# J.League Best XI

The J.League Best XI is an acknowledgement of the best eleven players in J.League.

## J1 League (1993–present)

| Season | Goalkeeper (GK) | Defenders (DF) | Midfielders (MF) | Forwards (FW) |
| 1993 | Shigetatsu Matsunaga (Yokohama Marinos) | Shunzo Ono (Kashima Antlers) Pereira (Verdy Kawasaki) Masami Ihara (Yokohama Marinos) Takumi Horiike (Shimizu S-Pulse) | Tetsuji Hashiratani (Verdy Kawasaki) Santos (Kashima) Yasuto Honda (Kashima Antlers) Ruy Ramos (Verdy Kawasaki) | Kazuyoshi Miura (Verdy Kawasaki) Ramón Díaz (Yokohama Marinos) |
| 1994 | Shinkichi Kikuchi (Verdy Kawasaki) | Pereira (Verdy Kawasaki) Masami Ihara (Yokohama Marinos) Yoshihiro Natsuka (Bellmare Hiratsuka) | Tsuyoshi Kitazawa (Verdy Kawasaki) Bismarck (Verdy Kawasaki) Tetsuji Hashiratani (Verdy Kawasaki) Betinho (Bellmare Hiratsuka) Ruy Ramos (Verdy Kawasaki) | Nobuhiro Takeda (Verdy Kawasaki) Takuya Takagi (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) |
| 1995 | Shinkichi Kikuchi (Verdy Kawasaki) | Naoki Soma (Kashima Antlers) Masami Ihara (Yokohama Marinos) Masaharu Suzuki (Yokohama Marinos) Guido Buchwald (Urawa Red Diamonds) | Hiroaki Morishima (Cerezo Osaka) Bismarck (Verdy Kawasaki) Tetsuji Hashiratani (Verdy Kawasaki) | Masahiro Fukuda (Urawa Red Diamonds)) Kazuyoshi Miura (Verdy Kawasaki) Dragan Stojković (Nagoya Grampus Eight) |
| 1996 | Seigo Narazaki (Yokohama Flügels) | Naoki Soma (Kashima Antlers) Masami Ihara (Yokohama Marinos) Guido Buchwald (Urawa Red Diamonds) | Masakiyo Maezono (Yokohama Flügels) Motohiro Yamaguchi (Yokohama Flügels) Jorginho (Kashima Antlers) Hiroshi Nanami (Júbilo Iwata) | Masayuki Okano (Urawa Red Diamonds)) Kazuyoshi Miura (Verdy Kawasaki) Dragan Stojković (Nagoya Grampus Eight) |
| 1997 | Tomoaki Ōgami (Júbilo Iwata) | Yutaka Akita (Kashima Antlers) Masami Ihara (Yokohama Marinos) Naoki Soma (Kashima Antlers) | Hiroshi Nanami (Júbilo Iwata) Bismarck (Kashima Antlers) Motohiro Yamaguchi (Yokohama Flügels) Dunga (Júbilo Iwata) Hidetoshi Nakata (Bellmare Hiratsuka) | Patrick Mboma (Gamba Osaka) Masashi Nakayama (Júbilo Iwata) |
| 1998 | Seigo Narazaki (Yokohama Flügels) | Makoto Tanaka (Júbilo Iwata) Naoki Soma (Kashima Antlers) Yutaka Akita (Kashima Antlers) | Shinji Ono (Urawa Red Diamonds) Toshiya Fujita (Júbilo Iwata) Hiroshi Nanami (Júbilo Iwata) Dunga (Júbilo Iwata) Daisuke Oku (Júbilo Iwata) | Atsushi Yanagisawa (Kashima Antlers) Masashi Nakayama (Júbilo Iwata) |
| 1999 | Masanori Sanada (Shimizu S-Pulse) | Toshihide Saito (Shimizu S-Pulse) Yuji Nakazawa (Verdy Kawasaki) Ryuzo Morioka (Shimizu S-Pulse) | Takashi Fukunishi (Júbilo Iwata) Shunsuke Nakamura (Yokohama F. Marinos) Alex (Shimizu S-Pulse) Masaaki Sawanobori (Shimizu S-Pulse) Teruyoshi Ito (Shimizu S-Pulse) | Hwang Sun-hong (Kashiwa Reysol) Dragan Stojković (Nagoya Grampus Eight) |
| 2000 | Daijiro Takakuwa (Kashima Antlers) | Hong Myung-bo (Kashiwa Reysol) Yutaka Akita (Kashima Antlers) Naoki Matsuda (Yokohama F. Marinos) | Hiroaki Morishima (Cerezo Osaka) Shunsuke Nakamura (Yokohama F. Marinos) Tomokazu Myojin (Kashiwa Reysol) Junichi Inamoto (Gamba Osaka) | Akinori Nishizawa (Cerezo Osaka) Masashi Nakayama (Júbilo Iwata) Tuto (FC Tokyo) |
