# 2024 J1 League

The 2024 J1 League, also known as the 2024 Meiji Yasuda J1 League (Japanese: 2024 明治安田J1リーグ, Hepburn: 2024 Meiji Yasuda J1 Rīgu) for sponsorship reasons, was the 32nd season of J1 League, the top Japanese professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1992. This was the tenth season of the league since its rebrand from J.League Division 1.
Vissel Kobe were the defending champions, having won their first ever league title with one match to spare in the previous season. They retained their league title on the last matchday.

## Overview

For the first time since 2021, the number of the clubs in the league increased from 18 to 20. At the end of season, three clubs were relegated to the J2 League for the 2025 season, without relegation play-offs between J1 and J2 clubs.

## Changes from the previous season

Only one club was relegated to the 2024 J2 League. Due to the re-introduction of 20 clubs league format, Yokohama FC became the sole team going down to the second division, after just one season in the J1 League. They have been replaced by three teams promoted from the 2023 J2 League. The first club promoted was Tokyo-based Machida Zelvia, debuting in the J1 as the J2 champions following a seven-year run in the Japanese second tier. Another automatic promotion spot was obtained by Júbilo Iwata, who made a swift comeback after just a single season absence by finishing second, thus marking the return of a team from Shizuoka in the Japanese first division since 2022. The last promotion spot was earned by Tokyo Verdy, returning to the top flight for the first time since 2008 by finishing third in the J2 League and later won the promotion play-offs. This brings back the Tokyo derby between Verdy and FC Tokyo in the J1 for the first time since that season as well as the first season in which three clubs from the capital city are competing at the highest tier of Japanese football system.

## Schedule

The league and match format was announced on 19 December 2023. The league began on 23 February and ended on 8 December; it was played in a double round-robin format with 38 fixtures in total.

## Participating clubs

| Club | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo | Hokkaido | Sapporo Dome | 38,794 |
| 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 | Tokyo | Ajinomoto Stadium | 47,851 |
| Machida Zelvia | Tokyo | Machida GION Stadium | 15,489 |
| Kawasaki Frontale | Kanagawa Prefecture | Uvance Todoroki Stadium by Fujitsu | 26,827 |
| Yokohama F. Marinos | Kanagawa Prefecture | Nissan Stadium | 71,624 |
| Shonan Bellmare | Kanagawa Prefecture | Lemon Gas Stadium Hiratsuka | 15,380 |
| Albirex Niigata | Niigata Prefecture | Denka Big Swan Stadium | 41,684 |
| Júbilo Iwata | Shizuoka Prefecture | Yamaha Stadium | 15,156 |
| 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 | Osaka Prefecture | Yodoko Sakura Stadium | 24,481 |
| Vissel Kobe | Hyōgo Prefecture | Noevir Stadium Kobe | 29,643 |
| Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Hiroshima Prefecture | Edion Peace Wing Hiroshima | 28,347 |
| Avispa Fukuoka | Fukuoka Prefecture | Best Denki Stadium | 21,562 |
| Sagan Tosu | Saga Prefecture | Ekimae Real Estate Stadium | 20,805 |

