List of football clubs in Japan

This is a list of association football clubs in Japan from the 2025 season.

Three leagues will consist of 20 teams from 2024 onwards.

First division of the Japanese professional football system with 20 clubs:

• Albirex Niigata
• Avispa Fukuoka
• Cerezo Osaka
• Fagiano Okayama
• Gamba Osaka
• Kashima Antlers
• Kashiwa Reysol
• Kawasaki Frontale
• Kyoto Sanga
• Machida Zelvia
• Nagoya Grampus
• Sanfrecce Hiroshima
• Shimizu S-Pulse
• Shonan Bellmare
• FC Tokyo
• Tokyo Verdy
• Urawa Red Diamonds
• Vissel Kobe
• Yokohama F. Marinos
• Yokohama FC

Second division of the Japanese professional football system with 20 clubs:

• Blaublitz Akita
• Ehime FC
• Fujieda MYFC
• Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo
• FC Imabari
• Iwaki FC
• JEF United Chiba
• Júbilo Iwata
• Kataller Toyama
• Mito HollyHock
• Montedio Yamagata
• Oita Trinita
• RB Omiya Ardija
• Renofa Yamaguchi
• Roasso Kumamoto
• Sagan Tosu
• Tokushima Vortis
• V-Varen Nagasaki
• Vegalta Sendai
• Ventforet Kofu

Third and last division of the Japanese professional football system with 20 clubs:

• Azul Claro Numazu
• Fukushima United
• Gainare Tottori
• FC Gifu
• Giravanz Kitakyushu
• Kagoshima United
• Kamatamare Sanuki
• Kochi United
• Matsumoto Yamaga
• Nagano Parceiro
• Nara Club
• FC Osaka
• Ryukyu Okinawa
• SC Sagamihara
• Tegevajaro Miyazaki
• Thespa Gunma
• Tochigi City FC
• Tochigi SC
• Vanraure Hachinohe
• Zweigen Kanazawa

First division of the Japanese amateur football system and the only nationwide division for amateur clubs.

16 clubs:

• Asuka FC
• Atletico Suzuka
• Briobecca Urayasu Ichikawa
• Criacao Shinjuku (L)
• Honda FC (C)
• Iwate Grulla Morioka (L)
• Maruyasu Okazaki (C)
• Minebea Mitsumi FC (C)
• Okinawa SV
• Reilac Shiga (L)
• ReinMeer Aomori
  (L)
• Tiamo Hirakata
• Veertien Mie (L)
• Verspah Oita (L)
• Yokogawa Musashino
• Yokohama Sports & Culture Club (L)

It are a group of nine parallel association football leagues in Japan that are organized on the regional basis. They form the fifth and sixth tier of the Japanese association football league system.

• ASC Hokkaido (Tomakomai, Hokkaido)
• Sapporo, Hokkaido, Hokkaido
  )
• BTOP Hokkaido (Kuriyama, Hokkaido)
• Canale Otaru (Otaru, Hokkaido)
• Obihiro, Hokkaido
  )
• Muroran, Hokkaido
  )
• Sapporo, Hokkaido
  )
• Sapporo, Hokkaido) (Un
  )

Tōhoku League

• Hirosaki, Aomori
  )
• Cobaltore Onagawa (Onagawa, Miyagi)
• Fuji Club 2003 (Hanamaki, Iwate) (Un)
• Ganju Iwate (Hachimantai, Iwate)
• Hitome Senbonzakura ft. S.U.F.T. (Shibata, Miyagi) (Un)
• Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture
  )
• Shichigahama, Miyagi
  )
• Shichinohe SC (Shichinohe, Aomori)
• Sendai, Miyagi
  )
• FC La Universidad de Sendai (Shibata, Miyagi) (Un)

• Bogolle D. Tsugaru (Tsugaru, Aomori)
• Morioka, Iwate
  )
• Hiraizumi, Iwate
  )
• Nippon Steel Kamaishi (Kamaishi, Iwate) (C)
• Omiya SC (Ōmiya-ku, Saitama)
• Oshu, Iwate
  )
• Akita, Akita
  ) (C)
• TDK Shinwakai (Nikaho, Akita
  )

South

• Koriyama, Fukushima
  )
• Iwaki Furukawa (Iwaki, Fukushima)
• Fukushima, Fukushima
  )
• Morioka, Iwate
  )
• Parafrente Yonezawa (Yonezawa, Yamagata)
• Fukushima prefecture
  )
• Ricoh Industry Tohoku (Shibata, Miyagi) (C)
• Sendai, Miyagi) (Un
  )

Kantō Soccer League (KSL)

• Aries Toshima (Toshima, Tokyo) (renamed from Aries Tokyo
• Tsukuba, Ibaraki
  ) (C)
• Katsushika, Tokyo
  )
• FC N. (Inagi, Tokyo) (Un)
• RKD Ryugasaki (Un)
• Toho Titanium (Kanagawa Prefecture)
• Yokohama, Kanagawa) (Un
  )
• Tokyo 23 (Special wards of Tokyo)
• Bunkyō, Tokyo
  )
• Vonds Ichihara (Ichihara, Chiba)

