List of J2 League transfers winter 2015–16

This is a list of Japanese football J2 League transfers in the winter transfer window 2015–16 by club.

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Matsumoto Yamaga

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No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	JPN	Daniel Schmidt (on loan from Vegalta Sendai)
7	MF	JPN	Takuya Takei (from Vegalta Sendai)
15	MF	JPN	Masaki Miyasaka (from Montedio Yamagata)
18	DF	JPN	Takefumi Toma (from Montedio Yamagata)
19	FW	JPN	Hiroki Yamamoto (from Vegalta Sendai)
26	FW	KOR	Han Seung-hyeong (from Korea University)
33	DF	JPN	Yu Yasukawa (from Oita Trinita)
38	FW	JPN	Daizen Maeda (from Yamanashi 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
—	GK	JPN	Tomohiko Murayama (to Shonan Bellmare)
—	DF	JPN	Yuki Okubo (to JEF United Chiba)
—	DF	JPN	Kenshiro Tanioku (on loan to Azul Claro Numazu)
—	DF	JPN	Shunsuke Iwanuma (to Kyoto Sanga)
—	DF	JPN	Shusaku Tokita (released)
—	MF	JPN	Yuzo Iwakami (to Omiya Ardija)
—	MF	JPN	Yuki Kitai (to Kataller Toyama, previously on loan)
—	MF	JPN	Tatsuya Wada (to Tochigi SC)
—	MF	BRA	Eric Pereira (released)
—	MF	KOR	Park Kwang-il (to Mito Hollyhock, previously on loan)
—	MF	JPN	Ryota Iwabuchi (to SC Sagamihara)
—	MF	JPN	Shuho Miyashita (to Tochigi UVA)
—	MF	KOR	Kim Bo-kyung (to Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors FC)
—	FW	JPN	Yuki Natsume (released)
—	FW	JPN	Ryota Nakamura (to Azul Claro Numazu)
—	FW	JPN	Yoshiro Abe (retired)
—	FW	JPN	Tomoki Ikemoto (to Giravanz Kitakyushu)
—	FW	JPN	Shogo Shiozawa (to Nagano Parceiro)

Shimizu S-Pulse

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No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	JPN	Yohei Nishibe (from Kawasaki Frontale)
15	DF	KOR	Byeon Jun-Byum (loan from Sanfrecce Hiroshima)
24	DF	JPN	Naoki Kawaguchi (on loan from Albirex Niigata)
32	MF	JPN	Shin Mitsuzaki (from Tokai Gakuen)
38	DF	JPN	Takayuki Fukumura (from Kyoto Sanga, previously on loan)
45	DF	JPN	Makoto Kakuda (loan return from Kawasaki Frontale)

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
—	GK	JPN	Masatoshi Kushibiki (on loan to Kashima Antlers)
—	DF	JPN	Jumpei Takaki (to Tokyo Verdy)
—	DF	NED	Calvin Jong-a-Pin (released)
—	DF	BRA	Daniel Bueno (to Kashima Antlers)
—	DF	JPN	Yasuhiro Hiraoka (on loan to Vegalta Sendai)
—	DF	JPN	Taisuke Muramatsu (on loan to Vissel Kobe)
—	MF	JPN	Kenta Uchida (to Ehime FC, previously on loan)
—	MF	JPN	Ibuki Fujita (to Ehime FC, previously on loan)
—	MF	JPN	Kota Miyamoto (on loan to V-Varen Nagasaki)
—	FW	NGA	Peter Utaka (to Sanfrecce Hiroshima)
—	FW	JPN	Hiroki Higuchi (to Fukushima United)

Montedio Yamagata

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No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
2	DF	JPN	Masakazu Tashiro (from JEF United Chiba)
9	FW	BRA	Diego Rosa (from Luverdense)
15	DF	JPN	Naoki Kuriyama (from JEF United Chiba)
16	MF	JPN	Yūhei Satō (from Yokohama F. Marinos)
17	MF	JPN	Yuto Suzuki (from Mito Hollyhock)
19	MF	JPN	Takahide Umebachi (on loan from Kashima Antlers)
20	DF	KOR	Han Ho-gang (from Korea University)
22	DF	KOR	Lee Je-seung (from Dongguk University)
24	DF	JPN	Kenji Arabori (from Tochigi SC)
31	GK	JPN	Daiki Tomii (from Thespakusatsu Gunma)

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
—	GK	JPN	Akishige Kaneda (to Avispa Fukuoka)
—	DF	JPN	Takefumi Toma (to Matsumoto Yamaga)
—	DF	JPN	Hideyuki Nakamura (retired)
—	DF	JPN	Tetsuya Funatsu (to Thespakusatsu Gunma)
—	DF	JPN	Shogo Nishikawa (to Yokohama FC)
—	MF	JPN	Masaki Miyasaka (to Matsumoto Yamaga)
—	MF	PER	Romero Frank (to Albirex Niigata)
—	MF	JPN	Keita Hidaka (to Blaublitz Akita)
—	MF	JPN	Kenichi Tanimura (to Grulla Morioka, previously on loan)
—	MF	KOR	Kim Byeom-yong (to Sanfrecce Hiroshima)
—	MF	JPN	Shōhei Ogura (loan return to Gamba Osaka)
—	FW	JPN	Hiroyuki Takasaki (loan return to Kashima Antlers)
—	FW	JPN	Yuki Nakashima (to Machida Zelvia)
—	FW	JPN	Masato Yamazaki (to Zweigen Kanazawa)
—	FW	JPN	Hiroki Bandai (to Mito Hollyhock)

