# 2023 Nadeshiko League

The 2023 Nadeshiko League was the 35th season of the Nadeshiko League, the second or third-tier leagues for women's association football in Japan. It was also the 19th season in its current format.

## Teams
### Division 1

| Team | Coach | Location | 2022 season |
| Bunnys Gunma | Tsutomu Kobayashi | Maebashi, Gunma | Div.1 9th |
| Orca Kamogawa | Akemi Noda | Chiba, Chiba | Div.1 5th |
| Sfida Setagaya | Akihiko Kamikawa | Setagaya, Tokyo | Div.1 1st |
| Nittaidai | Shigehisa Otsuki | Sagamihara, Kanagawa | Div.1 7th |
| Yokohama FC Seagulls | Mihoko Ishida | Yokohama, Kanagawa | Div.1 8th |
| Yamato Sylphid | Kazuyuki Takahashi [ja] | Yamato, Kanagawa | Div.2 3rd (promoted) |
| Shizuoka SSU Bonita | Takashi Ogawa [ja] | Iwata, Shizuoka | Div.2 1st (promoted) |
| NGU Loveledge Nagoya | Yasuyuki Moriyama | Nagoya, Aichi | Div.1 6th |
| Iga FC | Ryuji Kitamura | Iga, Mie | Div.1 2nd |
| Speranza Osaka | Kaori Taneda | Takahashi, Okayama | Div.1 10th |
| AS Harima Albion | Suzuka Ono | Himeji, Hyōgo | Div.1 3rd |
| Ehime FC | Takanobu Tokunaga | Matsuyama, Ehime | Div.1 11th |

### Division 2

| Team | Coach | Location | 2022 season |
| Norddea Hokkaido | Ryuichi Yoneyama (footballer) [ja] | Sapporo, Hokkaido | 5th |
| Tsukuba FC Ladies | Sou Hakuba | Tsukuba, Ibaraki | 6th |
| FC Fujizakura Yamanashi [ja] | Kai Watanabe | Narusawa, Yamanashi | Tōkai Div.1 5th |
| JFA Academy Fukushima | Takafumi Yamaguchi [ja] | Kobe, Hyōgo | 1st |
| Veertien Mie Ladies | Kenichi Sadakiyo | Sendai, Miyagi | Tōkai Div.1 5th |
| Okayama Yunogo Belle | Hiroshi Taniguchi | Mimasaka, Okayama | 8th |
| KIU Charme | Shinji Ota | Takahashi, Okayama | 7th |
| Diavorosso Hiroshima | Junji Iwata | Hiroshima, Hiroshima | Chūgoku Div.2 1st |
| Fukuoka J. Anclas | Mie Kawashima | Fukuoka, Fukuoka | 4th |
| Viamaterras Miyazaki | Shoma Mizunaga | Shintomi, Miyazaki | 4th |

## League table
##### Division 1

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Yokohama FC Seagulls | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 11 | +11 | 26 |
| 2 | Orca Kamogawa | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 9 | +11 | 23 |
| 3 | NGU Loveledge Nagoya | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 10 | +8 | 20 |
| 4 | Iga Kunoichi Mie | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 7 | +13 | 19 |
| 5 | AS Harima Albion | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 14 | +2 | 19 |
| 6 | Sfida Setagaya | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 11 | +5 | 17 |
| 7 | Nittaidai | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 15 | +3 | 15 |
| 8 | Ehime FC | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 16 | −4 | 11 |
| 9 | Bunnys Gunma | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 17 | −5 | 11 |
| 10 | Shizuoka SSU Bonita | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 22 | −10 | 8 |
| 11 | Yamato Sylphid | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 33 | −22 | 8 |
| 12 | Speranza Osaka | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 21 | −12 | 3 |

##### Division 2

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Viamaterras Miyazaki | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 44 | 4 | +40 | 26 |
| 2 | JFA Academy Fukushima [ja] | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 6 | +11 | 20 |
| 3 | Fukuoka J. Anclas | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 13 | −3 | 20 |
| 4 | Okayama Yunogo Belle | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 16 | +12 | 15 |
| 5 | Tsukuba FC | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | −1 | 14 |
| 6 | FC Fujizakura Yamanashi [ja] | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 13 |
| 7 | Veertien Mie | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 12 |
| 8 | KIU Charme | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 15 | −3 | 10 |
| 9 | Diavorosso Hiroshima | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 31 | −28 | 6 |
| 10 | Norddea Hokkaido | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 28 | −26 | 1 |

## Season statistics
### Top scorers
#### Division 1

    As of 28 May 2023.
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Yuna Katayama | Yokohama FC Seagulls | 10 |
| 2 | Misuzu Uchida | AS Harima Albion | 9 |
| 3 | Kana Shinbori | Sfida Setagaya | 6 |
| 3 | Hinano Hirata | Iga FC Kunoichi Mie | 6 |
| 5 | Chiina Kamiya | Asahi Intecc Loveledge Nagoya | 5 |
| 5 | Shiho Ogawa | Iga FC Kunoichi Mie | 5 |
| 7 | Risa Urashima | Orca Kamogawa | 4 |
| 7 | Haruhi Suzuki | Orca Kamogawa | 4 |
| 7 | Ami Kitazawa | Nittaidai SMG Yokohama | 4 |
| 7 | Mayu Kaneko | Nittaidai SMG Yokohama | 4 |
| 7 | Akari Kurata | Yokohama FC Seagulls | 4 |
| 7 | Runa Shioya | Bunnys Gunma | 4 |

#### Division 2

    As of 4 June 2023.
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Akane Saito | Viamaterras Miyazaki | 18 |
| 2 | Kumi Yokoyama | Okayama Yunogo Belle | 11 |
| 3 | Mao Itamura | JFA Academy Fukushima [ja] | 7 |
| 4 | Miyuu Sakata | Viamaterras Miyazaki | 6 |
| 4 | Konomi Uchida | Okayama Yunogo Belle | 6 |
| 6 | Saya Wakita | FC Fujizakura Yamanashi [ja] | 5 |
| 6 | Riho Sakamoto | Viamaterras Miyazaki | 5 |
| 8 | Mizuki Akamine | Tsukuba FC | 4 |
| 9 | Karin Naito | Tsukuba FC | 3 |
| 9 | Momoko Tanikawa | JFA Academy Fukushima [ja] | 3 |
| 9 | Suzu Katanoda | Veertien Mie | 3 |
| 9 | Yurina Furutani | KIU Charme Okayama Takahashi | 3 |
| 9 | Kaede Itakura | KIU Charme Okayama Takahashi | 3 |
| 9 | Rina Koyama | Fukuoka J. Anclas | 3 |
| 9 | Shiori Yanagita | Fukuoka J. Anclas | 3 |
| 9 | Ayako Shimada | Viamaterras Miyazaki | 3 |
| 9 | Yuka Toriumi | Okayama Yunogo Belle | 3 |