2022 J1 League

The 2022 J1 League, also known as the 2022 Meiji Yasuda J1 League (Japanese: 2022 明治安田生命J1リーグ, Hepburn: 2022 Meiji Yasuda Seimei J1 Rīgu) for sponsorship reasons, was the 30th season of the J1 League, the top Japanese professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1992. This was eighth season of J1 League as renamed from J. League Division 1.

J1 League

Season	2022
Dates	18 February – 5 November
Champions	Yokohama F. Marinos 5th J1 title 7th Japanese title
Relegated	Shimizu S-Pulse Júbilo Iwata
Champions League	Yokohama F. Marinos Kawasaki Frontale Urawa Red Diamonds
Matches played	306
Goals scored	769 (2.51 per match)
Top goalscorer	Thiago Santana (14 goals)
Biggest home win	Sagan Tosu 5–0 Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo (19 March 2022) Sagan Tosu 5–0 FC Tokyo (26 June 2022)
Biggest away win	Júbilo Iwata 0–6 Urawa Red Diamonds (13 August 2022)
Highest scoring	Kashiwa Reysol 3–6 FC Tokyo (27 August 2022)
Longest winning run	6 matches Yokohama F. Marinos
Longest unbeaten run	9 matches Yokohama F. Marinos
Longest winless run	11 matches Vissel Kobe
Longest losing run	4 matches Gamba Osaka Júbilo Iwata Vissel Kobe
Highest attendance	56,131[1] Shimizu S-Pulse 3–5 Yokohama F. Marinos (2 July 2022)
Lowest attendance	3,988[1] Sanfrecce Hiroshima 2–0 Yokohama F. Marinos (6 April 2022)
Total attendance	4,384,401[1]
Average attendance	14,328[1]
← 2021 2023 →

Kawasaki Frontale were the defending champions, having won their fourth and second consecutive title in 2021 with four rounds to play.^[2] Yokohama F. Marinos reclaimed the trophy, winning its fifth J.League and seventh Japanese title on the final day of the season.^[3][4] Brazilian forward Thiago Santana scored 14 goals for Shimizu S-Pulse, the least number of goals from a player who became the league top scorer and the first to also suffer relegation in the same season.

Overview

Due to 2022 FIFA World Cup, the league began from February to November 2022.

Changes from the previous season

There were four teams instead of two relegated last season to 2022 J2 League due to impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic to made up the decision of no relegation in the 2020 season,^[5] which saw the number of teams rise to 20.^[6] They were Tokushima Vortis, Oita Trinita, Vegalta Sendai, and Yokohama FC.

Two teams were promoted from the 2021 J2 League: Júbilo Iwata, who won the title and returned to J1 after a two-year absence, and Kyoto Sanga who finished second, returning to J1 after 11 seasons.

Clubs

Avispa Fukuoka

Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo

Greater Tokyo Area†

Júbilo Iwata

Keihanshin‡

Shimizu S-Pulse

Sagan Tosu

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Nagoya Grampus

† Greater Tokyo teams
FC Tokyo
Kawasaki Frontale
Urawa Red Diamonds
Shonan Bellmare
Yokohama F. Marinos
Kashima Antlers
Kashiwa Reysol