Cerezo Osaka

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No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
6	MF	BRA	Souza (from Cruzeiro)
8	FW	JPN	Yoichiro Kakitani (from FC Basel)
9	FW	JPN	Kenyu Sugimoto (from Kawasaki Frontale)
10	FW	BRA	Bruno Meneghel (from Dalian Aerbin)
11	FW	BRA	Ricardo Santos (from Beijing Renhe F.C.)
13	MF	JPN	Mitsuru Maruoka (loan return from Borussia Dortmund)
15	DF	JPN	Riku Matsuda (from FC Tokyo)
16	DF	JPN	Yuki Kotani (loan return from SC Sagamihara)
18	MF	JPN	Shohei Kiyohara (from Zweigen Kanazawa)
22	DF	JPN	Sota Nakazawa (from Kawasaki Frontale, previously on loan)
24	DF	JPN	Kazuya Yamamura (from Kashima Antlers)
28	DF	JPN	Hayato Nukui (loan return from FC Suzuka Rampole)
36	FW	JPN	Rei Yonezawa (loan return from Blaublitz Akita)
39	DF	JPN	Shoji Honoya (promoted from youth ranks)
40	FW	JPN	Takeru Kishimoto (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
—	DF	JPN	Yuta Someya (to Kyoto Sanga)
—	MF	JPN	Jumpei Kusukami (to Sagan Tosu)
—	MF	JPN	Takamitsu Yoshino (to Ventforet Kofu)
—	MF	JPN	Taiga Maekawa (on loan to Tokushima Vortis)
—	MF	JPN	Takeru Okada (released)
—	MF	JPN	Hotaru Yamaguchi (to Hannover 96)
—	MF	BRA	Pablo (loan return to Clube Atlético Paranaense)
—	FW	BRA	Edmílson (released)
—	FW	JPN	Ryo Nagai (to V-Varen Nagasaki)
—	FW	BRA	Magno Cruz (released)

Ehime FC

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No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
3	DF	JPN	Yuki Fukaya (from FC Gifu)
5	MF	JPN	Ibuki Fujita (from Shimizu S-Pulse, previously on loan)
9	MF	JPN	Kodai Yasuda (from Tokyo Verdy, previously on loan)
27	DF	JPN	Rikiya Motegi (loan from Urawa Red Diamonds)
37	MF	JPN	Kosuke Shirai (from Shonan Bellmare, previously on loan)
39	MF	JPN	Kenta Uchida (from Shimizu S-Pulse, previously on loan)
40	DF	JPN	Ryuga Suzuki (from Kashima Antlers)
—	FW	JPN	Toyofumi Sakano (loan from Urawa Red Diamonds)

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
—	DF	JPN	Kenji Dai (loan return from Renofa Yamaguchi, then sold to Kataller Toyama)
—	DF	JPN	Yusuke Murakami (to V-Varen Nagasaki)
—	MF	JPN	Kenya Okazaki (loan return to Gamba Osaka)
—	MF	JPN	Keiji Nishimura (retired)
—	MF	JPN	Takumi Murakami (to Roasso Kumamoto)
—	MF	JPN	Kanta Kondo (released)
—	FW	JPN	Ryota Watanabe (on loan to Nagano Parceiro)

V-Varen Nagasaki

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No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
3	DF	KOR	Cho Min-woo (from FC Seoul, previously on loan)
5	DF	JPN	Daichi Tagami (from Ryutsu Keizai University)
9	FW	JPN	Ryo Nagai (from Cerezo Osaka)
10	MF	JPN	Yuji Yabu (from Roasso Kumamoto)
13	MF	KOR	Park Hyung-jin (from Sanfrecce Hiroshima)
14	MF	JPN	Teruki Tanaka (from Nagoya Grampus)
16	MF	JPN	Hiroto Tanaka (on loan from Jubilo Iwata)
17	FW	BRA	Rodrigo Paraná (from Bucheon FC 1995)
21	GK	JPN	Masaya Tomizawa (from Hosei University)
22	MF	JPN	Kota Miyamoto (on loan from Shimizu S-Pulse)
23	MF	JPN	Ryota Kajikawa (from Shonan Bellmare, previously on loan)
24	MF	JPN	Tatsuya Onodera (from Tochigi SC)
27	DF	JPN	Yusuke Murakami (from Ehime FC)
29	DF	JPN	Taikai Uemoto (from Vegalta Sendai)
30	FW	JPN	Daiki Matsumoto (on loan from Ventforet Kofu)