### Personnel and kits

| Club | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Main shirt sponsor |
| Albirex Niigata | Rikizo Matsuhashi | Yuto Horigome | Adidas | Kameda Seika |
| Avispa Fukuoka | Shigetoshi Hasebe | Tatsuki Nara | Yonex | Shin Nihon Seiyaku |
| Cerezo Osaka | Akio Kogiku | Tatsuya Yamashita | Puma | Yanmar |
| FC Tokyo | Peter Cklamovski | Masato Morishige | New Balance | Tokyo Gas |
| Gamba Osaka | Dani Poyatos | Takashi Usami | Hummel | Panasonic |
| Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo | Mihailo Petrović | Takuma Arano | Mizuno | Ishiya |
| Júbilo Iwata | Akinobu Yokouchi | Hiroki Yamada | Admiral | Yamaha |
| Kashima Antlers | Masaki Chugo | Gaku Shibasaki | Nike | LIXIL |
| Kashiwa Reysol | Masami Ihara | Taiyo Koga | Yonex | Hitachi |
| Kawasaki Frontale | Toru Oniki | Yasuto Wakizaka | Puma | Fujitsu |
| Kyoto Sanga | Cho Kwi-jae | Temma Matsuda | Puma | Kyocera |
| Machida Zelvia | Go Kuroda | Gen Shoji | Adidas | CyberAgent |
| Nagoya Grampus | Kenta Hasegawa | Sho Inagaki | Mizuno | Toyota |
| Sagan Tosu | Kosuke Kitani | Naoyuki Fujita | New Balance | Kimura Information Technology |
| Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Michael Skibbe | Sho Sasaki | Nike | EDION |
| Shonan Bellmare | Satoshi Yamaguchi | Kim Min-tae | Penalty | Meldia |
| Tokyo Verdy | Hiroshi Jofuku | Koki Morita | Athleta | Nicigas |
| Urawa Red Diamonds | Maciej Skorża | Shusaku Nishikawa | Nike | Polus Mitsubishi Heavy Industries |
| Vissel Kobe | Takayuki Yoshida | Hotaru Yamaguchi | Asics | Rakuten Mobile |
| Yokohama F. Marinos | John Hutchinson (interim) | Takuya Kida | Adidas | Nissan |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in the table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
| Kashima Antlers | Daiki Iwamasa | End of contract | 4 December 2023 | Pre-season | Ranko Popović | 21 December 2023 |
| Yokohama F. Marinos | Kevin Muscat | Resigned | 6 December 2023 | Pre-season | Harry Kewell | 31 December 2023 |
| Urawa Red Diamonds | Maciej Skorża | Resigned | 23 December 2023 | Pre-season | Per-Mathias Høgmo | 23 December 2023 |
| Yokohama F. Marinos | Harry Kewell | Sacked | 16 July 2024 | 12th | John Hutchinson (interim) | 16 July 2024 |
| Sagan Tosu | Kenta Kawai | Sacked | 9 August 2024 | 19th | Kosuke Kitani | 9 August 2024 |
| Urawa Red Diamonds | Per-Mathias Høgmo | Sacked | 26 August 2024 | 13th | Nobuyasu Ikeda (interim) | 27 August 2024 |
| Urawa Red Diamonds | Nobuyasu Ikeda (interim) | End of interim spell | 1 September 2024 | 12th | Maciej Skorża | 1 September 2024 |
| Kashima Antlers | Ranko Popović | Sacked | 6 October 2024 | 4th | Masaki Chugo | 9 October 2024 |

### Foreign players

From the 2021 season, there are no limitations on signing foreign players, but clubs can only register up to five of them for a single matchday squad. 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 is registered during the mid-season transfer window.
* Player's name in italics indicates the player has Japanese nationality in addition to their FIFA nationality, holds the nationality of a J.League partner nation, or is exempt 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.
| Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Player 4 | Player 5 | Player 6 | Player 7 | Player 8 | Former player (s) |
| Albirex Niigata | Thomas Deng | Danilo Gomes | Michael Fitzgerald | | | | | | |
| Avispa Fukuoka | Douglas Grolli | Wellington | Shahab Zahedi | Nassim Ben Khalifa | | | | | |
| Cerezo Osaka | Capixaba | Léo Ceará | Lucas Fernandes | Vitor Bueno | Kim Jin-hyeon | Yang Han-been | | | Jordy Croux Justin Hubner |
| FC Tokyo | Diego Oliveira | Everton Galdino | Henrique Trevisan | | | | | | Jajá Silva |
| Gamba Osaka | Dawhan | Juan Alano | Welton | Zhang Aolin | Neta Lavi | Issam Jebali | | | |
| Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo | Francis Cann | Kinglord Safo | Amadou Bakayoko | Kim Gun-hee | Park Min-gyu | Jordi Sánchez | Supachok Sarachat | | |
| Júbilo Iwata | Jordy Croux | Bruno José | Léo Gomes | Matheus Peixoto | Ricardo Graça | Weverton | Hassan Hilu | Park Se-gi | |
| Kashima Antlers | Guilherme Parede | Talles | Aleksandar Čavrić | Radomir Milosavljević | Park Eui-jeong | | | | |
| Kashiwa Reysol | Diego | Matheus Sávio | Jay-Roy Grot | | | | | | |
| Kawasaki Frontale | Erison | Jesiel | Marcinho | Patrick Verhon | Zé Ricardo | César Haydar | Jung Sung-ryong | | Bafétimbi Gomis |
| Kyoto Sanga | Lucas Oliveira | Marco Túlio | Murilo Costa | Rafael Elias | Gu Sung-yun | Yoon Sung-jun | | | Warner Hahn |
| Machida Zelvia | Mitch Duke | Erik | Byron Vásquez | Ibrahim Drešević | Jang Min-gyu | Na Sang-ho | Oh Se-hun | Anton Burns | |
| Nagoya Grampus | Mitchell Langerak | Patric | Kasper Junker | José Carabalí | Ha Chang-rae | Yves Avelete | | | Thales |
| Sagan Tosu | Jajá Silva | Marcelo Ryan | Vinícius Araújo | Vykintas Slivka | Kim Tae-hyeon | Lee Yoon-sung | Park Il-gyu | Arnau Riera | |
| Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Douglas Vieira | Ezequiel | Marcos Júnior | Pieros Sotiriou | Tolgay Arslan | Gonçalo Paciência | | | |
| Shonan Bellmare | Luiz Phellype | Lukian | Kim Min-tae | Song Bum-keun | | | | | |
| Tokyo Verdy | Matheus Vidotto | Tiago Alves | | | | | | | |
| Urawa Red Diamonds | Thiago Santana | Bryan Linssen | Marius Høibråten | Samuel Gustafson | Ekanit Panya | | | | Alexander Scholz Ola Solbakken |
| Vissel Kobe | Jean Patric | Matheus Thuler | | | | | | | |
| Yokohama F. Marinos | Anderson Lopes | Eduardo | Élber | Yan Matheus | Kodjo Aziangbe | | | | Nam Tae-hee |

