# 2019 Prince Takamado U-18 Premier League

The 2019 Prince Takamado JFA U-18 Football Premier League (Japanese: 高円宮杯 JFA U-18サッカープレミアリーグ 2019, Hepburn: Takamado no Miya-hai JFA U-18 Sakkā Puremia Rīgu 2019) was the 31st season of the main competition for under-18 teams in Japan and the 10th after rebranding the competition to the current "Premier League" format.
Aomori Yamada High School won the Premier League East, and Nagoya Grampus won the Premier League West. The teams' meeting in the final resulted with Aomori Yamada winning the competition for the second time.

## Changes from the previous season

| Promoted from the Prince Leagues | Relegated to the Prince Leagues (East) | Relegated to the Prince Leagues (West) |
| Shoshi Omiya Ardija Ehime FC Ohzu | FC Tokyo Toyama Daiichi | Hannan Yonago Kita |

## Participating clubs
### Premier League East

| Team | Prefecture |
| Aomori Yamada High School | Aomori |
| Shoshi High School | Fukushima |
| Kashima Antlers | Ibaraki |
| Urawa Red Diamonds | Saitama |
| Omiya Ardija | Saitama |
| Ichiritsu Funabashi High School | Chiba |
| Kashiwa Reysol | Chiba |
| Ryutsu Keizai University Kashiwa High School | Chiba |
| Shimizu S-Pulse | Shizuoka |
| Júbilo Iwata | Shizuoka |

### Premier League West

| Team | Prefecture |
| Nagoya Grampus | Aichi |
| Kyoto Sanga | Kyoto |
| Gamba Osaka | Osaka |
| Cerezo Osaka | Osaka |
| Vissel Kobe | Hyogo |
| Sanfrecce Hiroshima | Hiroshima |
| Ehime FC | Ehime |
| Avispa Fukuoka | Fukuoka |
| Higashi Fukuoka High School | Fukuoka |
| Ohzu High School | Kumamoto |

## League table
### Premier League East

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Aomori Yamada | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 42 | 20 | +22 | 37 | Qualification for Premier League final |
| 2 | Kashiwa Reysol | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 33 | 26 | +7 | 28 | |
| 3 | Urawa Red Diamonds | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 15 | +1 | 28 | |
| 4 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 26 | 20 | +6 | 25 | |
| 5 | Ichiritsu Funabashi | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 25 | −5 | 24 | |
| 6 | Omiya Ardija | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 22 | −3 | 21 | |
| 7 | Ryutsu Keizai Kashiwa | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 29 | 34 | −5 | 21 | |
| 8 | Júbilo Iwata | 18 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 23 | 28 | −5 | 20 | |
| 9 | Kashima Antlers | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 23 | −5 | 20 | Relegation to the Prince Leagues |
| 10 | Shoshi | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 26 | 39 | −13 | 19 | Relegation to the Prince Leagues |

### Premier League West

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Nagoya Grampus | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 52 | 22 | +30 | 41 | Qualification for Premier League final |
| 2 | Kyoto Sanga | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 39 | 27 | +12 | 35 | |
| 3 | Gamba Osaka | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 47 | 22 | +25 | 34 | |
| 4 | Ohzu | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 26 | −1 | 30 | |
| 5 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 38 | 26 | +12 | 29 | |
| 6 | Vissel Kobe | 18 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 32 | 41 | −9 | 22 | |
| 7 | Cerezo Osaka | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 26 | −7 | 19 | |
| 8 | Higashi Fukuoka | 18 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 24 | 40 | −16 | 19 | |
| 9 | Avispa Fukuoka | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 34 | 54 | −20 | 19 | Relegation to the Prince Leagues |
| 10 | Ehime FC | 18 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 41 | −26 | 10 | Relegation to the Prince Leagues |

## Promotion/relegation play-offs

As usual, the 16 top-ranked teams of the nine Prince League divisions entered the play-offs. They were split into four blocks, with each block winner (highlighted in bold) qualifying for the 2021 Premier League, as the 2020 edition was not held due to problems related to the COVID-19 outbreak.

