List of J1 League football transfers winter 2017–18

This is a list of Japanese football J1 League transfers in the winter transfer window 2017–18 by club.

J1 League

Kawasaki Frontale

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No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
4	FW	JPN	Yoshito Okubo (from FC Tokyo)^[1]
9	FW	JPN	Shuhei Akasaki (from Kashima Antlers)
22	MF	JPN	Hokuto Shimoda (from Shonan Bellmare)
25	MF	JPN	Hidemasa Morita (from Ryutsu Keizai University)
27	MF	JPN	Yuto Suzuki (from Montedio Yamagata)
28	MF	JPN	Yasuto Wakizaka (from Hannan University)
31	GK	JPN	William Popp (from Tokyo Verdy, previously on loan)
37	MF	JPN	Manabu Saito (from Yokohama F. Marinos)^[2]
—	MF	JPN	Masataka Kani (from FC Imabari, end of loan)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
4	DF	JPN	Yusuke Igawa (to Eastern SC)
9	FW	JPN	Takayuki Morimoto (to Avispa Fukuoka)
13	MF	JPN	Koji Miyoshi (on loan to Consadole Sapporo)
22	MF	BRA	Rhayner (to Ponte Preta, end of loan)
27	FW	JPN	Shohei Otsuka (to SC Sagamihara)
28	DF	JPN	Ko Itakura (on loan to Vegalta Sendai)
—	MF	JPN	Riki Harakawa (to Sagan Tosu, previously on loan)
—	MF	JPN	Yoshihiro Nakano (to Vegalta Sendai, previously on loan)
—	MF	JPN	Masataka Kani (to Gainare Tottori)

Kashima Antlers

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No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
2	DF	JPN	Atsuto Uchida (from 1. FC Union Berlin)^[3]
11	MF	BRA	Leandro (from Palmeiras, previously on loan)
19	FW	JPN	Kazuma Yamaguchi (from Hannan University)
31	GK	JPN	Yuya Oki (promoted from youth ranks)
32	DF	JPN	Koki Anzai (from Tokyo Verdy)
39	DF	JPN	Tomoya Inukai (from Shimizu S-Pulse)
—	FW	JPN	Shuhei Akasaki (from Gamba Osaka, end of loan)
—	FW	JPN	Yuta Toyokawa (from Fagiano Okayama, end of loan)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	DF	BRA	Bueno (on loan to Tokushima Vortis)
27	MF	JPN	Takahide Umebachi (to Zweigen Kanazawa)
—	GK	JPN	Yuto Koizumi (to Mito Hollyhock, previously on loan)
—	FW	JPN	Yuta Toyokawa (to KAS Eupen)^[4]
—	FW	JPN	Shuhei Akasaki (to Kawasaki Frontale)

Cerezo Osaka

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No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	JPN	Takumi Nagaishi (from Fukuoka University)
7	MF	JPN	Kota Mizunuma (from FC Tokyo, previously on loan)
13	FW	JPN	Toshiyuki Takagi (from Urawa Red Diamonds)
16	FW	JPN	Eiichi Katayama (from Fagiano Okayama)
18	FW	KOR	Yang Dong-hyun (from Pohang Steelers)
28	FW	JPN	Motohiko Nakajima (promoted from youth ranks)
32	MF	JPN	Atomu Tanaka (from Kawasaki Frontale)
34	FW	JPN	Hiroto Yamada (promoted from youth ranks)
39	MF	THA	Chaowat Veerachat (on loan from Bangkok Glass FC)^[5]
40	FW	JPN	Mizuki Ando (from Nagasaki Institute of Applied Science)
41	MF	JPN	Naoya Uozato (from Kwansei Gakuin University)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	JPN	Kentaro Kakoi (on loan to Avispa Fukuoka)
7	MF	JPN	Kunimitsu Sekiguchi (retired)
28	DF	JPN	Hayato Nukui (to Tochigi SC)
32	GK	KOR	Ahn Joon-soo (on loan to Kagoshima United FC)
34	MF	JPN	Masaki Sakamoto (to Kagoshima United FC)
40	FW	JPN	Takeru Kishimoto (on loan to Mito HollyHock)
—	GK	JPN	Hiroyuki Takeda (to Tokyo Verdy, previously on loan)
—	DF	JPN	Jurato Ikeda (to Ehime FC)
—	DF	JPN	Kenta Mukuhara (to Fagiano Okayama)
—	MF	JPN	Shohei Kiyohara (to Zweigen Kanazawa)
—	MF	JPN	Mitsuru Maruoka (on loan to Renofa Yamaguchi)

