# List of J1 League transfers winter 2016–17

This is a list of Japanese football J1 League transfers in the winter transfer window 2016–17 by club.

## Urawa Red Diamonds

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 8 | FW | BRA | Rafael Silva (from Albirex Niigata) |
| 15 | MF | JPN | Kazuki Nagasawa (from JEF United Chiba, previously on loan) |
| 17 | DF | JPN | Yu Tamura (on loan from Avispa Fukuoka) |
| 19 | FW | JPN | Ado Onaiwu (from JEF United Chiba) |
| 25 | GK | JPN | Tetsuya Enomoto (from Yokohama F. Marinos) |
| 28 | GK | JPN | Haruki Fukushima (from Gainare Tottori, previously on loan) |
| 38 | MF | JPN | Daisuke Kikuchi (from Shonan Bellmare) |
| 39 | MF | JPN | Shinya Yajima (from Fagiano Okayama, previously on loan) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | JPN | Kenichi Kaga (to Montedio Yamagata) |
| 11 | FW | JPN | Naoki Ishihara (on loan to Vegalta Sendai) |
| 15 | GK | JPN | Koki Otani (to Albirex Niigata) |
| 17 | DF | JPN | Mitsuru Nagata (to Tokyo Verdy) |
| 31 | DF | SVN | Branko Ilic (to Olimpija Ljubljana) |
| — | DF | JPN | Rikiya Motegi (on loan to Montedio Yamagata) |
| — | DF | JPN | Wataru Hashimoto (to Vissel Kobe, previously on loan) |
| — | MF | JPN | Shota Saito (on loan to Mito HollyHock) |
| — | FW | JPN | Toyofumi Sakano (to Montedio Yamagata) |

## Kawasaki Frontale

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 8 | MF | JPN | Hiroyuki Abe (from Gamba Osaka) |
| 20 | FW | JPN | Kei Chinen (from Aichi Gakuin University) |
| 21 | FW | BRA | Eduardo Neto (from Avaí, previously on loan) |
| 22 | DF | BRA | Rhayner (from Ponte Preta) |
| 23 | DF | BRA | Dudu (footballer, born 1993) (from Kashiwa Reysol, previously on loan) |
| 26 | DF | PHI | Jefferson Tabinas (from Toko Gakuen High School) |
| 29 | DF | JPN | Michael James (from Albirex Niigata) |
| 31 | GK | JPN | William Popp (on loan from Tokyo Verdy) |
| 32 | MF | JPN | Ao Tanaka (promoted from youth ranks) |
| 41 | MF | JPN | Akihiro Ienaga (from Omiya Ardija) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 7 | MF | JPN | Koji Hashimoto (released) |
| 8 | DF | JPN | Takanobu Komiyama (to Yokohama FC) |
| 13 | FW | JPN | Yoshito Ōkubo (to FC Tokyo) |
| 15 | MF | JPN | Riki Harakawa (on loan to Sagan Tosu) |
| 22 | MF | JPN | Yoshihiro Nakano (on loan to Vegalta Sendai) |
| 29 | GK | JPN | Shun Takagi (to Oita Trinita) |
| — | DF | JPN | Akito Fukumori (to Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo, previously on loan) |
| — | MF | JPN | Masataka Kani (on loan to FC Imabari, previously on loan at Zweigen Kanazawa) |
| — | FW | PRK | An Byong-jun (to Roasso Kumamoto, previously on loan at Zweigen Kanazawa) |

## Kashima Antlers

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | KOR | Kwoun Sun-tae (from Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors) |
| 4 | MF | BRA | Léo Silva (from Albirex Niigata) |
| 7 | FW | BRA | Pedro Júnior (from Vissel Kobe) |
| 11 | FW | BRA | Leandro (on loan from Palmeiras) |
| 14 | FW | JPN | Takeshi Kanamori (from Avispa Fukuoka) |
| 20 | MF | JPN | Yuto Misao (from Shonan Bellmare, previously on loan) |
| 23 | DF | JPN | Itsuki Oda (from Higashi Fukuoka High School) |
| 30 | FW | JPN | Hiroki Abe (from Setouchi High School) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | JPN | Masatoshi Kushibiki (to Shimizu S-Pulse, previously on loan) |
| 10 | MF | JPN | Gaku Shibasaki (to CD Tenerife) |
| 11 | MF | JPN | Fabrício (to Portimonense, back from loan) |
| 14 | DF | KOR | Hwang Seok-ho (to Tianjin Teda) |
| 30 | MF | JPN | Hisashi Ohashi (to Zweigen Kanazawa) |
| 32 | MF | JPN | Taro Sugimoto (on loan to Tokushima Vortis) |
| 35 | MF | JPN | Taiki Hirato (on loan to Machida Zelvia) |
| 37 | FW | JPN | Yuki Kakita (on loan to Zweigen Kanazawa) |
| — | FW | JPN | Hiroyuki Takasaki (to Matsumoto Yamaga, previously on loan) |