| 2001 | Arno van Zwam (Júbilo Iwata) | Go Oiwa (Júbilo Iwata) Akira Narahashi (Kashima Antlers) Yutaka Akita (Kashima Antlers) | Mitsuo Ogasawara (Kashima Antlers) Takashi Fukunishi (Júbilo Iwata) Toshiya Fujita (Júbilo Iwata) Toshihiro Hattori (Júbilo Iwata) Kōji Nakata (Kashima Antlers) | Will (Consadole Sapporo) Atsushi Yanagisawa (Kashima Antlers) |
| 2002 | Hitoshi Sogahata (Kashima Antlers) | Hideto Suzuki (Júbilo Iwata) Makoto Tanaka (Júbilo Iwata) Naoki Matsuda (Yokohama F. Marinos) | Mitsuo Ogasawara (Kashima Antlers) Hiroshi Nanami (Júbilo Iwata) Takashi Fukunishi (Júbilo Iwata) Toshiya Fujita (Júbilo Iwata) | Emerson (Urawa Red Diamonds) Masashi Nakayama (Júbilo Iwata) Naohiro Takahara (Júbilo Iwata) |
| 2003 | Seigo Narazaki (Nagoya Grampus Eight) | Keisuke Tsuboi (Urawa Red Diamonds) Dutra (Yokohama F. Marinos) Yuji Nakazawa (Yokohama F. Marinos) | Daisuke Oku (Júbilo Iwata) Takashi Fukunishi (Júbilo Iwata) Mitsuo Ogasawara (Kashima Antlers) Yasuhito Endō (Gamba Osaka) | Emerson (Urawa Red Diamonds) Tatsuhiko Kubo (Yokohama F. Marinos) Ueslei (Nagoya Grampus Eight) |
| 2004 | Yoichi Doi (FC Tokyo) | Marcus Tulio Tanaka (Urawa Red Diamonds) Dutra (Yokohama F. Marinos) Yuji Nakazawa (Yokohama F. Marinos) | Makoto Hasebe (Urawa Red Diamonds) Mitsuo Ogasawara (Kashima Antlers) Daisuke Oku (Júbilo Iwata) Yasuhito Endō (Gamba Osaka) | Emerson (Urawa Red Diamonds) Masashi Oguro (Gamba Osaka) Marques (Nagoya Grampus Eight) |
| 2005 | Motohiro Yoshida (Cerezo Osaka) | Ilian Stoyanov (JEF United Chiba) Yuji Nakazawa (Yokohama F. Marinos) Marcus Tulio Tanaka (Urawa Red Diamonds) | Yuki Abe (JEF United Chiba) Mitsuo Ogasawara (Kashima Antlers) Yasuhito Endō (Gamba Osaka) Fernandinho (Gamba Osaka) Tatsuya Furuhashi (Cerezo Osaka) | Hisato Satō (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Araújo (Gamba Osaka) |
| 2006 | Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (Júbilo Iwata) | Akira Kaji (Gamba Osaka) Satoshi Yamaguchi (Gamba Osaka) Marcus Tulio Tanaka (Urawa Red Diamonds) | Keita Suzuki (Urawa Red Diamonds) Yuki Abe (JEF United Chiba) Yasuhito Endō (Gamba Osaka) Kengo Nakamura (Kawasaki Frontale) Hiroyuki Taniguchi (Kawasaki Frontale) | Washington (Urawa Red Diamonds) Magno Alves (Gamba Osaka) |
| 2007 | Ryōta Tsuzuki (Urawa Red Diamonds) | Daiki Iwamasa (Kashima Antlers) Marcus Tulio Tanaka (Urawa Red Diamonds) Satoshi Yamaguchi (Gamba Osaka) | Yuki Abe (Urawa Red Diamonds) Keita Suzuki (Urawa Red Diamonds) Yasuhito Endō (Gamba Osaka) Robson Ponte (Urawa Red Diamonds) Kengo Nakamura (Kawasaki Frontale) | Juniho (Kawasaki Frontale) Baré (Gamba Osaka) |
| 2008 | Seigo Narazaki (Nagoya Grampus) | Atsuto Uchida (Kashima Antlers) Yuji Nakazawa (Yokohama F. Marinos) Marcus Tulio Tanaka (Urawa Red Diamonds) Daiki Iwamasa (Kashima Antlers) Satoshi Yamaguchi (Gamba Osaka) | Yoshizumi Ogawa (Nagoya Grampus) Yasuhito Endō (Gamba Osaka) Kengo Nakamura (Kawasaki Frontale) | Marquinhos (Kashima Antlers) Atsushi Yanagisawa (Kyoto Sanga) |