Kashiwa Reysol

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No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
8	MF	JPN	Kei Koizumi (from Albirex Niigata)
10	FW	JPN	Ataru Esaka (from Omiya Ardija)
11	FW	JPN	Ryohei Yamazaki (from Albirex Niigata)
18	MF	JPN	Yusuke Segawa (from Omiya Ardija)
21	GK	JPN	Haruki Saruta (promoted from youth ranks)
22	DF	KOR	Park Jeong-su (from Yokohama F. Marinos)
24	DF	JPN	Toshiaki Miyamoto (promoted from youth ranks)
25	MF	JPN	Riku Tanaka (promoted from youth ranks)
29	DF	JPN	So Nakagawa (promoted from youth ranks)
30	MF	JPN	Masakatsu Sawa (from Deportivo Municipal)
39	DF	JPN	Masashi Kamekawa (from Avispa Fukuoka)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
6	MF	JPN	Yusuke Kobayashi (on loan to Shonan Bellmare)
8	MF	JPN	Kosuke Taketomi (to Urawa Red Diamonds)
10	FW	JPN	Yuki Otsu (to Yokohama F. Marinos)
11	FW	BRA	Diego Oliveira (on loan to FC Tokyo)
21	DF	JPN	Takuya Hashiguchi (on loan to Machida Zelvia)
22	DF	JPN	Naoki Wako (to Avispa Fukuoka)
24	FW	JPN	Koki Oshima (to Tochigi SC)
—	DF	JPN	Tatsuya Masushima (on loan to JEF United Chiba)
—	DF	JPN	Masato Yuzawa (to Ventforet Kofu)

Yokohama F. Marinos

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No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
9	FW	JPN	Yuki Otsu (from Kashiwa Reysol)
19	FW	JPN	Teruhito Nakagawa (from Avispa Fukuoka, end of loan)
25	MF	KOR	Yun Il-lok (from FC Seoul)
29	FW	JPN	Masashi Wada (from Renofa Yamaguchi, end of loan)
34	DF	JPN	Taiga Nishiyama (promoted from youth ranks)
36	DF	JPN	Jin Ikoma (from Kagoshima Josei High School)
37	MF	JPN	Kenta Hori (promoted from youth ranks)
38	MF	JPN	Kota Yamada (promoted from youth ranks)
39	FW	JPN	Shuto Machino (from Riseisha High School)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
2	DF	KOR	Park Jeong-su (to Kashiwa Reysol)
10	MF	JPN	Manabu Saito (to Kawasaki Frontale)
17	FW	JPN	Cayman Togashi (on loan to FC Tokyo)
20	MF	NED	Quenten Martinus (to Urawa Red Diamonds)
25	MF	JPN	Naoki Maeda (to Matsumoto Yamaga)
—	GK	JPN	Junto Taguchi (to Albirex Niigata)
—	DF	JPN	Ikki Arai (to Nagoya Grampus, previously on loan)
—	MF	JPN	Andrew Kumagai (to JEF United Chiba, previously on loan)
—	MF	JPN	Kensei Nakashima (to FC Gifu, previously on loan)
—	FW	BRA	Kayke (on loan to EC Bahia)

Júbilo Iwata

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No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
4	DF	JPN	Ryo Shinzato (from Ventforet Kofu)
6	DF	BRA	Guilherme (from Paysandu SC)
7	MF	JPN	Taishi Taguchi (from Nagoya Grampus)
16	FW	JPN	Seiya Nakano (from University of Tsukuba)
37	FW	BRA	Morbeck (from Roasso Kumamoto)
38	MF	JPN	Hiroki Ito (promoted from youth ranks)
—	GK	JPN	Ayumi Niekawa (from Thespakusatsu Gunma, end of loan)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
2	DF	JPN	Taisuke Nakamura (to Omiya Ardija)
7	MF	JPN	Kota Ueda (to Fagiano Okayama)
16	FW	JPN	Kazuki Saito (to Fagiano Okayama)
17	MF	JPN	Takafumi Shimizu (to Tochigi Uva FC)
40	MF	JPN	Hayao Kawabe (to Sanfrecce Hiroshima, end of loan)
—	GK	JPN	Ayumi Niekawa (on loan to Azul Claro Numazu)
—	MF	JPN	Hiroto Tanaka (to Ehime FC, previously on loan)
—	FW	JPN	Ryuolivier Iwamoto (retired, previously on loan to Gainare Tottori)