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
—	DF	JPN	Kai Miki (loan return to Machida Zelvia)
—	DF	JPN	Ryosuke Tone (to Giravanz Kitakyushu)
—	DF	JPN	Atsushi Shirota (released)
—	MF	JPN	Kenta Furube (to Avispa Fukuoka)
—	MF	JPN	Naoki Maeda (loan return to Yokohama F. Marinos)
—	MF	JPN	Masato Kurogi (to Ventforet Kofu)
—	MF	JPN	Naoya Ishigami (to Giravanz Kitakyushu)
—	MF	JPN	Yudai Inoue (to Machida Zelvia)
—	MF	JPN	Sho Hanai (to Giravanz Kitakyushu)
—	MF	JPN	Teppei Usui (to Nagano Parceiro)
—	MF	JPN	Hiroshi Azuma (to Nagano Parceiro)
—	FW	JPN	Masaki Fukai (to SC Sagamihara)
—	FW	JPN	Yutaro Takahashi (retired)
—	FW	JPN	Yosuke Kamigata (on loan to Tochigi SC)
—	FW	JPN	Atsushi Matsuo (released)
—	FW	KOR	Lee Yong-jae (to Kyoto Sanga)

Giravanz Kitakyushu

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No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
2	MF	JPN	Naoya Ishigami (from V-Varen Nagasaki)
14	FW	JPN	Tomoki Ikemoto (from Matsumoto Yamaga)
20	MF	JPN	Sho Hanai (from V-Varen Nagasaki)
41	DF	JPN	Ryosuke Tone (from V-Varen Nagasaki)
43	MF	JPN	Masashi Motoyama (from Kashima Antlers)

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
—	DF	JPN	Toru Miyamoto (retired)
—	MF	JPN	Yuki Yamanouchi (to Oita Trinita)
—	FW	JPN	Daiki Watari (to Tokushima Vortis)
—	FW	JPN	Shohei Otsuka (to Kawasaki Frontale)

Tokyo Verdy

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No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
5	DF	JPN	Tomohiro Taira (from Machida Zelvia)
9	FW	JPN	Alan Pinheiro (from Vitória, previously on loan)
13	MF	JPN	Yuji Funayama (from Air Force Central F.C.)
17	FW	JPN	Douglas Vieira (from Clube Náutico)
20	MF	JPN	Sion Inoue (promoted from youth ranks)
26	GK	JPN	Gakuji Ota (from FC Gifu)
27	FW	JPN	Hiromu Kori (promoted from youth ranks)
28	MF	JPN	Keishi Kusumi (loan return from Verspah Oita)
29	FW	JPN	Kenzi Kitawaki (loan return from FC Suzuka Rampole)
31	GK	JPN	Ryota Suzuki (on loan from Yokohama F. Marinos)
40	DF	JPN	Jumpei Takaki (from Shimizu S-Pulse)
—	MF	JPN	Shogo Hayashi (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
—	GK	JPN	Yuya Sato (to JEF United Chiba)
—	GK	JPN	William Popp (on loan to FC Gifu)
—	DF	JPN	Sinnosuke Hatanaka (on loan to Machida Zelvia)
—	DF	KOR	Ko Kyung-joon (released)
—	DF	JPN	Ryoji Fukui (to Renofa Yamaguchi)
—	DF	JPN	Colin Killoran (released)
—	MF	JPN	Kodai Yasuda (to Ehime FC, previously on loan)
—	MF	JPN	Kento Misao (to Kashima Antlers)
—	MF	JPN	Ryo Shibuya (to FC Suzuka Rampole)
—	MF	BRA	Bruno Coutinho (released)
—	FW	JPN	Hiroki Sugazima (on loan to JEF United Chiba)

JEF United Chiba

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No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
3	DF	JPN	Naoya Kondo (from Kashiwa Reysol)
5	DF	JPN	Atsuro Tatara (from Vegalta Sendai)
6	MF	JPN	Masaki Yamamoto (from Kawasaki Frontale)
9	FW	BRA	Élton (on loan from Vitória)
10	MF	JPN	Kazuki Nagasawa (loan from Urawa Red Diamonds)
11	FW	JPN	Takayuki Funayama (from Kawasaki Frontale)
13	DF	JPN	Yusuke Higa (from Yokohama F. Marinos)
16	MF	JPN	Junki Koike (from Yokohama FC)
17	DF	JPN	Yuki Okubo (from Matsumoto Yamaga)
18	FW	JPN	Makito Yoshida (from Mito Hollyhock)
20	DF	JPN	Masashi Wakasa (from Oita Trinita)
21	GK	JPN	Eisuke Fujishima (on loan from Sagan Tosu)
22	MF	PAR	Eduardo Aranda (from Club Olimpia)
23	GK	JPN	Yuya Sato (from Tokyo Verdy)
24	DF	KOR	Lee Joo-young (from Tochigi SC)
27	DF	JPN	Shohei Abe (from Ventforet Kofu)
30	DF	JPN	Kyoga Nakamura (loan return from YSCC)
32	FW	JPN	Hiroki Sugazima (on loan from Tokyo Verdy)