‡ Keihanshin teams
Cerezo Osaka
Gamba Osaka
Kyoto Sanga
Vissel Kobe

Locations of the 2022 J1 League teams

Kashima Antlers

Kashiwa Reysol

Urawa Red Diamonds

FC Tokyo

Kawasaki Frontale

Shonan Bellmare

Yokohama F. Marinos

2022 J1 League teams in Greater Tokyo Area

Cerezo Osaka

Gamba Osaka

Kyoto Sanga

Vissel Kobe

2022 J1 League teams in Keihanshin

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity	Previous season rank
Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	Hokkaido	Sapporo Dome	41,484	J1 (10th)
Kashima Antlers	Ibaraki Prefecture	Kashima Soccer Stadium	40,728	J1 (4th)
Urawa Red Diamonds	Saitama Prefecture	Saitama Stadium 2002	63,700	J1 (6th)
Kashiwa Reysol	Chiba Prefecture	Hitachi Kashiwa Stadium	15,900	J1 (15th)
FC Tokyo	Tokyo	Ajinomoto Stadium	49,970	J1 (9th)
Yokohama F. Marinos	Kanagawa Prefecture	Nissan Stadium	72,327	J1 (2nd)
Kawasaki Frontale		Todoroki Stadium	26,232	J1 (1st)
Shonan Bellmare		Lemon Gas Stadium Hiratsuka	18,500	J1 (16th)
Shimizu S-Pulse	Shizuoka Prefecture	IAI Stadium Nihondaira	20,339	J1 (14th)
Júbilo Iwata		Yamaha Stadium	15,165	↑ J2 (1st)
Nagoya Grampus	Aichi Prefecture	Toyota Stadium	45,000	J1 (5th)
Kyoto Sanga	Kyoto Prefecture	Sanga Stadium by Kyocera	21,600	↑ J2 (2nd)
Gamba Osaka	Osaka Prefecture	Panasonic Stadium Suita	39,694	J1 (13th)
Cerezo Osaka		Yanmar Stadium	47,853	J1 (12th)
Vissel Kobe	Hyōgo Prefecture	Noevir Stadium	30,132	J1 (3rd)
Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Hiroshima Prefecture	Edion Stadium	36,894	J1 (11th)
Avispa Fukuoka	Fukuoka Prefecture	Best Denki Stadium	21,562	J1 (8th)
Sagan Tosu	Saga Prefecture	Ekimae Real Estate Stadium	24,130	J1 (7th)

Personnel and kits

Club	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Main shirt sponsor
Avispa Fukuoka	Shigetoshi Hasebe	Hiroyuki Mae	Yonex	Shin Nihon Seiyaku
Cerezo Osaka	Akio Kogiku	Hiroshi Kiyotake	Puma	Yanmar
FC Tokyo	Albert Puig	Masato Morishige	New Balance	Mixi
Gamba Osaka	Hiroshi Matsuda	Shu Kurata	Umbro	Panasonic
Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	Mihailo Petrović	Hiroki Miyazawa	Mizuno	Ishiya
Júbilo Iwata	Hiroki Shibuya	Kosuke Yamamoto	Admiral	Yamaha
Kashima Antlers	Daiki Iwamasa	Shoma Doi	Nike	LIXIL
Kashiwa Reysol	Nelsinho Baptista	Hidekazu Otani	Yonex	Hitachi
Kawasaki Frontale	Toru Oniki	Shogo Taniguchi	Puma	Fujitsu
Kyoto Sanga	Cho Kwi-jae	Temma Matsuda	Puma	Kyocera
Nagoya Grampus	Kenta Hasegawa	Sho Inagaki	Mizuno	Toyota
Sagan Tosu	Kenta Kawai	Naoyuki Fujita	New Balance	Kimura Information Technology
Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Michael Skibbe	Sho Sasaki	Nike	EDION
Shimizu S-Pulse	Zé Ricardo	Valdo	Puma	Suzuyo
Shonan Bellmare	Satoshi Yamaguchi	Kazuki Oiwa	Penalty	Meldia
Urawa Red Diamonds	Ricardo Rodriguez	Shusaku Nishikawa	Nike	Polus
Vissel Kobe	Takayuki Yoshida	Andrés Iniesta	Asics	Rakuten
Yokohama F. Marinos	Kevin Muscat	Takuya Kida	Adidas	Nissan

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in the table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Kentaro Sawada[7]	End of interim spell	5 December 2021	Pre-season	Michael Skibbe[8]	25 November 2021
Gamba Osaka	Masanobu Matsunami[9]				Tomohiro Katanosaka[10]	23 December 2021
Kashima Antlers	Naoki Soma[11]	End of contract			René Weiler[12]	10 December 2021
FC Tokyo	Shinichi Morishita[13]	End of interim spell			Albert Puig[14]
Nagoya Grampus	Massimo Ficcadenti[15]	End of contract	9 December 2021		Kenta Hasegawa[16]	9 December 2021
Sagan Tosu	Kim Myung-hwi[17]	Resigned	20 December 2021		Kenta Kawai[18]	24 December 2021
Júbilo Iwata	Masakazu Suzuki[19]		25 December 2021		Akira Ito[20]	25 December 2021
Vissel Kobe	Atsuhiro Miura[21]	Sacked	20 March 2022	16th	Lluís Planagumà (caretaker)[22]	21 March 2022
	Lluís Planagumà	End of caretaker spell	8 April 2022	17th	Miguel Ángel Lotina[23]	8 April 2022
Shimizu S-Pulse	Hiroaki Hiraoka[24]	Sacked	30 May 2022	16th	Yoshiyuki Shinoda (caretaker)[24]	30 May 2022
	Yoshiyuki Shinoda	End of caretaker spell	7 June 2022		Zé Ricardo[25]	7 June 2022
Vissel Kobe	Miguel Ángel Lotina[26]	Sacked	29 June 2022	18th	Takayuki Yoshida[27]	29 June 2022
Kashima Antlers	René Weiler[28][29]	Mutual consent	7 August 2022	4th	Daiki Iwamasa[30]	8 August 2022
Gamba Osaka	Tomohiro Katanosaka[31]	Sacked	17 August 2022	17th	Hiroshi Matsuda[31]	17 August 2022
Júbilo Iwata	Akira Ito[32]			18th	Hiroki Shibuya[33]

