2025 J1 League

J1 League
Season2025
Dates14 February – 6 December
ChampionsKashima Antlers
9th J1 title
9th Japanese title
RelegatedYokohama FC
Shonan Bellmare
Albirex Niigata
Champions League EliteKashima Antlers
Kashiwa Reysol
Matches380
Goals911 (2.4 per match)
Top goalscorerLéo Ceará (21 goals)
Biggest home winKyoto Sanga 5–0 Fagiano Okayama
(30 August 2025)
Biggest away winGamba Osaka 0–5 Kashiwa Reysol
(18 October 2025)
Highest scoringShonan Bellmare 4–5 Gamba Osaka
(31 August 2025)
Longest winning run8 matches
Machida Zelvia
Longest unbeaten run15 matches
Kashima Antlers
Longest winless run19 matches
Albirex Niigata
Shonan Bellmare
Longest losing run7 matches
Shonan Bellmare
Yokohama FC
Yokohama F. Marinos
Highest attendance59,574
Kashima Antlers 2–1 Kawasaki Frontale
(11 May 2025)[1]
Lowest attendance6,157
Avispa Fukuoka 1–1 Fagiano Okayama
(25 April 2025)[1]
Total attendance8,073,557[1]
Average attendance21,246[1]
2024

The 2025 J1 League, also known as the 2025 Meiji Yasuda J1 League (Japanese: 2025 明治安田J1リーグ, Hepburn: 2025 Meiji Yasuda J1 Rīgu) for sponsorship reasons, was the 33rd season of J1 League, the top Japanese professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1992. This was the 11th season of the league since its rebrand from J.League Division 1.

Vissel Kobe were the defending champions, having won their second league title in a row on the last matchday of the 2024 season.[2]

Kashima Antlers won a record-extending ninth J.League title on the last matchday; it was their record-breaking ninth top flight title, their first trophy since winning the 2018 AFC Champions League, and the first league title since 2016.[3]

Overview

This was the last J.League season played in a whole calendar year from late winter to early winter, with the following season onwards to be played from September to May, adopting the European football calendar.[4] As a part of the transition, the league would have a one-off special tournament called the J1 100 Year Vision League to be held during the first half of 2026.[5][6]

The tournament format and match format was announced on 25 November 2024, with the season starting on 14 February 2025 and concluding on 6 December 2025.[7]

Changes from the previous season

There were three teams relegated to the 2025 J2 League. Júbilo Iwata, Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo, and Sagan Tosu, were relegated as they finished 18th, 19th, and 20th respectively in the previous season, ending their one, eight, and 13-year stays in the top flight respectively.

Three teams were promoted from the 2024 J2 League: Shimizu S-Pulse, who won the title and returned to J1 after a two-year absence, Yokohama FC, who finished second, returning to the J1 after just a season playing in the J2 League, and Fagiano Okayama, who finished fifth and won the play-offs; they are playing in the top flight for the first time in their history.

Clubs

Club Location Stadium Capacity
Kashima Antlers Ibaraki Prefecture Kashima Soccer Stadium 39,095
Urawa Red Diamonds Saitama Prefecture Saitama Stadium 2002 62,040
Kashiwa Reysol Chiba Prefecture Sankyo Frontier Kashiwa Stadium 15,109
FC Tokyo Tokyo Ajinomoto Stadium 47,851
Tokyo Verdy
Machida Zelvia Machida GION Stadium 15,489
Kawasaki Frontale Kanagawa Prefecture Uvance Todoroki Stadium by Fujitsu 26,827
Yokohama F. Marinos Nissan Stadium 71,624
Yokohama FC NHK Spring Mitsuzawa Football Stadium 15,442
Shonan Bellmare Lemon Gas Stadium Hiratsuka 15,380
Albirex Niigata Niigata Prefecture Denka Big Swan Stadium 41,684
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 21,623
Gamba Osaka Osaka Prefecture Panasonic Stadium Suita 39,694
Cerezo Osaka Yodoko Sakura Stadium 24,481
Vissel Kobe Hyōgo Prefecture Noevir Stadium Kobe 29,643
Fagiano Okayama Okayama Prefecture JFE Harenokuni Stadium 15,479
Sanfrecce Hiroshima Hiroshima Prefecture Edion Peace Wing Hiroshima 28,347
Avispa Fukuoka Fukuoka Prefecture Best Denki Stadium 21,562