Urawa Red Diamonds

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No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
7	MF	JPN	Kosuke Taketomi (from Kashiwa Reysol)
11	MF	NED	Quenten Martinus (from Yokohama F. Marinos)
18	MF	JPN	Naoki Yamada (from Shonan Bellmare, end of loan)
26	DF	JPN	Takuya Ogiwara (promoted from youth ranks)
27	DF	JPN	Daiki Hashioka (promoted from youth ranks)
29	MF	JPN	Kai Shibato (from Meiji University)
31	DF	JPN	Takuya Iwanami (from Vissel Kobe)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
4	DF	JPN	Daisuke Nasu (to Vissel Kobe)
7	MF	JPN	Tsukasa Umesaki (to Shonan Bellmare)
8	FW	BRA	Rafael Silva (to Wuhan Zall)
13	FW	JPN	Toshiyuki Takagi (to Cerezo Osaka)
17	MF	JPN	Yu Tamura (to Avispa Fukuoka, end of loan)
18	MF	JPN	Yoshiaki Komai (on loan to Consadole Sapporo)
19	FW	JPN	Ado Onaiwu (on loan to Renofa Yamaguchi)
39	MF	JPN	Shinya Yajima (to Gamba Osaka)
—	MF	JPN	Haruki Izawa (on loan to Tokushima Vortis)
—	MF	JPN	Shota Saito (released)
—	FW	JPN	Naoki Ishihara (to Vegalta Sendai, previously on loan)

Sagan Tosu

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No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
3	DF	JPN	Yuji Takahashi (from Kyoto Sanga)
4	MF	JPN	Riki Harakawa (from Kawasaki Frontale, previously on loan)
24	DF	JPN	Kazuki Anzai (from Tokyo Verdy)
26	MF	JPN	Ryoya Ito (from Fortuna Düsseldorf)
36	MF	JPN	Hideto Takahashi (from Vissel Kobe)^[6]
—	MF	JPN	Keiya Nakami (from Zweigen Kanazawa, end of loan)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
11	FW	JPN	Yohei Toyoda (on loan to Ulsan Hyundai FC)
35	DF	JPN	Takeshi Aoki (to Roasso Kumamoto)
—	GK	JPN	Eisuke Fujishima (to Renofa Yamaguchi)
—	DF	JPN	Tatsuya Sakai (to Montedio Yamagata)
—	MF	JPN	Tetsuro Ota (to ReinMeer Aomori)
—	MF	JPN	Keiya Nakami (to Matsumoto Yamaga)
—	MF	JPN	Naoya Kikuchi (to Consadole Sapporo, previously on loan)
—	FW	JPN	Takamitsu Tomiyama (to Omiya Ardija)
—	MF	JPN	Yoshizumi Ogawa (to Albirex Niigata, previously on loan)

Vissel Kobe

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No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
2	DF	JPN	Daisuke Nasu (from Urawa Red Diamonds)
5	MF	KOR	Jung Woo-young (from Chongqing Lifan)
8	MF	JPN	Hirotaka Mita (from Vegalta Sendai)
15	DF	JPN	Daiki Miya (from Biwako Seikei Sport College)
17	FW	BRA	Wellington (from Avispa Fukuoka)
27	MF	JPN	Yuta Goke (from Aomori Yamada High School)
29	GK	JPN	Kota Ogi (from Nagoya Grampus)
30	DF	THA	Theerathon Bunmathan (on loan from Muangthong United)
36	FW	JPN	Tatsuki Noda (from FC Imabari, end of loan)
38	FW	JPN	Daiji Sasaki (promoted from youth ranks)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
5	DF	JPN	Takuya Iwanami (to Urawa Red Diamonds)
7	MF	BRA	Nílton (to EC Bahia)
8	MF	BRA	Wescley (on loan to Ceará)
15	MF	JPN	Seigo Kobayashi (on loan to Montedio Yamagata)
16	MF	JPN	Hideto Takahashi (to Sagan Tosu)
17	MF	JPN	Hideo Tanaka (to Tegevajaro Miyazaki)
25	DF	JPN	Junya Higashi (on loan to Fukushima United FC)
26	DF	JPN	Shinji Yamaguchi (on loan to Oita Trinita)
29	MF	JPN	Kotaro Omori (to FC Tokyo)
30	GK	JPN	Kenta Tokushige (to V-Varen Nagasaki)
—	MF	JPN	Ryo Matsumura (to Nagano Parceiro)
—	FW	JPN	Akito Mukai (on loan to MIO Biwako Shiga)