Foreign players

From the 2021 season, there is no limitations on signing foreign players, but clubs could only register up to five of them for a single matchday squad.^[34] Players from J.League partner nations (Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar, Malaysia, Cambodia, Singapore, Indonesia, and Qatar) were exempted from these restrictions.

• Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the midseason transfer window.
• Player's name in italics indicates the player has Japanese nationality in addition to their FIFA nationality, holds the nationality of a J.League partner nation, or is exempt from being treated as a foreign player due to having been born in Japan and being enrolled in, or having graduated from an approved type of school in the country.^[35]

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	Player 6	Player 7	Player 8	Former player (s)
Avispa Fukuoka	Jordy Croux	Douglas Grolli	Lukian	John Mary	Juanma
Cerezo Osaka	Adam Taggart	Bruno Mendes	Jean Patric	Matej Jonjić	Kim Jin-hyeon	Chaowat Veerachat			Đặng Văn Lâm
FC Tokyo	Adaílton	Diego Oliveira	Henrique Trevisan	Leandro	Luiz Phellype	Jakub Słowik			Bruno Uvini
Gamba Osaka	Dawhan	Juan Alano	Leandro Pereira	Patric	Wellington Silva	Kwon Kyung-won			Ju Se-jong Shin Won-ho
Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	Douglas Oliveira	Gabriel Xavier	Lucas Fernandes	Milan Tučić	Kim Gun-hee	Supachok Sarachat
Júbilo Iwata	Dudu Pacheco	Ricardo Graça	Fabián González	Alexei Koșelev
Kashima Antlers	Arthur Caíke	Bueno	Diego Pituca	Everaldo	Blessing Eleke	Kim Min-tae	Kwoun Sun-tae		Juan Alano
Kashiwa Reysol	Dodi	Douglas	Matheus Sávio	Rodrigo Angelotti					Emerson Santos Kim Seung-gyu
Kawasaki Frontale	Jesiel	João Schmidt	Leandro Damião	Marcinho	Jung Sung-ryong	Chanathip Songkrasin
Kyoto Sanga	Alan Cariús	Mendes	Paulinho Bóia	Quenten Martinus	Michael Woud	Origbaajo Ismaila	Peter Utaka
Nagoya Grampus	Mitchell Langerak	Léo Silva	Mateus	Naldinho	Tiago Pagnussat	Jakub Świerczok
Sagan Tosu	Diego	Hwang Seok-ho	Park Il-gyu	Park Keon-woo	Ueom Ye-hoon				Joan Oumari Taiga Son
Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Douglas Vieira	Ezequiel	Pieros Sotiriou	Nassim Ben Khalifa					Júnior Santos
Shimizu S-Pulse	Carlinhos Júnior	Renato Augusto	Ronaldo	Thiago Santana	Valdo	Yago Pikachu	Benjamin Kololli	Oh Se-hun
Shonan Bellmare	Wellington	Mikel Agu	Tarik Elyounoussi
Urawa Red Diamonds	Alexander Scholz	Kasper Junker	Alex Schalk	Bryan Linssen	David Moberg Karlsson
Vissel Kobe	Matheus Thuler	Stefan Mugoša	Andrés Iniesta	Bojan Krkić	Sergi Samper				Lincoln
Yokohama F. Marinos	Anderson Lopes	Eduardo	Élber	Léo Ceará	Marcos Júnior	Yan Matheus

