# 2016 Japanese Regional Leagues

The 2016 Japanese Regional Leagues were a competition between parallel association football leagues ranking at the bottom of the Japan Football League.

## Champions list
### Qualified for the 40th Promotion Regional Series

| Region | Champions |
| Hokkaido | Norbritz Hokkaido |
| Tohoku | Cobaltore Onagawa |
| Kantō | Tokyo 23 FC |
| Hokushinetsu | Artista Tomi |
| Tokai | FC Kariya |
| Kansai | Arterivo Wakayama |
| Chūgoku | SRC Hiroshima |
| Shikoku | FC Imabari |
| Kyushu | J.FC Miyazaki |

## Hokkaido

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Norbritz Hokkaido (C, Q) | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 47 | 11 | +36 | 32 | Qualification for the 2016 Regional Champions League |
| 2 | Tokachi Fairsky FC | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 41 | 18 | +23 | 30 | |
| 3 | Sapporo Football Club | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 48 | 15 | +33 | 29 | |
| 4 | Sapporo University GOAL PLUNDERERS | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 47 | 34 | +13 | 21 | |
| 5 | Nippon Express FC | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 40 | 27 | +13 | 19 | |
| 6 | Imamizawa FC Hokushukai | 14 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 27 | 56 | −29 | 15 | |
| 7 | Sapporo Hokkaido University (R) | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 26 | 59 | −33 | 13 | Relegated to Sapporo Block League |
| 8 | Verdelazzo Asahikawa (R) | 14 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 66 | −56 | 1 | Relegated to the Northern Hokkaido Block League |

## Tohoku
### Division 1

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Cobaltore Onagawa (C, Q) | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 66 | 9 | +57 | 43 | |
| 2 | Blancdieu Hirosaki FC | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 34 | 23 | +11 | 34 | |
| 3 | FC Ganju Iwate | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 48 | 31 | +17 | 32 | |
| 4 | FC Primeiro | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 38 | 33 | +5 | 30 | |
| 5 | Morioka Zebra | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 50 | 33 | +17 | 28 | |
| 6 | Bandits Iwaki FC | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 32 | 44 | −12 | 23 | |
| 7 | Fuji Club 2003 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 27 | 38 | −11 | 22 | |
| 8 | Sendai Sasuke FC | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 20 | 36 | −16 | 20 | |
| 9 | Saruta Kōgyō S.C. (R) | 18 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 38 | 44 | −6 | 19 | Relegated to Div. 2 North |
| 10 | Iwaki Furukawa FC (R) | 18 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 20 | 84 | −64 | 6 | Relegated to Div. 2 South |

### Division 2 North

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Nippon Steel Kamaishi (C, P) | 18 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 51 | 18 | +33 | 45 | Promoted to Div. 1 |
| 2 | Akita FC Cambiare | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 57 | 18 | +39 | 44 | |
| 3 | Akita University School of Medicine | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 42 | 35 | +7 | 32 | |
| 4 | Hachinohe Gakuin University FC 2014 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 46 | 33 | +13 | 30 | |
| 5 | Omiya Club | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 44 | 39 | +5 | 24 | |
| 6 | TDK Shinwakai | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 34 | 35 | −1 | 20 | |
| 7 | Mizusawa Club | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 45 | −22 | 19 | |
| 8 | Hirazumi Maezawa (R) | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 27 | 51 | −24 | 18 | Relegated to Iwate Prefectural League |
| 9 | Hanamaki Club (R) | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 22 | 38 | −16 | 14 | Relegated to Iwate Prefectural League |
| 10 | Shichinohe SC (R) | 18 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 53 | −34 | 10 | Relegated to Aomori Prefectural League |

### Division 2 South

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Merry FC (C, P) | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 60 | 14 | +46 | 44 | Promoted to Div. 1 |
| 2 | Soma SC | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 46 | 29 | +17 | 35 | |
| 3 | Nakaniida Soccer Club | 18 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 44 | 23 | +21 | 33 | |
| 4 | Kureha SC | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 38 | 36 | +2 | 30 | |
| 5 | FC Parafrente Yonezawa | 18 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 43 | 32 | +11 | 27 | |
| 6 | Duopark FC | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 37 | 31 | +6 | 26 | |
| 7 | Sendai Nakada FC | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 31 | 39 | −8 | 26 | |
| 8 | FC Scheinen Fukushima (R) | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 37 | 41 | −4 | 19 | Relegated to Fukushima Prefectural League |
| 9 | Marysol Matsushima SC (R) | 18 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 26 | 81 | −55 | 13 | Relegated to Miyagi Prefectural League |
| 10 | Tozawa FC (R) | 18 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 22 | 58 | −36 | 7 | Relegated to Yamagata Prefectural League |

