan JPN Tsubasa Oya (from Japan Omiya Ardija)
30 FW Japan JPN Kiyoshiro Tsuboi (from Toyama Daiichi High School)
— GK Japan JPN Gakuji Ota (on loan from Japan Tokyo Verdy)
— FW Japan JPN Shiryu Fujiwara (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 Takashi Aizawa (released)
2 DF Serbia SRB Nikola Vasiljević (to Belarus BATE Borisov)
6 MF Brazil BRA Carlinhos Paraiba (released)
7 MF Japan JPN Yuji Kimura (to Japan Mito HollyHock)
10 MF Japan JPN Junya Osaki (to Japan Renofa Yamaguchi)
13 MF Japan JPN Ryo Matsumura (to Japan Vissel Kobe, end of loan)
14 MF Japan JPN Takeshi Hamada (retired)
16 FW Japan JPN Daiki Watari (to Japan Sanfrecce Hiroshima)
25 DF Japan JPN Daisuke Tomita (to Japan Mito HollyHock)
27 DF Japan JPN Kazuaki Mawatari (to Japan Sanfrecce Hiroshima)
28 MF Japan JPN Atsushi Izawa (to Japan Tochigi Uva FC)
34 MF Japan JPN Shohei Kiyohara (to Japan Cerezo Osaka, end of loan)
— MF Japan JPN Yoji Sasaki (to Japan Kataller Toyama, previously on loan)
— FW Argentina ARG Nicolas Orsini (on loan to Paraguay Sportivo Luqueno)

Matsumoto Yamaga

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No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Japan JPN Tatsuya Morita (from Japan Albirex Niigata)
2 DF Japan JPN Nobuhisa Urata (from Japan Ehime FC)
5 MF Japan JPN Ibuki Fujita (from Japan Ehime FC)
7 FW Japan JPN Daizen Maeda (from Japan Mito HollyHock, end of loan)
10 MF Japan JPN Keiya Nakami (from Japan Sagan Tosu)
14 MF Brazil BRA Paulinho (from Japan JEF United Chiba, previously on loan)
17 MF Japan JPN Takaaki Shichi (from Japan Fukushima United FC, end of loan)
25 MF Japan JPN Naoki Maeda (from Japan Yokohama F. Marinos)
27 MF Japan JPN Akira Ando (from Japan Shonan Bellmare)
29 DF Japan JPN Yota Shimokawa (from Osaka University of Commerce)
34 DF South Korea KOR Jo Jin-woo (from Incheon South High School)
35 DF Japan JPN Daolo Morimoto (from Kanto Gakuin University)
36 DF Japan JPN Yuki Muto (from Hosei University)
37 MF Japan JPN Mitsuo Yamada (from Sendai University)
38 FW Japan JPN Ryo Nagai (from Japan Nagoya Grampus)
47 MF Japan JPN Yuzo Iwakami (from Japan Omiya Ardija)

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 Eisuke Fujishima (to Japan Sagan Tosu, end of loan)
6 DF Japan JPN Jun Ando (to Japan Ehime FC)
7 MF Japan JPN Takuya Takei (released)
13 DF Japan JPN Keita Goto (to Japan Fagiano Okayama)
15 MF Japan JPN Masaki Miyasaka (on loan to Japan Oita Trinita)
17 DF Brazil BRA Diego (to Brazil Joinville EC, end of loan)
24 DF Japan JPN Masahiro Nasukawa (to Japan Oita Trinita)
26 FW Japan JPN Yoshiki Oka (on loan to Japan Azul Claro Numazu)
27 MF Japan JPN Ryutaro Shibata (retired)
28 DF Japan JPN Kenshiro Tanioku (to Japan Kataller Toyama)
39 FW Brazil BRA Davi (released)
44 DF Japan JPN Genki Miyaichi (on loan to Japan Azul Claro Numazu)
50 FW Japan JPN Musashi Suzuki (to Japan Albirex Niigata, end of loan)

