The J1 100 Year Vision League, also known as the , was a one-off football tournament organised by the Japan Professional Football League, held from 6 February to 7 June 2026 and featuring all 20 J1 League clubs. A similar tournament was held for J2 and J3 League clubs.
Overview As the Japan Professional Football League (J.League) transitions to an "autumn-spring system" in 2026, the J.League 100 Year Vision League was held as a special tournament in the interim. Meiji Yasuda Life, the league's title partner through the end of 2026, also serves as the title partner of this tournament.
Although this tournament was a league competition organized by the J.League, there was no relegation to the J2 League.
The two finalists qualified to the 2026–27 AFC Champions League Elite league stage.
Format Regional round (6 February – 23 May) The 20 teams competing in the 2026–27 J1 League—the top 17 teams from the 2025 J1 League as well as three promoted sides from the 2025 J2 League—are divided into regions East and West, consists of 10 teams each. Each team play a double round-robin home and away format within their region. Clubs from the same prefecture are grouped together. In addition, the number of clubs playing in snowy regions, where home games cannot be played in February and March was also taken into consideration. If a match ended in a draw within 90 minutes, a penalty shoot-out is played to decide the winners. For this tournament, the usual points system is retained, but the winners of the shoot-out receive two points and the losers receive one point.
The East region consists of 10 clubs based within the Greater Tokyo Area, while the West region consists of 10 teams based outside of the capital and its surrounding metropolitan area. West East Shimizu S-PulseNagoya GrampusKyoto SangaGamba OsakaCerezo OsakaVissel KobeFagiano OkayamaSanfrecce HiroshimaAvispa FukuokaV-Varen Nagasaki Kashima AntlersMito HollyHockUrawa Red DiamondsJEF United ChibaKashiwa ReysolFC TokyoTokyo VerdyMachida ZelviaKawasaki FrontaleYokohama F. Marinos
Playoff round (30 May – 7 June) Teams with the same final rank in each region will play home and away matches against each other to determine the overall final ranking (for example, matches between first-placed teams will decide the overall champions and runners-up, matches between second-placed teams will decide overall third and fourth place). The first leg will be played on 30 and 31 May, and the second leg will be held on 6 and 7 June. Based on the final standings of the 2025 season, the teams from the East region will host the second leg in each matchup.
If the winners on aggregate cannot be determined after the two legs of 90 minutes, two 15-minute periods of extra time will be played; if the winners is still not decided after extra time, a penalty shoot-out will be played.
Prize money The top three teams at the end of the tournament will receive the prize money of JPY 150 million for the winners, JPY 60 million for runners-up, and JPY 30 million for the third place. During the regional round, each point is worth JPY 2 million. All teams will also receive additional fees based on their competition ranking and popularity ranking.
Clubs
+Club Location Stadium Capacity Kashima AntlersIbaraki Prefecture Kashima Soccer Stadium 39,095 Mito HollyHock K's denki Stadium Mito 10,152 Urawa Red Diamonds Saitama Prefecture Saitama Stadium 2002 62,040JEF United ChibaChiba PrefectureFukuda Denshi Arena19,470 Kashiwa Reysol Sankyo Frontier Kashiwa Stadium 15,109 FC TokyoTokyoAjinomoto Stadium47,851 Tokyo Verdy Machida Zelvia Machida GION Stadium 15,320 Kawasaki FrontaleKanagawa Prefecture Uvance Todoroki Stadium by Fujitsu 26,827 Yokohama F. Marinos Nissan Stadium 71,624 Shimizu S-Pulse Shizuoka Prefecture IAI Stadium Nihondaira 19,594 Nagoya Grampus Aichi Prefecture Toyota Stadium 42,753 Kyoto Sanga Kyoto Prefecture Sanga Stadium by Kyocera 21,269 Gamba OsakaOsaka Prefecture Panasonic Stadium Suita 39,694 Cerezo Osaka Yodoko Sakura Stadium 24,481 Vissel Kobe Hyōgo Prefecture Noevir Stadium Kobe 27,974 Fagiano Okayama Okayama Prefecture JFE Harenokuni Stadium 15,479 Sanfrecce Hiroshima Hiroshima Prefecture Edion Peace Wing Hiroshima 28,407 Avispa Fukuoka Fukuoka Prefecture Best Denki Stadium 21,546 V-Varen Nagasaki Nagasaki Prefecture Peace Stadium Connected by SoftBank 20,268