Gamba Osaka

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No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
13	DF	JPN	Shunya Suganuma (from Montedio Yamagata)
21	MF	JPN	Shinya Yajima (from Urawa Red Diamonds)
32	MF	JPN	Ren Shimaboto (promoted from youth ranks)
34	MF	JPN	Yuya Fukuda (from Higashi Fukuoka High School)
35	DF	JPN	Tatsuya Yamaguchi (from Tokai University High School)
36	DF	JPN	Riku Matsuda (from Maebashi Ikuei High School)
37	FW	JPN	Haruto Shirai (promoted from youth ranks)
38	FW	JPN	Kento Nakamura (from Mitsubishi Yowa SC Youth)
41	GK	JPN	Kosei Tani (promoted from youth ranks)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
6	DF	KOR	Kim Jung-ya (to Vegalta Sendai)
8	MF	JPN	Yosuke Ideguchi (to Leeds United)^[7]
13	FW	JPN	Hiroto Goya (on loan to Tokushima Vortis)
18	GK	JPN	Yosuke Fujigaya (retired)
23	MF	JPN	Shogo Nakahara (to Consadole Sapporo, end of loan)
28	MF	JPN	Shota Yomesaka (to Grulla Morioka)
29	FW	JPN	Hiromu Kori (to Tokyo Verdy, end of loan)
30	FW	JPN	So Hirao (on loan to Avispa Fukuoka)
53	FW	JPN	Shuhei Akasaki (to Kashima Antlers, end of loan)
—	MF	JPN	Tatsuya Uchida (to Tokyo Verdy, previously on loan)

Consadole Sapporo

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No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	JPN	Takanori Sugeno (on loan from Kyoto Sanga)
2	MF	JPN	Tomonobu Yokoyama (from Omiya Ardija, previously on loan)
14	MF	JPN	Yoshiaki Komai (on loan from Urawa Red Diamonds)
15	MF	JPN	Naoya Kikuchi (from Sagan Tosu, previously on loan)
19	MF	JPN	Kosuke Shirai (from Ehime FC)
21	GK	JPN	Shunta Awaka (from Ehime FC, end of loan)
31	FW	JPN	Takumi Miyayoshi (from Sanfrecce Hiroshima)
40	FW	JPN	Ren Fujimura (promoted from youth ranks)
41	MF	JPN	Koji Miyoshi (on loan from Kawasaki Frontale)
—	MF	JPN	Shogo Nakahara (from Gamba Osaka, end of loan)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	JPN	Junki Kanayama (to Fagiano Okayama)
5	DF	JPN	Takahiro Masukawa (to Kyoto Sanga)
14	DF	JPN	Shinya Uehara (to Ehime FC)
16	MF	JPN	Hiroyuki Mae (on loan to Mito HollyHock)
19	MF	JPN	Kengo Ishii (to Samut Sakhon FC)
22	FW	JPN	Hidetaka Kanazono (on loan to Ventforet Kofu)
23	MF	BRA	Diego Macedo (to CA Bragantino)
30	GK	JPN	Tetsu Sugiyama (to Tokyo United FC)
—	DF	JPN	Takayuki Mae (to Renofa Yamaguchi, previously on loan)
—	MF	JPN	Shogo Nakahara (on loan to V-Varen Nagasaki)

