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. All awards are updated to 2021.[1][2]

Player of the Year

Main article: J.League Player of the Year

The J.League Player of the Year (formerly known as the "J.League Most Valuable Player Award" from 1993 to 2020) is awarded by the J.League to the most valuable player of the season.[3]

Year Footballer Club Nationality Ref[4]
1993 Kazuyoshi Miura Verdy Kawasaki  Japan [5]
1994 Pereira Verdy Kawasaki  Brazil
1995 Dragan Stojković Nagoya Grampus Eight  Yugoslavia [6]
1996 Jorginho Kashima Antlers  Brazil
1997 Dunga Júbilo Iwata  Brazil [7]
1998 Masashi Nakayama Júbilo Iwata  Japan [8]
1999 Alessandro Santos Shimizu S-Pulse  Japan [9]
2000 Shunsuke Nakamura Yokohama F. Marinos  Japan
2001 Toshiya Fujita Júbilo Iwata  Japan
2002 Naohiro Takahara Júbilo Iwata  Japan [10]
2003 Emerson Urawa Red Diamonds  Brazil [11]
2004 Yuji Nakazawa Yokohama F. Marinos  Japan
2005 Araújo Gamba Osaka  Brazil
2006 Marcus Tulio Tanaka Urawa Red Diamonds  Japan [12]
2007 Robson Ponte Urawa Red Diamonds  Brazil [13]
2008 Marquinhos Kashima Antlers  Brazil [14]
2009 Mitsuo Ogasawara Kashima Antlers  Japan [15]
2010 Seigo Narazaki Nagoya Grampus  Japan [16]
2011 Leandro Domingues Kashiwa Reysol  Brazil [17]
2012 Hisato Satō Sanfrecce Hiroshima  Japan [18]
2013 Shunsuke Nakamura Yokohama F. Marinos  Japan [19]
2014 Yasuhito Endō Gamba Osaka  Japan [20]
2015 Toshihiro Aoyama Sanfrecce Hiroshima  Japan [21]
2016 Kengo Nakamura Kawasaki Frontale  Japan [22]
2017 Yū Kobayashi Kawasaki Frontale  Japan [23]
2018 Akihiro Ienaga Kawasaki Frontale  Japan
2019 Teruhito Nakagawa Yokohama F. Marinos  Japan
2020 Michael Olunga Kashiwa Reysol  Kenya
2021 Leandro Damião Kawasaki Frontale  Brazil
2022 Tomoki Iwata Yokohama F. Marinos  Japan [24]

Top scorer

Main article: J.League 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.

Year Player Goals Club Nationality Ref[25]
1993 Ramón Díaz
28
 Yokohama Marinos  Argentina
1994 Frank Ordenewitz
30
 JEF United Ichihara  Germany
1995 Masahiro Fukuda
32
 Urawa Red Diamonds  Japan
1996 Kazuyoshi Miura
23
 Verdy Kawasaki  Japan
1997 Patrick Mboma
25
 Gamba Osaka  Cameroon [26]
1998 Masashi Nakayama
36
 Júbilo Iwata  Japan
1999 Hwang Sun-Hong
24
 Cerezo Osaka  South Korea
2000 Masashi Nakayama
20
 Júbilo Iwata  Japan
2001 Will
24
 Consadole Sapporo  Brazil
2002 Naohiro Takahara
26
 Júbilo Iwata  Japan
2003 Ueslei
22
 Nagoya Grampus Eight  Brazil
2004 Emerson
27
 Urawa Red Diamonds  Brazil
2005 Araújo
33
 Gamba Osaka  Brazil
2006 Washington
26
 Urawa Red Diamonds  Brazil
Magno Alves
26
 Gamba Osaka  Brazil
2007 Juninho
22
 Kawasaki Frontale  Brazil
2008 Marquinhos
21
 Kashima Antlers  Brazil
2009 Ryoichi Maeda
20
 Júbilo Iwata  Japan
2010 Ryoichi Maeda
17
 Júbilo Iwata  Japan
Joshua Kennedy
17
 Nagoya Grampus  Australia [27]
2011 Joshua Kennedy
19
 Nagoya Grampus  Australia [28]
2012 Hisato Satō
22
 Sanfrecce Hiroshima  Japan
2013 Yoshito Ōkubo
26
 Kawasaki Frontale  Japan
2014 Yoshito Ōkubo
18
 Kawasaki Frontale  Japan
2015 Yoshito Ōkubo
23
 Kawasaki Frontale  Japan
2016 Peter Utaka 19 Sanfrecce Hiroshima  Nigeria
Leandro Vissel Kobe  Brazil
2017 Yū Kobayashi
23
 Kawasaki Frontale  Japan
2018 Jô
24
 Nagoya Grampus  Brazil
2019 Teruhito Nakagawa 15 Yokohama F. Marinos  Japan
Marcos Júnior  Brazil
2020 Michael Olunga
28
 Kashiwa Reysol  Kenya
2021 Leandro Damião 23 Kawasaki Frontale  Brazil
Daizen Maeda Yokohama F. Marinos  Japan
2022 Thiago Santana
14
 Shimizu S-Pulse  Brazil [24]