| 2009 | Eiji Kawashima (Kawasaki Frontale) | Yuto Nagatomo (FC Tokyo) Marcus Tulio Tanaka (Urawa Red Diamonds) Atsuto Uchida (Kashima Antlers) Daiki Iwamasa (Kashima Antlers) | Naohiro Ishikawa (FC Tokyo) Mitsuo Ogasawara (Kashima Antlers) Yasuhito Endō (Gamba Osaka) Kengo Nakamura (Kawasaki Frontale) | Ryoichi Maeda (Júbilo Iwata) Shinji Okazaki (Shimizu S-Pulse) |
| 2010 | Seigo Narazaki (Nagoya Grampus) | Tomoaki Makino (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Marcus Tulio Tanaka (Nagoya Grampus) Takahiro Masukawa (Nagoya Grampus) | Danilson Córdoba (Nagoya Grampus) Márcio Richardes (Albirex Niigata) Jungo Fujimoto (Shimizu S-Pulse) Yasuhito Endō (Gamba Osaka) Kengo Nakamura (Kawasaki Frontale) | Ryoichi Maeda (Júbilo Iwata) Joshua Kennedy (Nagoya Grampus) |
| 2011 | Seigo Narazaki (Nagoya Grampus) | Naoya Kondo (Kashiwa Reysol) Hiroki Sakai (Kashiwa Reysol) Marcus Tulio Tanaka (Nagoya Grampus) | Hiroshi Kiyotake (Cerezo Osaka) Jorge Wagner (Kashiwa Reysol) Yasuhito Endō (Gamba Osaka) Leandro Domingues (Kashiwa Reysol) Jungo Fujimoto (Nagoya Grampus) | Joshua Kennedy (Nagoya Grampus) Mike Havenaar (Ventforet Kofu) |
| 2012 | Shusaku Nishikawa (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) | Hiroki Mizumoto (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Yūichi Komano (Júbilo Iwata) Marcus Tulio Tanaka (Nagoya Grampus) | Toshihiro Aoyama (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Leandro Domingues (Kashiwa Reysol) Yasuhito Endō (Gamba Osaka) Yojiro Takahagi (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) | Yohei Toyoda (Sagan Tosu) Hisato Satō (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Wilson (Vegalta Sendai) |
| 2013 | Shusaku Nishikawa (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) | Masato Morishige (FC Tokyo) Daisuke Nasu (Urawa Red Diamonds) Yuji Nakazawa (Yokohama F. Marinos) | Yoichiro Kakitani (Cerezo Osaka) Toshihiro Aoyama (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) Hotaru Yamaguchi (Cerezo Osaka) Shunsuke Nakamura (Yokohama F. Marinos) | Yuya Osako (Kashima Antlers) Kengo Kawamata (Albirex Niigata) Yoshito Ōkubo (Kawasaki Frontale) |
| 2014 | Shusaku Nishikawa (Urawa Red Diamonds) | Kosuke Ota (FC Tokyo) Masato Morishige (FC Tokyo) Tsukasa Shiotani (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) | Yoshinori Muto (FC Tokyo) Léo Silva (Albirex Niigata) Yasuhito Endō (Gamba Osaka) Gaku Shibasaki (Kashima Antlers) | Patric (Gamba Osaka) Takashi Usami (Gamba Osaka) Yoshito Ōkubo (Kawasaki Frontale) |
| 2015 | Shusaku Nishikawa (Urawa Red Diamonds) | Tomoaki Makino (Urawa Red Diamonds) Kosuke Ota (FC Tokyo) Masato Morishige (FC Tokyo) Tsukasa Shiotani (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) | Mu Kanazaki (Kashima Antlers) Yasuhito Endō (Gamba Osaka) Toshihiro Aoyama (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) | Yoshito Ōkubo (Kawasaki Frontale) Takashi Usami (Gamba Osaka) Douglas (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) |
| 2016 | Shusaku Nishikawa (Urawa Red Diamonds) | Tomoaki Makino (Urawa Red Diamonds) Gen Shoji (Kashima Antlers) Masato Morishige (FC Tokyo) Tsukasa Shiotani (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) | Yuki Abe (Urawa Red Diamonds) Manabu Saitō (Yokohama F. Marinos) Yōsuke Kashiwagi (Urawa Red Diamonds) Kengo Nakamura (Kawasaki Frontale) | Yū Kobayashi (Kawasaki Frontale) Leandro (Vissel Kobe) |