## Gamba Osaka

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | JPN | Genta Miura (from Shimizu S-Pulse) |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Fábio Aguiar (from Yokohama F. Marinos) |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Ademilson (from São Paulo FC, previously on loan) |
| 19 | GK | JPN | Ryota Suzuki (from Yokohama F. Marinos) |
| 23 | MF | JPN | Shogo Nakahara (from Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo) |
| 24 | MF | JPN | Haruya Ide (from JEF United Chiba) |
| 27 | MF | JPN | Yuto Mori (from Nagoya Grampus) |
| 29 | FW | JPN | Hiromu Kori (on loan from Tokyo Verdy) |
| 34 | MF | JPN | Takahiro Ko (from Ichiritsu Funabashi High School) |
| 39 | MF | JPN | Jin Izumisawa (from Omiya Ardija) |
| 40 | MF | JPN | Ryotaro Meshino (promoted from youth ranks) |
| 43 | DF | KOR | Bae Soo-yong (from Seoul Boin High School) |
| 44 | MF | JPN | Reo Takae (from Higashi Fukuoka High School) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | JPN | Takaharu Nishino (on loan to JEF United Chiba) |
| 8 | DF | JPN | Keisuke Iwashita (to Avispa Fukuoka) |
| 13 | MF | JPN | Hiroyuki Abe (to Kawasaki Frontale) |
| 17 | MF | JPN | Kenya Okazaki (to Tochigi SC) |
| 19 | MF | JPN | Kotaro Omori (to Vissel Kobe) |
| 24 | FW | JPN | Naoki Ogawa (released) |
| 27 | MF | JPN | Tatsuya Uchida (on loan to Tokyo Verdy) |
| 40 | MF | JPN | Shohei Ogura (to Ventforet Kofu) |
| — | FW | JPN | Shingo Akamine (to Fagiano Okayama, previously on loan) |

## Omiya Ardija

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 6 | DF | JPN | Akinari Kawazura (from Meiji University) |
| 10 | FW | JPN | Genki Omae (from Shimizu S-Pulse) |
| 16 | MF | BRA | Mateus (from Bahia, previously on loan) |
| 28 | MF | JPN | Ariajasuru Hasegawa (from Shonan Bellmare) |
| 38 | MF | JPN | Riku Yamada (promoted from youth ranks) |
| 40 | MF | JPN | Akimi Barada (from Kashiwa Reysol) |
| 44 | MF | JPN | Yusuke Segawa (from Thespakusatsu Gunma) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | MF | JPN | Tomonobu Yokoyama (on loan to Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo) |
| 26 | MF | JPN | Masato Kojima (on loan to Mito HollyHock) |
| 29 | FW | JPN | Kento Kawata (on loan to Thespakusatsu Gunma) |
| 39 | MF | JPN | Jin Izumisawa (to Gamba Osaka) |
| 41 | MF | JPN | Akihiro Ienaga (to Kawasaki Frontale) |
| — | GK | JPN | Shuhei Kawata (to Tochigi SC, previously on loan) |
| — | DF | JPN | Shunsuke Fukuda (to Giravanz Kitakyushu, previously on loan) |