Oita Trinita

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No. Pos. Nation Player
3 DF Japan JPN Masahiro Nasukawa (from Japan Matsumoto Yamaga)
10 FW Japan JPN Noriaki Fujimoto (from Japan Kagoshima United FC)
16 DF South Korea KOR Lim Seung-gyeom (on loan from Japan Nagoya Grampus)
19 DF Japan JPN Yuji Hoshi (from Japan Renofa Yamaguchi)
23 GK Japan JPN Akishige Kaneda (from Japan Avispa Fukuoka)
33 MF Japan JPN Takuya Marutani (from Japan Sanfrecce Hiroshima)
35 MF Japan JPN Masaki Miyasaka (on loan from Japan Matsumoto Yamaga)
38 MF Japan JPN Kenji Baba (from Japan Kamatamare Sanuki)
41 DF Japan JPN Ryosuke Tone (from Japan Giravanz Kitakyushu)
50 DF Japan JPN Shinji Yamaguchi (on loan 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
2 MF Japan JPN Satoru Yamagishi (retired)
3 DF Japan JPN Kyohei Kuroki (to Japan Kagoshima United FC)
10 MF Brazil BRA Chiquinho (to Brazil São Caetano)
16 DF Japan JPN Takahiro Yamaguchi (retired)
19 FW Japan JPN Yosei Otsu (to Japan SC Sagamihara)
21 GK Japan JPN Naoto Kamifukumoto (to Japan Tokyo Verdy)
25 DF Japan JPN Koyo Sato (on loan to Japan ReinMeer Aomori)
30 FW Japan JPN Tsubasa Yoshihira (on loan to Japan Blaublitz Akita)
33 MF Japan JPN Jun Suzuki (to Japan Avispa Fukuoka, end of loan)
35 DF Japan JPN Tatsuya Sakai (to Japan Sagan Tosu, end of loan)
42 DF Japan JPN Masato Tokida (to Japan Vegalta Sendai, end of loan)
— MF Japan JPN Daisuke Sakai (on loan to Japan Albirex Niigata)
— MF Japan JPN Kazuki Egashira (on loan to Japan Grulla Morioka)

Yokohama FC

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No. Pos. Nation Player
9 FW Japan JPN Akira Toshima (from Japan Machida Zelvia)
13 DF South Korea KOR Bae Seung-jin (from South Korea Seongnam FC)
14 DF Japan JPN Kengo Kitazume (from Japan JEF United Chiba)
17 MF Japan JPN Eijiro Takeda (from Japan Shonan Bellmare)
21 GK Japan JPN Kaito Yamamoto (on loan from Japan JEF United Chiba)
24 MF Japan JPN Kazuhito Watanabe (from Japan Fagiano Okayama)
30 FW Japan JPN Ayumu Tachibana (from Ryutsu Keizai University)
33 DF Japan JPN Yasumasa Kawasaki (from Japan Sanfrecce Hiroshima, previously on loan)
35 MF Japan JPN Daisuke Matsui (from Poland Odra Opole)[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
5 MF Japan JPN Shogo Nishikawa (on loan to Japan Tochigi SC)
9 FW Japan JPN Tomohiro Tsuda (to Japan Nagano Parceiro)
10 MF Japan JPN Shinichi Terada (to Japan Tochigi SC)
13 MF Japan JPN Yosuke Nozaki (to Japan Tochigi Uva FC)
17 DF Japan JPN Shuma Kusumoto (from Japan Kataller Toyama)
21 MF Japan JPN Asahi Masuyama (to Japan Vissel Kobe, end of loan)
28 MF Japan JPN Yota Maejima (on loan to Japan Kataller Toyama)
30 DF Japan JPN Takanobu Komiyama (retired)
39 FW Japan JPN Tetsuya Okubo (to Japan Thespakusatsu Gunma)
45 GK Japan JPN Takashi Kitano (to Japan Gainare Tottori)