Personnel and kits

Club Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Kit sponsors
Main Other(s)
Albirex Niigata Toru Irie (interim) Yuto Horigome Adidas Kameda Seika
List
    • Front: NSG Group, Denka
    • Back: Komeri, Niigata Nippo
    • Sleeves: NAMICS Corporation
    • Shorts: None
Avispa Fukuoka Kim Myung-hwi Tatsuki Nara 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 Arthur Papas Shunta Tanaka Mizuno Yanmar
List
Fagiano Okayama Takashi Kiyama Ryo Takeuchi 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 Rikizo Matsuhashi Kei Koizumi New Balance Tokyo Gas
List
Gamba Osaka Dani Poyatos Takashi Usami Hummel Panasonic
List
Kashima Antlers Toru Oniki Gaku Shibasaki Nike LIXIL
List
Kashiwa Reysol Ricardo Rodríguez Tomoya Inukai Yonex Hitachi
List
Kawasaki Frontale Shigetoshi Hasebe Yasuto Wakizaka Puma Fujitsu
List
Kyoto Sanga Cho Kwi-jae Sota Kawasaki Puma Kyocera
List
Machida Zelvia Go Kuroda Gen Shoji Adidas CyberAgent
List
Nagoya Grampus Kenta Hasegawa Ryuji Izumi Mizuno Toyota GR Yaris
List
Sanfrecce Hiroshima Michael Skibbe Sho Sasaki Nike EDION
List
Shimizu S-Pulse Tadahiro Akiba Koya Kitagawa Puma Suzuyo (Home & Away) / Star Micronics (Third)
List
Shonan Bellmare Satoshi Yamaguchi Akito Suzuki Penalty Fujita
List
Tokyo Verdy Hiroshi Jofuku Koki Morita Athleta Nicigas
List
    • Front: The Super Sports XEBIO
    • Back: Miroku Jyoho Service, Classmethod
    • Sleeves: Good Com Asset, Tokyo
    • Shorts: BRI Group
Urawa Red Diamonds Maciej Skorża Takahiro Sekine Nike Polus
List
Vissel Kobe Takayuki Yoshida Tetsushi Yamakawa Asics Rakuten Mobile
List
    • Front: Danton, Seiban
    • Back: Kawasaki, Henri Charpentier
    • Sleeves: Noevir, Kobe
    • Shorts:
Yokohama FC Fumitake Miura Yoshiaki Komai Puma Onodera Group
List
    • Front: Yokorei, Fudeal Creation
    • Back: Frontier Direct, Japan Elevator Service
    • Sleeves: S-Dental Group, Yokohama
    • Shorts: Macnica, LIST Co.
Yokohama F. Marinos Hideo Ōshima Takuya Kida Adidas Nissan
List

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in the table Incoming manager Date of
appointment
Kashiwa Reysol Masami Ihara[8][9] End of contract 9 December 2024 Pre-season Ricardo Rodríguez[10] 11 December 2024
FC Tokyo Peter Cklamovski[11] Rikizo Matsuhashi[12] 21 December 2024
Cerezo Osaka Akio Kogiku[13] Arthur Papas[14] 17 December 2024
Avispa Fukuoka Shigetoshi Hasebe[15] Kim Myung-hwi[16] 13 December 2024
Kawasaki Frontale Toru Oniki[17] Shigetoshi Hasebe[18] 12 December 2024
Kashima Antlers Masaki Chugo End of interim spell Toru Oniki[19] 12 December 2024
Yokohama F. Marinos John Hutchinson Steve Holland[20] 17 December 2024
Albirex Niigata Rikizo Matsuhashi[21] Resigned 13 December 2024 Daisuke Kimori[22] 19 December 2024
Yokohama F. Marinos Steve Holland[23] Sacked 18 April 2025 19th Patrick Kisnorbo[24][a] 18 April 2025
Patrick Kisnorbo[26] Resigned 19 June 2025 20th Hideo Ōshima[26][b] 19 June 2025
Albirex Niigata Daisuke Kimori[28] Sacked 23 June 2025 18th Toru Irie (interim)[28] 23 June 2025
Yokohama FC Shuhei Yomoda[29] 23 July 2025 19th Fumitake Miura[30] 23 July 2025
  1. ^ Kisnorbo was initially appointed as interim manager, but he was made permanent on 5 May 2025.[25]
  2. ^ Ōshima was initially appointed as interim manager, but he was made permanent on 24 June 2025.[27]