## Sanfrecce Hiroshima

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 10 | FW | BRA | Felipe de Oliveira Silva (from Ceará) |
| 15 | MF | JPN | Sho Inagaki (from Ventforet Kofu) |
| 25 | DF | JPN | Osamu Henry Iyoha (promoted from youth ranks) |
| 32 | MF | JPN | Taishi Matsumoto (from Shohei High School) |
| 34 | GK | JPN | Hirotsugu Nakabayashi (from Fagiano Okayama) |
| 50 | FW | JPN | Masato Kudo (from Vancouver Whitecaps) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 7 | MF | JPN | Koji Morisaki (retired) |
| 11 | FW | JPN | Hisato Satō (from Sanfrecce Hiroshima) |
| 13 | GK | JPN | Takuya Masuda (on loan to V-Varen Nagasaki) |
| 37 | DF | JPN | Kazuya Miyahara (to Nagoya Grampus) |
| — | MF | JPN | Gakuto Natsuda (on loan to Shimizu S-Pulse, previously on loan at Albirex Niigata) |

## Vissel Kobe

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | JPN | Daiki Maekawa (from Kansai University) |
| 3 | DF | JPN | Hirofumi Watanabe (from Vegalta Sendai) |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Wescley (from Atlético Mineiro) |
| 16 | MF | JPN | Hideto Takahashi (from FC Tokyo) |
| 21 | FW | JPN | Junya Tanaka (from Sporting CP, previously on loan at Kashiwa Reysol) |
| 22 | DF | JPN | Wataru Hashimoto (from Urawa Red Diamonds, previously on loan) |
| 26 | DF | JPN | Shinji Yamaguchi (from Oita Trinita, back from loan) |
| 28 | GK | JPN | Kenshin Yoshimaru (from Oita Trinita, back from loan) |
| 29 | MF | JPN | Kotaro Omori (from Gamba Osaka) |
| 33 | FW | JPN | Shuhei Otsuki (from Shonan Bellmare) |
| 35 | MF | JPN | Takuya Yasui (promoted from youth ranks) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | JPN | Yudai Tanaka (to Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo) |
| 3 | DF | JPN | Takahito Soma (retired) |
| 7 | FW | BRA | Pedro Júnior (to Kashima Antlers) |
| 8 | DF | JPN | Shohei Takahashi (to Júbilo Iwata) |
| 9 | FW | JPN | Daisuke Ishizu (back to Avispa Fukuoka, previously on loan) |
| 20 | MF | JPN | Asahi Masuyama (on loan to Yokohama FC) |
| 21 | GK | JPN | Koki Matsuzawa (to Tokushima Vortis) |
| 27 | MF | JPN | Ryo Matsumura (on loan to Tokushima Vortis) |
| 22 | GK | JPN | Kaito Yamamoto (to JEF United Chiba) |
| 32 | MF | JPN | Ryosuke Maeda (on loan to Oita Trinita) |
| 33 | DF | JPN | Taisuke Muramatsu (back to Shimizu S-Pulse, previously on loan) |
| — | MF | JPN | Tatsuki Noda (on loan to FC Imabari) |
| — | FW | JPN | Akito Mukai (on loan to FC Imabari) |

## Kashiwa Reysol

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | KOR | Yun Suk-young (from Brøndby IF) |
| 13 | DF | JPN | Ryuta Koike (from Renofa Yamaguchi) |
| 20 | MF | BRA | Ramon Lopes (from Vegalta Sendai) |
| 21 | DF | JPN | Takuya Hashiguchi (from Ryutsu Keizai University) |
| 24 | FW | JPN | Koki Oshima (back from Kataller Toyama, previously on loan) |
| 26 | DF | JPN | Taiyo Koga (promoted from youth ranks) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 5 | DF | JPN | Tatsuya Masushima (on loan to Vegalta Sendai) |
| 6 | DF | JPN | Ryosuke Yamanaka (to Yokohama F. Marinos) |
| 8 | MF | JPN | Akimi Barada (to Omiya Ardija) |
| 9 | FW | JPN | Junya Tanaka (to Sporting CP, previously on loan) |
| 16 | GK | JPN | Koji Inada (to Albirex Niigata) |
| 17 | MF | JPN | Hiroki Akino (on loan to Shonan Bellmare) |
| 21 | DF | JPN | Masato Yuzawa (on loan to Kyoto Sanga) |
| 26 | MF | JPN | Tetsuro Ota (to Sagan Tosu) |
| — | DF | BRA | Eduardo (to Kawasaki Frontale, previously on loan) |
| — | MF | JPN | Yu Kimura (to V-Varen Nagasaki, previously on loan) |