Best XI

Main article: J.League Best XI

Best Young Player

Main article: J.League Best Young Player

The J.League Best Young Player (formerly known as the "J.League Rookie of the Year" from 1993 to 2019) 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:

  • a player must be in his first professional year of football (domestically or abroad);
  • a player must have played more than half of the season;
  • in date 2 April of the incumbent season, he has to be under 21 years old;
  • whoever has already won this award, he's excluded from running for it again.

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.

Year Footballer Club Position Nationality Ref[29]
1993 Masaaki Sawanobori Shimizu S-Pulse MF  Japan
1994 Kazuaki Tasaka Bellmare Hiratsuka MF  Japan
1995 Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi Yokohama Marinos GK  Japan
1996 Toshihide Saito Shimizu S-Pulse DF  Japan
1997 Atsushi Yanagisawa Kashima Antlers FW  Japan
1998 Shinji Ono Urawa Red Diamonds MF  Japan
1999 Yuji Nakazawa Verdy Kawasaki DF  Japan
2000 Kazuyuki Morisaki Sanfrecce Hiroshima DF  Japan
2001 Koji Yamase Consadole Sapporo MF  Japan
2002 Keisuke Tsuboi Urawa Red Diamonds DF  Japan
2003 Daisuke Nasu Yokohama F. Marinos DF  Japan
2004 Takayuki Morimoto Tokyo Verdy 1969 FW  Japan
2005 Robert Cullen Júbilo Iwata FW  Japan
2006 Jungo Fujimoto Shimizu S-Pulse MF  Japan
2007 Takanori Sugeno Yokohama FC GK  Japan
2008 Yoshizumi Ogawa Nagoya Grampus MF  Japan
2009 Kazuma Watanabe Yokohama F. Marinos FW  Japan
2010 Takashi Usami Gamba Osaka MF  Japan
2011 Hiroki Sakai Kashiwa Reysol DF  Japan
2012 Gaku Shibasaki Kashima Antlers MF  Japan
2013 Takumi Minamino Cerezo Osaka FW  Japan [30]
2014 Caio Kashima Antlers MF  Brazil
2015 Takuma Asano Sanfrecce Hiroshima FW  Japan
2016 Yosuke Ideguchi Gamba Osaka MF  Japan [31]
2017 Yuta Nakayama Kashiwa Reysol DF  Japan [32]
2018 Hiroki Abe Kashima Antlers MF  Japan
2019 Ao Tanaka Kawasaki Frontale MF  Japan
2020 Ayumu Seko Cerezo Osaka DF  Japan
2021 Ryotaro Araki Kashima Antlers MF  Japan
2022 Mao Hosoya Kashiwa Reysol FW  Japan [24]

Manager of the year

Main article: J.League 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.

Year Manager Club Nationality Ref[33]
1993 Yasutaro Matsuki Verdy Kawasaki  Japan
1994 Yasutaro Matsuki Verdy Kawasaki  Japan
1995 Arsène Wenger Nagoya Grampus Eight  France
1996 Nicanor Kashiwa Reysol  Brazil
1997 João Carlos Kashima Antlers  Brazil
1998 Osvaldo Ardiles Shimizu S-Pulse  Argentina
1999 Steve Perryman Shimizu S-Pulse  England
2000 Akira Nishino Kashiwa Reysol  Japan
2001 Masakazu Suzuki Júbilo Iwata  Japan
2002 Masakazu Suzuki Júbilo Iwata  Japan
2003 Takeshi Okada Yokohama F. Marinos  Japan
2004 Takeshi Okada Yokohama F. Marinos  Japan
2005 Akira Nishino Gamba Osaka  Japan
2006 Guido Buchwald Urawa Red Diamonds  Germany [34]
2007 Oswaldo de Oliveira Kashima Antlers  Brazil
2008 Oswaldo de Oliveira Kashima Antlers  Brazil
2009 Oswaldo de Oliveira Kashima Antlers  Brazil
2010 Dragan Stojković Nagoya Grampus  Serbia
2011 Nelsinho Baptista Kashiwa Reysol  Brazil
2012 Hajime Moriyasu Sanfrecce Hiroshima  Japan
2013 Hajime Moriyasu Sanfrecce Hiroshima  Japan
2014 Kenta Hasegawa Gamba Osaka  Japan
2015 Hajime Moriyasu Sanfrecce Hiroshima  Japan
2016 Masatada Ishii Kashima Antlers  Japan
2017 Yoon Jong-hwan Cerezo Osaka  South Korea
2018 Mihailo Petrović Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo  Serbia
2019 Tomohiro Katanosaka Oita Trinita  Japan
2020 Tsuneyasu Miyamoto Gamba Osaka  Japan
2021 Ricardo Rodríguez Urawa Red Diamonds  Spain
2022 Michael Skibbe Sanfrecce Hiroshima  Germany [24]