## League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Vissel Kobe (C) | 38 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 61 | 36 | +25 | 72 | Qualification for the AFC Champions League Elite league stage |
| 2 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 38 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 72 | 43 | +29 | 68 | Qualification for the AFC Champions League Elite league stage |
| 3 | Machida Zelvia | 38 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 54 | 34 | +20 | 66 | Qualification for the AFC Champions League Elite league stage |
| 4 | Gamba Osaka | 38 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 49 | 35 | +14 | 66 | Qualification for the AFC Champions League Two group stage |
| 5 | Kashima Antlers | 38 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 60 | 41 | +19 | 65 | |
| 6 | Tokyo Verdy | 38 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 51 | 51 | 0 | 56 | |
| 7 | FC Tokyo | 38 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 53 | 51 | +2 | 54 | |
| 8 | Kawasaki Frontale | 38 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 66 | 57 | +9 | 52 | |
| 9 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 61 | 62 | −1 | 52 | |
| 10 | Cerezo Osaka | 38 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 43 | 48 | −5 | 52 | |
| 11 | Nagoya Grampus | 38 | 15 | 5 | 18 | 44 | 47 | −3 | 50 | |
| 12 | Avispa Fukuoka | 38 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 33 | 38 | −5 | 50 | |
| 13 | Urawa Red Diamonds | 38 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 49 | 45 | +4 | 48 | |
| 14 | Kyoto Sanga | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 43 | 55 | −12 | 47 | |
| 15 | Shonan Bellmare | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 53 | 58 | −5 | 45 | |
| 16 | Albirex Niigata | 38 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 44 | 59 | −15 | 42 | |
| 17 | Kashiwa Reysol | 38 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 39 | 51 | −12 | 41 | |
| 18 | Júbilo Iwata (R) | 38 | 10 | 8 | 20 | 47 | 68 | −21 | 38 | Relegation to the J2 League |
| 19 | Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo (R) | 38 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 43 | 66 | −23 | 37 | Relegation to the J2 League |
| 20 | Sagan Tosu (R) | 38 | 10 | 5 | 23 | 48 | 68 | −20 | 35 | Relegation to the J2 League |
* 1 2 Since the winners of the 2024 Emperor's Cup, Vissel Kobe, had already qualified for the Champions League Elite, the spot given to the Emperor's Cup winners (Champions League Elite) was passed to the third-placed team. Consequently, the spot given to the third-placed team (Champions League Two) was passed to the fourth-placed team. However, if mid-table finishers Kawasaki Frontale or Yokohama F. Marinos wins the 2024–25 AFC Champions League Elite, they will qualify for the subsequent edition as the title holders, while the third-placed team will instead participate in the 2025–26 AFC Champions League Two, and the fourth-placed team will have their qualification spot withdrawn.