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
—	GK	JPN	Hiroki Oka (loan return to Ventforet Kofu)
—	GK	JPN	Syugo Tsuji (to Sagan Tosu)
—	GK	JPN	Shun Takagi (to Kawasaki Frontale)
—	DF	JPN	Masakazu Tashiro (to Montedio Yamagata)
—	DF	JPN	Naoki Kuriyama (to Montedio Yamagata)
—	DF	JPN	Ryoichi Kawazu (to Azul Claro Numazu)
—	DF	JPN	Takashi Kanai (to Yokohama F. Marinos)
—	DF	JPN	Taisuke Nakamura (to Jubilo Iwata)
—	DF	JPN	Makito Ito (to Mito Hollyhock)
—	DF	JPN	Kazuki Oiwa (to Vegalta Sendai)
—	DF	JPN	Itsuki Urata (to PSTC)
—	DF	KOR	Kim Hyun-hun (to Avispa Fukuoka)
—	MF	BRA	Paulinho (to Shonan Bellmare)
—	MF	JPN	Koki Mizuno (to Vegalta Sendai)
—	MF	JPN	Kentaro Sato (to Kyoto Sanga)
—	MF	JPN	Tatsuya Yazawa (on loan to Machida Zelvia)
—	MF	JPN	Sho Sato (to Mito Hollyhock)
—	MF	JPN	Yusuke Tanaka (to Ventforet Kofu)
—	FW	JPN	Masahiro Noto (released)
—	FW	JPN	Akira Toshima (to Machida Zelvia, previously on loan)
—	FW	JPN	Riki Matsuda (loan return to Nagoya Grampus)
—	FW	SVN	Nejc Pečnik (to Omiya Ardija)
—	FW	JPN	Takayuki Suzuki (retired)
—	FW	JPN	Takayuki Morimoto (to Kawasaki Frontale)

Consadole Sapporo

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No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
7	MF	BRA	Julinho (from Operário)
11	FW	BRA	Jonathan Reis (free agent)
23	DF	BRA	Diego Macedo (from Bahia)
36	DF	JPN	Takahiro Masukawa (from Vissel Kobe)
—	DF	JPN	Tatsuki Nara (loan return from FC Tokyo)

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
—	DF	BRA	Paulão (loan return to Roma Esporte Apucarana)
—	DF	JPN	Tatsuki Nara (to Kawasaki Frontale)
—	DF	JPN	Jun Sonoda (to Roasso Kumamoto)
—	DF	JPN	Takaya Osanai (on loan to Fukushima United)
—	MF	JPN	Takuro Kikuoka (to SC Sagamihara)
—	MF	BRA	Nildo (released)
—	MF	JPN	Makoto Sunakawa (loan return from FC Gifu, retired)
—	MF	JPN	Hiroyuki Furuta (to Zweigen Kanazawa)
—	FW	COL	Cristian Nazarit (released)
—	FW	JPN	Shunsuke Maeda (to Gainare Tottori)

Fagiano Okayama

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No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
9	FW	JPN	Hideya Okamoto (from Oita Trinita, previously on loan)
18	MF	JPN	Taisuke Akiyoshi (on loan from Ventforet Kofu)
20	FW	JPN	Yoshiki Fujimoto (from Meiji University)
24	FW	JPN	Shingo Akamine (on loan from Gamba Osaka)
30	FW	JPN	Yuta Toyokawa (on loan from Kashima Antlers)

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
—	DF	JPN	Ryujiro Ueda (to Roasso Kumamoto)
—	DF	JPN	Kazuya Okazaki (to Soccer Representative Club)
—	DF	JPN	Ryo Tadokoro (to Yokohama FC)
—	MF	JPN	Ryo Iida (to SC Sagamihara, previously on loan)
—	MF	JPN	Kazuki Someya (to Oita Trinita)
—	MF	JPN	Ryusuke Senoo (retired)
—	MF	JPN	Ren Sengoku (to Nagano Parceiro, previously on loan)
—	MF	JPN	Takanori Chiaki (to Oita Trinita)
—	MF	KOR	Hwang Jin-sung (to Seongnam FC)

Zweigen Kanazawa

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No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
4	DF	JPN	Tatsushi Koyanagi (from Thespakusatsu Gunma)
6	MF	JPN	Akira Ando (on loan from Shonan Bellmare)
7	MF	JPN	Masataka Kani (on loan from Kawasaki Frontale)
9	FW	PRK	An Byong-jun (on loan from Kawasaki Frontale)
10	MF	JPN	Andrew Kumagai (on loan from Yokohama F. Marinos)
11	MF	JPN	Hiroyuki Furuta (from Consadole Sapporo)
17	FW	BRA	Romarinho (from Vasco da Gama)
23	DF	JPN	Kazuaki Mawatari (from Gainare Tottori)
28	DF	KOR	Kim Young-heon (from Byeollae United)
29	MF	KOR	Kim Tae-sung (from Sangju Sangmu FC U-18)
30	FW	JPN	Masato Yamazaki (from Montedio Yamagata)