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Yokohama F. Marinos (C)	34	20	8	6	70	35	+35	68	Qualification for the AFC Champions League group stage
2	Kawasaki Frontale	34	20	6	8	65	42	+23	66
3	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	34	15	10	9	52	41	+11	55
4	Kashima Antlers	34	13	13	8	47	42	+5	52
5	Cerezo Osaka	34	13	12	9	46	40	+6	51
6	FC Tokyo	34	14	7	13	46	43	+3	49
7	Kashiwa Reysol	34	13	8	13	43	44	−1	47
8	Nagoya Grampus	34	11	13	10	30	35	−5	46
9	Urawa Red Diamonds	34	10	15	9	48	39	+9	45	Qualification for the AFC Champions League play-off round[a]
10	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	34	11	12	11	45	55	−10	45
11	Sagan Tosu	34	9	15	10	45	44	+1	42
12	Shonan Bellmare	34	10	11	13	31	39	−8	41
13	Vissel Kobe	34	11	7	16	35	41	−6	40
14	Avispa Fukuoka	34	9	11	14	29	38	−9	38
15	Gamba Osaka	34	9	10	15	33	44	−11	37
16	Kyoto Sanga (O)	34	8	12	14	30	38	−8	36	Qualification for relegation playoffs
17	Shimizu S-Pulse (R)	34	7	12	15	44	54	−10	33	Relegation to the J2 League
18	Júbilo Iwata (R)	34	6	12	16	32	57	−25	30

Source: Meiji Yasuda J1 League, J.League Data Site
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Fewer disciplinary points.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Urawa Red Diamonds won the Champions League but did not qualify for the Champions League via league position. As a result, the last spot distributed to the third-placed team was transferred to Urawa Red Diamonds pursuant to the rules that Champions League winners would guaranteed a Champions League spot.

Results table

Home \ Away	ANT	AVI	BEL	CER	CON	FMA	FRO	GAM	GRA	JBI	KSA	RED	REY	SAG	SFR	SSP	TOK	VIS
Kashima Antlers	—	2–0	2–1	3–3	4–1	0–3	0–2	0–0	0–0	3–1	1–0	2–2	1–0	4–4	0–2	2–1	0–1	1–1
Avispa Fukuoka	0–1	—	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–4	0–1	2–3	1–1	1–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	1–3	3–2	5–1	0–1
Shonan Bellmare	1–1	0–0	—	0–2	1–5	1–4	2–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–2	3–0	0–1	1–4	2–0	2–1
Cerezo Osaka	0–3	2–0	1–1	—	2–2	2–2	2–1	3–1	0–1	2–1	1–1	2–0	0–1	2–1	0–3	1–1	0–1	3–0
Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo	0–0	1–2	1–0	2–1	—	1–1	4–3	1–0	2–2	4–0	1–0	1–1	1–6	1–2	1–1	4–3	0–0	0–2
Yokohama F. Marinos	2–0	1–0	3–0	2–2	0–0	—	4–2	0–2	2–1	0–1	2–0	4–1	4–0	0–0	3–0	2–0	2–1	2–0
Kawasaki Frontale	2–1	2–0	0–4	1–4	5–2	2–1	—	4–0	1–0	1–1	3–1	2–1	1–0	4–0	4–0	3–2	1–0	2–1
Gamba Osaka	1–3	2–3	0–1	1–2	0–0	1–2	2–2	—	3–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	0–3	2–0	0–2	0–0	2–0
Nagoya Grampus	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–0	0–2	0–4	1–1	0–2	—	1–0	1–1	3–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	0–2	2–1	2–0
Júbilo Iwata	3–3	0–1	1–0	2–2	1–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–1	—	0–0	0–6	2–2	3–1	2–2	1–2	2–1	0–1
Kyoto Sanga	1–1	0–1	0–1	0–0	2–1	1–2	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–4	—	1–0	1–2	3–1	1–1	0–0	0–1	2–0
Urawa Red Diamonds	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–1	1–1	3–3	3–1	0–1	3–0	4–1	2–2	—	4–1	2–1	0–0	1–1	3–0	2–2
Kashiwa Reysol	1–2	1–0	1–2	0–0	1–0	3–1	1–1	0–1	0–1	2–0	0–2	0–0	—	1–4	2–3	3–1	3–6	3–1
Sagan Tosu	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	5–0	2–2	0–0	2–1	0–0	2–0	0–1	1–0	0–1	—	2–2	0–0	5–0	0–2
Sanfrecce Hiroshima	3–0	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–2	2–0	0–2	5–2	1–0	3–0	3–1	4–1	1–2	0–0	—	2–0	1–2	1–1
Shimizu S-Pulse	0–1	3–1	1–1	1–3	1–1	3–5	0–2	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–0	1–2	1–1	3–3	2–2	—	0–3	0–0
FC Tokyo	3–1	2–2	0–2	4–0	3–0	2–2	2–3	2–0	0–0	2–0	2–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	2–1	0–2	—	3–1
Vissel Kobe	0–2	0–0	1–0	0–1	4–1	1–3	0–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	1–3	0–1	0–1	4–0	4–0	2–1	2–1	—