Foreign players

From the 2019 season, there were no limitations on signing foreign players, but clubs could only register up to five of them for a single matchday squad.[31] 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 was registered during the mid-season transfer window.
  • Player's name in italics indicates the player had Japanese nationality in addition to their FIFA nationality, held the nationality of a J.League partner nation, or was exempted 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.[32]
Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Player 6 Player 7 Player 8 Former player (s)
Albirex Niigata Jason Geria Danilo Gomes Matheus Moraes Miguel Silveira Michael Fitzgerald Abdelrahman Boudah
Avispa Fukuoka Wellington Shahab Zahedi Kim Moon-hyeon Nassim Ben Khalifa
Cerezo Osaka Lucas Fernandes Rafael Ratão Thiago Andrade Vitor Bueno Dion Cools Kim Jin-hyeon Wigi Kanemoto Jaroensak Wonggorn
Fagiano Okayama Yuto Baigorria Lucão Werik Popó Svend Brodersen Gleyson
FC Tokyo Everton Galdino Henrique Trevisan Marcelo Ryan Marcos Guilherme Alexander Scholz Kim Seung-gyu Baek In-hwan
Gamba Osaka Juan Alano Welton Zhang Aolin Issam Jebali Deniz Hümmet Neta Lavi
Kashima Antlers Élber Léo Ceará Talles Aleksandar Čavrić Kim Tae-hyeon Park Eui-jeong
Kashiwa Reysol Diego
Kawasaki Frontale Erison Jesiel Marcinho Noriharu Kan Filip Uremović Lazar Romanić Jung Sung-ryong Lee Geun-hyeong Patrick Verhon
César Haydar
Kyoto Sanga Barreto João Pedro Léo Gomes Marco Túlio Patrick William Rafael Elias Yoon Sung-jun Marc Vito Murilo Costa
Gu Sung-yun
Machida Zelvia Mitch Duke Neta Lavi Ibrahim Drešević Kaung Zan Mara Cha Je-hoon Na Sang-ho Oh Se-hun Erik
Byron Vásquez
Anton Burns
Nagoya Grampus Mateus Kasper Junker Lelê
Yves Avelete
Sanfrecce Hiroshima Marcos Júnior Valère Germain Tolgay Arslan Jeong Min-ki Kim Ju-sung
Shimizu S-Pulse Capixaba Mateus Brunetti Matheus Bueno Ahmed Ahmedov Alfredo Stephens Kim Min-tae Jelani Reshaun Sumiyoshi Douglas Tanque
Shonan Bellmare Luiz Phellype Zé Ricardo Lukian
Kim Min-tae
Tokyo Verdy Matheus Vidotto
Urawa Red Diamonds Luka Didulica Danilo Boza Matheus Sávio Thiago Santana Marius Høibråten Isaac Kiese Thelin Samuel Gustafson
Vissel Kobe Caetano Erik Gustavo Klismahn Jean Patric Matheus Thuler Richard Monday Ubong
Yokohama FC Adaílton João Paulo Léo Bahia Lukian Phelipe Yuri Lara Jakub Słowik Michel
Shawn van Eerden
Yokohama F. Marinos Thomas Deng Jordy Croux Yuri Araujo Jeison Quiñones Dean David Park Il-gyu Kodjo Aziangbe Anderson Lopes
Élber
Yan Matheus
Sandy Walsh