Montedio Yamagata

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No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF Brazil BRA Jairo (from Iran Sepahan)
4 DF Japan JPN Kai Miki (from Japan Roasso Kumamoto)
8 MF Brazil BRA Álvaro Rodrigues (from Brazil AD Confiança)
9 FW Brazil BRA Felipe Alves (from Brazil Tombense)
10 FW Japan JPN Yuji Senuma (from Japan Shimizu S-Pulse, previously on loan)
16 MF Japan JPN Seigo Kobayashi (on loan from Japan Vissel Kobe)
19 DF Japan JPN Ryota Matsumoto (from Japan Machida Zelvia)
21 GK Japan JPN Masatoshi Kushibiki (from Japan Shimizu S-Pulse)
22 FW Japan JPN Shunta Nakamura (from Aomori Yamada High School)
23 DF Japan JPN Yuta Kumamoto (from Waseda University)
24 DF Japan JPN Kenta Furube (from Japan V-Varen Nagasaki)
27 FW Japan JPN Shuto Kitagawa (from University of Tsukuba)
35 DF Japan JPN Tatsuya Sakai (from Japan Sagan Tosu)
40 GK Japan JPN Kotaro Iba (from Kyoto Sangyo 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
2 DF Japan JPN Kazuki Segawa (to Japan Renofa Yamaguchi)
4 DF Japan JPN Hirokazu Usami (to Japan Fukushima United FC)
5 DF Japan JPN Shunya Suganuma (to Japan Gamba Osaka)
8 MF Japan JPN Koki Kazama (on loan to Japan Thespakusatsu Gunma)
10 MF Japan JPN Yuto Suzuki (to Japan Kawasaki Frontale)
13 DF Japan JPN Tatsuya Ishikawa (retired)
16 MF Japan JPN Yuhei Sato (to Japan Tokyo Verdy)
19 MF Japan JPN Tetsuro Ota (to Japan Sagan Tosu, end of loan)
22 DF South Korea KOR Lee Je-seung (released)
23 GK Japan JPN Daiki Tomii (to Japan Shonan Bellmare)
24 DF Japan JPN Kenji Arabori (to Japan Kamatamare Sanuki)
26 FW Japan JPN Ayumu Nagato (on loan to Japan Thespakusatsu Gunma)
27 DF Japan JPN Toshiya Takagi (to Japan JEF United Chiba)
30 DF Japan JPN Naruki Takahashi (on loan to Japan Japan Soccer College)
32 MF Japan JPN Yoichi Naganuma (to Japan Sanfrecce Hiroshima, end of loan)
— GK Japan JPN Norihiro Yamagishi (to Japan Giravanz Kitakyushu, previously on loan)
— DF South Korea KOR Han Ho-gang (to Japan Blaublitz Akita, previously on loan)

Kyoto Sanga

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No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF Japan JPN Go Iwase (from Japan FC Gifu, end of loan)
3 DF Japan JPN Masafumi Miyagi (from Japan Renofa Yamaguchi)
5 MF Uruguay URU Matías Caseras (on loan from Uruguay Plaza Colonia)
8 MF Japan JPN Takuya Shigehiro (from Hannan University)
9 FW Uruguay URU Renzo López (on loan from Uruguay Plaza Colonia)
11 MF Japan JPN Yosuke Yuzawa (from Japan Mito HollyHock)
16 FW Japan JPN Daiki Numa (from Japan Gainare Tottori, end of loan)
17 DF Japan JPN Yusuke Muta (from Japan FC Imabari, end of loan)
20 MF Brazil BRA Alexandre (on loan from Brazil CA Metropolitano)
24 DF Japan JPN Takahiro Masukawa (from Japan Consadole Sapporo)
25 MF Japan JPN Kota Ogino (from Japan Kamatamare Sanuki, end of loan)
27 GK South Korea KOR Kim Chol-ho (from South Korea FC Seoul)
34 GK Japan JPN Tomoya Wakahara (promoted from youth ranks)
35 MF Japan JPN Shimpei Fukuoka (promoted from youth ranks)
36 MF Japan JPN Soichiro Kozuki (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 Takanori Sugeno (on loan to Japan Consadole Sapporo)
2 DF Japan JPN Masato Yuzawa (to Japan Kashiwa Reysol, end of loan)
3 DF Japan JPN Yuji Takahashi (to Japan Sagan Tosu)
5 MF Japan JPN Kyohei Yoshino (to Japan Sanfrecce Hiroshima, end of loan)
8 MF South Korea KOR Ha Sung-min (to South Korea Gyeongnam FC)
9 FW Belgium BEL Kevin Oris (released)
16 FW South Korea KOR Lee Yong-jae (to Japan Fagiano Okayama)
20 MF Japan JPN Shun Ito (to Japan Roasso Kumamoto)
23 MF Japan JPN Takuya Shimamura (on loan to Japan FC Gifu)
24 DF Japan JPN Kyohei Uchida (to Japan Nagano Parceiro)
25 DF Japan JPN Shogo Asada (on loan to Japan Kamatamare Sanuki)
28 DF Japan JPN Ryusei Saito (to Japan Fujieda MYFC)
29 GK Japan JPN Tatsunari Nagai (to Japan Iwaki FC)
31 FW Japan JPN Masashi Oguro (on loan to Japan Tochigi SC)
— DF Japan JPN Yuki Onishi (released)
— FW Japan JPN Masatoshi Ishida (on loan to Japan Azul Claro Numazu)

