# List of football clubs in Japan

This is a list of association football clubs in Japan from the 2025 season.

## Japan Professional Football League (J.League)

Three leagues will consist of 20 teams from 2024 onwards.

### J1 League

First division of the Japanese professional football system with 20 clubs:
* Albirex Niigata
* Avispa Fukuoka
* Cerezo Osaka
* Fagiano Okayama
* Gamba Osaka
* Kashima Antlers
* Kashiwa Reysol
* Kawasaki Frontale
* Kyoto Sanga
* Machida Zelvia
* Nagoya Grampus
* Sanfrecce Hiroshima
* Shimizu S-Pulse
* Shonan Bellmare
* FC Tokyo
* Tokyo Verdy
* Urawa Red Diamonds
* Vissel Kobe
* Yokohama F. Marinos
* Yokohama FC

### J2 League

Second division of the Japanese professional football system with 20 clubs:
* Blaublitz Akita
* Ehime FC
* Fujieda MYFC
* Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo
* FC Imabari
* Iwaki FC
* JEF United Chiba
* Júbilo Iwata
* Kataller Toyama
* Mito HollyHock
* Montedio Yamagata
* Oita Trinita
* RB Omiya Ardija
* Renofa Yamaguchi
* Roasso Kumamoto
* Sagan Tosu
* Tokushima Vortis
* V-Varen Nagasaki
* Vegalta Sendai
* Ventforet Kofu

### J3 League

Third and last division of the Japanese professional football system with 20 clubs:
* Azul Claro Numazu
* Fukushima United
* Gainare Tottori
* FC Gifu
* Giravanz Kitakyushu
* Kagoshima United
* Kamatamare Sanuki
* Kochi United
* Matsumoto Yamaga
* Nagano Parceiro
* Nara Club
* FC Osaka
* Ryukyu Okinawa
* SC Sagamihara
* Tegevajaro Miyazaki
* Thespa Gunma
* Tochigi City FC
* Tochigi SC
* Vanraure Hachinohe
* Zweigen Kanazawa

## Japan Football League (JFL)

First division of the Japanese amateur football system and the only nationwide division for amateur clubs.
16 clubs:
* Asuka FC
* Atletico Suzuka
* Briobecca Urayasu Ichikawa
* Criacao Shinjuku (L)
* Honda FC (C)
* Iwate Grulla Morioka (L)
* Maruyasu Okazaki (C)
* Minebea Mitsumi FC (C)
* Okinawa SV
* Reilac Shiga (L)
* ReinMeer Aomori (L)
* Tiamo Hirakata
* Veertien Mie (L)
* Verspah Oita (L)
* Yokogawa Musashino
* Yokohama Sports & Culture Club (L)

## Japanese Regional Leagues

It are a group of nine parallel association football leagues in Japan that are organized on the regional basis. They form the fifth and sixth tier of the Japanese association football league system.

### Hokkaidō League

* ASC Hokkaido (Tomakomai, Hokkaido)
* Sabas (Sapporo, Hokkaido, Hokkaido)
* BTOP Hokkaido (Kuriyama, Hokkaido)
* Canale Otaru (Otaru, Hokkaido)
* Hokkaido Tokachi Sky Earth (Obihiro, Hokkaido)
* Japan Steel Muroran (Muroran, Hokkaido)
* Norbritz Hokkaido (Sapporo, Hokkaido)
* Sapporo Univ. Goal Plunderers (Sapporo, Hokkaido) (Un)

### Tōhoku League
#### Division 1

* Blancdieu Hirosaki (Hirosaki, Aomori)
* Cobaltore Onagawa (Onagawa, Miyagi)
* Fuji Club 2003 (Hanamaki, Iwate) (Un)
* Ganju Iwate (Hachimantai, Iwate)
* Hitome Senbonzakura ft. S.U.F.T. (Shibata, Miyagi) (Un)
* Michinoku Sendai (Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture)
* Shichigahama SC (Shichigahama, Miyagi)
* Shichinohe SC (Shichinohe, Aomori)
* Sendai Sasuke (Sendai, Miyagi)
* FC La Universidad de Sendai (Shibata, Miyagi) (Un)

#### Division 2
##### North

* Bogolle D. Tsugaru (Tsugaru, Aomori)
* Morioka Zebra (Morioka, Iwate)
* Nu Perle Hiraizumi Maesawa (Hiraizumi, Iwate)
* Nippon Steel Kamaishi (Kamaishi, Iwate) (C)
* Omiya SC (Ōmiya-ku, Saitama)
* Oshu United (Oshu, Iwate)
* Saruta Kōgyō (Akita, Akita) (C)
* TDK Shinwakai (Nikaho, Akita)

##### South

* Chaneaule Koriyama (Koriyama, Fukushima)
* Iwaki Furukawa (Iwaki, Fukushima)
* Merry (Fukushima, Fukushima)
* Oyama Club (Morioka, Iwate)
* Parafrente Yonezawa (Yonezawa, Yamagata)
* Primeiro Fukushima (Fukushima prefecture)
* Ricoh Industry Tohoku (Shibata, Miyagi) (C)
* FC La Universidad de Sendai Segunda (Sendai, Miyagi) (Un)

### Kantō Soccer League (KSL)
#### Division 1

* Aries Toshima (Toshima, Tokyo) (renamed from Aries Tokyo
* Joyful Honda Tsukuba (Tsukuba, Ibaraki) (C)
* Nankatsu SC (Katsushika, Tokyo)
* FC N. (Inagi, Tokyo) (Un)
* RKD Ryugasaki (Un)
* Toho Titanium (Kanagawa Prefecture)
* Toin University of Yokohama FC (Yokohama, Kanagawa) (Un)
* Tokyo 23 (Special wards of Tokyo)
* Tokyo United (Bunkyō, Tokyo)
* Vonds Ichihara (Ichihara, Chiba)