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
—	DF	JPN	Haruki Yamauchi (to Japan Soccer College)
—	DF	JPN	Masayuki Tokutake (to Azul Claro Numazu)
—	MF	JPN	Shunsuke Motegi (to Vegalta Sendai, previously on loan)
—	MF	JPN	Shohei Kiyohara (to Cerezo Osaka)
—	MF	JPN	Kazuhiro Sato (to Mito Hollyhock)
—	MF	KOR	Cha Young-hwan (released)
—	MF	JPN	Shogo Yoshikawa (on loan to Vanraure Hachinohe)
—	MF	JPN	Masaru Akiba (to FC Gifu)
—	MF	JPN	Pauro Junichi Tanaka (to FC Gifu)
—	MF	JPN	Kento Onodera (retired)
—	FW	JPN	Asuki Oishi (retired)
—	FW	JPN	Masao Tsuji (to YSCC)
—	FW	BRA	Jean Moser (loan return to UVB)
—	FW	JPN	Shogo Omachi (on loan to Honda FC)

Roasso Kumamoto

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No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
5	DF	JPN	Ryujiro Ueda (from Fagiano Okayama)
6	MF	JPN	Takumi Murakami (from Ehime FC)
19	DF	JPN	Taishin Morikawa (loan return from Gainare Tottori)
20	MF	JPN	Hayate Hachikubo (from Hannan University)
21	GK	JPN	Daiki Kanei (loan return from Oita Trinita)
29	FW	JPN	Keita Saito (from Fukushima United)
30	GK	JPN	Akihiro Sato (from Kashima Antlers)
33	DF	JPN	Jun Sonoda (from Consadole Sapporo)

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
—	GK	JPN	Daniel Schmidt (loan return to Vegalta Sendai)
—	DF	JPN	Naoki Otani (loan return to Sanfrecce Hiroshima)
—	DF	JPN	Ryohei Okazaki (loan return to Shonan Bellmare)
—	DF	JPN	Dai Fujimoto (released)
—	DF	KOR	Kweon Han-jin (to Jeju United)
—	MF	JPN	Yuji Yabu (to V-Varen Nagasaki)
—	MF	KOR	Kim Byeong-yeon (released)
—	MF	JPN	Hayato Nakama (to Kamatamare Sanuki, previously on loan)
—	FW	JPN	Satoshi Tokiwa (to Thespakusatsu Gunma)
—	FW	BRA	Pablo (to FC Suzuka Rampole)
—	FW	JPN	Tatsuya Tanaka (on loan to FC Gifu)
—	FW	JPN	Kazuki Saito (to Jubilo Iwata)

Tokushima Vortis

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No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
6	MF	BRA	Carlinhos (from Omiya Ardija)
8	MF	JPN	Ken Iwao (from Shonan Bellmare)
15	DF	JPN	Rikuya Izutsu (from Kwansei Gakuin University)
16	FW	JPN	Daiki Watari (from Giravanz Kitakyushu)
17	FW	JPN	Ryogo Yamasaki (on loan from Sagan Tosu)
19	DF	JPN	Yuto Uchida (from Gamba Osaka)
23	MF	JPN	Taiga Maekawa (on loan from Cerezo Osaka)
29	GK	JPN	Daichi Sugimoto (on loan from Kyoto Sanga)

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
—	DF	JPN	Yoshiaki Kinoshita (retired)
—	MF	JPN	Ryo Kubota (on loan to Kataller Toyama)
—	MF	JPN	Yu Eto (to Kataller Toyama)
—	MF	COL	Julián Estiven Vélez (retired)
—	MF	JPN	Daisuke Saito (to Tochigi SC)
—	MF	JPN	Tomoyasu Hirose (retired)
—	FW	KOR	Kim Jong-min (to Suwon Samsung Bluewings)
—	FW	JPN	Tomohiro Tsuda (to Yokohama FC)

Yokohama FC

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No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
3	DF	JPN	Ryo Tadokoro (from Fagiano Okayama)
4	DF	SVN	Denis Halihovic (from FC Koper)
5	DF	JPN	Shogo Nishikawa (from Montedio Yamagata)
9	FW	JPN	Tomohiro Tsuda (from Tokushima Vortis)
13	MF	JPN	Yōsuke Nozaki (free agent, resigned)
24	MF	JPN	Leo Osaki (from Carolina RailHawks)
28	DF	JPN	Yuta Fujii (from Omiya Ardija)
30	FW	JPN	Kosuke Saito (promoted from youth ranks)
31	MF	JPN	Yuta Maejima (promoted from youth ranks)
32	MF	VIE	Nguyễn Tuấn Anh (on loan from Hoàng Anh Gia Lai F.C.)

