List of J.League awards
The J.League awards are represented by a ceremony, which is hosted every year in December, at the end of the season. This ceremony was inducted to award the best players of J.League. To win this award, the nominees had to play at least 17 matches of the season. Awards. "Updated to December 7, 2021". Most Valuable Player (MVP). The J.League Player of the Year is awarded by the J.League. Best XI. For more information about this voice, read "J.League Best XI". Top scorer. The J.League Top Scorer is awarded by the J.League to the top scoring  player of the season. Only five players won this award twice: Masashi Nakayama, Ryoichi Maeda, Joshua Kennedy and Yoshito Okubo. Other four players won both the top-scorer award and the one for Most Valuable Player: Masashi Nakayama in 1998, Naohiro Takahara in 2002, Marquinhos in 2008, Hisato Sato in 2012 and Yu Kobayashi in 2017. Rookie of the year. The J.League Rookie of the Year is awarded by the J.League to the most outstanding rookie of the season. To be considered a rookie, there are some criteria to meet: The youngest-ever winner is Takayuki Morimoto: he won the  award in 2004 at the age of 16. Players names shown in bold were also named in the best eleven for that season. Manager of the year. The J.League Manager of the Year is an annual award given to one manager by the J.League based on their performance during the season. In the past, the award usually went to the manager of the champions, though this has varied somewhat over the years. From 2017, the award was modified so that the Manager of the J.League champion wins the J.League Champion Manager of the Year, and a separate J.League Manager of  the Year award is given to a Manager from each of the J.Leagues (J1, J2 and J3). The list below reflects the award for J1 League Manager of the Year award only. Fair-Play award. The goal is to be under the 1 point-media to win the award. For J.League the limit is 34, while in J.League 2 and J3 League the limit is respectively 42 and 33. In bold the winners of Prince Takamado Cup. Individual Fair-Play award. This award was established since 1996.