## Yokohama F. Marinos

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 6 | MF | JPN | Takahiro Ogihara (from Nagoya Grampus) |
| 7 | FW | POR | Hugo Vieira (from Red Star Belgrade) |
| 19 | MF | JPN | Teruhito Nakagawa (back from Machida Zelvia, previously on loan) |
| 24 | DF | JPN | Ryosuke Yamanaka (from Kashiwa Reysol) |
| 27 | DF | JPN | Ken Matsubara (from Albirex Niigata) |
| 28 | DF | JPN | Ryo Takano (from Nippon Sport Science University) |
| 30 | GK | JPN | Ayaki Suzuki (from Giravanz Kitakyushu) |
| 31 | GK | JPN | Daichi Sugimoto (from Kyoto Sanga) |
| 33 | MF | MKD | David Babunski (from Red Star Belgrade) |
| 34 | DF | AUS | Miloš Degenek (from 1860 Munich) |
| 35 | MF | JPN | Kaina Yoshio (promoted from youth ranks) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | JPN | Tetsuya Enomoto (to Urawa Red Diamonds) |
| 5 | DF | JPN | Fábio Aguiar (to Gamba Osaka) |
| 7 | MF | JPN | Shingo Hyodo (to Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo) |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Kayke (back to Santos, previously on loan) |
| 10 | MF | JPN | Shunsuke Nakamura (to Júbilo Iwata) |
| 13 | DF | JPN | Yuzo Kobayashi (to Sagan Tosu) |
| 14 | FW | JPN | Masashi Wada (on loan to Renofa Yamaguchi) |
| 30 | GK | JPN | Junto Taguchi (on loan to Fujieda MYFC) |
| 31 | GK | JPN | Takuya Takahashi (to Giravanz Kitakyushu) |
| — | GK | JPN | Ryota Suzuki (to Gamba Osaka, previously on loan at Tokyo Verdy) |
| — | DF | JPN | Fumitaka Kitakani (to V-Varen Nagasaki) |
| — | MF | JPN | Andrew Kumagai (on loan to JEF United Chiba, previously on loan at Zweigen Kanazawa) |
| — | FW | BRA | Rafinha (released) |

## FC Tokyo

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | JPN | Takuo Okubo (from V-Varen Nagasaki) |
| 6 | DF | JPN | Kosuke Ota (from Vitesse) |
| 8 | MF | JPN | Yojiro Takahagi (from FC Seoul) |
| 13 | FW | JPN | Yoshito Ōkubo (from Kawasaki Frontale) |
| 15 | FW | JPN | Kensuke Nagai (from Nagoya Grampus) |
| 28 | MF | JPN | Takuya Uchida (promoted from youth ranks) |
| 29 | DF | JPN | Makoto Okazaki (promoted from youth ranks) |
| 30 | GK | JPN | Riku Hirosue (from Aomori Yamada High School) |
| 33 | GK | JPN | Akihiro Hayashi (from Sagan Tosu) |
| 35 | MF | JPN | Yoshitake Suzuki (promoted from youth ranks) |
| 36 | DF | JPN | Masayuki Yamada (from Hosei University) |
| 50 | GK | JPN | Go Hatano (promoted from youth ranks) |
| — | MF | KOR | Ha Dae-sung (loan return from Nagoya Grampus) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | MF | JPN | Hideto Takahashi (to Vissel Kobe) |
| 9 | FW | JPN | Sota Hirayama (to Vegalta Sendai) |
| 11 | FW | BRA | Muriqui (back to Al-Sadd SC, previously on loan) |
| 13 | GK | JPN | Tatsuya Enomoto (retired) |
| 22 | MF | JPN | Naotake Hanyu (to JEF United Chiba) |
| 23 | FW | JPN | Yohei Hayashi (to Oita Trinita) |
| 28 | MF | JPN | Shuto Kono (to V-Varen Nagasaki) |
| 31 | GK | JPN | Kentaro Kakoi (to Cerezo Osaka) |
| 34 | MF | JPN | Hideyuki Nozawa (on loan to FC Gifu) |
| 47 | GK | JPN | Yota Akimoto (to Shonan Bellmare) |
| 48 | MF | JPN | Kota Mizunuma (on loan to Cerezo Osaka) |
| 50 | DF | JPN | Yūichi Komano (released) |
| — | GK | JPN | Shuichi Gonda (to Sagan Tosu) |
| — | MF | JPN | Hirotaka Mita (to Vegalta Sendai, previously on loan) |