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
3 DF Japan JPN Keita Goto (from Japan Matsumoto Yamaga)
4 DF Japan JPN Mizuki Hamada (from Japan Avispa Fukuoka)
5 DF Japan JPN Shigeto Matsuda (from Japan Albirex Niigata)
9 FW South Korea KOR Lee Yong-jae (from Japan Kyoto Sanga)
13 GK Japan JPN Junki Kanayama (from Japan Consadole Sapporo)
14 MF Japan JPN Kota Ueda (from Japan Júbilo Iwata)
15 MF Japan JPN Toshiya Sueyoshi (from Japan Avispa Fukuoka)
18 FW Japan JPN Kazuki Saito (from Japan Júbilo Iwata)
19 MF Japan JPN Hayato Nakama (from Japan Kamatamare Sanuki)
21 DF Japan JPN Kenta Mukuhara (from Japan Cerezo Osaka)
26 MF Japan JPN Kentaro Matsumoto (from Saga University)
27 MF South Korea KOR Choi Jung-won (from Konkuk University)
30 FW Japan JPN Takuma Takeda (from Tokai Gakuen University)
32 FW Japan JPN Tomoya Fukumoto (from Funabashi High School)
33 DF Japan JPN Kaito Abe (from Higashi Fukuoka High School)
34 MF Japan JPN Carlos Duke (from Japan Kawasaki Frontale)
40 GK South Korea KOR Lee Kyung-tae (from Japan FC Ryukyu, 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 Kazuma Shiina (retired)
3 DF Japan JPN Shingo Kukita (to Japan Thespakusatsu Gunma)
4 DF Japan JPN Tetsushi Kondo (retired)
5 MF Japan JPN Kazuhito Watanabe (to Japan Yokohama FC)
6 DF Japan JPN Tadashi Takeda (to Japan FC Gifu)
8 MF Japan JPN Hideki Ishige (to Japan Shimizu S-Pulse, end of loan)
9 FW South Korea KOR Kim Jong-min (to South Korea Suwon Bluewings, end of loan)
13 GK Japan JPN Masatoshi Kushibiki (to Japan Shimizu S-Pulse, end of loan)
17 MF South Korea KOR Park Hyung-jin (to South Korea Suwon Bluewings)
18 FW Argentina ARG Nicolas Orsini (to Japan Tokushima Vortis, end of loan)
19 FW Japan JPN Eiichi Katayama (to Japan Cerezo Osaka)
21 DF Japan JPN Akira Kaji (retired)
26 MF Japan JPN Soichi Tanaka (to Japan Kagoshima United FC)
30 FW Japan JPN Yuta Toyokawa (to Japan Kashima Antlers, end of loan)
33 DF South Korea KOR Jang Suk-won (released)
34 FW Japan JPN Ryuta Ishikawa (retired)
39 DF Japan JPN Kojiro Shinohara (to Japan Avispa Fukuoka)
44 GK Japan JPN Tadashi Kiwada (retired)

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
4 DF Japan JPN Ndoka Boniface (from Nippon Sport Science University)
5 DF Japan JPN Makito Ito (from Japan Fujieda MYFC, end of loan)
6 DF Brazil BRA Diego (on loan from Brazil Joinville EC)
8 MF Japan JPN Hiroyuki Mae (on loan from Japan Consadole Sapporo)
9 FW Brazil BRA Jefferson Baiano (on loan from Brazil Santa Rita)
10 MF Japan JPN Yuji Kimura (from Japan Tokushima Vortis)
13 MF Japan JPN Keita Tanaka (from Japan FC Ryukyu, end of loan)
17 DF Japan JPN Daisuke Tomita (from Japan Tokushima Vortis)
19 MF Japan JPN Yuichi Hirano (from Kokushikan University)
21 GK Japan JPN Yuto Koizumi (from Japan Kashima Antlers, previously on loan)
31 GK Japan JPN Ryo Hasegawa (from Funabashi High School)
32 MF Japan JPN Atsushi Kurokawa (on loan from Japan Omiya Ardija)
35 DF Japan JPN Shoki Ohara (promoted from youth ranks)
39 MF Japan JPN Ryuya Motoda (from Singapore Albirex Niigata Singapore, end of loan)
40 FW Japan JPN Takeru Kishimoto (on loan from Japan Cerezo Osaka)
50 GK Japan JPN Kenya Matsui (from Japan Omiya Ardija)