Monthly Most Valuable Player (Monthly MVP)

Main article: J.League Monthly MVP

Goal of the Year

J1 League winners

Season Player Club Nationality Scored against Score Minute Result Round Ref
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022 Japan Takumu Kawamura Sanfrecce Hiroshima  Japan

J2 League winners

J3 League winners

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.

Year J1-winning team J2-winning team J3-winning team
1993 not assigned League non-existing League non-existing
1994
1995
1996
1997 Vissel Kobe
1998 not assigned
1999 not assigned
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007 Gamba Osaka
2008 Shimizu S-Pulse, Gamba Osaka Vegalta Sendai
2009 Júbilo Iwata, Montedio Yamagata Vegalta Sendai
2010 Sanfrecce Hiroshima, Montedio Yamagata, Yokohama F. Marinos not assigned
2011 Gamba Osaka, Montedio Yamagata FC Tokyo
2012 Sanfrecce Hiroshima, Kawasaki Frontale not assigned
2013 Sanfrecce Hiroshima, Vegalta Sendai Gamba Osaka, Vissel Kobe,
Matsumoto Yamaga, Fagiano Okayama
2014 Sanfrecce Hiroshima, Vegalta Sendai, Urawa Red Diamonds,
Yokohama F. Marinos, Albirex Niigata, Tokushima Vortis		 Montedio Yamagata, Thespakusatsu Gunma, Shonan Bellmare,
Matsumoto Yamaga, Júbilo Iwata, Kyoto Sanga,
Fagiano Okayama, Giravanz Kitakyushu		 Fukushima United, Fujieda MYFC, Nagano Parceiro
2015 Sanfrecce Hiroshima, Montedio Yamagata, Kawasaki Frontale,
Yokohama F. Marinos, Ventforet Kofu, Matsumoto Yamaga,
Gamba Osaka, Sagan Tosu		 Zweigen Kanazawa, Fagiano Okayama, Tokushima Vortis, Ehime FC, Giravanz Kitakyushu Grulla Morioka, Blaublitz Akita,
Nagano Parceiro
2016 Sanfrecce Hiroshima, Urawa Red Diamonds, Sagan Tosu, Kashima Antlers, Kawasaki Frontale Shimizu S-Pulse, Giravanz Kitakyushu, Tokushima Vortis, Thespakusatsu Gunma, Fagiano Okayama Grulla Morioka, YSCC Yokohama, Oita Trinita, Fujieda MYFC
2017 Sanfrecce Hiroshima, Vegalta Sendai, Cerezo Osaka, FC Tokyo, Sagan Tosu, Kawasaki Frontale, Gamba Osaka, Júbilo Iwata Oita Trinita, Matsumoto Yamaga FC, Ehime FC, Tokyo Verdy, Fagiano Okayama, Montedio Yamagata, Zweigen Kanazawa Blaublitz Akita, Azul Claro Numazu, YSCC Yokohama, Cerezo Osaka U-23, Grulla Morioka, Nagano Parceiro, Fukushima United FC
2018 Cerezo Osaka, Urawa Red Diamonds, Sanfrecce Hiroshima Oita Trinita Blaublitz Akita
2019 FC Tokyo, Sanfrecce Hiroshima, Oita Trinita Fagiano Okayama Cerezo Osaka U-23
2020 Oita Trinita, Kawasaki Frontale, Gamba Osaka Giravanz Kitakyushu Blaublitz Akita
2021 Kawasaki Frontale, Urawa Red Diamonds, Oita Trinita Montedio Yamagata Gainare Tottori
2022 Urawa Red Diamonds, Vissel Kobe, Sanfrecce Hiroshima, Nagoya Grampus, Cerezo Osaka, Shonan Bellmare, FC Tokyo Albirex Niigata, Omiya Ardija, V-Varen Nagasaki, Thespakusatsu Gunma, Ventforet Kofu, Fagiano Okayama, JEF United Chiba, Roasso Kumamoto, Tokyo Verdy, Zweigen Kanazawa, Blaublitz Akita, Oita Trinita, Yokohama FC, Montedio Yamagata Kataller Toyama, Vanraure Hachinohe, Tegevajaro Miyazaki, Iwaki FC, Kamatamare Sanuki, Fukushima United, Azul Claro Numazu, Ehime FC, Gainare Tottori, Giravanz Kitakyushu