Vegalta Sendai

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No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
6	DF	JPN	Ko Itakura (on loan from Kawasaki Frontale)
8	MF	JPN	Yoshihiro Shoji (from FC Gifu)
11	FW	JPN	Naoki Ishihara (from Urawa Red Diamonds, previously on loan)
18	FW	BRA	Rafaelson (on loan from EC Vitoria)
19	FW	JPN	Ryo Germain (from Ryutsu Keizai University)
20	FW	JPN	Takumi Abe (from Ulsan Hyundai FC)
22	GK	JPN	Goro Kawanami (from Albirex Niigata)
23	MF	JPN	Yoshihiro Nakano (from Kawasaki Frontale, previously on loan)
29	MF	JPN	Shota Kobayashi (from Nagoya Grampus, previously on loan)
33	DF	JPN	Masato Tokida (from Oita Trinita, end of loan)
39	DF	KOR	Kim Jung-ya (from Gamba Osaka)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
6	DF	BRA	Vinicius (released)
8	MF	JPN	Takuya Nozawa (to Wollongong Wolves)
9	FW	JPN	Sota Hirayama (retired)
18	MF	JPN	Hirotaka Mita (to Vissel Kobe)
20	FW	BRA	Crislan (to Sporting Braga, end of loan)
22	MF	JPN	Kei Ishikawa (to Tochigi SC)
26	MF	JPN	Keita Fujimura (on loan to Zweigen Kanazawa)
32	DF	JPN	Masaya Kojima (on loan to Machida Zelvia)
50	DF	JPN	Tatsuya Masushima (to Kashiwa Reysol, end of loan)
—	MF	JPN	Yuto Sashinami (on loan to Kataller Toyama)
—	MF	JPN	Takumi Sasaki (on loan to Kamatamare Sanuki)

FC Tokyo

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No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
9	FW	BRA	Diego Oliveira (on loan from Kashiwa Reysol)
17	FW	JPN	Cayman Togashi (on loan from Yokohama F. Marinos)
23	FW	JPN	Kiichi Yajima (from Chuo University)
24	FW	JPN	Taichi Hara (promoted from youth ranks)
39	MF	JPN	Kotaro Omori (from Vissel Kobe)
44	MF	JPN	Manato Shinada (promoted from youth ranks)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
9	FW	NGA	Peter Utaka (to Sanfrecce Hiroshima, end of loan)
13	FW	JPN	Yoshito Okubo (to Kawasaki Frontale)
18	MF	JPN	Naohiro Ishikawa (retired)
21	FW	KOR	Yu In-soo (on loan to Avispa Fukuoka)
22	DF	JPN	Yuhei Tokunaga (to V-Varen Nagasaki)
24	MF	JPN	Wataru Sasaki (to Kamatamare Sanuki)
—	MF	JPN	Kota Mizunuma (to Cerezo Osaka, previously on loan)
—	MF	JPN	Hideyuki Nozawa (on loan to Ehime FC)

Shimizu S-Pulse

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No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
3	DF	KOR	Hwang Seok-ho (from Tianjin Teda)
14	MF	JPN	Jumpei Kusukami (from Western Sydney Wanderers)
15	MF	JPN	Akihiro Hyodo (from Ventforet Kofu)
20	FW	BRA	Crislan (on loan from Sporting Braga)^[8]
29	MF	JPN	Hideki Ishige (from Fagiano Okayama, end of loan)
31	GK	JPN	Yoshiaki Arai (from Ryutsu Keizai University)
32	MF	JPN	Takuma Mizutani (from FC Imabari, end of loan)
34	FW	JPN	Yuta Taki (promoted from youth ranks)
35	DF	JPN	Kenta Ito (promoted from youth ranks)
36	MF	JPN	Yasufumi Nishimura (from Kokoku High School)
37	FW	JPN	Daigo Takahashi (from Kamimura Gakuen High School)
46	FW	JPN	Jin Hiratsuka (promoted from youth ranks)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
3	DF	JPN	Tomoya Inukai (to Kashima Antlers)
4	DF	BRA	Kanu (to Suphanburi FC)
6	MF	JPN	Kota Sugiyama (retired)
8	FW	BRA	Tiago Alves (to Al-Hilal FC)
16	DF	JPN	Taisuke Muramatsu (to Giravanz Kitakyushu)
22	MF	JPN	Takuma Edamura (on loan to Avispa Fukuoka)
—	GK	JPN	Masatoshi Kushibiki (to Montedio Yamagata)
—	GK	JPN	Kempei Usui (to Okinawa SV)
—	DF	JPN	Takayuki Fukumura (to FC Gifu, previously on loan)
—	DF	KOR	Byeon Jun-byum (to Ventforet Kofu)
—	DF	KOR	Kim Byeom-yong (to Suwon FC)
—	MF	JPN	Shin Mitsuzaki (released)
—	MF	JPN	Kota Miyamoto (on loan to FC Gifu)
—	FW	JPN	Yuji Senuma (to Montedio Yamagata, previously on loan)

