# List of J2 League football transfers summer 2018

This is a list of Japanese football J1 League transfers in the summer transfer window 2018 by club.

## Ventforet Kofu

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 11 | FW | BRA | Diego (on loan from Internacional) |
| 15 | MF | BRA | Ferrugem (from Centro Sportivo Alagoano) |
| 30 | DF | JPN | Kohei Shimizu (on loan from Shimizu S-Pulse) |
| 44 | MF | JPN | Takayuki Seto (from Astra Giurgiu) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Dinei (to Matsumoto Yamaga) |
| 10 | FW | BRA | Lins (on loan to FC Tokyo) |

## Albirex Niigata

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 7 | FW | BRA | Jonathan Reis (from Consadole Sapporo) |
| 13 | MF | JPN | Yohei Kajiyama (on loan from FC Tokyo) |
| 18 | MF | JPN | Ryoma Watanabe (from FC Ingolstadt 04) |
| 32 | MF | BRA | Cauê (on loan from Omiya Ardija) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 6 | MF | JPN | Ryota Isomura (to V-Varen Nagasaki) |
| 7 | FW | BRA | Rony (to Atlético Paranaense) |
| 20 | MF | JPN | Go Hayama (on loan to Tochigi SC) |
| 21 | GK | JPN | Yasuhiro Watanabe (on loan to Vonds Ichihara) |
| 25 | DF | JPN | Takumi Hasegawa (on loan to Thespakusatsu Gunma) |
| 27 | FW | BRA | Bruno Meneghel (to Yokohama FC) |

## Omiya Ardija

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 24 | MF | MKD | David Babunski (from Yokohama F. Marinos) |
| 50 | DF | JPN | Hiroto Hatao (on loan from Nagoya Grampus) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | MF | BRA | Cauê (on loan to Albirex Niigata) |

## Avispa Fukuoka

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 26 | DF | JPN | Taiyo Koga (on loan from Kashiwa Reysol) |
| 29 | DF | JPN | Kazunori Yoshimoto (on loan from FC Tokyo) |
| 35 | FW | BRA | Léo Mineiro (from Coimbra EC) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | DF | JPN | Yu Tamura (to Montedio Yamagata) |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Tulio De Melo (released) |
| 20 | FW | BRA | Euller (released) |

## Tokyo Verdy

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | DF | JPN | Yuki Kagawa (on loan from V-Varen Nagasaki) |
| 6 | MF | JPN | Jin Izumisawa (on loan from Gamba Osaka) |
| 10 | FW | BRA | Leandro (from Vissel Kobe) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | DF | JPN | Shinnosuke Hatanaka (to Yokohama F. Marinos) |
| 14 | MF | JPN | Naoto Sawai (on loan to AC Ajaccio) |
| 22 | FW | ESP | Carlos Martínez (to Hércules CF) |
| 26 | FW | JPN | Kazuma Takai (to Renofa Yamaguchi) |

## JEF United Chiba

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | MF | JPN | Kohei Kudo (from Matsumoto Yamaga) |
| 49 | DF | JPN | Takumi Shimohira (on loan from Yokohama F. Marinos) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 26 | DF | JPN | Jun Okano (on loan to Oita Trinita) |
| 27 | DF | JPN | Toshiya Takagi (to Kashiwa Reysol) |

## Tokushima Vortis

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | JPN | Taku Akahoshi (on loan from Sagan Tosu) |
| 26 | FW | ESP | David Barral (from Cádiz CF) |
| 36 | FW | JPN | Genta Omotehara (on loan from Shonan Bellmare) |
| 40 | GK | JPN | Kenshin Yoshimaru (on loan from Vissel Kobe) |
| 47 | FW | JPN | Yuki Oshitani (from Nagoya Grampus) |
| 50 | FW | NGA | Peter Utaka (from Vejle Boldklub) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | CRC | Danny Carvajal (back to Albacete, end of loan) |
| 3 | DF | JPN | Leo Osaki (to Vissel Kobe) |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Nathan Júnior (released) |
| 11 | MF | JPN | Yatsunori Shimaya (to Sagan Tosu) |
| 17 | FW | JPN | Ryogo Yamasaki (to Shonan Bellmare) |
| 19 | FW | JPN | Takuma Sonoda (on loan to Kagoshima United FC) |
| 27 | DF | JPN | Yuki Omoto (to V-Varen Nagasaki) |
| — | FW | ARG | Nicolás Orsini (to Club Atlético Sarmiento, back from loan from Sportivo Luqueño) |

## Matsumoto Yamaga

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 27 | DF | SGP | Anders Aplin (on loan from Geylang International FC) |
| 49 | FW | BRA | Dinei (from Ventforet Kofu) |
| 50 | DF | JPN | Tomoki Imai (from Kashiwa Reysol) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 10 | MF | JPN | Kohei Kudo (to JEF United Chiba) |
| 25 | MF | JPN | Naoki Maeda (to Nagoya Grampus) |
| 35 | DF | JPN | Daiki Morimoto (on loan to SC Sagamihara) |

## Oita Trinita

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | BRA | Willian Magrão (from Red Bull Brasil) |
| 16 | DF | JPN | Jun Okano (on loan from JEF United Chiba) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | DF | JPN | Akira Takeuchi (on loan to Kamatamare Sanuki) |
| 16 | DF | KOR | Lim Seung-gyeom (to Nagoya Grampus, end of loan) |