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
—	GK	JPN	Taiki Murai (retired)
—	DF	JPN	Tsukasa Morimoto (on loan to Nara Club)
—	DF	JPN	Takanori Nakajima (to Gainare Tottori)
—	DF	KOR	Park Tae-hong (to Daegu FC)
—	MF	JPN	Kazunori Iio (to Okinawa SV)
—	MF	JPN	Takumi Watanabe (to Fukushima United)
—	MF	KOR	Bae Hu-min (on loan to Gyeongju Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power FC)
—	MF	JPN	Junki Koike (to JEF United Chiba)
—	MF	JPN	Masaaki Hideguchi (to Hoàng Anh Gia Lai F.C.)
—	FW	JPN	Shota Aoki (to Azul Claro Numazu)
—	FW	JPN	Masaru Kurotsu (to Gainare Tottori)

Kamatamare Sanuki

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No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
4	DF	JPN	Kazuyi Sunamori (from Honda FC)
11	MF	JPN	Kenji Baba (from Mito Hollyhock)
17	MF	JPN	Tamaki Fumiya (from Kansai University of International Studies)
18	FW	BRA	Miguel Bianconi (on loan from Palmeiras B)
19	MF	JPN	Hayato Nakama (from Roasso Kumamoto, previously on loan)
23	DF	JPN	Hironori Nishi (from Oita Trinita)
27	GK	JPN	Daiki Shinagawa (from Jeonju 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
—	DF	JPN	Keigo Numata (to Omiya Ardija)
—	DF	JPN	Ryota Noguchi (to FC Suzuka Rampole)
—	DF	JPN	Shohei Moriyasu (released)
—	DF	JPN	Yuji Takahashi (loan return to Kyoto Sanga)
—	MF	JPN	Ryoga Sekihara (retired)
—	MF	FRA	Andrea Bre De (released)
—	MF	KOR	Jin-Ho Jeong (released)
—	MF	JPN	Toshihiro Horikawa (to FC Suzuka Rampole)
—	FW	JPN	Yutaka Takahashi (retired)

Kyoto Sanga

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No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	JPN	Takanori Sugeno (from Kashiwa Reysol)
3	DF	JPN	Yuta Someya (from Cerezo Osaka)
4	DF	JPN	Yusuke Muta (from Nagoya Grampus)
5	DF	JPN	Shunsuke Iwanuma (from Matsumoto Yamaga)
6	DF	JPN	Yuki Honda (from Nagoya Grampus)
7	FW	JPN	Ryosuke Tamura (loan return from Sagan Tosu)
8	MF	BRA	Andrei Girotto (on loan from América-MG)
11	MF	JPN	Yuki Horigome (from Ventforet Kofu)
16	FW	KOR	Lee Yong-jae (from V-Varen Nagasaki)
19	FW	JPN	Takuro Yajima (from Yokohama F. Marinos)
20	DF	JPN	Yuji Takahashi (loan return from Kamatamare Sanuki)
22	MF	JPN	Kentaro Sato (from JEF United Chiba)
25	MF	JPN	Ippei Kokuryo (loan return from MIO Biwako Shiga)
28	DF	JPN	Ryusei Saito (loan return from FC Osaka)
29	FW	JPN	Daiki Numa (promoted from youth ranks)
32	MF	JPN	Kota Ogino (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
—	GK	JPN	Daichi Sugimoto (on loan to Tokushima Vortis)
—	GK	JPN	Kohei Doi (loan return to Grulla Morioka)
—	DF	JPN	Takayuki Fukumura (to Shimizu S-Pulse, previously on loan)
—	DF	JPN	Satoshi Yamaguchi (retired)
—	DF	CRO	Miloš Bajalica (released)
—	DF	JPN	Yuki Onishi (on loan to Nara Club)
—	DF	JPN	Go Iwase (on loan to FC Gifu)
—	DF	JPN	Takayuki Fukumura (to Shimizu S-Pulse, previously on loan)
—	MF	KOR	Hwang Te-song (retired)
—	MF	JPN	Hiroki Nakayama (retired)
—	MF	JPN	Yoshiaki Komai (to Urawa Red Diamonds)
—	MF	KOR	Kim Nam-il (released)
—	MF	JPN	Hayato Sasaki (to Tochigi SC)
—	MF	JPN	Daiki Tamori (to FC Gifu)
—	MF	JPN	Yuta Ito (from Albirex Niigata)
—	MF	JPN	Riki Harakawa (to Kawasaki Frontale)
—	FW	JPN	Takumi Miyayoshi (to Sanfrecce Hiroshima)
—	FW	BRA	Felipe Félix (released)
—	FW	JPN	Kazuki Mine (to Albirex Niigata Singapore FC)

Thespakusatsu Gunma

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No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	JPN	Keiki Shimizu (on loan from Omiya Ardija)
2	DF	JPN	Tetsuya Funatsu (from Montedio Yamagata)
4	DF	JPN	Shusuke Tsubouchi (from Jubilo Iwata)
8	MF	BRA	Thiago (from FC Primavera)
9	FW	BRA	Boka (from Castanhal)
10	MF	BRA	Matheus (from XV de Novembro)
13	FW	JPN	Shunta Takahashi (from Nagano Parceiro)
14	MF	KOR	Lim Jung-bin (from Incheon National University)
17	FW	JPN	Satoshi Tokiwa (from Roasso Kumamoto)
19	DF	JPN	Yugo Ichiyanagi (from Phichit F.C.)
20	MF	JPN	Hironori Ishikawa (from Sanfrecce Hiroshima)
23	GK	KOR	Park Seung-ri (from FC Osaka)
24	DF	JPN	Yuko Takase (on loan from Omiya Ardija)
25	MF	JPN	Yuya Yamagishi (from Ryutsu Keizai University)
26	MF	JPN	Yusuke Segawa (from Meiji University)
28	MF	JPN	Shunta Simura (promoted from youth ranks)
32	MF	JPN	Shun Nakamura (from Komazawa University)
33	DF	JPN	Daichi Hakkaku (from Waseda University)
34	DF	JPN	Toshiki Nakamura (from Kokushikan University)
38	FW	KOR	Oh Han-bin (from  ?)