## Sagan Tosu

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | ARG | Franco Sbuttoni (from Atlético Tucumán) |
| 4 | MF | JPN | Riki Harakawa (on loan from Kawasaki Frontale) |
| 13 | DF | JPN | Yuzo Kobayashi (from Yokohama F. Marinos) |
| 19 | MF | JPN | Tetsuro Ota (from Kashiwa Reysol) |
| 20 | MF | JPN | Yoshizumi Ogawa (from Nagoya Grampus) |
| 27 | FW | JPN | Kyosuke Tagawa (promoted from youth ranks) |
| 28 | MF | JPN | Hiroto Ishikawa (promoted from youth ranks) |
| 33 | GK | JPN | Shuichi Gonda (from FC Tokyo) |
| 40 | FW | JPN | Yuji Ono (from Sint-Truiden) |
| 50 | MF | JPN | Koki Mizuno (from Vegalta Sendai) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | JPN | Keita Isozaki (retired) |
| 4 | DF | JPN | Teruaki Kobayashi (retired) |
| 6 | MF | ALG | Aymen Tahar (to Gaz Metan Medias) |
| 9 | FW | MAR | Moestafa El Kabir (to Antalyaspor) |
| 10 | MF | KOR | Kim Min-woo (to Suwon Samsung Bluewings) |
| 15 | DF | JPN | Ryuhei Niwa (released) |
| 21 | GK | JPN | Ayumi Niekawa (back to Júbilo Iwata, previously on loan) |
| 25 | MF | JPN | Ryota Hayasaka (to Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo) |
| 33 | GK | JPN | Akihiro Hayashi (to FC Tokyo) |
| 39 | FW | JPN | Shohei Okada (to Thespakusatsu Gunma) |
| — | GK | JPN | Eisuke Fujishima (on loan to Matsumoto Yamaga, previously on loan at JEF United Chiba) |
| — | DF | JPN | Shohei Kishida (to Oita Trinita, previously on loan at V-Varen Nagasaki) |
| — | DF | JPN | Tatsuya Sakai (on loan to Oita Trinita, previously on loan at V-Varen Nagasaki) |
| — | MF | KOR | Choi Sung-keun (to Suwon Samsung Bluewings, previously on loan at FC Gifu) |
| — | MF | JPN | Koki Kiyotake (to JEF United Chiba, previously on loan at Roasso Kumamoto) |
| — | MF | KOR | Baek Sung-dong (to Suwon FC, previously on loan at V-Varen Nagasaki) |
| — | MF | JPN | Tomotaka Okamoto (to Matsumoto Yamaga, previously on loan at Shonan Bellmare) |
| — | FW | JPN | Shūto Hira (released) |
| — | FW | JPN | Ryogo Yamasaki (to Tokushima Vortis, previously on loan) |

## Vegalta Sendai

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | USA | Daniel Schmidt (back from Matsumoto Yamaga, previously on loan) |
| 2 | DF | JPN | Katsuya Nagato (from Hosei University) |
| 9 | FW | JPN | Sota Hirayama (from FC Tokyo) |
| 11 | FW | JPN | Naoki Ishihara (on loan from Urawa Red Diamonds) |
| 13 | DF | JPN | Yasuhiro Hiraoka (from Shimizu S-Pulse, previously on loan) |
| 18 | MF | JPN | Hirotaka Mita (from FC Tokyo, previously on loan) |
| 20 | FW | BRA | Crislan (on loan from S.C. Braga) |
| 23 | MF | JPN | Yoshihiro Nakano (on loan from Kawasaki Frontale) |
| 50 | DF | JPN | Tatsuya Masushima (on loan from Kashiwa Reysol) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | JPN | Yuji Rokutan (to Shimizu S-Pulse) |
| 3 | DF | JPN | Hirofumi Watanabe (to Vissel Kobe) |
| 6 | MF | KOR | Kim Min-tae (to Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo) |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Wilson (to Ventforet Kofu) |
| 11 | FW | JPN | Hidetaka Kanazono (to Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo) |
| 19 | MF | JPN | Kyohei Sugiura (to Zweigen Kanazawa) |
| 20 | MF | BRA | Ramon Lopes (to Kashiwa Reysol) |
| 29 | MF | JPN | Koki Mizuno (to Sagan Tosu) |

