# List of association football rivalries in Japan

This is a list of the main association football rivalries in Japan.

## National

* Tokyo Verdy vs. Yokohama F. Marinos
* Kashima Antlers vs. Júbilo Iwata
* Urawa Red Diamonds vs. Gamba Osaka
* Eternal derby: Kashima Antlers vs. Yokohama F. Marinos

## Local

| | Derby | Rivals |
| City | Saitama derby | Urawa Red Diamonds vs. RB Omiya Ardija |
| City | Yokohama derby | Yokohama F. Marinos vs. Yokohama FC |
| City | Osaka derby | Gamba Osaka vs. Cerezo Osaka |
| Prefectural | Fukushima derby | Fukushima United FC vs. Iwaki FC |
| Prefectural | Shimotsuke derby | Tochigi SC vs. Tochigi City FC |
| Prefectural | Ibaraki derby | Kashima Antlers vs. Mito HollyHock |
| Prefectural | Chiba derby | JEF United Chiba vs. Kashiwa Reysol |
| Prefectural | Tokyo derby | FC Tokyo vs. Tokyo Verdy |
| Prefectural | Tokyo Classic | Tokyo Verdy vs. FC Machida Zelvia |
| Prefectural | Kanagawa derby | Kawasaki Frontale vs. Yokohama F. Marinos vs. Shonan Bellmare |
| Prefectural | Shinshu derby | Matsumoto Yamaga FC vs. AC Nagano Parceiro |
| Prefectural | Shizuoka derby | Shimizu S-Pulse vs. Júbilo Iwata |
| Prefectural | Iyo Kessen | Ehime FC vs. FC Imabari |
| Prefectural | Fukuoka derby | Avispa Fukuoka vs. Giravanz Kitakyushu |
| Prefectural | Tōhoku derby | Vanraure Hachinohe vs. Blaublitz Akita vs. Iwate Grulla Morioka vs. Montedio Yamagata vs. Vegalta Sendai vs. Fukushima United FC vs. Iwaki FC |
| Prefectural | Nambu derby | Vanraure Hachinohe vs. Iwate Grulla Morioka |
| Prefectural | Michinoku derby | Vegalta Sendai vs. Montedio Yamagata |
| Prefectural | Ōshū Gassen | Iwate Grulla Morioka vs. Blaublitz Akita vs. Montedio Yamagata |
| Prefectural | North Tōhoku derby | Iwate Grulla Morioka vs. Blaublitz Akita vs. Vanraure Hachinohe |
| Prefectural | Ōu Honsen | Montedio Yamagata vs. Blaublitz Akita |
| Kantō | North Kantō derby | Mito HollyHock vs. Kashima Antlers vs. Tochigi SC vs. Thespa Gunma |
| Kantō | Tamagawa Clásico | FC Tokyo vs. Kawasaki Frontale |
| Kantō | Busō Kessen | FC Machida Zelvia vs. SC Sagamihara |
| Chūbu | Kōshin derby | Ventforet Kofu vs. Matsumoto Yamaga FC |
| Chūbu | Shinetsu derby | Matsumoto Yamaga FC vs. AC Nagano Parceiro vs. Albirex Niigata |
| Chūbu | Hokuriku derby | Kataller Toyama vs. Zweigen Kanazawa |
| Chūbu | Mount Fuji derby | Ventforet Kofu vs. Shimizu S-Pulse |
| Chūbu | Tōkai derby | Shimizu S-Pulse vs. Júbilo Iwata vs. Fujieda MYFC vs. Azul Claro Numazu vs. Nagoya Grampus |
| Chūbu | Meigi derby | Nagoya Grampus vs. FC Gifu |
| Kinki | Kansai derby | Kyoto Sanga FC vs. Vissel Kobe vs. Gamba Osaka vs. Cerezo Osaka vs. FC Osaka |
| Kinki | Hanshin derby | Vissel Kobe vs. Gamba Osaka vs. Cerezo Osaka vs. FC Osaka |
| Kinki | Mount Ikoma derby | FC Osaka vs. Nara Club |
| Shikoku | Shikoku derby | Tokushima Vortis vs. Ehime FC vs. FC Imabari vs. Kamatamare Sanuki |
| Shikoku | East Shikoku Clásico | Tokushima Vortis vs. Kamatamare Sanuki |
| Shikoku | North Shikoku Clásico | Kamatamare Sanuki vs. Ehime FC vs. FC Imabari |
| Kyūshū | Kyūshū derby | Avispa Fukuoka vs. Giravanz Kitakyushu vs. Sagan Tosu vs. Oita Trinita vs. Roasso Kumamoto vs. V-Varen Nagasaki vs. Tegevajaro Miyazaki vs. Kagoshima United FC vs. FC Ryukyu |