• Atsugi Hayabusa (Atsugi, Kanagawa)
• Edo All United (Edogawa, Tokyo)
• Coedo Kawagoe (Kawagoe, Saitama)
• Yokohama, Kanagawa
  )
• Hitachi Building System SC (Chiyoda, Tokyo) (C)
• Shibuya, Tokyo
  )
• Tokyo International University (Sakado, Saitama) (Un)
• Maebashi, Gunma
  )
• Vertfee Yaita (Yaita, Tochigi)
• Yokohama, Kanagawa
  )

• '05 Kamo FC (Kamo, Niigata) (Un)
• Artista Asama (Tōmi, Nagano)
• Fukui, Fukui
  )
• Kanazawa, Ishikawa) (Un
  )
• JSC FC (Seirō, Niigata) (aka. College of Upward Players in Soccer or CUPS)
• Niigata, Niigata) (Un
  )
• SR Komatsu (Komatsu, Ishikawa)
• Toyama, Toyama
  )

• FC Abies (Chino, Nagano)
• Antelope Shoijiri (Shiojiri, Nagano)
• CUPS Seirō (Seirō, Niigata) (Japan Soccer College "B" team)
• Kanazawa, Ishikawa) (Un
  )
• FC Matsucelona (Matsumoto, Nagano) (Un)
• Toyama
  )
• Niigata, Niigata) (Un
  B team)
• Sakai Phoenix (Sakai, Fukui)

• Chukyo University FC (Toyota, Aichi) (Un)
• Fujieda City Hall (Fujieda, Shizuoka)
• Gakunan F. Mosuperio (Gakunan, Shizuoka)
• FC Ise-Shima (Shima, Mie)
• AS Kariya (Kariya, Aichi)
• FC Kariya (Kariya, Aichi)
• Vencendor Mie UC (Tsu, Mie)
• Wyvern FC (Kariya, Aichi)

• Chukyo Univ. FC (Toyota, Aichi) (Un)
• Gifu, Gifu) (FC Gifu
  "B" team)
• Nagoya, Aichi
  )
• Nagoya, Aichi
  )
• Sports & Society Izu (Izu, Shizuoka)
• Nagoya, Aichi
  )
• Nagoya, Aichi) (Un
  )
• Yazaki Valente (Shimada, Shizuoka)

• Wakayama, Wakayama
  )
• FC AWJ (Awaji, Hyōgo)
• Basara Hyōgo (Akashi, Hyōgo) (renamed from FC Easy 02 Akashi)
• Cento Cuore Harima (Harima, Hyōgo)
• Kobe FC 1970 (Kobe)
• Kyoto, Kyoto
  )
• Velago Ikoma (Ikoma, Nara) (relocated from Lagend Shiga)
• Moriyama Samurai 2000 (Moriyama, Shiga)

• Matsubara, Osaka) (Un
  )
• Suita, Osaka) (Un
  )
• Kyoto, Kyoto
  )
• AC Middle Range (Higashiyodogawa, Osaka)
• Kyoto, Kyoto
  )
• Osaka Korean FC (Ikuno, Osaka)
• Route 11 (Kishiwada, Osaka)
• St. Andrew's FC (Izumi, Osaka) (Un)

• Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi
  )
• Tottori, Tottori
  )
• Belugarosso Iwami (Hamada, Shimane)
• Eneos Mizushima (Kurashiki, Okayama)
• Fukuyama City FC (Fukuyama, Hiroshima)
• Hatsukaichi FC (Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima)
• Okayama, Okayama) (Un
  )
• Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima (Kurashiki, Okayama) (C)
• Hiroshima, Hiroshima
  )
• Yonago, Tottori
  )

• KUFC Nankoku (Nankoku, Kōchi) (Un)
• Llamas Kochi (Kōchi, Kōchi)
• Niihama, Ehime
  )
• Takamatsu, Kagawa
  )
• Takamatsu, Kagawa
  )
• Tadotsu FC (Tadotsu, Kagawa)
• Tokushima, Tokushima
  )
• Yamaji FC (Shikokuchūō, Ehime)

• Brew Kashima (Kashima, Saga
  )
• Fukuoka, Fukuoka
  )
• Saga, Saga
  )
• Fukuoka, Fukuoka
  ) (C)
• J-Lease FC (Ōita)
• MHI Nagasaki SC (Nagasaki, Nagasaki)
• NIFS Kanoya FC (Kanoya, Kagoshima) (Un)
• Nippon Steel Oita SC (Ōita, Ōita)
• Nobeoka, Miyazaki
  )
• Veroskronos Tsuno (Tsuno, Miyazaki)

• Teams with "L" have a J3 club license issued for the 2025 season.^[1]
• Teams with "C" are company teams.
• Teams with "Un" are feeder (or "B") teams for their universities' main football teams.
• In the Regional Leagues, first divisions equal to Japanese fifth tier of league football, while second divisions equal to the sixth tier. So, regional leagues who only have one single division, such as Shikoku, have teams going straight from the prefectural top divisions to the fifth tier in case of a promotion.

• Japanese association football league system
• List of women's football clubs in Japan