## Júbilo Iwata

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 8 | MF | UZB | Fozil Musaev (from FC Nasaf) |
| 10 | MF | JPN | Shunsuke Nakamura (from Yokohama F. Marinos) |
| 14 | MF | JPN | Masaya Matsumoto (from Oita Trinita) |
| 20 | FW | JPN | Kengo Kawamata (from Nagoya Grampus) |
| 26 | MF | JPN | Kotaro Fujikawa (from Higashi Fukuoka High School) |
| 34 | MF | JPN | Takeaki Harigaya (from Shohei High School) |
| 36 | GK | JPN | Ryuki Miura (from Nagano Parceiro) |
| 41 | DF | JPN | Shohei Takahashi (from Vissel Kobe) |
| — | FW | JPN | Seiya Nakano (from University of Tsukuba) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 8 | FW | ENG | Jay Bothroyd (released) |
| 14 | DF | JPN | Kazumichi Takagi (to Air Force Central F.C.) |
| 19 | DF | JPN | Ryu Okada (retired) |
| 20 | FW | JPN | Yasuhito Morishima (released) |
| 28 | DF | JPN | Ryoma Ishida (on loan to Zweigen Kanazawa) |
| 34 | FW | JPN | Yuki Nakamura (retired) |
| 36 | GK | JPN | Tatsuro Okuda (to V-Varen Nagasaki) |
| 44 | DF | GRE | Avraam Papadopoulos (released) |
| — | GK | JPN | Ayumi Niekawa (on loan to Thespakusatsu Gunma, previously on loan at Sagan Tosu) |
| — | MF | JPN | Hiroto Tanaka (on loan to Ehime FC, previously on loan at V-Varen Nagasaki) |
| — | MF | JPN | Misaki Uemura (to FC Imabari, previously on loan) |
| — | FW | JPN | Ryuolivier Iwamoto (on loan to Gainare Tottori) |

## Ventforet Kofu

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | MF | JPN | Toshio Shimakawa (from Renofa Yamaguchi) |
| 6 | DF | BRA | Éder Lima (from América Mineiro) |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Wilson (from Vegalta Sendai) |
| 11 | MF | JPN | Yuki Horigome (from Kyoto Sanga) |
| 15 | MF | JPN | Akihiro Hyodo (from Mito HollyHock) |
| 18 | MF | JPN | Ryohei Michibuchi (from Meiji University) |
| 19 | MF | JPN | Koki Wakasugi (back from Sarcos Fukui, previously on loan) |
| 22 | DF | JPN | Yuta Koide (from Meiji University) |
| 24 | DF | JPN | Yutaka Soneda (from Biwako Seikei Sport College) |
| 29 | FW | BRA | Gabriel (on loan from São Paulo FC) |
| 40 | MF | JPN | Shohei Ogura (from Gamba Osaka) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | JPN | Kensuke Fukuda (to V-Varen Nagasaki) |
| 6 | MF | BRA | Marquinhos Paraná (released) |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Davi (released) |
| 15 | MF | JPN | Takamitsu Yoshino (to Khonkaen F.C.) |
| 20 | FW | JPN | Kohei Morita (to Thespakusatsu Gunma) |
| 23 | MF | JPN | Sho Inagaki (to Sanfrecce Hiroshima) |
| 24 | DF | JPN | Naoya Shibamura (to CRIACAO) |
| 27 | MF | AUS | Billy Celeski (released) |
| 29 | DF | JPN | Masaki Watanabe (to Yokohama FC) |
| — | MF | JPN | Taisuke Akiyoshi (released) |