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 Ryohei Hayashi (to Japan Tokyo Verdy)
11 DF Japan JPN Koji Hashimoto (released)
17 MF Japan JPN Yosuke Yuzawa (to Japan Kyoto Sanga)
19 FW Japan JPN Yuki Yamamura (to Japan Tochigi Uva FC)
20 DF Japan JPN Junya Imase (on loan to Japan Kataller Toyama)
21 GK Japan JPN Takashi Kasahara (to Japan Omiya Ardija)
22 MF Japan JPN Kohei Uchida (to Japan Tokushima Vortis)
26 MF Japan JPN Kazuhiro Sato (to Japan Ventforet Kofu)
27 MF Japan JPN Shota Saito (to Japan Urawa Red Diamonds, end of loan)
32 DF Brazil BRA Paulao (to Japan Consadole Sapporo, end of loan)
35 DF Japan JPN Ryusei Saito (to Japan Kyoto Sanga, end of loan)
38 FW Japan JPN Daizen Maeda (to Japan Matsumoto Yamaga, end of loan)
39 MF Japan JPN Takafumi Shimizu (to Japan Jubilo Iwata, end of loan)
— GK Japan JPN Akihisa Okada (to Japan Suzuka Unlimited FC)
— GK Japan JPN Ryo Ishii (on loan to Japan Fukushima United FC)
— DF Japan JPN Kazuki Sato (to Japan Kataller Toyama, previously on loan)
— DF Japan JPN Takaaki Kinoshita (on loan to Japan Fujieda MYFC)
— FW Japan JPN Hiroki Bandai (to Japan Nagano Parceiro, previously on loan)
— FW Japan JPN Taisei Kadoguchi (to Japan Tokyo Musashino City FC, previously on loan)

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
1 GK Japan JPN Masahiro Okamoto (on loan from Japan JEF United Chiba)
2 DF Japan JPN Kosuke Yamazaki (from Meiji University)
5 DF Japan JPN Takanori Maeno (from Japan Albirex Niigata)
6 MF Japan JPN Hideyuki Nozawa (on loan from Japan FC Tokyo)
8 DF Japan JPN Jun Ando (from Japan Matsumoto Yamaga)
10 MF Japan JPN Yuta Kamiya (on loan from Japan Shonan Bellmare)
14 MF Japan JPN Junki Koike (from Japan JEF United Chiba, previously on loan)
16 MF Japan JPN Hiroto Tanaka (from Japan Júbilo Iwata, previously on loan)
24 DF Japan JPN Jurato Ikeda (from Japan Cerezo Osaka)
25 MF Japan JPN Yuji Takeshima (from Japan JEF United Chiba)
26 DF Japan JPN Shinya Uehara (from Japan Consadole Sapporo)
— MF Japan JPN Shuya Iwai (promoted from youth ranks)
— DF Japan JPN Shuma Mihara (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 Shunta Awaka (to Japan Consadole Sapporo, end of loan)
2 DF Japan JPN Nobuhisa Urata (to Japan Matsumoto Yamaga)
5 MF Japan JPN Ibuki Fujita (to Japan Matsumoto Yamaga)
6 MF Japan JPN Kohei Mihara (to Japan Vonds Ichihara)
8 MF Japan JPN Shuto Kojima (to Japan JEF United Chiba)
9 MF Japan JPN Kodai Yasuda (to Japan Nankatsu SC)
14 MF Japan JPN Kosuke Shirai (to Japan Consadole Sapporo)
19 DF Japan JPN Shuhei Hotta (on loan to Japan Blaublitz Akita)
22 DF Japan JPN Yuki Fukaya (retired)
24 MF China CHN Ju Feng (to China Guangzhou Evergrande, end of loan)
40 FW Japan JPN Ryuga Suzuki (to Japan Tochigi Uva FC)