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

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No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	FW	JPN	Daiki Watari (from Tokushima Vortis)
23	MF	JPN	Kyohei Yoshino (from Kyoto Sanga, end of loan)
27	DF	JPN	Kazuaki Mawatari (from Tokushima Vortis)
31	FW	THA	Teerasil Dangda (on loan from Muangthong United)^[9]
33	DF	JPN	Takuya Wada (from Omiya Ardija)
36	MF	JPN	Hayao Kawabe (from Júbilo Iwata, end of loan)
38	GK	JPN	Keisuke Osako (promoted from youth ranks)
—	MF	JPN	Takumu Kawamura (promoted from youth ranks)
—	MF	JPN	Ayumu Kawai (promoted from youth ranks)
—	FW	NGA	Peter Utaka (from FC Tokyo, end of loan)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
7	MF	JPN	Yusuke Chajima (on loan to JEF United Chiba)
14	MF	CRO	Mihael Mikic (to Shonan Bellmare)
20	FW	AUS	Nathan Burns (to Wellington Phoenix)
22	FW	JPN	Yusuke Minagawa (on loan to Roasso Kumamoto)
24	MF	JPN	Yoichi Naganuma (on loan to FC Gifu)
25	DF	JPN	Osamu Henry Iyoha (on loan to FC Gifu)
28	MF	JPN	Takuya Marutani (to Oita Trinita)
31	FW	JPN	Takumi Miyayoshi (to Consadole Sapporo)
43	DF	JPN	Kenta Mukuhara (to Cerezo Osaka, end of loan)
44	FW	BRA	Anderson Lopes (to Tombense, end of loan)
—	DF	JPN	Yasumasa Kawasaki (to Yokohama FC, previously on loan)
—	DF	JPN	Naoki Otani (to Machida Zelvia, previously on loan)
—	FW	NGA	Peter Utaka (released)^[10]

Shonan Bellmare

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No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
5	MF	JPN	Yusuke Kobayashi (on loan from Kashiwa Reysol)
7	MF	JPN	Tsukasa Umesaki (from Urawa Red Diamonds)^[11]
8	DF	JPN	Kazunari Ono (from Albirex Niigata)
9	FW	KOR	Lee Jeong-hyeop (from Busan I-Park)
11	DF	JPN	Ryo Takahashi (from Nagoya Grampus, previously on loan)
18	MF	JPN	Temma Matsuda (from NIFS Kanoya)
19	FW	SRB	Alen Stevanovic (from Partizan Belgrade)
20	DF	JPN	Keisuke Saka (from Juntendo University)
21	GK	JPN	Daiki Tomii (from Montedio Yamagata)
26	FW	JPN	Kazuki Yamaguchi (from Kokushikan University)
27	FW	JPN	Kunitomo Suzuki (from Toin Yokohama University)
32	MF	JPN	Hikaru Arai (from Ichiritsu Nagano High School)
33	GK	JPN	Kota Sanada (promoted from youth ranks)
41	MF	CRO	Mihael Mikic (from Sanfrecce Hiroshima)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
8	MF	JPN	Naoki Yamada (to Urawa Red Diamonds, end of loan)
9	FW	BRA	Dinei (to Ventforet Kofu)
10	FW	SRB	Dragan Mrdja (released)
11	FW	JPN	Yoshihito Fujita (to Blaublitz Akita)
18	MF	JPN	Eijiro Takeda (to Yokohama FC)
20	DF	JPN	Keisuke Tsuboi (to Renofa Yamaguchi)
22	MF	JPN	Hokuto Shimoda (to Kawasaki Frontale)
24	MF	JPN	Yuta Narawa (on loan to Tokyo Verdy)
25	GK	AUS	Tando Velaphi (released)
27	MF	JPN	Akira Ando (to Matsumoto Yamaga)
28	MF	JPN	Yuta Kamiya (on loan to Ehime FC)
—	GK	JPN	Yuji Kajikawa (to Tokushima Vortis, previously on loan)
—	GK	JPN	Go Ito (to Fukushima United FC, previously on loan)
—	DF	KOR	Park Tae-hwan (to Cheonan City FC)
—	DF	JPN	Kenta Hirose (to Albirex Niigata)
—	FW	JPN	Shota Tamura (to Fukushima United FC, previously on loan)
—	FW	JPN	Hibiki Wada (on loan to Fukushima United FC)
—	FW	JPN	Tsuyoshi Miyaichi (on loan to Grulla Morioka)