## Albirex Niigata

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | JPN | Koki Otani (from Urawa Red Diamonds) |
| 4 | DF | KOR | Song Ju-hun (back from Mito HollyHock, previously on loan) |
| 6 | MF | BRA | Jean Patrick (from Luverdense) |
| 7 | FW | BRA | Roni (from Cruzeiro) |
| 10 | MF | BRA | Thiago Galhardo (on loan from Coritiba) |
| 15 | MF | JPN | Isao Honma (from Tochigi SC) |
| 16 | FW | JPN | Shu Hiramatsu (back from Mito HollyHock, previously on loan) |
| 19 | DF | JPN | Kisho Yano (from Nagoya Grampus) |
| 23 | MF | JPN | Noriyoshi Sakai (back from Fagiano Okayama, previously on loan) |
| 24 | DF | JPN | Naoki Kawaguchi (back from Shimizu S-Pulse, previously on loan) |
| 25 | DF | JPN | Takumi Hasegawa (promoted from youth ranks) |
| 26 | DF | JPN | Goson Sakai (back from Fukushima United FC, previously on loan) |
| 27 | MF | JPN | Yuto Horigome (from Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo) |
| 29 | MF | JPN | Shunsuke Mori (from Kwansei Gakuin University) |
| 30 | MF | PER | Romero Frank (back from Mito HollyHock, previously on loan) |
| 31 | GK | JPN | Koji Inada (from Kashiwa Reysol) |
| 32 | FW | JPN | Atsushi Kawata (from Albirex Niigata Singapore) |
| 34 | MF | JPN | Teruki Hara (from Ichiritsu Funabashi High School) |
| 50 | DF | JPN | Seitaro Tomisawa (from JEF United Chiba) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | JPN | Takaya Kurokawa (retired) |
| 4 | DF | JPN | Michael James (to Kawasaki Frontale) |
| 6 | MF | JPN | Yuki Kobayashi (to Nagoya Grampus) |
| 7 | DF | BRA | Bruno Cortez (back to São Paulo FC, previously on loan) |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Léo Silva (to Kashima Antlers) |
| 10 | FW | BRA | Rafael Silva (to Urawa Red Diamonds) |
| 24 | MF | JPN | Gakuto Notsuda (back to Sanfrecce Hiroshima, previously on loan) |
| 27 | DF | JPN | Ken Matsubara (to Yokohama F. Marinos) |
| 29 | MF | JPN | Kiwara Miyazaki (on loan to Zweigen Kanazawa) |
| 31 | GK | JPN | Akihito Ozawa (to Blaublitz Akita) |
| 32 | FW | BRA | Kalil (back to Criciúma, previously on loan) |
| 41 | MF | JPN | Kazuki Kozuka (on loan to Renofa Yamaguchi) |
| — | GK | JPN | Yasuhiro Watanabe (to Japan Soccer College) |

## Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | MF | JPN | Tomonobu Yokoyama (on loan from Omiya Ardija) |
| 3 | DF | JPN | Yudai Tanaka (from Vissel Kobe) |
| 6 | DF | JPN | Shingo Hyodo (from Yokohama F. Marinos) |
| 20 | MF | KOR | Kim Min-tae (from Vegalta Sendai) |
| 22 | FW | JPN | Hidetaka Kanazono (from Vegalta Sendai) |
| 24 | DF | JPN | Akito Fukumori (from Kawasaki Frontale, previously on loan) |
| 26 | MF | JPN | Ryota Hayasaka (from Sagan Tosu) |
| 37 | DF | JPN | Taiyo Hama (promoted from youth ranks) |
| 38 | FW | JPN | Daiki Suga (promoted from youth ranks) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 5 | DF | JPN | Kazuki Kushibiki (on loan to Nagoya Grampus) |
| 6 | DF | JPN | Takayuki Mae (on loan to Renofa Yamaguchi) |
| 20 | MF | JPN | Kazumasa Uesato (to Roasso Kumamoto) |
| 22 | MF | IDN | Irfan Bachdim (released) |
| 28 | MF | JPN | Yumemi Kanda (to Ehime FC) |
| 31 | MF | JPN | Yuto Horigome (to Albirex Niigata) |
| 32 | MF | JPN | Shogo Nakahara (on loan to Gamba Osaka) |
| 37 | DF | JPN | Yuki Uchiyama (to Gainare Tottori) |
| — | DF | JPN | Takuya Osanai (to Fukushima United FC, previously on loan) |
| — | DF | JPN | Paulão (on loan to Mito HollyHock, previously on loan at Fukushima United FC) |
| — | MF | THA | Chanathip Songkrasin (on loan to BEC Tero Sasana FC) |
| — | FW | JPN | Mitsuteru Kudo (released) |