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
1 GK Japan JPN Koki Fukui (from Nippon Sport Science University)
4 DF South Korea KOR Jung Han-cheol (from Sungkyunkwan University)
7 MF Japan JPN Koki Sugimori (on loan from Japan Nagoya Grampus)
17 DF Japan JPN Koki Shimosaka (on loan from Japan Avispa Fukuoka)
19 MF Japan JPN Shuta Doi (from Meiji University)
20 FW North Macedonia MKD Dorian Babunski (from Japan Kagoshima United FC, end of loan)
22 DF Japan JPN Takuya Hashiguchi (on loan from Japan Kashiwa Reysol)
23 DF Japan JPN Ryusuke Sakai (on loan from Japan Nagoya Grampus)
24 MF Peru PER Frank Romero (footballer) (from Japan Albirex Niigata)
25 DF Japan JPN Masaya Kojima (on loan from Japan Vegalta Sendai)
28 FW Japan JPN Ryu Joseph Hashimura (promoted from youth ranks)
35 DF Japan JPN Naoki Otani (from Japan Sanfrecce Hiroshima, 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
1 GK Japan JPN Kempei Usui (to Japan Shimizu S-Pulse, end of loan)
4 DF Montenegro MNE Boris Tatar (released)
7 FW Japan JPN Makito Yoshida (to Japan JEF United Chiba, end of loan)
8 MF Japan JPN Tatsuya Yazawa (to Japan SC Sagamihara)
17 FW Japan JPN Junki Endo (to Japan Fujieda MYFC)
19 DF Japan JPN Ryota Matsumoto (to Japan Montedio Yamagata)
22 DF Japan JPN Satoru Hoshino (released)
23 FW Japan JPN Akira Toshima (to Japan Yokohama FC)
24 DF North Korea PRK Kim Song-gi (to Japan Fujieda MYFC)
25 DF Japan JPN Shigeto Masuda (to Japan Albirex Niigata, end of loan)
39 FW Japan JPN Kentaro Shigematsu (to Japan Kamatamare Sanuki)
— DF Japan JPN Tomoya Fukuda (to Japan Grulla Morioka, previously on loan)

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
2 DF Japan JPN Norimichi Yamamoto (from Biwako Seikei Sport College)
5 DF Brazil BRA Allan (from Japan Kamatamare Sanuki)
7 MF Japan JPN Shohei Kiyohara (from Japan Cerezo Osaka)
8 MF Japan JPN Kenta Yamafuji (from Japan Giravanz Kitakyushu, end of loan)
16 DF Japan JPN Shunya Mori (from Juntendo University)
17 FW Japan JPN Taiki Kato (from Japan Renofa Yamaguchi)
25 FW Japan JPN Ryoya Taniguchi (promoted from youth ranks)
26 MF Japan JPN Keita Fujimura (on loan from Japan Vegalta Sendai)
29 FW Brazil BRA Rodrigo Maranhão (from Thailand Sukhothai FC)
32 MF Japan JPN Raisei Shimazu (from Kokoku High School)
33 MF Japan JPN Takahide Umebachi (from Japan Kashima Antlers)

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 Shinya Awatari (to Japan Fujieda MYFC)
5 DF Japan JPN Kosuke Ota (to Japan FC Imabari)
10 MF Japan JPN Keiya Nakami (to Japan Sagan Tosu, end of loan)
20 DF Japan JPN Keisuke Minegishi (to Japan Azul Claro Numazu)
22 MF Japan JPN Yasuhito Tomita (to Japan Azul Claro Numazu)
24 MF Japan JPN Yuhei Otsuki (retired)
25 MF Japan JPN Yusuke Hoshino (to Japan Gainare Tottori)
29 MF South Korea KOR Kim Tea-sung (released)
31 GK Japan JPN Yoshinobu Harada (to Japan Tochigi Uva FC)
40 MF Japan JPN Masaru Akiba (retired)
— MF Japan JPN Hiroyuki Furuta (to Japan Blaublitz Akita, previously on loan)
— FW Japan JPN Shoma Mizunaga (to Japan Tegevajaro Miyazaki)
— FW Japan JPN Shogo Omachi (to Japan Honda FC)

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
1 GK Japan JPN Michiya Okamoto (from Nihon University)
3 DF Japan JPN Tadashi Takeda (from Japan Fagiano Okayama)
6 MF Japan JPN Shohei Mishima (from Chuo University)
9 MF Japan JPN Yuya Yamagishi (from Japan Thespakusatsu Gunma)
10 FW New Zealand NZL Ryan De Vries (from New Zealand Auckland City FC)[4]
16 DF Japan JPN Takayuki Fukumura (from Japan Shimizu S-Pulse, previously on loan)
17 DF Japan JPN Takumi Fujitani (from Kobe Gakuin University)
18 FW Japan JPN Daichi Ishikawa (from Toin Yokohama University)
20 MF South Korea KOR Woo Sang-ho (from South Korea Daegu FC)
21 GK Japan JPN Yusuke Harada (from Germany Bonner SC)
22 MF Japan JPN Takuya Shimamura (on loan from Japan Kyoto Sanga)
26 MF Japan JPN Yoichi Naganuma (on loan from Japan Sanfrecce Hiroshima)
27 DF Japan JPN Osamu Henry Iyoha (on loan from Japan Sanfrecce Hiroshima)
30 MF Japan JPN Kensei Nakashima (from Japan Yokohama F. Marinos, previously on loan)
31 MF Japan JPN Kota Miyamoto (from Japan Shimizu S-Pulse)