| 2017 | Kosuke Nakamura (Kashiwa Reysol) | Shintaro Kurumaya (Kawasaki Frontale) Gen Shoji (Kashima Antlers) Elsinho (Kawasaki Frontale) Daigo Nishi (Kashima Antlers) | Hotaru Yamaguchi (Cerezo Osaka) Yosuke Ideguchi (Gamba Osaka) Kengo Nakamura (Kawasaki Frontale) | Yū Kobayashi (Kawasaki Frontale) Shinzo Koroki (Urawa Red Diamonds) Kenyu Sugimoto (Cerezo Osaka) |
| 2018 | Jung Sung-ryong (Kawasaki Frontale) | Daigo Nishi (Kashima Antlers) Elsinho (Kawasaki Frontale) Shintaro Kurumaya (Kawasaki Frontale) Shogo Taniguchi (Kawasaki Frontale) | Chanathip Songkrasin (Consadole Sapporo) Akihiro Ienaga (Kawasaki Frontale) Ryota Oshima (Kawasaki Frontale) Kengo Nakamura (Kawasaki Frontale) | Jô (Nagoya Grampus) Hwang Ui-jo (Gamba Osaka) |
| 2019 | Akihiro Hayashi (FC Tokyo) | Sei Muroya (FC Tokyo) Thiago Martins (Yokohama F. Marinos) Masato Morishige (FC Tokyo) | Takuya Kida (Yokohama F. Marinos) Kento Hashimoto (FC Tokyo) Andrés Iniesta (Vissel Kobe) Teruhito Nakagawa (Yokohama F. Marinos) | Marcos Júnior (Yokohama F. Marinos) Diego Oliveira (FC Tokyo) Kensuke Nagai (FC Tokyo) |
| 2020 | Jung Sung-ryong (Kawasaki Frontale) | Miki Yamane (Kawasaki Frontale) Shogo Taniguchi (Kawasaki Frontale) Jesiel (Kawasaki Frontale) Kyohei Noborizato (Kawasaki Frontale) | Akihiro Ienaga (Kawasaki Frontale) Ao Tanaka (Kawasaki Frontale) Hidemasa Morita (Kawasaki Frontale) Kaoru Mitoma (Kawasaki Frontale) | Everaldo (Kashima Antlers) Michael Olunga (Kashiwa Reysol) |
| 2021 | Mitchell Langerak (Nagoya Grampus) | Miki Yamane (Kawasaki Frontale) Shogo Taniguchi (Kawasaki Frontale) Jesiel (Kawasaki Frontale) | Akihiro Ienaga (Kawasaki Frontale) Yasuto Wakizaka (Kawasaki Frontale) Andrés Iniesta (Vissel Kobe) Sho Inagaki (Nagoya Grampus) | Leandro Damião (Kawasaki Frontale) Reo Hatate (Kawasaki Frontale) Daizen Maeda (Yokohama F. Marinos) |
| 2022 | Yohei Takaoka (Yokohama F. Marinos) | Miki Yamane (Kawasaki Frontale) Shogo Taniguchi (Kawasaki Frontale) Tomoki Iwata (Yokohama F. Marinos) Ryuta Koike (Yokohama F. Marinos) | Akihiro Ienaga (Kawasaki Frontale) Yasuto Wakizaka (Kawasaki Frontale) Kota Mizunuma (Yokohama F. Marinos) | Marcinho (Kawasaki Frontale) Thiago Santana (Shimizu S-Pulse) Élber (Yokohama F. Marinos) |
| 2023 | Shusaku Nishikawa (Urawa Red Diamonds) | Alexander Scholz (Urawa Red Diamonds) Marius Høibråten (Urawa Red Diamonds) Seiya Maikuma (Cerezo Osaka) Gōtoku Sakai (Vissel Kobe) | Atsuki Ito (Urawa Red Diamonds) Yasuto Wakizaka (Kawasaki Frontale) Hotaru Yamaguchi (Vissel Kobe) | Anderson Lopes (Yokohama F. Marinos) Yuya Osako (Vissel Kobe) Yoshinori Muto (Vissel Kobe) |
| 2024 | Keisuke Osako (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) | Kimito Nono (Kashima Antlers) Shinnosuke Nakatani (Gamba Osaka) Matheus Thuler (Vissel Kobe) Sho Sasaki (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) | Matheus Sávio (Kashiwa Reysol) Kei Chinen (Kashima Antlers) | Anderson Lopes (Yokohama F. Marinos) Yuya Osako (Vissel Kobe) Yoshinori Muto (Vissel Kobe) Takashi Usami (Gamba Osaka) |