V-Varen Nagasaki

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
10	MF	JPN	Masato Kurogi (from Ventforet Kofu)
11	FW	JPN	Musashi Suzuki (from Albirex Niigata)
14	DF	JPN	Hokuto Nakamura (from Avispa Fukuoka)
17	MF	JPN	Shogo Nakahara (on loan from Consadole Sapporo)
18	MF	AUS	Ben Halloran (from 1. FC Heidenheim)
23	MF	JPN	Ryo Niizato (from Juntendo University)
25	DF	JPN	Takuto Honda (from Tokai Gakuen University)
28	MF	JPN	Takumi Nagura (from FC Ryukyu)
30	GK	JPN	Kenta Tokushige (from Vissel Kobe)
32	DF	JPN	Yuhei Tokunaga (from FC Tokyo)
39	DF	KOR	Choi Kyu-baek (from Ulsan Hyundai)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
10	MF	JPN	Yuji Yabu (to Fujieda MYFC)
17	DF	JPN	Kenta Furube (to Montedio Yamagata)
22	MF	JPN	Kota Miyamoto (to Shimizu S-Pulse, end of loan)
27	DF	JPN	Yusuke Murakami (retired)
30	MF	ESP	Miguel Pallardó (released)
31	GK	JPN	Yuya Miura (retired)
32	GK	KOR	Song Young-min (to Kamatamare Sanuki)
39	MF	JPN	Mitsuru Maruoka (to Cerezo Osaka, end of loan)
—	MF	JPN	Tatsuya Onodera (to Giravanz Kitakyushu, previously on loan)
—	MF	JPN	Ryusuke Hayashida (on loan to Verspah Oita)

Nagoya Grampus

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
2	DF	JPN	Hiroto Hatao (from Ventforet Kofu)^[12]
3	DF	JPN	Kazuki Kushibiki (from Consadole Sapporo, previously on loan)^[13]
5	DF	JPN	Ikki Arai (from Yokohama F. Marinos, previously on loan)^[14]
7	FW	BRA	Jô (from Corinthians)^[15]
9	MF	JPN	Ariajasuru Hasegawa (from Omiya Ardija)^[16]
10	MF	BRA	Gabriel Xavier (loan extended from Cruzeiro)^[17]
13	FW	JPN	Yuki Ogaki (from Kokoku High School)
15	MF	JPN	Kazuya Miyahara (loan extended from Sanfrecce Hiroshima)^[18]
22	GK	AUS	Mitchell Langerak (from Levante UD)
—	FW	JPN	Shuto Watanabe (from Tokai Gakuen University)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
6	DF	JPN	Shota Kobayashi (to Vegalta Sendai, previously on loan)
7	MF	JPN	Taishi Taguchi (to Jubilo Iwata)^[19]
9	FW	SWE	Robin Simović (to Omiya Ardija)
14	MF	JPN	Ryota Tanabe (to Tokyo United FC)
20	MF	JPN	Asahi Yada (to JEF United Chiba, previously on loan)
22	GK	JPN	Kota Ogi (to Vissel Kobe)
24	DF	JPN	Ryo Takahashi (to Shonan Bellmare, previously on loan)
27	MF	JPN	Koki Sugimori (on loan to Machida Zelvia)
36	DF	JPN	Ryusuke Sakai (on loan to Machida Zelvia)
37	DF	KOR	Lim Seung-gyeom (on loan to Oita Trinita)
38	FW	JPN	Ryo Nagai (to Matsumoto Yamaga)

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