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 Satoshi Tokizawa (to Japan Thespakusatsu Gunma)
6 MF Spain ESP Sisinio (to Japan Tokushima Vortis)
9 FW Brazil BRA Cristian (released)
10 MF Japan JPN Yoshihiro Shoji (to Japan Vegalta Sendai)
17 DF Japan JPN Yuki Omoto (to Japan Tokushima Vortis)
18 FW Japan JPN Ryo Takiya (to Japan Kataller Toyama)
20 DF Japan JPN Jun Suzuki (to Japan Nara Club)
21 GK Japan JPN Yoshinari Takagi (retired)
22 MF Japan JPN Kohei Yamada (to Japan Nara Club)
26 DF Japan JPN Go Iwase (to Japan Kyoto Sanga, end of loan)
27 DF Brazil BRA Henik (to Japan Tochigi SC)
41 DF Japan JPN Kentaro Kai (on loan to Japan Gainare Tottori)

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
2 DF South Korea KOR Park Chan-yong (from Japan Renofa Yamaguchi)
4 DF Japan JPN Kenji Arabori (from Japan Montedio Yamagata)
5 DF Japan JPN Shogo Asada (on loan from Japan Kyoto Sanga)
14 MF Japan JPN Takumi Sasaki (on loan from Japan Vegalta Sendai)
16 GK South Korea KOR Song Young-min (from Japan V-Varen Nagasaki)
17 MF Japan JPN Wataru Sasaki (from Japan FC Tokyo)
18 MF Japan JPN Kenshiro Suzuki (from Kansai University)
19 FW Japan JPN Kentaro Shigematsu (from Japan Machida Zelvia)
26 MF Japan JPN Sota Hamaguchi (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
4 DF Japan JPN Kazuya Sunamori (to Japan Azul Claro Numazu)
8 MF Japan JPN Tomoya Osawa (retired)
11 MF Japan JPN Kenji Baba (to Japan Oita Trinita)
14 DF Brazil BRA Allan (to Japan Zweigen Kanazawa)
15 MF Japan JPN Taishi Tsunada (to Japan FC Tokushima)
16 GK Japan JPN Shohei Matsubara (to Japan Thespakusatsu Gunma)
17 DF South Korea KOR Ri Yong-jik (to Japan Tokyo Verdy)
18 MF Japan JPN Fumiya Tamaki (to Japan FC TIAMO Hirakata)
19 MF Japan JPN Hayato Nakama (to Japan Fagiano Okayama)
20 MF Japan JPN Kota Ogino (to Japan Kyoto Sanga, end of loan)
26 MF Japan JPN Shohei Yamamoto (to Japan Amitie SC Kyoto)
27 DF South Korea KOR Yoon Seon-ho (released)
30 DF Brazil BRA Evson (to Saudi Arabia Al-Faisaly FC)
33 FW Japan JPN Ryosuke Kijima (to Japan FC Maruyasu Okazaki)

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
2 DF Japan JPN Keisuke Tsuboi (from Japan Shonan Bellmare)
6 DF Japan JPN Takayuki Mae (from Japan Consadole Sapporo, previously on loan)
7 MF Japan JPN Junya Osaki (from Japan Tokushima Vortis)
13 DF Japan JPN Takumi Kusumoto (from Tokyo International University)
16 DF Japan JPN Kazuki Segawa (from Japan Montedio Yamagata)
18 FW Japan JPN Daisuke Takagi (on loan from Japan Tokyo Verdy)
19 FW Japan JPN Ado Onaiwu (on loan from Japan Urawa Red Diamonds)
24 FW Japan JPN Keita Yamashita (from Fukuoka University)
30 DF South Korea KOR Min Kyung-jun (from Chongju University)
32 MF Japan JPN Mitsuru Maruoka (on loan from Japan Cerezo Osaka)
41 MF Japan JPN Ryuji Hirota (from Japan Gainare Tottori)
— GK Japan JPN Eisuke Fujishima (from Japan Sagan Tosu)
— MF Japan JPN Issei Takahashi (on loan 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
2 DF Japan JPN Masafumi Miyagi (to Japan Kyoto Sanga)
16 DF South Korea KOR Park Chan-yong (to Japan Kamatamare Sanuki)
17 FW Japan JPN Taiki Kato (to Japan Zweigen Kanazawa)
19 DF Japan JPN Yuji Hoshi (to Japan Oita Trinita)
22 FW Japan JPN Masashi Wada (to Japan Yokohama F. Marinos, end of loan)
24 MF Argentina ARG Marcelo Vidal (released)
28 FW Argentina ARG Leonardo Ramos (to Mexico Cafetaleros de Tapachula)
30 DF Argentina ARG Abel Luciatti (released)