#### Division 2

* Atsugi Hayabusa (Atsugi, Kanagawa)
* Edo All United (Edogawa, Tokyo)
* Coedo Kawagoe (Kawagoe, Saitama)
* Esperanza SC (Yokohama, Kanagawa)
* Hitachi Building System SC (Chiyoda, Tokyo) (C)
* Shibuya City FC (Shibuya, Tokyo)
* Tokyo International University (Sakado, Saitama) (Un)
* Tonan Maebashi (Maebashi, Gunma)
* Vertfee Yaita (Yaita, Tochigi)
* Yokohama Takeru (Yokohama, Kanagawa)

### Hokushin'etsu League (HFL)
#### Division 1

* '05 Kamo FC (Kamo, Niigata) (Un)
* Artista Asama (Tōmi, Nagano)
* Fukui United (Fukui, Fukui)
* FC Hokuriku (Kanazawa, Ishikawa) (Un)
* JSC FC (Seirō, Niigata) (aka. College of Upward Players in Soccer or CUPS)
* Niigata UHW (Niigata, Niigata) (Un)
* SR Komatsu (Komatsu, Ishikawa)
* Toyama Shinjo Club (Toyama, Toyama)

#### Division 2

* FC Abies (Chino, Nagano)
* Antelope Shoijiri (Shiojiri, Nagano)
* CUPS Seirō (Seirō, Niigata) (Japan Soccer College "B" team)
* Kanazawa Gakuin University (Kanazawa, Ishikawa) (Un)
* FC Matsucelona (Matsumoto, Nagano) (Un)
* N-Style Toyama (Toyama)
* NUHW FC (Niigata, Niigata) (Un B team)
* Sakai Phoenix (Sakai, Fukui)

### Tōkai League
#### Division 1

* Chukyo University FC (Toyota, Aichi) (Un)
* Fujieda City Hall (Fujieda, Shizuoka)
* Gakunan F. Mosuperio (Gakunan, Shizuoka)
* FC Ise-Shima (Shima, Mie)
* AS Kariya (Kariya, Aichi)
* FC Kariya (Kariya, Aichi)
* Vencendor Mie UC (Tsu, Mie)
* Wyvern FC (Kariya, Aichi)

#### Division 2

* Chukyo Univ. FC (Toyota, Aichi) (Un)
* FC Gifu Second (Gifu, Gifu) (FC Gifu "B" team)
* Nagoya SC (Nagoya, Aichi)
* Rajil FC Higashimikawa (Nagoya, Aichi)
* Sports & Society Izu (Izu, Shizuoka)
* Tokai FC (Nagoya, Aichi)
* Tokai Gakuen FC (Nagoya, Aichi) (Un)
* Yazaki Valente (Shimada, Shizuoka)

### Kansai League
#### Division 1

* Arterivo Wakayama (Wakayama, Wakayama)
* FC AWJ (Awaji, Hyōgo)
* Basara Hyōgo (Akashi, Hyōgo) (renamed from FC Easy 02 Akashi)
* Cento Cuore Harima (Harima, Hyōgo)
* Kobe FC 1970 (Kobe)
* Laranja Kyoto (Kyoto, Kyoto)
* Velago Ikoma (Ikoma, Nara) (relocated from Lagend Shiga)
* Moriyama Samurai 2000 (Moriyama, Shiga)

#### Division 2

* Hannan University Club (Matsubara, Osaka) (Un)
* Kandai FC 2008 (Suita, Osaka) (Un)
* Kyoto Shiko Club (Kyoto, Kyoto)
* AC Middle Range (Higashiyodogawa, Osaka)
* Ococias Kyoto (Kyoto, Kyoto)
* Osaka Korean FC (Ikuno, Osaka)
* Route 11 (Kishiwada, Osaka)
* St. Andrew's FC (Izumi, Osaka) (Un)

### Chūgoku League

* Baleine Shimonoseki (Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi)
* Banmel Tottori (Tottori, Tottori)
* Belugarosso Iwami (Hamada, Shimane)
* Eneos Mizushima (Kurashiki, Okayama)
* Fukuyama City FC (Fukuyama, Hiroshima)
* Hatsukaichi FC (Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima)
* International Pacific University FC (Okayama, Okayama) (Un)
* Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima (Kurashiki, Okayama) (C)
* SRC Hiroshima (Hiroshima, Hiroshima)
* Yonago Genki SC (Yonago, Tottori)

### Shikoku League

* KUFC Nankoku (Nankoku, Kōchi) (Un)
* Llamas Kochi (Kōchi, Kōchi)
* Lvnirosso NC (Niihama, Ehime)
* R. Velho Takamatsu (Takamatsu, Kagawa)
* Sonio Takamatsu (Takamatsu, Kagawa)
* Tadotsu FC (Tadotsu, Kagawa)
* FC Tokushima (Tokushima, Tokushima)
* Yamaji FC (Shikokuchūō, Ehime)

### Kyūshū League (Kyu-League)

* Brew Kashima (Kashima, Saga)
* Itazuke FC (Fukuoka, Fukuoka)
* Kawasoe Club (Saga, Saga)
* KMG Holdings FC (Fukuoka, Fukuoka) (C)
* J-Lease FC (Ōita)
* MHI Nagasaki SC (Nagasaki, Nagasaki)
* NIFS Kanoya FC (Kanoya, Kagoshima) (Un)
* Nippon Steel Oita SC (Ōita, Ōita)
* Nobeoka Agata (Nobeoka, Miyazaki)
* Veroskronos Tsuno (Tsuno, Miyazaki)