### Multiple appearances

| N° | Player | Clubs | Years |
| 12 | Yasuhito Endō | Gamba Osaka | 2003–2012, 2014–2015 |
| 9 | Marcus Tulio Tanaka | Urawa Red Diamonds, Nagoya Grampus | 2004–2012 |
| 8 | Kengo Nakamura | Kawasaki Frontale | 2006–2010, 2016–2018 |
| 6 | Mitsuo Ogasawara | Kashima Antlers | 2001–2005, 2009 |
| 6 | Seigo Narazaki | Yokohama Flügels, Nagoya Grampus | 1996, 1998, 2003, 2008, 2010–2011 |
| 6 | Yuji Nakazawa | Tokyo Verdy, Yokohama F. Marinos | 1999, 2003–2005, 2008, 2013 |
| 6 | Shusaku Nishikawa | Sanfrecce Hiroshima, Urawa Red Diamonds | 2012–2016, 2023 |
| 5 | Masami Ihara | Yokohama F. Marinos | 1993–1997 |
| 5 | Masato Morishige | FC Tokyo | 2013–2016, 2019 |
| 4 | Yutaka Akita | Kashima Antlers | 1997–1998, 2000–2001 |
| 4 | Naoki Soma | Kashima Antlers | 1995–1998 |
| 4 | Hiroshi Nanami | Júbilo Iwata | 1996–1998, 2002 |
| 4 | Masashi Nakayama | Júbilo Iwata | 1997–1998, 2000, 2002 |
| 4 | Takashi Fukunishi | Júbilo Iwata | 1999, 2001–2003 |
| 4 | Yuki Abe | JEF United Chiba, Urawa Red Diamonds | 2005-2007, 2016 |
| 4 | Akihiro Ienaga | Kawasaki Frontale | 2018, 2020-2022 |
| 4 | Shogo Taniguchi | Kawasaki Frontale | 2018, 2020-2022 |

### Appearances by club

| Team | GK | DF | MF | FW | Total |
| Consadole Sapporo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Vegalta Sendai | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Kashima Antlers | 2 | 20 | 14 | 5 | 41 |
| Urawa Red Diamonds | 5 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 35 |
| JEF United Chiba | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Kashiwa Reysol | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 10 |
| FC Tokyo | 2 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 17 |
| Tokyo Verdy | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 17 |
| Kawasaki Frontale | 3 | 14 | 20 | 9 | 46 |
| Yokohama (F.) Marinos | 2 | 18 | 7 | 8 | 35 |
| Shonan Bellmare | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Ventforet Kofu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Albirex Niigata | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Shimizu S-Pulse | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| Júbilo Iwata | 3 | 5 | 15 | 7 | 30 |
| Nagoya Grampus | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 21 |
| Kyoto Sanga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Gamba Osaka | 0 | 5 | 15 | 10 | 30 |
| Cerezo Osaka | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 12 |
| Vissel Kobe | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 3 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 17 |
| Sagan Tosu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Yokohama Flügels | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 |

### Appearances by country

| N° | Country |
| 275 | Japan |
| 53 | Brazil |
| 5 | South Korea |
| 3 | Australia |
| 3 | Yugoslavia |
| 2 | Spain |
| 2 | Germany |
| 1 | Argentina |
| 1 | Bulgaria |
| 1 | Cameroon |
| 1 | Colombia |
| 1 | Kenya |
| 1 | Netherlands |
| 1 | Thailand |
| 1 | Norway |
| 1 | Denmark |
* Only on two occasions there has been a full-Japanese Best XI (2009 and 2013).