## Shimizu S-Pulse

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Kanu (from Chonburi F.C.) |
| 13 | GK | JPN | Yuji Rokutan (from Vegalta Sendai) |
| 14 | MF | JPN | Gakuto Notsuda (on loan from Sanfrecce Hiroshima) |
| 16 | DF | JPN | Taisuke Muramatsu (back from Vissel Kobe, previously on loan) |
| 27 | DF | JPN | Takahiro Iida (from Senshu University) |
| 33 | DF | JPN | Yugo Tatsuta (promoted from youth ranks) |
| — | GK | JPN | Masatoshi Kushibiki (from Kashima Antlers, back from loan) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | JPN | Genta Miura (to Gamba Osaka) |
| 5 | DF | CAN | Dejan Jakovic (released) |
| 7 | MF | JPN | Takuya Honda (to Montedio Yamagata) |
| 8 | MF | JPN | Hideki Ishige (on loan to Fagiano Okayama) |
| 10 | FW | JPN | Genki Omae (to Omiya Ardija) |
| 13 | GK | JPN | Rikihiro Sugiyama (to Avispa Fukuoka) |
| 14 | FW | JPN | Takashi Sawada (to V-Varen Nagasaki) |
| 21 | GK | JPN | Kempei Usui (on loan to Machida Zelvia) |
| 24 | DF | JPN | Naoki Kawaguchi (back to Albirex Niigata, previously on loan) |
| 28 | MF | JPN | Kohei Hattanda (to Nagoya Grampus) |
| 38 | DF | JPN | Takayuki Fukumura (on loan to FC Gifu) |
| — | GK | JPN | Masatoshi Kushibiki (on loan to Fagiano Okayama, back from loan at Kashima Antlers) |
| — | DF | JPN | Yasuhiro Hiraoka (to Vegalta Sendai, previously on loan) |
| — | MF | JPN | Yoshiaki Takagi (to Tokyo Verdy, previously on loan) |
| — | FW | JPN | Yuji Senuma (on loan to Montedio Yamagata, back from loan at Ehime FC) |
| — | FW | JPN | Sho Kagami (released) |

## Cerezo Osaka

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | JPN | Kentaro Kakoi (from FC Tokyo) |
| 6 | MF | BRA | Souza (from Cruzeiro) |
| 16 | MF | JPN | Kota Mizunuma (on loan from FC Tokyo) |
| 17 | MF | JPN | Takaki Fukimitsu (from Renofa Yamaguchi) |
| 22 | DF | CRO | Matej Jonjić (from Incheon United) |
| 25 | FW | JPN | Hirofumi Yamauchi (from Waseda University) |
| 29 | DF | JPN | Kakeru Funaki (promoted from youth ranks) |
| 30 | MF | JPN | Musashi Oyama (from Sapporo Otani High School) |
| 31 | FW | JPN | Towa Yamane (from Sanfrecce Hiroshima Youth) |
| 36 | MF | JPN | Toshiki Onozawa (promoted from youth ranks) |
| 37 | DF | JPN | Reiya Morishita (promoted from youth ranks) |
| 45 | GK | JPN | Shu Mogi (from Toko Gakuen High School) |
| 46 | MF | JPN | Hiroshi Kiyotake (from Sevilla FC) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | JPN | Hiroyuki Takeda (on loan to Tokyo Verdy) |
| 10 | FW | MKD | Besart Abdurahimi (back to Lokeren, previously on loan) |
| 19 | FW | JPN | Yuzo Tashiro (released) |
| 20 | FW | JPN | Keiji Tamada (from Nagoya Grampus) |
| 22 | DF | JPN | Sota Nakazawa (retired) |
| 25 | MF | JPN | Daiki Kogure (from Ehime FC) |
| 36 | FW | JPN | Rei Yonezawa (on loan to Renofa Yamaguchi) |
| 37 | DF | JPN | Jurato Ikeda (to Bangkok Glass) |
| 45 | GK | JPN | Takashi Kitano (released) |
| — | DF | JPN | Yuki Kotani (on loan to Roasso Kumamoto, previously on loan) |
| — | MF | JPN | Kai Hirano (from Army United, previously on loan) |
| — | MF | JPN | Hideo Hashimoto (to Tokyo Verdy, previously on loan at Nagano Parceiro) |