### Block D
## Final

| GK | 1 | Shibuki Sato |
| DF | 2 | Yosuke Uchida |
| DF | 3 | Yusei Kanda |
| DF | 4 | Hiraku Hakozaki |
| DF | 5 | Yudai Fujiwara |
| MF | 6 | Riku Furuyado |
| MF | 7 | Kuryu Matsuki |
| MF | 8 | Rukia Urakawa | 59' |
| MF | 10 | Hidetoshi Takeda (c) | 87' |
| MF | 11 | Kenta Goto | 80' |
| FW | 9 | Shota Tanaka | 87' |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 30 | Shonosuke Yamada |
| DF | 16 | Ryusei Suzuki |
| MF | 13 | Soki Tokuno | 80' |
| MF | 14 | Kim Hyeon-woo | 87' |
| MF | 15 | Soma Anzai | 59' |
| MF | 18 | Paul Tabinas |
| MF | 24 | Shogo Matsumoto | 87' |
| Manager: ||
| Go Kuroda ||
| GK | 1 | John Higashi |
| DF | 3 | Takeshi Ushizawa |
| DF | 6 | Eiru Aratama |
| DF | 15 | Seiga Sumi |
| MF | 10 | Kohei Tanabe (c) |
| MF | 18 | Shuto Mitsuda |
| MF | 19 | Daichi Ichimaru | 80' |
| MF | 25 | Yota Saito |
| FW | 8 | Kyota Sakakibara |
| FW | 11 | Yukito Murakami |
| FW | 17 | Suiju Takeuchi | 52' |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 1 | Daiki Mitsui |
| DF | 2 | Ryuya Okazaki | 80' |
| DF | 20 | Shinma Ishikawa |
| MF | 7 | Ken Masui | 52' |
| MF | 29 | Gen Kato |
| FW | 27 | Kosei Matsumoto |
| FW | 36 | Hayato Manabe |
| Manager: ||
| Satoshi Koga ||
| Assistant referees: Seiichi Kanai Soichi Iwasaki Fourth official: Masashi Harada | Match rules 90 minutes. Extra-time if scores still level at the end of regulation time. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level at the end of extra time. Seven named substitutes. Maximum of five substitutions during regulation time, with one more substition allowed if the match needs to go into extra-time. |

## Top scorers
### East

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Hiryu Okuda | Kashiwa Reysol | 13 |
| 2 | Hidetoshi Takeda | Aomori Yamada | 12 |
| 3 | Itsuki Someno | Shoshi | 11 |
| 4 | Taichi Aoshima | Shimizu S-Pulse | 9 |
| 4 | Itto Moriyama | RKU Kashiwa | 9 |
| 6 | Mao Hosoya | Kashiwa Reysol | 8 |
| 7 | Yusuke Onishi | RKU Kashiwa | 7 |
| 8 | Kim Hyun-woo | Aomori Yamada | 8 |
| 8 | Shoichi Kurimata | Kashima Antlers | 8 |
| 8 | Erick Noriega | Shimizu S-Pulse | 8 |
| 8 | Yuito Suzuki | Ichiritsu Funabashi | 8 |
| 8 | Shota Tanaka | Aomori Yamada | 8 |

### West

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Ryoma Ishii | Avispa Fukuoka | 13 |
| 2 | Shun Ayukawa | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 11 |
| 3 | Yuto Otani | Gamba Osaka | 10 |
| 3 | Shoji Toyama | Gamba Osaka | 10 |
| 5 | Yukito Murakami | Nagoya Grampus | 9 |
| 5 | Yoshiki Shigeno | Vissel Kobe | 9 |
| 5 | Hayate Tanada | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 9 |
| 8 | Ryotaro Araki | Higashi Fukuoka | 7 |
| 8 | Sota Kawasaki | Kyoto Sanga | 7 |
| 8 | Shuto Mitsuda | Nagoya Grampus | 7 |
| 8 | Suiju Takeuchi | Nagoya Grampus | 7 |