## Yokohama FC

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 5 | DF | JPN | Masakazu Tashiro (on loan from V-Varen Nagasaki) |
| 15 | FW | JPN | Yuki Nakayama (on loan to Kagoshima United FC) |
| 23 | FW | BRA | Bruno Meneghel (on loan from Albirex Niigata) |
| 39 | FW | JPN | Yuji Senuma (from Montedio Yamagata) |
| 43 | FW | JPN | Koki Saito (promoted from youth ranks) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | MF | KOR | Jeong Chung-geun (on loan to Fagiano Okayama) |

## Montedio Yamagata

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 38 | DF | JPN | Yu Tamura (from Avispa Fukuoka) |
| 42 | MF | JPN | Jumpei Kusukami (on loan from Shimizu S-Pulse) |
| 49 | MF | JPN | Kenta Uchida (on loan from Nagoya Grampus) |
| 50 | FW | BRA | Bruno Lopes (from Kelantan) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 5 | DF | JPN | Rikiya Motegi (to Urawa Red Diamonds, end of loan) |
| 10 | FW | JPN | Yuji Senuma (to Yokohama FC) |

## Kyoto Sanga

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | FW | BRA | Kaio (from Yunnan Flying Tigers) |
| 23 | FW | JPN | Goshi Okubo (on loan from PTT Rayong F.C.) |
| 31 | MF | BRA | Juninho (on loan from FC Osaka) |
| 37 | DF | CHN | Wu Shao Cong (on loan from Shimizu S-Pulse) |
| 38 | DF | JPN | Kyohei Kuroki (on loan from Kagoshima United FC) |
| 41 | MF | JPN | Jun Kanakubo (from Vegalta Sendai) |
| 44 | MF | JPN | Yoshihiro Shoji (on loan from Vegalta Sendai) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 5 | MF | URU | Matías Caseras (to Plaza Colonia, end of loan) |
| 10 | FW | JPN | Sergio Escudero (on loan to Ulsan Hyundai) |
| 16 | FW | JPN | Daiki Numa (on loan to Tegevajaro Miyazaki) |
| 20 | MF | BRA | Alexandre (to Metropolitano, end of loan) |
| 25 | MF | JPN | Kota Ogino (on loan to Tegevajaro Miyazaki) |

## Fagiano Okayama

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 37 | MF | KOR | Jeong Chung-geun (on loan from Yokohama FC) |
| 39 | DF | JPN | Soya Takahashi (on loan from Sanfrecce Hiroshima) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | FW | JPN | Yoshiki Fujimoto (on loan to Ehime FC) |

## Mito HollyHock

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 27 | MF | JPN | Shunsuke Motegi (on loan from Vegalta Sendai) |
| 29 | GK | CRC | Danny Carvajal (from Albacete) |
| 30 | GK | JPN | Ko Shimura (on loan from Jubilo Iwata) |
| 47 | FW | BRA | Jô (on loan from Linense) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 23 | MF | JPN | Ryo Toyama (on loan to Blaublitz Akita) |
| 30 | GK | JPN | Ko Shimura (to Jubilo Iwata, end of loan) |
| 39 | MF | JPN | Ryuya Motoda (on loan to Vanraure Hachinohe) |
| 40 | GK | JPN | Yuto Koizumi (on loan to Grulla Morioka) |

## Ehime FC

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | FW | JPN | Yoshiki Fujimoto (on loan from Fagiano Okayama) |
| 30 | MF | JPN | Woo Sang-ho (on loan from FC Gifu) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |

## Machida Zelvia

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 25 | MF | JPN | Hirofumi Yamauchi (on loan from Cerezo Osaka) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |

## Zweigen Kanazawa

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | DF | JPN | Tatsushi Koyanagi (on loan to Thespakusatsu Gunma) |
| 30 | FW | JPN | Masato Yamazaki (on loan to Thespakusatsu Gunma) |

## FC Gifu

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 33 | FW | BRA | Michael (from Alagoinhas Atlético Clube) |
| 34 | DF | JPN | Fumitaka Kitatani (on loan from V-Varen Nagasaki) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 11 | FW | JPN | Kyogo Furuhashi (to Vissel Kobe) |
| 20 | MF | JPN | Woo Sang-ho (on loan to Ehime FC) |

## Kamatamare Sanuki

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 28 | MF | JPN | Hideo Tanaka (on loan from Tegevajaro Miyazaki) |
| 30 | DF | JPN | Akira Takeuchi (on loan from Oita Trinita) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 27 | DF | JPN | Tomoya Hayashi (on loan to Kōchi United SC) |

## Renofa Yamaguchi

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Julinho (on loan from Consadole Sapporo) |
| 35 | MF | BRA | Washington (from Nagoya Grampus) |
| 50 | FW | JPN | Kazuma Takai (from Tokyo Verdy) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 8 | FW | JPN | Kosuke Onose (to Gamba Osaka) |
| 22 | DF | BRA | Gerson Vieira (to Atlético de Kolkata) |

## Roasso Kumamoto

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 45 | MF | JPN | Tomonobu Yokoyama (on loan from Consadole Sapporo) |
| 50 | MF | JPN | Koki Mizuno (on loan from Sagan Tosu) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |

## Tochigi SC

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | MF | JPN | Go Hayama (on loan from Albirex Niigata) |
| 41 | MF | JPN | Yuki Nishiya (from TuS Erndtebrück) |
| 42 | DF | BRA | Paulão (free agent) |
| 49 | FW | BRA | Alex (on loan from Kagoshima United FC) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | MF | JPN | Ren Sengoku (on loan to Gainare Tottori) |
| 21 | MF | JPN | Taku Ushinohama (on loan to Kagoshima United FC) |
| 20 | DF | BRA | Diogo Ferreira (released) |
| 25 | FW | SVN | Nejc Pečnik (released) |