## Kantō
### Division 1

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Tokyo 23 FC (C) | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 18 | +18 | 44 | |
| 2 | Vonds Ichihara | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 40 | 14 | +26 | 36 | |
| 3 | Yokohama Takeru | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 43 | 31 | +12 | 35 | |
| 4 | Vertfee Takahara Nasu | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 28 | |
| 5 | Tsukuba FC | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 37 | 34 | +3 | 27 | |
| 6 | Ryutsu Keizai University FC | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 30 | 33 | −3 | 24 | |
| 7 | Saitama SC | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 29 | 30 | −1 | 22 | |
| 8 | Aries FC Tokyo | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 30 | −6 | 22 | |
| 9 | Tonan Maebashi (R) | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 32 | −12 | 14 | Relegated to Div. 2 |
| 10 | FC Korea (R) | 18 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 14 | 51 | −37 | 3 | Relegated to Div. 2 |

### Division 2

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Tokyo United FC (C, P) | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 18 | +18 | 36 | Promoted to Div. 1 |
| 2 | Hitachi Building System (P) | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 34 | 35 | −1 | 33 | Promoted to Div. 1 |
| 3 | Kanagawa Prefecture Teachers SC | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 34 | 31 | +3 | 32 | |
| 4 | Nippon Engineering College F. Marinos | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 29 | 26 | +3 | 26 | |
| 5 | Esperanza SC | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 43 | 29 | +14 | 24 | |
| 6 | Toho Titanium SC | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 29 | 35 | −6 | 24 | |
| 7 | FC TIU | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 33 | 32 | +1 | 23 | |
| 8 | Waseda United | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 24 | 30 | −6 | 21 | |
| 9 | Atsugi Marcus (R) | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 23 | −15 | 18 | Relegated to Kanagawa Prefectural League |
| 10 | Sakado City FC (R) | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 31 | −11 | 16 | Relegated to Saitama Prefectural League |

## Hokushinetsu
### Division 1

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Artista Tomi (C) | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 53 | 4 | +49 | 37 | |
| 2 | Saurcos Fukui | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 45 | 4 | +41 | 35 | |
| 3 | Japan Soccer College | 14 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 41 | 16 | +25 | 27 | |
| 4 | FC Hokuriku | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 27 | −12 | 19 | |
| 5 | Sakai Phoenix | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 21 | −2 | 17 | |
| 6 | Toyama Shinjo Club | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 55 | −43 | 13 | |
| 7 | FC Antelope Shiojiri (R) | 14 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 13 | 30 | −17 | 9 | |
| 8 | FC Ueda Gentian (R) | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 53 | −41 | 7 | Relegated to Div. 2 |

### Division 2

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Hokuriku Futures (C) | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 53 | 16 | +37 | 31 | |
| 2 | '09 Keidai FC (P) | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 45 | 19 | +26 | 31 | Promoted to Div. 1 |
| 3 | Nakano Esperanza | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 25 | |
| 4 | CUPS | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 31 | 33 | −2 | 23 | |
| 5 | AS Jamineiro | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 35 | −18 | 15 | |
| 6 | Teihens FC | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 34 | −12 | 14 | |
| 7 | Okuetsu FC (R) | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 29 | −13 | 12 | Relegated to Fukui Prefectural League |
| 8 | Valiente Toyama (R) | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 16 | 34 | −18 | 10 | Relegated to Toyama Prefectural League |

## Tōkai
### Division 1

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | FC Kariya (C, Q) | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 7 | +36 | 40 | |
| 2 | FC Suzuka Rampole (Q) | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 38 | 17 | +21 | 32 | |
| 3 | Veertien Mie (Q, P) | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 43 | 18 | +25 | 30 | Promoted to JFL |
| 4 | FC Ise-Shima | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 26 | −1 | 23 | |
| 5 | FC Gifu Second | 14 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 23 | −10 | 15 | |
| 6 | Chukyo University FC | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 32 | −16 | 11 | |
| 7 | Tokoha University FC | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 50 | −36 | 5 | |
| 8 | Fujieda City Hall SC (R) | 14 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 38 | −19 | 4 | Relegated to Div. 2 |

### Division 2

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Toyota Shukyu-dan (C, P) | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 41 | 13 | +28 | 37 | Promoted to Div. 1 |
| 2 | Tokai Gakuen FC (P) | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 43 | 15 | +28 | 29 | Promoted to Div. 1 |
| 3 | Yazaki Valente | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 10 | +14 | 29 | |
| 4 | Kasugai Club | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 31 | −11 | 16 | |
| 5 | Toyota Industries SC | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 28 | −6 | 13 | |
| 6 | Nagara Club | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 33 | −15 | 13 | |
| 7 | Nagoya SC | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 19 | 32 | −13 | 11 | |
| 8 | Daido Steel SC (R) | 14 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 42 | −25 | 6 | Relegated to Aichi Prefectural League |