## Results

| Home \ Away | ANI | AFU | COS | GOS | HCS | JIW | KSA | KSR | KWF | KYS | MCZ | NGR | STO | SHI | SHB | TOK | TOV | URD | VKO | YFM |
| Albirex Niigata | — | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–4 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 2–4 | 2–3 | 3–1 |
| Avispa Fukuoka | 0–1 | — | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 |
| Cerezo Osaka | 1–2 | 1–0 | — | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–5 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 2–2 |
| Gamba Osaka | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | — | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 |
| Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | — | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 5–3 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Júbilo Iwata | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–4 | 0–2 | — | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–4 |
| Kashima Antlers | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | — | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 |
| Kashiwa Reysol | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | — | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Kawasaki Frontale | 5–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 4–5 | 1–3 | 1–1 | — | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 1–3 |
| Kyoto Sanga | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | — | 0–3 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–5 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–3 |
| Machida Zelvia | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 1–0 | — | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 |
| Nagoya Grampus | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | — | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 |
| Sagan Tosu | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 1–4 | 5–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | — | 1–4 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 4–0 | — | 2–0 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 6–2 |
| Shonan Bellmare | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | — | 0–1 | 1–2 | 4–4 | 0–1 | 2–3 |
| FC Tokyo | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | — | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| Tokyo Verdy | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 5–3 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–5 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | — | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Urawa Red Diamonds | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–4 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | — | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Vissel Kobe | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 6–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | — | 1–2 |
| Yokohama F. Marinos | 0–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | — |

## Season statistics
### Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Anderson Lopes | Yokohama F. Marinos | 24 |
| 2 | Léo Ceará | Cerezo Osaka | 21 |
| 3 | Ryo Germain | Júbilo Iwata | 19 |
| 3 | Shin Yamada | Kawasaki Frontale | 19 |
| 5 | Yuma Suzuki | Kashima Antlers | 15 |
| 6 | Marcelo Ryan | Sagan Tosu | 14 |
| 7 | Yoshinori Muto | Vissel Kobe | 13 |
| 8 | Thiago Santana | Urawa Red Diamonds | 12 |
| 8 | Takashi Usami | Gamba Osaka | 12 |
| 10 | Lukian | Shonan Bellmare | 11 |
| 10 | Rafael Elias | Kyoto Sanga | 11 |
| 10 | Taisei Miyashiro | Vissel Kobe | 11 |
| 10 | Yuki Ohashi | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 11 |
| 10 | Yuya Osako | Vissel Kobe | 11 |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| Ryo Germain$^4$ | Júbilo Iwata | Kawasaki Frontale | 5–4 (A) | 1 March 2024 |
| Bafétimbi Gomis | Kawasaki Frontale | Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo | 3–0 (H) | 11 May 2024 |
| Kasper Junker | Nagoya Grampus | FC Tokyo | 3–1 (H) | 15 May 2024 |
| Naoto Arai | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Kyoto Sanga | 5–0 (A) | 19 May 2024 |
| Anderson Lopes | Yokohama F. Marinos | Kashiwa Reysol | 4–0 (H) | 29 May 2024 |
| Lukian | Shonan Bellmare | Júbilo Iwata | 5–0 (H) | 14 July 2024 |
| Rafael Elias | Kyoto Sanga | Cerezo Osaka | 5–3 (A) | 17 August 2024 |
| Tolgay Arslan | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | FC Tokyo | 3–2 (H) | 31 August 2024 |
| Anderson Lopes | Yokohama F. Marinos | Júbilo Iwata | 4–3 (H) | 16 November 2024 |
| Hiroto Taniguchi | Tokyo Verdy | Kawasaki Frontale | 4–5 (H) | 30 November 2024 |
| Shin Yamada | Kawasaki Frontale | Tokyo Verdy | 5–4 (A) | 30 November 2024 |