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
—	GK	JPN	Kazuma Kita (released)
—	GK	JPN	Daiki Tomii (to Montedio Yamagata)
—	DF	JPN	Tatsuhi Koyanagi (to Zweigen Kanazawa)
—	DF	JPN	Ryo Kobayashi (retired)
—	DF	JPN	Shingo Arizono (to Machida Zelvia)
—	DF	JPN	Ryosuke Tada (to Nagano Parceiro)
—	DF	JPN	Makoto Kobayashi (to Saurcos Fukui)
—	DF	JPN	Ryosuke Hisadomi (to Fujieda MYFC)
—	MF	KOR	Yoon Young-seung (released)
—	MF	JPN	Ryota Aoki (to Nagoya Grampus)
—	MF	BRA	Hugo (released)
—	MF	PRK	Hwang Song-su (to Oita Trinita)
—	MF	BRA	Acleisson (released)
—	MF	JPN	Ataru Esaka (to Omiya Ardija)
—	MF	BRA	Oliveira (released)
—	MF	JPN	Shohei Yokoyama (on loan to Machida Zelvia)
—	FW	JPN	Keita Nozaki (retired)
—	FW	BRA	Tanque (released)
—	FW	JPN	Yohei Sakai (released)
—	FW	BRA	Kaique (loan return to Corinthians)
—	FW	JPN	Yosei Otsu (on loan to Oita Trinita)

Mito Hollyhock

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No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
3	DF	JPN	Kazuki Sato (from Nagoya Grampus)
4	DF	JPN	Takaaki Kinoshita (from Jubilo Iwata)
7	MF	JPN	Akihiro Hyodo (from Oita Trinita)
8	MF	PER	Romero Frank (on loan from Albirex Niigata)
9	FW	JPN	Hiroki Bandai (from Montedio Yamagata)
14	MF	JPN	Sho Sato (from JEF United Chiba)
16	MF	VIE	Nguyễn Tuấn Anh (on loan from Hoàng Anh Gia Lai F.C.)
17	MF	JPN	Yosuke Yuzawa (from Tochigi SC)
26	MF	JPN	Kazuhiro Sato (from Zweigen Kanazawa)
27	MF	JPN	Shota Saito (loan from Urawa Red Diamonds)
28	GK	JPN	Ryo Ishii (from Chukyo University)
—	DF	JPN	Makito Ito (from JEF United Chiba)
—	MF	KOR	Park Kwang-il (from Matsumoto Yamaga, previously on 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
—	GK	JPN	Nao Iwadate (to Urawa Red Diamonds)
—	GK	JPN	Kengo Fukudome (released)
—	GK	JPN	Akihisa Okada (on loan to FC Suzuka Rampole)
—	DF	JPN	Yudai Tanaka (to Vissel Kobe)
—	DF	JPN	Takamasa Yamazaki (to Vanraure Hachinohe)
—	DF	PRK	Kim Song-gi (to Machida Zelvia)
—	DF	JPN	Ryo Shinzato (to Ventforet Kofu)
—	MF	JPN	Kenji Baba (to Kamatamare Sanuki)
—	MF	JPN	Hayato Ikegaya (to Gainare Tottori)
—	MF	JPN	Kenji Koyano (to Gainare Tottori)
—	FW	JPN	Makito Yoshida (to JEF United Chiba)
—	MF	JPN	Yuto Suzuki (to Montedio Yamagata)
—	FW	JPN	Musashi Suzuki (loan return to Albirex Niigata)