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Kashima Antlers (C) 38 23 7 8 58 31 +27 76 Qualification for the AFC Champions League Elite league stage
2 Kashiwa Reysol 38 21 12 5 60 34 +26 75
3 Kyoto Sanga 38 19 11 8 62 40 +22 68
4 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 38 20 8 10 46 28 +18 68
5 Vissel Kobe 38 18 10 10 46 33 +13 64
6 Machida Zelvia 38 17 9 12 52 38 +14 60 Qualification for the AFC Champions League Two group stage[a]
7 Urawa Red Diamonds 38 16 11 11 45 39 +6 59
8 Kawasaki Frontale 38 15 12 11 66 56 +10 57
9 Gamba Osaka 38 17 6 15 53 55 −2 57
10 Cerezo Osaka 38 14 10 14 60 57 +3 52
11 FC Tokyo 38 13 11 14 41 48 −7 50
12 Avispa Fukuoka 38 12 12 14 34 38 −4 48
13 Fagiano Okayama 38 12 9 17 33 42 −9 45
14 Shimizu S-Pulse 38 11 11 16 41 51 −10 44
15 Yokohama F. Marinos 38 12 7 19 46 47 −1 43
16 Nagoya Grampus 38 11 10 17 44 56 −12 43
17 Tokyo Verdy 38 11 10 17 23 41 −18 43
18 Yokohama FC (R) 38 9 8 21 27 45 −18 35 Relegation to the J2 League
19 Shonan Bellmare (R) 38 8 8 22 36 63 −27 32
20 Albirex Niigata (R) 38 4 12 22 36 67 −31 24
Source: JLeague.co, JLeague.jp, J.League Data Site
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Fewer disciplinary points.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Qualified as the 2025 Emperor's Cup winners.

Results

Home \ Away ANI AFU COS FOK GOS KSA KSR KWF KYS MCZ NGR SHI SHB SSP TOK TOV URD VKO YOK YFM
Albirex Niigata 0–1 2–2 1–1 3–3 1–2 1–3 1–1 1–2 0–4 0–0 0–2 2–1 0–1 2–3 2–2 1–1 2–2 0–0 1–0
Avispa Fukuoka 3–2 2–4 1–1 1–0 0–1 0–1 1–2 2–2 2–2 1–1 1–2 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–1
Cerezo Osaka 3–1 2–0 2–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–2 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–2 4–2 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–3 1–0
Fagiano Okayama 2–1 0–1 1–2 2–0 1–2 2–1 0–0 2–0 2–2 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 0–1 1–2 0–0 1–0
Gamba Osaka 4–2 2–1 2–5 0–3 0–1 0–5 2–1 2–1 0–1 2–0 0–1 4–0 1–0 2–0 4–1 1–0 1–1 3–2 3–1
Kashima Antlers 2–1 1–1 3–1 1–2 0–0 3–2 2–1 3–4 1–0 1–0 1–1 3–0 1–0 2–0 4–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 2–1
Kashiwa Reysol 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–3 1–1 3–3 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 4–2 1–3 2–0 1–0
Kawasaki Frontale 3–1 2–5 2–0 1–1 2–2 2–1 4–4 0–1 5–3 4–0 1–2 2–0 5–3 0–1 0–0 2–2 1–2 2–1 3–3
Kyoto Sanga 2–1 0–1 2–3 5–0 3–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 0–1 3–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 0–3
Machida Zelvia 1–0 0–0 3–0 1–0 3–1 2–1 3–0 2–2 1–2 3–1 1–2 0–1 3–0 0–1 0–1 0–2 2–0 1–1 0–3
Nagoya Grampus 3–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 0–2 0–4 1–2 3–4 1–2 1–2 2–1 3–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 2–2 2–1 2–0
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 0–1 2–1 2–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–2 1–1 2–1 1–2 2–1 0–0 0–0 2–1 3–0 0–1 1–0 1–0
Shonan Bellmare 5–2 0–0 3–3 1–1 4–5 1–0 0–1 1–2 1–1 1–2 2–1 0–1 1–0 2–2 0–1 2–1 1–2 0–1 1–1
Shimizu S-Pulse 2–0 3–1 1–4 1–2 0–0 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–2 2–2 0–3 1–1 3–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 3–2 2–0 1–3
FC Tokyo 1–1 1–0 2–2 3–1 3–0 0–1 1–1 0–3 0–4 0–1 3–1 0–3 0–0 0–2 1–0 3–2 1–0 2–1 2–3
Tokyo Verdy 1–0 0–0 1–0 4–2 0–1 0–1 0–3 1–0 1–0 0–1 2–1 0–3 0–2 0–1 2–2 0–0 0–1 2–0 1–0
Urawa Red Diamonds 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 0–2 4–0 2–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 4–1 2–1 3–2 2–0 1–0 2–1 3–1
Vissel Kobe 0–1 0–1 1–3 2–0 3–2 0–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 4–0 2–1 0–0 4–0 0–0 0–1 1–0
Yokohama FC 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 0–3 1–1 0–1 0–1 0–2 2–2 0–4 1–0 2–0 0–1 0–0 1–2 0–1 0–1
Yokohama F. Marinos 1–1 2–0 3–1 0–1 2–0 3–1 0–2 0–3 0–3 0–0 3–0 3–0 1–1 2–3 0–3 0–0 4–0 1–2 0–0
Source: J1 League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals[33][34][35]
1 Léo Ceará Kashima Antlers 21
2 Rafael Elias Kyoto Sanga 18
Rafael Ratão Cerezo Osaka
4 Tatsuya Ito Kawasaki Frontale 13
5 Erison Kawasaki Frontale 12
6 Mao Hosoya Kashiwa Reysol 11
Sho Inagaki Nagoya Grampus
Taisei Miyashiro Vissel Kobe
9 Koya Kitagawa Shimizu S-Pulse 10
Yuma Suzuki Kashima Antlers