Source: J1 League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion–relegation playoffs

In the playoffs, officially called the 2022 J.League J1/J2 Play-offs (Japanese: 2022 J1参入プレーオフ), the 16th-placed team of the J1 League (Kyoto Sanga) faced the winners of the J2 League promotion playoffs. Should they lose, the J2 team would be promoted in their place for the 2023 J1 League. Fagiano Okayama, Roasso Kumamoto, Oita Trinita, and Montedio Yamagata qualified for the promotion playoffs as they finished between third and sixth in the 2022 J2 League.

In the first two rounds of the playoffs, if the score was tied after 90 minutes, no extra time was played and the winners were the team with the higher finish in the J2 League (i.e. the home team). In the final match at the J1 team's home, if the score was tied after 90 minutes, no extra time would be played, and both teams stay at their respective leagues.^[36]

First round 30 October

Second round 6 November

Final 13 November

J2 (3)

Fagiano Okayama

0

J1 (16)

Kyoto Sanga

1

J2 (6)

Montedio Yamagata

3

J2 (6)

Montedio Yamagata

2

J2 (4)

Roasso Kumamoto

1

J2 (4)

Roasso Kumamoto

2

J2 (4)

Roasso Kumamoto

2

J2 (5)

Oita Trinita

2

First round

Roasso Kumamoto v Oita Trinita

30 October 2022 (2022-10-30)	Roasso Kumamoto	2–2	Oita Trinita	Kumamoto
13:07	Sakamoto 87' Aihara 90+2'	Report (EN) Report (JA)	Isa 1' Pereira 90+8'	Stadium: Egao Kenko Stadium Attendance: 13,818 Referee: Koichiro Fukushima

Fagiano Okayama v Montedio Yamagata

30 October 2022 (2022-10-30)	Fagiano Okayama	0–3	Montedio Yamagata	Okayama
14:03		Report (EN) Report (JA)	Disaro 5' Dellatorre 75' Alves 80'	Stadium: City Light Stadium Attendance: 11,854 Referee: Hayato Shimizu

Second round

Roasso Kumamoto v Montedio Yamagata

6 November 2022 (2022-11-06)	Roasso Kumamoto	2–2	Montedio Yamagata	Kumamoto
13:09	Iyoha 12' Sugiyama 50' (pen.)	Report (EN) Report (JA)	Yamada 17' Minami 24'	Stadium: Egao Kenko Stadium Attendance: 11,429 Referee: Jumpei Iida

Final

Kyoto Sanga v Roasso Kumamoto

13 November 2022 (2022-11-13)	Kyoto Sanga	1–1	Roasso Kumamoto	Kameoka
13:06	Toyokawa 39'	Report (EN) Report (JA)	Iyoha 68'	Stadium: Sanga Stadium by Kyocera Attendance: 18,207 Referee: Ryuji Sato

Kyoto Sanga remained in J1 League. Roasso Kumamoto remained in J2 League.

Season statistics

Scoring

Top scorers

Further information: J.League Top Scorer

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[37][38]
1	Thiago Santana	Shimizu S-Pulse	14
2	Shuto Machino	Shonan Bellmare	13
3	Adaílton	FC Tokyo	12
	Marcinho	Kawasaki Frontale
	Akihiro Ienaga
6	Anderson Lopes	Yokohama F. Marinos	11
	Léo Ceará
8	Ayase Ueda	Kashima Antlers	10
	Takuma Nishimura	Yokohama F. Marinos
	Yuya Yamagishi	Avispa Fukuoka

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Kasper Junker	Urawa Red Diamonds	Yokohama F. Marinos	3–3 (H)[39][40]	18 May 2022
Léo Ceará	Yokohama F. Marinos	Shimizu S-Pulse	5–3 (A)[41][42]	2 July 2022
Marcinho	Kawasaki Frontale	Avispa Fukuoka	4–1 (A)[43][44]	20 August 2022
Ryoma Watanabe	FC Tokyo	Cerezo Osaka	4–0 (H)[45][46]	12 October 2022