Personnel and kits Club Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Kit sponsorsMainOther(s) Avispa Fukuoka Shinya Tsukahara (interim) Tatsuki Nara Yonex Shin Nihon Seiyaku Cerezo Osaka Arthur Papas Shunta Tanaka Mizuno Yanmar Fagiano Okayama Takashi Kiyama Ryo Takeuchi Penalty GROP FC Tokyo Rikizo Matsuhashi Sei Muroya New Balance Tokyo Gas Gamba Osaka Jens Wissing Shinnosuke Nakatani Hummel PanasonicJEF United Chiba Yoshiyuki Kobayashi Daisuke Suzuki Hummel Fuji Electric Kashima Antlers Toru Oniki Gaku Shibasaki Nike LIXIL Kashiwa Reysol Ricardo Rodríguez Tomoya Inukai Yonex Hitachi Kawasaki Frontale Shigetoshi Hasebe Yasuto Wakizaka Puma Fujitsu Kyoto Sanga Cho Kwi-jae Shimpei Fukuoka Puma Kyocera Machida Zelvia Go Kuroda Gen Shoji Adidas CyberAgent Mito HollyHock Daisuke Kimori Takahiro Iida Arata Watanabe Soccer Junky K's Holdings Nagoya Grampus Mihailo Petrović Ryuji Izumi Mizuno Toyota GR Yaris Sanfrecce Hiroshima Bartosch Gaul Sho Sasaki Nike EDION Shimizu S-Pulse Takayuki Yoshida Zento Uno Puma Suzuyo (Home & Away) / Star Micronics (Third) Tokyo Verdy Hiroshi Jofuku Koki Morita Athleta Nicigas Urawa Red Diamonds Tatsuya Tanaka (interim) Ryoma Watanabe Nike Polus Vissel Kobe Michael Skibbe Tetsushi Yamakawa Asics Rakuten MobileV-Varen Nagasaki Takuya Takagi Hotaru Yamaguchi Fanatics Japanet Yokohama F. Marinos Hideo Ōshima Takuya Kida Adidas Nissan
Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in the tableIncoming managerDate ofappointment Nagoya Grampus Kenta Hasegawa End of contract 12 November 2025Pre-season Mihailo Petrović 18 December 2025 Shimizu S-Pulse Tadahiro Akiba End of contract 6 December 2025 Takayuki Yoshida8 December 2025 Mito HollyHock Naoki Mori Promoted as football director 8 December 2025 Daisuke Kimori Vissel Kobe Takayuki Yoshida End of contract 9 December 2025 Michael Skibbe 14 December 2025 Sanfrecce Hiroshima Michael Skibbe Mutual consent 10 December 2025 Bartosch Gaul 15 December 2025 Gamba Osaka Dani Poyatos End of contract 11 December 2025 Jens Wissing 12 December 2025 Avispa Fukuoka Kim Myung-hwiSacked 5 January 2026 Shinya Tsukahara (interim) 5 January 2026 Urawa Red Diamonds Maciej Skorża 28 April 2026 7th (East) Tatsuya Tanaka (interim) 28 April 2026 Kyoto Sanga Cho Kwi-jaeStepped down 21 May 2026 10th (West) Tatsuma Yoshida (interim) 21 May 2026 Yokohama F. Marinos Hideo ŌshimaSacked 3 June 2026 7th (East)
Foreign players From the 2019 season, there are no limitations on signing foreign players, but clubs can only register up to five of them for a single matchday squad. Players from J.League partner nations (Thailand, Vietnam, Morocco, Malaysia, Cambodia, Singapore, Indonesia) were exempted from these restrictions.
Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season 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.