#### Notes

* $^4$ Player scored 4 goals
* (H) – Home team
* (A) – Away team

## Awards
### Monthly awards

| Month | Manager of the Month | Manager of the Month | Monthly MVP | Monthly MVP | Goal of the Month | Goal of the Month | Young Player of the Month | Young Player of the Month | References |
| Month | Manager | Club | Player | Club | Player | Club | Player | Club | References |
| February/March | Go Kuroda | Machida Zelvia | Yu Hirakawa | Machida Zelvia | Kaito Taniguchi | Albirex Niigata | Akito Suzuki | Shonan Bellmare | |
| April | Akio Kogiku | Cerezo Osaka | Ryo Germain | Júbilo Iwata | Thiago Santana | Urawa Red Diamonds | Isa Sakamoto | Gamba Osaka | |
| May | Ranko Popović | Kashima Antlers | Yuma Suzuki | Kashima Antlers | Tomoya Inukai | Kashiwa Reysol | Kota Tawaratsumida | FC Tokyo | |
| June | Shigetoshi Hasebe | Avispa Fukuoka | Takashi Usami | Gamba Osaka | Yosuke Furukawa | Júbilo Iwata | Yosuke Furukawa | Júbilo Iwata | |
| July | Satoshi Yamaguchi | Shonan Bellmare | Lukian | Shonan Bellmare | Sho Inagaki | Nagoya Grampus | Ayumu Yokoyama | Sagan Tosu | |
| August | Cho Kwi-jae | Kyoto Sanga | Rafael Elias | Kyoto Sanga | Eiji Miyamoto | Albirex Niigata | Kota Takai | Kawasaki Frontale | |
| September | Michael Skibbe | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Kensuke Nagai | Nagoya Grampus | Homare Tokuda | Kashima Antlers | Akito Suzuki | Shonan Bellmare | |
| October | Satoshi Yamaguchi | Shonan Bellmare | Takashi Usami | Gamba Osaka | Takashi Usami | Gamba Osaka | Junnosuke Suzuki | Shonan Bellmare | |
| November/December | Kosuke Kitani | Sagan Tosu | Yoshinori Muto | Vissel Kobe | Yuma Suzuki | Kashima Antlers | Isa Sakamoto | Gamba Osaka | |

### Annual awards

| Award | Winner | Club |
| Manager of the Year | Michael Skibbe | Sanfrecce Hiroshima |
| Player of the Year | Yoshinori Muto | Vissel Kobe |
| Best Young Player | Kota Takai | Kawasaki Frontale |
| Goal of the Year | Takashi Usami | Gamba Osaka |
Best XI :
| Goalkeeper | Keisuke Osako (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) | Keisuke Osako (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) | Keisuke Osako (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) | Keisuke Osako (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) | Keisuke Osako (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) | Keisuke Osako (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) | Keisuke Osako (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) | Keisuke Osako (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) | Keisuke Osako (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) | Keisuke Osako (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) | Keisuke Osako (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) | Keisuke Osako (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) | Keisuke Osako (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) |
| Defenders | Kimito Nono (Kashima Antlers) | Kimito Nono (Kashima Antlers) | Kimito Nono (Kashima Antlers) | Kimito Nono (Kashima Antlers) | Shinnosuke Nakatani (Gamba Osaka) | Shinnosuke Nakatani (Gamba Osaka) | Shinnosuke Nakatani (Gamba Osaka) | Matheus Thuler (Vissel Kobe) | Matheus Thuler (Vissel Kobe) | Matheus Thuler (Vissel Kobe) | Sho Sasaki (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) | Sho Sasaki (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) | Sho Sasaki (Sanfrecce Hiroshima) |
| Midfielders | Matheus Sávio (Kashiwa Reysol) | Matheus Sávio (Kashiwa Reysol) | Matheus Sávio (Kashiwa Reysol) | Matheus Sávio (Kashiwa Reysol) | Matheus Sávio (Kashiwa Reysol) | Matheus Sávio (Kashiwa Reysol) | Matheus Sávio (Kashiwa Reysol) | Kei Chinen (Kashima Antlers) | Kei Chinen (Kashima Antlers) | Kei Chinen (Kashima Antlers) | Kei Chinen (Kashima Antlers) | Kei Chinen (Kashima Antlers) | Kei Chinen (Kashima Antlers) |
| Forwards | Takashi Usami (Gamba Osaka) | Takashi Usami (Gamba Osaka) | Takashi Usami (Gamba Osaka) | Takashi Usami (Gamba Osaka) | Anderson Lopes (Yokohama F. Marinos) | Anderson Lopes (Yokohama F. Marinos) | Anderson Lopes (Yokohama F. Marinos) | Yuya Osako (Vissel Kobe) | Yuya Osako (Vissel Kobe) | Yuya Osako (Vissel Kobe) | Yuya Osako (Vissel Kobe) | Yoshinori Muto (Vissel Kobe) | Yoshinori Muto (Vissel Kobe) | Yoshinori Muto (Vissel Kobe) | Yoshinori Muto (Vissel Kobe) |