Top assists

Rank	Player	Club	Assists[47][38]
1	Yasuto Wakizaka	Kawasaki Frontale	10
	Yuma Suzuki	Kashima Antlers
3	Gakuto Notsuda	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	8
	Makoto Mitsuta
	Yuta Higuchi	Kashima Antlers
6	Akito Fukuta	Sagan Tosu	7
	Reon Yamahara	Shimizu S-Pulse
8	Anderson Lopes	Yokohama F. Marinos	6
	Carlinhos Júnior	Shimizu S-Pulse
	Marcinho	Kawasaki Frontale
	Thiago Santana	Shimizu S-Pulse
	Ken Iwao	Urawa Red Diamonds
	Kota Mizunuma	Yokohama F. Marinos
	Teruhito Nakagawa
	Tomoya Koyamatsu	Kashiwa Reysol

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets[48]
1	Jakub Słowik	FC Tokyo	14
2	Mitchell Langerak	Nagoya Grampus	13
	Yohei Takaoka	Yokohama F. Marinos
4	Jung Sung-ryong	Kawasaki Frontale	12
	Park Il-gyu	Sagan Tosu
6	Keisuke Osako	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	11
7	Kosei Tani	Shonan Bellmare	10
	Shusaku Nishikawa	Urawa Red Diamonds
	Takanori Sugeno	Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo
10	Kim Jin-hyeon	Cerezo Osaka	9

Discipline

Player

• Most yellow cards: 7^[49][38]
  • Diego Pituca (Kashima Antlers)
  • Dodi (Kashiwa Reysol)
  • Hisashi Appiah Tawiah (Kyoto Sanga)
  • Yuji Takahashi (Kashiwa Reysol)
  • Juanma (Avispa Fukuoka)

• Most red cards: 1^[50][38]
  • 44 players

Club

• Most yellow cards: 54^[51]
  • Kashiwa Reysol

• Most red cards: 4^[52]
  • Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo
  • Júbilo Iwata
  • Shonan Bellmare

Awards

Monthly awards

Month	Manager of the Month		Monthly MVP		Goal of the Month		References
	Manager	Club	Player	Club	Player	Club
February/March	Toru Oniki	Kawasaki Frontale	Ayase Ueda	Kashima Antlers	Yuki Saneto	Yokohama F. Marinos	[53][54][55]
April	Michael Skibbe	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Peter Utaka	Kyoto Sanga	Dawhan	Gamba Osaka	[56][57][58]
May	Kevin Muscat	Yokohama F. Marinos	Seiya Maikuma	Cerezo Osaka	Matheus Sávio	Kashiwa Reysol	[59][60][61]
June	Satoshi Yamaguchi	Shonan Bellmare	Kota Mizunuma	Yokohama F. Marinos	Gakuto Notsuda	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	[62][63][64]
July	Kevin Muscat	Yokohama F. Marinos	Léo Ceará	Yokohama F. Marinos	Everaldo	Kashima Antlers	[65][66][67]
August	Michael Skibbe	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Akihiro Ienaga	Kawasaki Frontale	Mateus	Nagoya Grampus	[68][69][70]
September	Kevin Muscat	Yokohama F. Marinos	Tomoki Iwata	Yokohama F. Marinos	Takumu Kawamura	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	[71][72]
October/November	Toru Oniki	Kawasaki Frontale	Marcinho	Kawasaki Frontale	Yuki Kobayashi	Vissel Kobe	[73]

Annual awards

Award	Winner	Club
Manager of the Year	Michael Skibbe[74]	Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Player of the Year	Tomoki Iwata[74]	Yokohama F. Marinos
Best Young Player	Mao Hosoya[74]	Kashiwa Reysol
Goal of the Year	Takumu Kawamura[74]	Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Best XI[74]
Goalkeeper	Yohei Takaoka (Yokohama F. Marinos)
Defenders	Shogo Taniguchi (Kawasaki Frontale)			Miki Yamane (Kawasaki Frontale)			Tomoki Iwata (Yokohama F. Marinos)			Ryuta Koike (Yokohama F. Marinos)
Midfielders	Akihiro Ienaga (Kawasaki Frontale)				Yasuto Wakizaka (Kawasaki Frontale)				Kota Mizunuma (Yokohama F. Marinos)
Forwards	Marcinho (Kawasaki Frontale)				Élber (Yokohama F. Marinos)				Thiago Santana (Shimizu S-Pulse)

See also

• Japan Football Association (JFA)
• 2022–23 WE League season
• 2022 Gamba Osaka season
• 2022 Júbilo Iwata season
• 2022 Kashima Antlers season
• 2022 Kawasaki Frontale season
• 2022 Shimizu S-Pulse season
• 2022 Urawa Red Diamonds season
• 2022 Yokohama F. Marinos season