Individual Fair Play Award

This award was established since 1996.

Year Footballer Position Club Nationality Ref
1996 Masayuki Okano FW Urawa Reds  Japan
1997 Akihiro Nagashima FW Vissel Kobe  Japan
1998 Naoki Soma DF Kashima Antlers  Japan
1999 Not assigned
2000 Atsushi Yoneyama DF Tokyo Verdy  Japan
2001 Yuta Minami GK Kashiwa Reysol  Japan
2002 Keisuke Tsuboi DF Urawa Reds  Japan
2003 Yuichi Nemoto DF Vegalta Sendai  Japan
Hitoshi Sogahata GK Kashima Antlers
Naohiro Ishikawa MF FC Tokyo
Shohei Ikeda DF Shimizu S-Pulse
2004 Takashi Shimoda GK Sanfrecce Hiroshima  Japan
Yoshinari Takagi GK Yokohama F. Marinos
2005 Teruyuki Moniwa DF FC Tokyo  Japan
Masashi Oguro FW Gamba Osaka
2006 Satoru Yamagishi MF JEF United Chiba  Japan
Yuichi Nemoto DF Oita Trinita
2007 Daisuke Sakata FW Yokohama F. Marinos  Japan
Hisato Sato FW Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Teruyoshi Ito MF Shimizu S-Pulse
2008 Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi GK Júbilo Iwata  Japan
2009 Eiji Kawashima GK Kawasaki Frontale  Japan
Kota Hattori MF Sanfrecce Hiroshima
2010 Tomoaki Makino DF Sanfrecce Hiroshima  Japan
2011 Ryang Yong-gi MF Vegalta Sendai  North Korea
Kosuke Ota DF Shimizu S-Pulse  Japan
2012 Hisato Satō FW Sanfrecce Hiroshima  Japan
2013 Yoichiro Kakitani FW Cerezo Osaka  Japan
Hisato Satō FW Sanfrecce Hiroshima
2014 Shusaku Nishikawa GK Urawa Reds  Japan
Masato Kudo FW Kashiwa Reysol
Ryota Morioka MF Vissel Kobe
Yohei Toyoda FW Sagan Tosu
Hiroki Mizumoto DF Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Yasuhiro Hiraoka DF Shimizu S-Pulse
2015 Shogo Taniguchi MF Kawasaki Frontale  Japan
Yuji Nakazawa DF Yokohama F. Marinos
2016 Yota Akimoto GK FC Tokyo  Japan
Yūsuke Tanaka MF Ventforet Kofu
2017 Yuji Nakazawa DF Yokohama F. Marinos  Japan
Yoichiro Kakitani FW Cerezo Osaka
Hiroki Mizumoto DF Sanfrecce Hiroshima
2018 Shusaku Nishikawa GK Urawa Reds  Japan
Yota Akimoto GK Shonan Bellmare
Takashi Sawada FW V-Varen Nagasaki
2019 Not assigned
2020 Hotaru Yamaguchi MF Vissel Kobe  Japan
2021 Miki Yamane DF Kawasaki Frontale  Japan
2022 Not assigned [24]

Referees of the Year

Year Referee Assistant Referee Ref
2013 Yuichi Nishimura Toru Sagara [35]
2014 Yuichi Nishimura Toru Sagara [35]
2015 Yuichi Nishimura Toru Sagara [35]
2016 Yuichi Nishimura Toshiyuki Nagi [35]
2017 Yuichi Nishimura Toru Sagara [35]
2018 Ryuji Sato Hiroshi Yamauchi [35]
2019 Yuichi Nishimura Shinji Ochi [35]
2020 Yuichi Nishimura Yosuke Takebe [35]
2021 Jumpei Iida Isao Nishihashi [35]
2022 Ryuji Sato Takumi Takagi [35]

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