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date Ref.
Léo Ceará Kashima Antlers Kashiwa Reysol 3–1 (A) 8 March 2025 [36]
Rafael Elias Kyoto Sanga Kashima Antlers 4–3 (A) 6 April 2025 [37]
FC Tokyo 4–0 (A) 24 August 2025 [38]
Mao Hosoya Kashiwa Reysol Albirex Niigata 3–1 (A) 30 November 2025 [39]

Awards

Monthly awards

Month Manager of the Month Monthly MVP Goal of the Month Young Player of the Month Save of the Month References
Manager Club Player Club Player Club Player Club Player Club
February/March Toru Oniki Kashima Antlers Léo Ceará Kashima Antlers Shunki Higashi Sanfrecce Hiroshima Sōta Kitano Cerezo Osaka Ryosuke Kojima Kashiwa Reysol [40]
April Maciej Skorża Urawa Red Diamonds Rafael Elias Kyoto Sanga Ryo Tabei Fagiano Okayama Ryūnosuke Satō Fagiano Okayama Tomoki Hayakawa Kashima Antlers [41]
May Arthur Papas Cerezo Osaka Lucas Fernandes Cerezo Osaka Taisei Miyashiro Vissel Kobe Alexandre Pisano Nagoya Grampus Kōki Fukui Cerezo Osaka [42]
June Ricardo Rodríguez Kashiwa Reysol Tojiro Kubo Kashiwa Reysol Motoki Nagakura FC Tokyo Kota Takai Kawasaki Frontale Svend Brodersen Fagiano Okayama [43]
July Takayuki Yoshida Vissel Kobe Taisei Miyashiro Vissel Kobe Léo Ceará Kashima Antlers Ryūnosuke Satō Fagiano Okayama William Popp Shonan Bellmare [44]
August Cho Kwi-jae Kyoto Sanga Rafael Elias Kyoto Sanga Yūta Nakayama Machida Zelvia Sena Ishibashi Shonan Bellmare Keisuke Ōsako Sanfrecce Hiroshima [45]
September Toru Oniki Kashima Antlers Tatsuya Ito Kawasaki Frontale Taiki Arai Albirex Niigata Homare Tokuda Kashima Antlers Tomoki Hayakawa Kashima Antlers [46]
October Ricardo Rodríguez Kashiwa Reysol Tomoki Hayakawa Kashima Antlers Yuma Suzuki Kashima Antlers Ryūnosuke Satō Fagiano Okayama [47]
November/December Toru Oniki Kashima Antlers Léo Ceará Kashima Antlers Mao Hosoya Kashiwa Reysol Harumi Minamino Gamba Osaka [48]

Annual awards

Award Winner Club
Manager of the Year Ricardo Rodríguez[49] Kashiwa Reysol
Player of the Year Tomoki Hayakawa[49] Kashima Antlers
Best Young Player Ryūnosuke Satō[49] Fagiano Okayama
Goal of the Year Léo Ceará[49] Kashima Antlers
Best XI[49]
Goalkeeper Tomoki Hayakawa (Kashima Antlers)
Defenders Naomichi Ueda (Kashima Antlers) Taiyo Koga (Kashiwa Reysol) Hayato Araki (Sanfrecce Hiroshima)
Midfielders Yoshio Koizumi (Kashiwa Reysol) Sho Inagaki (Nagoya Grampus) Satoshi Tanaka (Sanfrecce Hiroshima)
Forwards Léo Ceará (Kashima Antlers) Yūki Sōma (Machida Zelvia) Tatsuya Itō (Kawasaki Frontale) Rafael Elias (Kyoto Sanga)

See also

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