## Kansai
### Division 1

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Arterivo Wakayama (C, Q) | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 36 | 11 | +25 | 34 | |
| 2 | Amitie SC | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 36 | 12 | +24 | 34 | |
| 3 | Kansai FC 2008 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 16 | +8 | 22 | |
| 4 | Hannan University FC | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 17 | −1 | 20 | |
| 5 | Banditonce Kakogawa | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 16 | −1 | 19 | |
| 6 | Lagend Shiga FC | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 24 | −4 | 16 | |
| 7 | Renaiss School Koga (R) | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 38 | −24 | 8 | Relegated to Div. 2 |
| 8 | Kyoto Shiko SC (R) | 14 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 11 | 38 | −27 | 3 | Relegated to Div. 2 |

### Division 2

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | FC Tiamo Hirakata (C, P) | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 10 | +20 | 30 | Promoted to Div. 1 |
| 2 | St. Andrew's University FC (P) | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 20 | +10 | 28 | Promoted to Div. 1 |
| 3 | Diablossa Takada FC | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 34 | 25 | +9 | 28 | |
| 4 | AS Laranja Kyoto | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 19 | +9 | 24 | |
| 5 | Ain Foods | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 12 | +9 | 21 | |
| 6 | Takasago Mineiro | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 20 | −1 | 15 | |
| 7 | Kwansei Gakuin University Soccer Club (R) | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 21 | 41 | −20 | 10 | Relegation play-off Relegation to Hyogo Prefectural League |
| 8 | Kishiwada Club (R) | 14 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 48 | −36 | 4 | Relegated to Osaka Prefectural League |

## Chūgoku

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | SRC Hiroshima (C, Q) | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 54 | 15 | +39 | 41 | |
| 2 | Matsue City FC | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 48 | 16 | +32 | 40 | |
| 3 | Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima FC (Q) | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 49 | 25 | +24 | 32 | |
| 4 | IPU FC | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 48 | 31 | +17 | 31 | |
| 5 | JX Nippon Oil & Energy Mizushima FC | 18 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 33 | 27 | +6 | 28 | |
| 6 | Dezzolla Shimane | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 28 | 33 | −5 | 23 | |
| 7 | HATSUKAICHI FC | 18 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 37 | 48 | −11 | 22 | |
| 8 | NTN Okayama | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 36 | −16 | 21 | |
| 9 | Fuji Xerox Hiroshima S.C. (R) | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 25 | 36 | −11 | 20 | Relegated to Hiroshima Prefectural League |
| 10 | SC Tottori Dreams (R) | 18 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 13 | 88 | −75 | 0 | Relegated to Tottori Prefectural League |

## Shikoku

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | F.C. Imabari (C, Q, P) | 14 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 64 | 7 | +57 | 39 | Promoted to JFL |
| 2 | Kōchi United SC | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 70 | 6 | +64 | 37 | |
| 3 | KUFC Nangoku | 14 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 36 | 20 | +16 | 27 | |
| 4 | Tadotsu FC | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 33 | −16 | 17 | |
| 5 | FC Tokushima | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 45 | −33 | 13 | |
| 6 | Kagawa Takamatsu | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 44 | −33 | 13 | |
| 7 | Llamas Kochi FC | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 28 | −20 | 9 | |
| 8 | Nakamura Club (R) | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 45 | −35 | 8 | Relegated to Kochi Prefectural League |

## Kyushu

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | PKW | PKL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Result |
| 1 | J.FC Miyazaki (C, Q) | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 6 | +16 | 25 | |
| 2 | Tegevajaro Miyazaki | 9 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 5 | +21 | 22 | |
| 3 | Nippon Steel Oita | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 9 | +18 | 20 | |
| 4 | Kyushu Mitsubishi Motors | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 22 | −1 | 20 | |
| 5 | FC Nakatsu | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 12 | −2 | 13 | |
| 6 | Kumamoto Teachers | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 12 | |
| 7 | NIFS Kanoya Soccer Club | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 16 | −1 | 9 | |
| 8 | Kaiho Bank SC | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 27 | −17 | 7 | |
| 9 | Mitsubishi HI Nagasaki SC | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 19 | −13 | 4 | |
| 10 | Kagoshima United FC Second (R) | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 18 | 39 | −21 | 3 | Disbanded |
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