## J2 League (2022–present)

| Season | Goalkeeper (GK) | Defenders (DF) | Midfielders (MF) | Forwards (FW) |
| 2022 | Ryosuke Kojima (Albirex Niigata) | Yuto Horigome (Albirex Niigata) Jordy Buijs (Fagiano Okayama) Michael Fitzgerald (Albirex Niigata) | So Kawahara (Roasso Kumamoto) Yoshiaki Takagi (Albirex Niigata) Takahiro Ko (Albirex Niigata) Ryotaro Ito (Albirex Niigata) Tatsuya Hasegawa (Yokohama FC) | Toshiki Takahashi (Roasso Kumamoto) Koki Ogawa (Yokohama FC) |
| 2023 | Shūichi Gonda (Shimizu S-Pulse) | Kazuya Miyahara (Tokyo Verdy) Yoshinori Suzuki (Shimizu S-Pulse) Ricardo Graça (Júbilo Iwata) | Taishi Taguchi (JEF United Chiba) Koki Morita (Tokyo Verdy) Takashi Inui (Shimizu S-Pulse) Rei Hirakawa (Roasso Kumamoto) | Hiiro Komori (JEF United Chiba) Erik (FC Machida Zelvia) Juanma (V-Varen Nagasaki) |
| 2024 | Svend Brodersen (Fagiano Okayama) | Akito Fukumori (Yokohama FC) Boniface Nduka (Yokohama FC) Jelani Reshaun Sumiyoshi (Shimizu S-Pulse) Reon Yamahara (Shimizu S-Pulse) | Yuri Lara (Yokohama FC) Takashi Inui (Shimizu S-Pulse) Matheus Jesus (V-Varen Nagasaki) | Kaina Tanimura (Iwaki FC) Hiiro Komori (JEF United Chiba) Kazuki Tanaka (JEF United Chiba) |

## J3 League (2022–present)

| Season | Goalkeeper (GK) | Defenders (DF) | Midfielders (MF) | Forwards (FW) |
| 2022 | Kei Uchiyama (Fujieda MYFC) | Rei Ieizumi (Iwaki FC) Makoto Rindo (Kataller Toyama) Tomoya Ando (FC Imabari) Kenta Hirose (Kagoshima United) | Riku Saga (Iwaki FC) Masaru Hidaka (Iwaki FC) Yuto Yamashita (Iwaki FC) Akiyuki Yokoyama (Fujieda MYFC) | Koki Arita (Kagoshima United) Ryo Arita (Iwaki FC) |
| 2023 | Shugo Tsuji (Ehime FC) | Sora Ogawa (Ehime FC) Reiya Morishita (Ehime FC) Hayato Teruyama (FC Imabari) | Yusuke Kikui (Matsumoto Yamaga) Shunsuke Tanimoto (Ehime FC) Shunsuke Motegi (Ehime FC) | Ren Komatsu (Matsumoto Yamaga) Hayato Asakawa (Nara Club) Riki Matsuda (Ehime FC) Marcus Índio (FC Imabari) |
| 2024 | Takashi Kasahara (Omiya Ardija) | Rion Ichihara (Omiya Ardija) Niki Urakami (Omiya Ardija) Ryota Ichihara (FC Imabari) | Yuto Ozeki (Fukushima United FC) Toya Izumi (Omiya Ardija) Masato Kojima (Omiya Ardija) | Ryo Shiohama (Fukushima United FC) Kenyu Sugimoto (Omiya Ardija) Kosuke Fujioka (FC Gifu) Marcus Índio (FC Imabari) |

## J.League 20th Anniversary Team

| Goalkeeper (GK) | Defenders (DF) | Midfielders (MF) | Forwards (FW) | Ref |
| Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi | Naoki Matsuda Yuji Nakazawa Masami Ihara | Yasuhito Endō Hidetoshi Nakata Shunsuke Nakamura Hiroshi Nanami | Kazuyoshi Miura Masashi Nakayama Dragan Stojković | |

## J.League 30th Anniversary Team

| Goalkeeper (GK) | Defenders (DF) | Midfielders (MF) | Forwards (FW) | Ref |
| Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi | Naoki Matsuda Yuji Nakazawa Masami Ihara Marcus Tulio Tanaka Atsuto Uchida | Yasuhito Endō (MVP) Shinji Ono Shunsuke Nakamura Kengo Nakamura | Kazuyoshi Miura | |