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
11 FW Japan JPN Yusuke Minagawa (on loan from Japan Sanfrecce Hiroshima)
13 DF Japan JPN Atsuto Tatara (from Japan JEF United Chiba)
15 DF Japan JPN Takeshi Aoki (from Japan Sagan Tosu)
17 FW Japan JPN Tsubasa Sano (from Singapore Albirex Niigata Singapore)
24 DF Japan JPN Yuko Takase (from Japan Omiya Ardija)
25 MF Japan JPN Keisuke Tanabe (from Japan FC Ryukyu)
29 DF Japan JPN Mikiya Eto (promoted from youth ranks)
31 MF Japan JPN Shun Ito (from Japan Kyoto Sanga)
33 MF Japan JPN Kodai Sakamoto (from Chukyo University)
37 MF Japan JPN Yuki Ikeya (from Chuo University)
39 DF Japan JPN Shoto Suzuki (from Japan Giravanz Kitakyushu, 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
8 FW Brazil BRA Morbeck (to Japan Júbilo Iwata)
11 FW Brazil BRA Gustavo (to Vietnam Hồ Chí Minh City F.C.)
13 DF Japan JPN Kai Miki (to Japan Montedio Yamagata)
15 MF Japan JPN Ryota Tanabe (to Japan Nagoya Grampus, end of loan)
17 MF Japan JPN Yasuaki Okamoto (retired)
24 MF Japan JPN Yuji Kimura (to Japan Tokushima Vortis, end of loan)
26 DF Japan JPN Yuya Mitsunaga (to Japan Fujieda MYFC)
37 DF Brazil BRA Júnior (released)
39 MF Japan JPN Shintaro Shimada (to Japan Omiya Ardija)
41 MF Japan JPN Minoru Suganuma (released)
— DF Japan JPN Jun Sonoda (to Japan Blaublitz Akita)
— MF Japan JPN Masanobu Komaki (to Japan Fujieda MYFC)
— FW Japan JPN Ryuichi Hirashige (to Japan Thespakusatsu Gunma)

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
3 MF Japan JPN Shogo Nishikawa (on loan from Japan Yokohama FC)
5 DF Brazil BRA Henik (from Japan FC Gifu)
9 FW Japan JPN Masashi Oguro (on loan from Japan Kyoto Sanga)
27 DF Japan JPN Ryosuke Hisadomi (from Japan Fujieda MYFC)
28 DF Japan JPN Hayato Nukui (from Japan Cerezo Osaka)
33 GK Japan JPN Kei Ishikawa (from Japan Vegalta Sendai)
37 MF Japan JPN Akira Hamashita (from Sanno University)
40 MF Japan JPN Shinichi Terada (from Japan Yokohama FC)
— FW Japan JPN Koki Oshima (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
4 DF Japan JPN Kenta Hirose (to Japan Shonan Bellmare, end of loan)
5 DF Japan JPN Kei Omoto (to Japan Blaublitz Akita)
20 FW Japan JPN Takumu Fujinuma (to Japan Omiya Ardija, end of loan)
23 GK Japan JPN Shuhei Kawata (on loan to Japan Fujieda MYFC)
— DF Japan JPN Seiji Kawakami (on loan to Japan Fujieda MYFC)
— DF Japan JPN Masashi Nito (released)
— DF Japan JPN Takamasa Taneoka (to Japan Fujieda MYFC)
— MF Japan JPN Shuga Arai (on loan to Japan Blancdieu Hirosaki)
— MF Japan JPN Ren Yamamoto (on loan to Japan Blancdieu Hirosaki)
— FW Japan JPN Ryuta Honjo (on loan to Japan Blancdieu Hirosaki)
— FW Japan JPN Tatsumi Sotome (on loan to Japan Blancdieu Hirosaki)
— FW Japan JPN Koki Takenaka (to Japan Tochigi Uva FC)
— FW Japan JPN Koki Oshima (on loan to Japan Thespakusatsu Gunma)

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