FC Gifu

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No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
3	DF	TLS	Wellington Rocha (from PSIR Rembang)
5	MF	JPN	Tsubasa Aoki (from Juntendo University)
7	MF	JPN	Pauro Junichi Tanaka (from Zweigen Kanazawa)
8	MF	JPN	Masaru Akiba (from Zweigen Kanazawa)
9	FW	BRA	Evandro (from Oita Trinita)
10	MF	BRA	Leonardo (from América-MG)
19	MF	JPN	Daiki Tamori (from Kyoto Sanga)
21	GK	JPN	Yoshinari Takagi (from Nagoya Grampus)
22	GK	JPN	William Popp (on loan from Tokyo Verdy)
29	FW	JPN	Bruno Castanheira (from Geylang International FC)
30	DF	JPN	Masaya Tashiro (from Hosei University)
34	FW	JPN	Tatsuya Tanaka (on loan from Roasso Kumamoto)
35	DF	JPN	Go Iwase (on loan from Kyoto Sanga)
39	MF	JPN	Koya Kazama (from Oita Trinita, previously on loan)
40	DF	JPN	Jun Suzuki (from Chukyo 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
—	GK	JPN	Gakuji Ota (to Tokyo Verdy)
—	GK	JPN	Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (to SC Sagamihara)
—	DF	JPN	Yuki Fukaya (to Ehime FC)
—	DF	JPN	Keigo Omi (to Kataller Toyama)
—	DF	JPN	Hiroshi Sekita (to Nagano Parceiro)
—	DF	JPN	Kazumichi Takagi (to Jubilo Iwata)
—	DF	JPN	Masaki Watanabe (loan return to Ventforet Kofu)
—	MF	KOR	Yun Chang-su (released)
—	MF	JPN	Masashi Miyazawa (retired)
—	MF	BRA	Henik (released)
—	MF	JPN	Takumi Kiyomoto (on loan to Oita Trinita)
—	MF	JPN	Keisuke Ota (released)
—	MF	JPN	Ryoto Higa (on loan to Blaublitz Akita)
—	FW	BRA	Gilsinho (released)
—	FW	JPN	Tomohiro Takana (to Blaublitz Akita)

Renofa Yamaguchi

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No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
13	MF	JPN	Naoto Ando (from Gainare Tottori)
14	DF	JPN	Ryoji Fukui (from Tokyo Verdy)
16	GK	JPN	Nobushige Tabata (from Grulla Morioka)
17	MF	JPN	Taiki Kato (from SP Kyoto FC)
19	DF	JPN	Yuji Hoshi (from Fukushima United)
20	DF	JPN	Toshio Shimakawa (from Blaublitz Akita)
22	DF	KOR	Yoon Sin-young (from Daejeon Citizen FC)
25	MF	JPN	Reo Mochizuki (on loan from Nagoya Grampus)
32	FW	JPN	Masato Nakayama (from Gainare Tottori)
33	DF	JPN	Fumitaka Kitatani (on loan from Yokohama F. Marinos)
34	DF	JPN	Masayuki Okuyama (from Waseda 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
—	GK	JPN	Koichiro Morita (released)
—	DF	JPN	Yuki Kukimoto (released)
—	DF	JPN	Kenji Dai (loan return to Ehime FC)
—	DF	JPN	Wataru Iknaga (to MIO Biwako Shiga)
—	DF	JPN	Hiroya Izumi (to MIO Biwako Shiga)
—	DF	JPN	Kazuma Ikarino (retired)
—	DF	JPN	Keita Furusawa (on loan to Tokyo Musashino City FC)
—	DF	JPN	Koichi Maeda (to Fujieda MYFC)
—	DF	JPN	Takuma Kuroda (to FC Kariya)
—	DF	JPN	Hiroshi Ura (released)
—	MF	KOR	Choi Ju-yong (loan return to Suwon Samsung Bluewings)
—	MF	JPN	Kazuki Kozuka (loan return to Albirex Niigata)
—	MF	JPN	Sho Matsumoto (loan return to Yokohama F. Marinos)

Machida Zelvia

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No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
3	DF	JPN	Sinnosuke Hatanaka (on loan from Tokyo Verdy)
4	DF	JPN	Kai Miki (loan return from V-Varen Nagasaki)
5	DF	PRK	Kim Song-gi (from Mito Hollyhock)
8	MF	JPN	Tatsuya Yazawa (on loan from JEF United Chiba)
14	FW	JPN	Shohei Yokoyama (on loan from Thespakusatsu Gunma)
15	MF	JPN	Yudai Inoue (from V-Varen Nagasaki)
16	DF	JPN	Shingo Arizono (from Thespakusatsu Gunmaa)
23	FW	JPN	Akira Toshima (from JEF United Chiba, previously on loan)
30	FW	JPN	Yuki Nakashima (from Montedio Yamagata)
—	DF	JPN	Tomoya Fukuda (from Kokushikan 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
—	GK	JPN	Sota Chiba (on loan to Saurcos Fukui)
—	DF	JPN	Tomohiro Taira (to Tokyo Verdy)
—	DF	KOR	Bae Dae-won (released)
—	DF	JPN	Shigeto Masuda (loan return to Albirex Niigata)
—	DF	JPN	Masato Mochizuki (released)
—	DF	JPN	Takao Ishigawa (to Azul Claro Numazu, previously on loan)
—	DF	JPN	Naoto Hiraishi (to Fujieda MYFC)
—	MF	JPN	Yuta Inagaki (on loan to MIO Biwako Shiga)
—	MF	JPN	Takuya Kakine (on loan to Grulla Morioka)
—	FW	BRA	Sabia (released)
—	FW	JPN	Kohei Nakashima (to Verspah Oita)
—	FW	JPN	Shota Saito (on loan to Tokyo 23 FC)
—	FW	JPN	Keisuke Endo (on loan to Fujieda MYFC)