ClubPlayer 1Player 2Player 3Player 4Player 5Player 6Player 7Player 8Player 9Former player (s)Avispa Fukuoka Shahab Zahedi Kim Moon-hyeon Nassim Ben Khalifa Cerezo Osaka Kusini Yengi Lucas Fernandes Thiago Andrade Dion Cools Kim Jin-hyeon Wigi Kanemoto Fagiano Okayama Yuto Baigorria Léo Gaúcho Lucão Werik Popó Lennart Moser FC Tokyo Marcelo Ryan Alexander Scholz Kim Seung-gyu Gamba Osaka Welton Zhang Aolin Issam Jebali Deniz Hümmet Philipp MaxJEF United Chiba Carlinhos Júnior Dudu Pacheco José Aurelio Suárez Kashima Antlers Élber Léo Ceará Aleksandar Čavrić Kim Tae-hyeon Kashiwa ReysolKawasaki Frontale Erison Marcinho Noriharu Kan Filip Uremović Svend Brodersen Lazar Romanić Lee Keun-hyeong Kyoto Sanga Alex Souza Barreto David Silva Henrique Trevisan João Pedro Marco Túlio Rafael Elias Yoon Sung-jun Machida Zelvia Tete Yengi Erik Byron Vásquez Ibrahim Drešević Kaung Zan Mara Cha Je-hoon Kim Min-tae Na Sang-hoMito HollyHock Danilo Cardoso Matheus Leiria Patryck Ferreira Nagoya Grampus Marcus Índio Mateus Castro Yves Avelete Sanfrecce Hiroshima Tolgay Arslan Kim Ju-sung Shimizu S-Pulse Capixaba Mateus Brunetti Matheus Bueno Ahmed Ahmedov Alfredo Stephens Eom Joo-young Oh Se-hun Park Seung-wook Jelani Reshaun Sumiyoshi Tokyo Verdy Matheus VidottoUrawa Red Diamonds Luka Didulica Danilo Boza Matheus Sávio Isaac Kiese Thelin Samuel Gustafson Vissel Kobe Caetano Diego Jean Patric Matheus Thuler Richard Monday Ubong V-Varen Nagasaki Diego Pituca Eduardo Emerson Deocleciano Matheus Jesus Thiago Santana Norman Campbell Luka Radotić Noh Hyeung-jun Yokohama F. Marinos Thomas Deng Jordy Croux Tevis Gabriel Yuri Jeison Quiñones
League table
East Region
West Region
Results
East Region
West Region
Play-off round
Season statistics
Top scorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Léo CearáKashima Antlers10 Kaina TanimuraYokohama F. Marinos Yuya YamagishiNagoya Grampus4 Yudai KimuraNagoya Grampus95 Deniz HümmetGamba Osaka8 ErikMachida Zelvia Solomon SakuragawaCerezo Osaka8 ErisonKawasaki Frontale7 Oh Se-hunShimizu S-Pulse Harumi MinaminoGamba Osaka Matheus JesusV-Varen Nagasaki
Hat-tricks Player For Against Result Date Ref. ErisonKawasaki FrontaleKashiwa Reysol5–3 (H)8 February 2026 Yuya YamagishiNagoya GrampusKyoto Sanga3–0 (H)10 May 2026 Kyosuke MochiyamaKawasaki FrontaleMito HollyHock1–3 (A)24 May 2026 Yuya OsakoVissel KobeKashima Antlers5–0 (H)30 May 2026
Awards Monthly MVP MonthRegionPlayerClubFebruaryEast Yuki SomaFWMachida ZelviaWest Marco TúlioFWKyoto SangaMarchEast Yuma SuzukiFWKashima AntlersWest Oh Se-hunFWShimizu S-PulseAprilEast Keisuke SatoFWFC TokyoWest Tomoya MikiMFAvispa FukuokaMayEast Léo CearáFWKashima AntlersWest Shunta TanakaMFCerezo Osaka
Goal of the Month MonthRegionPlayerClubFebruaryEast Léo CearáFWKashima AntlersWest Ataru EsakaMFFagiano OkayamaMarchEast ÉlberFWKashima AntlersWest Yuma TsujiokaDFAvispa FukuokaAprilEast Koki AndoMFMito HollyHockWest Tomoya MikiMFAvispa FukuokaMayEast Motoki NagakuraFWFC TokyoWest Shosei UsuiFWAvispa Fukuoka
Young Player of the Month MonthRegionPlayerClubFebruaryEast Junpei HayakawaMFUrawa Red DiamondsWest Yoon Sung-junMFKyoto SangaMarchEast Ryūnosuke SatōMFFC TokyoWest Kosei OguraMFFagiano OkayamaAprilEast Koki AndoMFMito HollyHockWest Rui ArakiGKGamba OsakaMayEast Makoto HimenoMFJEF United ChibaWest Yumeki YokoyamaMFCerezo Osaka
Save of the Month MonthRegionPlayerClubFebruaryEast Tomoki HayakawaKashima AntlersWest Ayumu Ōhata Cerezo OsakaMarchEast Svend BrodersenKawasaki FrontaleWest Togo UmedaShimizu S-PulseAprilEast Shūsaku NishikawaUrawa RedsWest Kosuke NakamuraCerezo OsakaMayEast Ryosuke KojimaKashiwa ReysolWest Shūichi GondaVissel Kobe Annual awards Award Winner Club Best Player (East) Tomoki Hayakawa Kashima Antlers Best Player (West) Matheus Thuler Vissel Kobe Best Young Player (East) Makoto Himeno JEF United Chiba Best Young Player (West) Nelson Ishiwatari Cerezo Osaka Best Goal (East) Miki Nagakura FC Tokyo Best Goal (West) Tomoya Miki Avispa Fukuoka Best Save (East) Tomoki Hayakawa Kashima Antlers Best Save (West) Ayumu Ohata Cerezo Osaka Top Scorer (East) Léo Ceará Kashima Antlers Top Scorer (West) Yuya Yamagishi Nagoya Grampus
Award Winner Club Champion Manager Michael Skibbe Vissel Kobe Outstanding Manager (East) Toru Oniki Kashima Antlers Outstanding Manager (West) Arthur Papas Cerezo Osaka
East Best XI